Bundesliga: Cologne – Leverkusen 1: 2 – Cologne star scores for the first time in 8 years, a great thing! | Sports

Cologne star scores for the first time in 8 years |

And then such a cool thing!

The “Cologne Cafu” enchants the FC!

Benno Schmitz (27) shoots Cologne in the 1:2 against Leverkusen with a phenomenal goal in the lead. Because crosses are actually his specialty, the team-mates compare their right-back to the Brazilian legend Cafu (52/142 caps, world champion 1994 and 2002). But this time Schmitz simply does it himself – and how!

30. Minute: An Adamyan cross lands half-right in the backcourt at Schmitz, who is completely free. He takes the ball 18 meters from the goal with his chest and volleys it perfectly into the far corner. dream goal! 1:0 FC!

It’s the fairy tale of Cologne! Schmitz (joined from RB Leipzig in 2018 for 200,000 euros) scored his first goal in the 92nd Bundesliga game – and his first competitive goal in eight and a half years! He last scored in April 2014, at that time still for Bayern II in the regional league against Seligenporten.

And now such a cool thing!

The timing for the hammer shot is perfect: Schmitz scores in his 100th competitive game for FC – and then against Rhein rivals Leverkusen.

But: The dream goal is not enough for a threesome for FC because Cologne ducked the win!

65 minutes: Amiri takes a free kick in a central position. On the far left of the Cologne Wall, Schindler inexplicably ducks away, opening up a huge hole. He deflects the ball, which he kicked chest high, with his back and his goalkeeper Schwäbe cannot hold it – equalizer Leverkusen!

And it gets even worse for Cologne!

71 minutes: Leverkusen counterattacks, Frimpong lays across to Diaby, who only has to push the ball into the empty goal. 2:1 Leverkusen, game turned!

Leverkusen are slowly getting back on track, celebrating their second win in a row under new coach Xabi Alonso (40) and slowly climbing out of the basement. Cologne, on the other hand, have not won in four games (two draws, two defeats).

Bayern goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky (32): “Xabi brought in Spanish blood at half-time and got loud. The performance in the first half was unacceptable, it was sub-par. That we won two games in a row for the first time in November is actually unbelievable.”