The guests’ new coach, Friedhelm Funkel, had to deal with a setback early on. After five minutes brought Leon Bailey, who headed completely free, Leverkusen lead 1-0. After the goal for the Werkself, Cologne actually showed a decent reaction and tried to play forward. The precision in the last third was lacking, however. For example, after 18 minutes, when a good attack resulted in a pass that just rolled past Marius Wolf, who was ready to shoot. Shortly thereafter, Jonas Hector had an opportunity with his head, but just missed the goal.
–
