“They were dissatisfied with the result, the 0:6 was also a factor – you can understand that,” said goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe, commenting on the silence in the visitors’ block. Timo Hübers saw it similarly: “The fans were as disappointed as we were.”
Previously, the second-to-last Bundesliga team had suffered another depressing defeat in the atmospheric traditional duel against the sixth-placed team in the second division. In front of 49,327 spectators at the sold-out Betzenberg, Richmond Tachie (19th), Kenny Prince Redondo (47th) and Marlon Ritter (65th) scored for the Palatinate team, who secured the bonus of 862,400 euros for advancing.
The misery of Cologne, who have only won one game in the league and suffered a loss at RB Leipzig on Saturday (0:6), continues. The late goals from Florian Kainz (71st) and Mark Uth (81st) didn’t change that, especially since Cologne ended the game with ten men: Captain Kainz was shown red in the 84th minute for serious foul play. Five minutes earlier, Eric Martel, who had already been substituted, had received a yellow-red card for unsportsmanlike conduct.
“We’re super disappointed. Things aren’t going so well in the league. We wanted to take a sense of success with us into the league, but we missed that,” said Hübers. Goalscorer Uth admitted that the players are mentally weak. “When you’re in such a negative spiral, at some point your head starts to go bad,” said the goalscorer.
A win on Saturday in the league against FC Augsburg (3:30 p.m.) is a must for Uth: “We know what’s at stake on Saturday – we have to win the game.”
Coach Steffen Baumgart spoke plainly. “We are in an absolutely shitty situation in the league and are out of the cup,” said Coach: “We are the only ones who can get us out of there.”
2023-11-01 07:41:14
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