The Köln Sentinel
Squad8 Oct 2035
Marvin Schwäbe damages knee ligaments — 49 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 49 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad8 Oct 2035
Marvin Schwäbe signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marvin Schwäbe and Köln agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Oct 2035
Tempers go at Köln
Jakub Kamiński 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.
Match6 Oct 2035
4 matches without a win for Köln
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Köln are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings8 Oct 2035
Saïd El Mala runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Oct 2035
Ísak Jóhannesson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match6 Oct 2035
Köln are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Match6 Oct 2035
RB Leipzig take the points off Köln
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings8 Oct 2035
Rav van den Berg in the eights
A performance of 8.62 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Market The Saïd El Mala talk will not go away
- Player ratings An afternoon Daniel Rivas will want back
- Player ratings Zinho never got going