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1. FC Köln: Referee consoles Cologne’s unlucky Drexler


Munich –

In the end, 1. FC Köln had to admit defeat to the Bavarian offensive machinery. But as clearly as the game ended with 1: 5 on Saturday, February 27th, the Cologne team could be annoyed about some lost opportunities.

  • Dominick Drexler does not hit the empty goal
  • Faux pas is reminiscent of the legendary scene by Frank Mill
  • 1. FC Köln does not take advantage of the opportunities

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1. FC Köln: Dominick Drexler hit the post

Substitute Dominick Drexler had the greatest opportunity, who pursued world goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, caught the ball and only hit the post from an acute angle, the leather jumped out again.

Salih Özcan: “If we make it 2-3, it will be exciting again. Dome didn’t have to put up with any sayings, we’re all standing together. It’s a gross situation. To bring the ball in again from such an angle, but there is nothing you can do about it. ”

1. FC Cologne: Drexler recalls Frank Mill

“I actually wanted to put it straight in, then a thousand thoughts go through your head. Usually this happens to Neuer in one out of a hundred cases. That I don’t clean it is doubly bitter, ”said Dominick Drexler (30).

Historical scene: Dortmund’s Frank Mill played around Bayern keeper Jean-Marie Pfaff on August 9, 1986, but then hits the post from two meters.



The scene was somewhat reminiscent of Frank Mill, who, in his first game for Borussia Dortmund in 1986, also put the ball in front of the empty goal against the Bayern goal post.

There was a little consolation for Drexler in the cabin. Because then the referee let him know that he had been sidelined before the scene. So the hit wouldn’t have counted at all!

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Quite different with Max Meyer’s chance, which Drexler, who was substituted on at the same time, presented his colleague. But twice the midfielder finished rather poorly. That was not a recommendation after he had advertised himself against Stuttgart with a strong pass.

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