Arminia Bielefeld calls in the top game against Cologne: 2-0 victory and upswing!

Arminia Bielefeld calls in the top game against Cologne: 2-0 victory and upswing!

In the top game of the third division season 2024/2025, FC Viktoria Cologne met Arminia Bielefeld and had to give up 0-2 on Sunday evening in the Höhenberg sports park. This result could be crucial for the promotion struggle, especially since other pursuers in the table such as Saarbrücken and Ingolstadt only played a draw, while Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus had to accept defeats. In doing so, Arminia Bielefeld consolidates her position in the upper table regions and has collected convincing 16 points in the last six games, which the team catapults into second place in the league, behind Dynamo Dresden. arminia.de reports that ...

Around 4,000 Arminia fans supported their team in Cologne and saw a dominant appearance of their team right from the start. Bielefeld started the game with the same line-up, which last secured the 4-2 victory against Wiesbaden. The host's first warning shot came in the 8th minute through Serhat Semih Güler, whose shot went just over the goal. In the 19th minute it was Mael Corboz who, after a nice dribbling from Lukas Kunze, promoted the ball volley into the net and thus marked the 0-1 for Arminia. This goal was already his sixth goal this season.

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The first half not only scored goals, but also a heated atmosphere. In the 39th minute, Enrique Lofolomo from Cologne received the second yellow card after a duel and had to get off the square. This was a hopeless setback for Viktoria Köln, since Noah Sarenren Bazeee also saw the red card shortly afterwards in the 42nd minute after it was involved in a word battle. So the team had to act outnumbered in the second half.

In the second half, the remaining players had more space in the field. Viktoria Köln tried to fight back into the game, but had difficulty getting dangerous degrees. Said El Mala and Tyger Lobinger in particular were unable to get involved in decisive factor in order to achieve the balance. In the 70th minute, Cologne coach Olaf Janßen was also forced to intervene from the sidelines, but received the red card because of its improper behavior. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger adds that ...

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The final minutes belonged again to Bielefeld. In the 90th minute it was Julian Kania who scored the 0: 2 after a quickly performed counter. This was not only his 13th goal of the season, but the final point under a consistently convincing team performance. In summary, it can be stated that Bielefeld was able to determine the game through the early lead and the rapid overpowering game. The spectators in the Höhenberg sports park, where 8,100 fans ran at the end, there was an exciting and intensive game.

The referee decision was made on Daniel Bartnitzki from Erfurt, who also distributed various yellow cards in a total fair game:

• Viktoria Cologne: Dietz, Lofolomo, El Mala
• Arminia Bielefeld: Kunze, Sarenren Bazeee, Schneider, Oppie

With this victory, Arminia Bielefeld created an excellent base in the promotion struggle, while Viktoria Köln has to reorient itself after this setback. The next games could be decisive for both teams, especially considering the previous services and the tight table situation.