Newsblog for 1. FC Cologne
“Unfortunately God’s”: Youngster suffers muscle injury
Updated on April 9th, 2025 – 2:46 p.m.Reading time: 48 min.
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The 1. FC Köln has to do without Max Finkgräfe in Fürth on Friday evening. “Unfortunately, Max got a muscle injury, he will not be available to us at the weekend,” said Gerhard Struber at the press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Left -back Finkgräfe had come out of training prematurely at the lecture with thigh pain.
Captain Timo Hübers also fails again according to his gastrointestinal infection. “He can train individually and will return to team training in the course of the next week,” announced Struber. With Dejan Ljubicic, who had to stop the training on Tuesday due to ankle problems, the Cologne head coach was able to report all -clear: “Dejo had a short moment, but has got back in full today.” Nothing should stand in the way.
The training week of the 1st FC Köln before the away game at Greuther Fürth started with new concerns. Dejan Ljubicic and Max Finkgräfe had to go to the cabin early on Tuesday. In addition, captain Timo Hüber, who only trained individually, threatens to miss the third game in a row due to his gastrointestinal infection.
Ljubicic complained about ankle problems in the unit on Tuesday morning and went off the lawn after a break of treatment. The Austrian had already felt pain last week, but an MRI examination had actually caused the all-clear. Finkgräfe in turn was treated on the left thigh immediately before the end of the training session and could not continue. Investigations are pending.
Florian Dietz had caught it a little more than a week ago. The loan striker of the 1st FC Köln suffered a shoulder injury in the game with the SCR Altach, which could possibly force him to look for the rest of the season. Now it has hit Malek El Mala another striker of the billy goats that is currently awarded.
In the semi-finals of the Middle Rhine Cup, the 20-year-old suffered a double ligament tear in Viktoria Köln 1-0. With the Höhenbergers, the trouble afterwards was big despite the final. The reason for the youngsters’ kinking was the poor quality of space with the opponent Teutonia Weiden. For Malek El Mala, the season is likely to have run before he will switch to Geißbockheim with his brother Said in summer.
Fabian Reese was the decisive man in the 0-1 defeat of the 1. FC Köln against Hertha BSC. The Berlin attacker scored the only goal of the evening in the RheinEnergiestadion on Saturday. “It was a very, very nice goal, he hit it outstanding,” FC sports director Christian Keller had to praise and knew: “This is no coincidence with him, he does it every now and then.”
Keller’s enthusiasm did not come from approximate. Two years ago, when Reese had switched from Holstein Kiel to Hertha free of charge, the people of Cologne had also tried for the offensive player. The Keller confirmed this for the first time on Saturday evening at Sky: “We talked to each other in 2023. He is a very, very good player.” At the time, Reese had met with the FC bosses for a personal conversation, but ultimately decided on Berlin.
Julian Pauli celebrated his comeback against Hertha BSC on Saturday evening. Almost four months after his serious head injury-suffered against the Hertha in the DFB Cup in early December-the 19-year-old was substituted for Jan Thielmann on matchday 28 against the Berliners in the 73rd minute.