Borussia Mönchengladbach: Goalkeeper Yann Sommer threatens Cologne – Bundesliga
Nothing can stop him at the moment – and his gala form alone would be a threat for the Derby Saturday in Cologne (3.30 p.m. / Sky): Yann Sommer (32) is currently celebrating one party after the next, but has not yet had enough of it …
In the World Cup qualifiers, the keeper and Switzerland managed to ban the football miracle European champions Italy from the playoffs and qualify directly for Qatar in 2022. With a holding rate of 87 percent, Sommer was by far the best keeper of the entire qualification – also better than Manuel Neuer, Hugo Lloris (France), Jordan Pickford (England) or Thibaut Courtois (Belgium).
In the league, Gladbach’s vice-captain kept his box clean in the 4-0 win against Fürth. BILD followed him with the World Cup sensation after the party, but Sommer immediately looked to Cologne: Our goal now has to be to finally get constancy. It will be hot Saturday, it will be emotional, for the fans in Germany this is one of the biggest duels of all. “
Cologne can also understand the following summer sentence as a threat: “For us it is enough just to say the word derby!”
► Sommer only has words of praise for the development of the Cologne team with coach Vulkan Steffen Baumgart (49) on the sidelines: “That is absolutely great what they play. There is a lot of power to feel, you can see the emotionality on the pitch. “FC are only three points behind VfL …