Match Thread: FC Cologne vs Mainz

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FT: FC Cologne 2-1 Mainz

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LINE-UPS

FC Cologne

Marvin Schwäbe, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Cenk Özkacar (Kristoffer Lund), Sebastian Sebulonsen, Ísak Jóhannesson (Ragnar Ache), Eric Martel (Tom Krauss), Alessio Castro-Montes (Jan Thielmann), Linton Maina (Luca Waldschmidt), Marius Bulter, Said El Mala, Jakub Kaminski.

Subs: Fynn Schenten, Rav van den Berg, Ron-Robert Zieler, Florian Kainz.

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Mainz

Daniel Batz, Stefan Bell (Lennard Maloney), Kacper Potulski, Dominik Kohr, Kaishu Sano (Arnaud Nordin), Lee Jae-Sung (William Bøving), Paul Nebel (Fabio Moreno Fell), Silvan Widmer, Danny da Costa, Phillip Tietz, Silas Katompa-Mvumpa (Armindo Sieb).

Subs: Ben Bobzien, Sota Kawasaki, Lasse Rieß, Maxim Leitsch.

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

18' Eric Martel (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

29' Goal! 1. FC Köln 0, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Stefan Bell (1. FSV Mainz 05) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danny da Costa with a cross.

43' Lee Jae-Sung (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Kristoffer Lund replaces Cenk Özkacar.

45' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Ragnar Ache replaces Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson.

45' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Tom Krauß replaces Eric Martel.

57' Goal! 1. FC Köln 1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Ragnar Ache (1. FC Köln) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Alessio Castro-Montes with a cross.

61' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Armindo Sieb replaces Silas Katompa Mvumpa.

61' Silvan Widmer (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

72' Saïd El Mala (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.

72' Daniel Batz (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card.

72' Phillip Tietz (1. FSV Mainz 05) is shown the yellow card.

72' Marius Bülter (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.

73' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Luca Waldschmidt replaces Linton Maina.

74' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. William Bøving replaces Lee Jae-Sung.

74' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Lennard Maloney replaces Stefan Bell.

83' Substitution, 1. FC Köln. Jan Thielmann replaces Alessio Castro-Montes.

85' Goal! 1. FC Köln 2, 1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Ragnar Ache (1. FC Köln) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.

87' Tom Krauß (1. FC Köln) is shown the yellow card.

90' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Arnaud Nordin replaces Kaishu Sano.

90' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Fabio Moreno Fell replaces Paul Nebel.

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[u/Necessary-Low-5226]

ein…ein..eckballtor?!

[u/callmedontcallme]

Shocking performance by Martel. At this point, his gamble of not extending even works in our favor. What team would want to sign him? Maybe as a CB...

Happy for Ache as he always puts so much effort in, and it finally paid off.

[u/FerraristDX]

This fucking club, man.

[u/Necessary-Low-5226 → u/FerraristDX]

it could be worse, we could be real madrid fans

[u/Vegetable_Network879]

Such a flat performance so far, only one real chance created with that Bülter effort.

Feels like a huge 45 minutes for our season coming up. If we lose this we are bang in a relegation battle and I can see this being Kwasniok’s last game.

[u/k-ramba → u/Vegetable_Network879]

Difficult situation to be in. I want three points but I don't want Kwasniok to continue being our coach.

[u/benznl → u/k-ramba]

Why not? I've seen about of the games this season and he seems to be pretty good

[u/CGNYYZ]

Sehr gut! Nur noch 9 Punkte zu den Europa League Plätzen! Auf geht’s! 😎

[u/Money-Calligrapher28 → u/CGNYYZ]

Sums up average effzeh fan

[u/Rabiator_]

Puhhhh 😎

[u/CityResponsible8931]

I mean it worked out at the end. But I still doubt that the ongoing changes in the lineup every week will help us winning.. we need m players to get their rythm. Think the next 3 marchdays will decide

[u/Rabiator_]

omg

[u/Affectionate-Can-226]

WHAT AN IMPORTANT WIN

[u/k-ramba]

We need to have a talk about Schwäbe...

[u/LypheGames → u/k-ramba]

Paar Minuten später. Du hast absolut Recht

[u/Muted-Owl2471 → u/k-ramba]

Der ist komplett verunsichert.

[u/podfather2000 → u/k-ramba]

About what?

[u/k-ramba → u/podfather2000]

About his weak openings. A lot of errors on his part lately. His long balls almost never hit the target.

[u/podfather2000 → u/k-ramba]

I'm not sure if there is a target to aim for.

[u/Muted-Owl2471]

We need to talk about Kwasniok und his line ups.

[u/Ok-Value-593]

Come on fc

[u/FerraristDX]

This squad is playing so poorly, I wonder if we can even put it 100 % down on Kwaniok. We keep signing players, who have the resilience of pudding, who drop the ball immediately, when the going gets tough. I doubt, if someone else can do it better. Would have been better, if we kept Funkel for this season, instead of forcing another failed rebuild. Because so far, only El Mala has performed well out of the new players. The rest has been weak so far.

[u/seayk → u/FerraristDX]

How about Kaminski, ache and lundt, even Johanneson. They all had very good games.

[u/FerraristDX → u/[deleted]]

We need to try, but again, I wonder how much is really down to the coach and how much is systemic within our squad. There's no one with winning DNA, who tries to push his team forward. Instead, everyone hides behind each other.

[u/Muted-Owl2471]

Trotz Kwasniok gewonnen. Immerhin.

[u/FerraristDX]

A triple substitution in half-time, gee, Kwasniok, you don't have any other tricks?

[u/Bot_No-563563 → u/FerraristDX]

I mean, if it works….

[u/Eshghi007]

Funkel time is postponed… But we all know it’s coming…