1. FC Köln: Horst Heldt on Gisdol’s fateful game against Hertha

Cologne –

It is the second fateful game for Markus Gisdol (51) at 1. FC Köln this season!

Even if sports boss Horst Heldt (51) does not want to use the word endgame, it is clear that his neighbors would end up going bankrupt against Hertha BSC (Saturday, 3.30 p.m., Sky). After a small interim high at the end of the year, the FC has reached the preliminary low point after the embarrassing 0: 5 bankruptcy in Freiburg.

1. FC Köln trainer Markus Gisdol: “That can sometimes help”

On Saturday, the team will have to prove that they can turn the corner again, as they did with the sensational away win in Dortmund. Gisdol believes that the shame of Breisgau shook his boys awake. “We had an open and honest exchange. The game in Freiburg could have been a cleansing thunderstorm. That can help sometimes. It was a very intense week. I am firmly convinced that everyone will still pull together 100 percent, “said the FC coach.

It is the highest railway, the FC has their backs to the wall after the completely botched start of the year in the relegation battle.

The FC fell to the relegation rank 16, eleven points after 15 games are also an extremely thin result. Even climber Arminia Bielefeld, who competed as a self-proclaimed rubber dinghy against 17 motor boats before the season, has two points more on the account.

Horst Heldt: “The players showed their understanding”

A fact that cannot make anyone happy at the Geißbockheim. Therefore, Horst Heldt demands an answer on the field from his professionals before the duel with his friend and former FC teammate Bruno Labbadia (54).

“The players showed their understanding. You don’t want to experience again what happened in Freiburg. What I saw in the training sessions makes me optimistic. I have the impression that everyone knows what the hour has come, ”said the FC sports boss.

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Compared to the Freiburg game, a system change has been announced for the home game against the “Old Lady”: Gisdol trained with a back three during the week.

In Dortmund (2: 1) and Mainz (1: 0) Cologne had their only victories of the season so far. The FC coach says: “It doesn’t matter which system you play with if the access doesn’t work. We have to find the right attitude again. We need this greed again, this two-way behavior. The Freiburg game showed us that without a good game against the ball we have no chance of winning in the Bundesliga. “

Now it is his player’s turn, whom Gisdol consistently wraps in cotton wool. You alone decide on the field on Saturday whether or not Markus Gisdol will continue at 1. FC Köln after matchday 16.

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