Cologne celebrates promotion: 2-1 victory despite personnel worries!

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<Ol> <li> FC Köln defeats SC Paderborn 2-1 in the 2nd Bundesliga. Trainer Struber praises team spirit despite personnel failures. </li> </l>
<Ol> <li> FC Köln defeats SC Paderborn 2-1 in the 2nd Bundesliga. Trainer Struber praises team spirit despite personnel failures. </li> </l> (Symbolbild/ANAG)

on March 29, 2025, the 1. FC Köln A decisive 2-1 win against SC Paderborn . With this success, the club climbs to 50 points after 27 game days in the 2. Bundesliga , while Paderborn remains with 45 points. The Cologne coach Gerhard Struber was faced with a personnel emergency, since he had to do without six regular players, including captain Timo Hüber's and Dominique Heintz . Despite these challenges, the team demonstrated great fighting spirit and the cohesion was rewarded by the victory. Denis Huseinbasic scored the decisive goal in the 61st minute after Paderborn had previously took the lead in the 34th minute by Marvin Mehlem.

goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe was another key to victory. He not only parried a penalty of Raphael Obermair in the 26th minute, but also showed his class with other shots. This performance, coupled with the Cologne equalization in the 42nd minute, which came about by an own goal of Felix Götze after an margin of Imad Rondic, decided the game in favor of the Domstadt. Express reports about the dominance of the Cologne in the second half, which ultimately secured the game.

promotion struggle in focus

The importance of this victory in the context of the ascent should not be underestimated. With these three points the 1. FC Köln at the top of the table, just one point before the Hamburger SV , which has 49 points after a 0-0 against Elversberg , and five points ahead of Paderborn. The FC has a clear advantage in the promotion struggle. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger emphasizes that the way to climb is still long and rocky, and warns of the challenges that Team lie.

The Cologne residual games are crucial for the further course of the season. The upcoming encounters are as follows:

Struber emphasizes that despite the previous successes in the course of the season, which, for example, comprise eight 1-0 wins, the team must still not rest on their laurels. The next encounters are crucial and require the same commitment and the determination that the team has already shown on the pitch.

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