“Great respect”: That is why Cologne coach Baumgart secured Kevin-Prince Boateng’s jersey
For Steffen Baumgart, the three points in the 3-1 away win were probably the most important thing. At the start of the second half of the Bundesliga season, the 1. FC Köln coach at Hertha BSC had even more to take with him. For one thing, Baumgart came to the after the party DAZN interview with a chocolate bar. “I got it from someone, the young lady used to play handball with my grandpa and it is also her last game at Hertha,” explained the 50-year-old.
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Furthermore, the FC coach, who with his team jumped to sixth place thanks to the away win in the Olympic Stadium, secured the jersey of Hertha midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng. “With Prince it’s just that I have a lot of respect for him and his performance and I want to have a very special memory for myself”, Baumgart at some point full of praise for Boateng, who was under contract with many big clubs in his career and has been back at his training club since last summer.
Kevin-Prince Boateng: The pictures of his career.
His professional career began in Berlin in 2005 at Hertha BSC, where he was part of the squad with his brother Jérôme (right) for some time.
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In terms of sport, Cologne was able to continue its upward trend on Sunday and has improved to a European Cup place. At Hertha, the Rhinelander prevailed on Sunday thanks to goals from Anthony Modeste (30th minute), ex-Berliners Ondrej Duda (32nd) and Jan Thielmann (90th + 1) with 3: 1 (2: 0) . In the Berlin Olympiastadion, the capitals were only able to shorten the start of the second half of the season in front of 3,000 spectators thanks to Vladimir Darida (57th).
After three wins in a row and four away games without defeat, Cologne are sixth in the table, tied ahead of seventh 1. FC Union Berlin. For the hapless Hertha, however, a series of five home games ended without defeat, she is only three points away from the relegation place.