The Köln Sentinel
Squad28 Sep 2026
Ron-Robert Zieler keeps Köln in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Sep 2026
A hiding for Köln
Beaten 0‑5 by Bayern Munich, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Köln
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Köln are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Köln
Mauro Arambarri was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Köln cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Leon Schulz out for 27 days
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Leon Schulz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Köln
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ellyes Skhiri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Looking ahead28 Sep 2026
The neighbours are next for Köln
Nothing about the week ahead is ordinary. Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday, a town that has already started talking about it, and a dressing room that does not need telling what it means.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Tom Krauß gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Boardroom Inquest at Köln
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Köln pick somebody else ahead of Florian Kainz