Replaced against Bremen: Cologne fears for Skhiri
On Sunday, the people of Cologne moved between the celebrations after Saturday and the focus on FC Bayern. Even after the 7-1 win against SV Werder, they didn’t give the impression of traveling euphorically towards Munich.
Left the field limping in the game against Werder Bremen: Ellyes Skhiri.
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“It was a good start to the year, but we can classify it well and have a coach who will quickly get us back on the ground before the Bayern game,” said Florian Kainz of the unofficially pronounced order of the day. Whereby the coach isn’t one who slows down the jubilation, but always tries to classify things.
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Baumgart did it like this after the game: “It was a game that you obviously won’t always have. We scored five goals from the first five shots on goal. We are happy about the result. We went forward with a lot of speed and earned the goals. On Tuesday, however, we have the team in front of our chests that shot down other teams with a similar result. We know what to expect.”
No injury at Skhiri
The record champions are waiting for the “billies” and now, of all times, the people of Cologne are worried about Ellyes Skhiri. The Tunisian injured his ankle on Saturday, he did not suffer an injury. Nevertheless, a deployment in Munich is uncertain. As of today, he could not play, one looks from day to day whether he will be able to take part in the trip to the Bavarian capital on Monday.
Midfielder Ondrej Duda was completely eliminated from the squad for the game against SV Werder Bremen. The Slovak completed a decent preparation, but ultimately fell victim to the great competition in the squad. His coach explained this with decisions that had to be made, “even if they hurt one or the other player.” Others also played good preparation, “I think,” said Baumgart, “then that’s understandable.” Saturday probably also showed what the coach misses with the Slovakian: he likes the role of ten, but rarely does it Ways back to close spaces and also shy away from consistently moving to the top.
Duda doesn’t matter anymore
Therefore, Dejan Ljubicic, Denis Huseinbasic and Mathias Olesen preferred to Duda, who should increasingly look for alternatives. However, he is one of the big earners in Cologne, he is said to have to do without money if a club is interested. Whether he is willing to do so, most likely under the contract that runs until 2024, seems at least doubtful. The likely variant is currently a loan deal, but there is no offer on the house table.