Cologne's ascent wobbles: A victory against Kaiserslautern is mandatory!

The SV Elversberg celebrated a dominant 3-0 victory against Eintracht Braunschweig and thus prevented FC Cologne celebrated prematurely. The SC Paderborn also contributed to the postponement of the celebrations with a 2-1 win against 1. FC Magdeburg. So it is currently bad for FC after 33 match days, despite an advantage of three points on the fourth -placed Paderborn

The starting point for 1. FC Köln

With a score of 58 points, the 1. FC Köln urgently needs a victory or at least one point in the next game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. If the FC loses, Elversberg and Paderborn must not win in their games in order not to endanger the climb. Coach Friedhelm Funkel, who has already made the promotion to the Bundesliga six times, remains optimistic. In the Geißbockheim collision, he made it clear that the team no longer needs team building.

"We focus on the next game and the preparation begins on Monday afternoon," said Funkel on the current situation. His positive assessment of the team can also be seen in the need to tackle the upcoming challenges with confidence. Nevertheless, the FC has the worst goal difference compared to the competition, which also makes the situation more difficult.

rival Elversberg on the advance

The successes of Elversberg and Paderborn represent a double setback for FC Köln. Elversberg is on the relegation place with this victory and could even create direct ascent to Schalke 04 on the last match day. The goals for Elversberg scored Fisnik Asllani and Muhammed Damar, who welded twice. In addition, the team has won 15 points in the last seven games and is considered the strongest team in the 2nd league.

Paderborn, on the other hand, has collected 55 points and took fourth place. The starting point is tense here too: On the last match day, the team has to get at least one point more than Elversberg on the last matchday against Karlsruher SC to protect its chances of promotion. In contrast to Cologne, Paderborn has the best prerequisites to remain in the race for the climb and to realize the goal.