The 1. FC Köln has secured three very important points in the promotion struggle thanks to a 2-1 (1: 1) victory at the pursuer SC Paderborn. There was discussions afterwards for a goal scorer.
When Imad Rondic disappeared into the catacombs after the 2-1 victory at SC Paderborn and the subsequent celebrations in front of the guest curve, the striker was certain that he had scored his first goal for 1. FC Köln. In the 42nd minute, Rondic had put a rebound on the post, from where the ball first hit Felix Götze’s head and then 1-1 to the Paderborn Tor.
Initially, the German Football League (DFL) had the goal as the own goal. Much to the disappointment of Rondic: “It wasn’t my goal at all?” Asked the Bosnian again. “I thought it was mine. But I am glad that I could help the team and believe that I will still score a lot of goals here,” the striker continued.
In the meantime, however, the 26-year-old should be happy. The DFL has now officially attributed the gate to the FC striker. The corresponding rule reads: “The gate is credited to the attacking player if a goal of a goal is clearly recognizable. […] Babping the goal shot back from the gate housing and a subsequent waste of the ball into your own gate through the defensive player are irrelevant. “
For FC, the goal was of enormous importance, regardless of the scorer. In the second round, the Cologne team could finally turn the game with another goal from Denis Huseinbasic and take the three important points into the cathedral city. With the second goal, there were no more discussions about the scorer.
Denis Huseinbasic: “It is an incredibly important victory. We knew that Paderborn was close to our heels. We wanted to pull this game and we also succeeded with everyone. I also felt that Paderborn got better in. It was very important that Marvin Schwäbe holds his penalty. Then we collect the goal – that was a wake -up for ourselves. We were much more superior. The victory as a collective captured.
Marvin Schwäbe: “We accepted the fight enormously from start to finish and showed a great performance. You might think that it was not that easy with the personnel changes. But we took it super. It can be super accepted. It doesn’t matter that it was not a good game if we ran with three points and as leader.
Imad Rondic: “It was the difficult game that we expected in advance. It is very important that we got victory. This is a big step towards ascent. My job is to keep the ball, win duels and score goals.”
Gerhard Struber: “It feels really good, of course. We knew that it takes a very extreme shoulder to leave as a winner. What has recognized us is how we processed the deficit and reacted. Then you saw that there is an incredible faith in the team, especially because we have one or the other player. Proud how the boys handled with the hurdles that were inside today. “
Lukas Kwasniok: “Congratulations to the FC. After 75 minutes I would have spoken of a deserved victory. After 95 minutes, a draw would have been possible. With the penalized penalty, a break was in the game for us, even though we later did the 1-0. Nevertheless it was no longer so liquid and we only wanted to survive until half -time, but we had too many ball losses in our own half. Bad luck, but it was no coincidence that we had nothing more to lose, that is a little more to us. “