THE OPPONENT: At 1. FC Köln, all players are ready to play.
(dpa/dad). The regular assistant coach André Pawlak does not want to copy his boss Steffen Baumgart, who tested positive for Corona, in the game between 1. FC Köln and SC Freiburg on Saturday. “I won’t put on a flat cap. And I certainly won’t be standing there in a T-shirt either,” said the 50-year-old with a smile at the press conference, at which he already represented Baumgart. Baumgart had already declared that he would give his assistant a free hand during the game. “We’ll definitely be on the phone and skyping several times a day until Saturday,” explained Pawlak: “We won’t have any contact with Steffen on the bench during the game. He leaves the decisions to us.”
The Cologne team, currently in eighth place, want to increase the cushion down in the table. In terms of personnel, the people of Domstadt can draw on plenty. 24 field players and four goalkeepers trained this week. “Ellyes Skhiri still has a few cold symptoms, but should be able to play,” said Pawlak. After losing the Africa Cup of Nations, the Tunisian is looking forward to his comeback at FC. Jonas Hector, who had to break off the practice session early on Wednesday, is fit again and is in the squad. Pawlak said of the guest from Breisgau: “Freiburg are very compact and are going forward with determination. That makes the game difficult, but not unsolvable for us. We’ll get our chances. We have to be active, attack aggressively and win the ball.”
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