Almost nothing can stop him in Europe at the moment – and his gala form alone would be a threat for the Derby Saturday in Cologne (3.30 p.m. / Sky): Yann Sommer (32) is currently celebrating one party after the next, but has not yet had enough of it …
In the World Cup qualifiers, the keeper and Switzerland managed to ban the football miracle European champions Italy to the playoffs and qualify directly for Qatar in 2022. With a holding rate of 87 percent, Sommer was by far the best keeper in the entire qualification – also better than Manuel Neuer, Hugo Lloris (France), Jordan Pickford (England) or Thibaut Courtois (Belgium).
In the league, Gladbach’s vice-captain kept his box clean in the 4-0 win against Fürth. BILD asked him about the party after the World Cup sensation, but Sommer immediately looks to Cologne: “It was nice, but unfortunately there is hardly any time to celebrate, because the next tasks are about to be done. Our goal now has to be to finally achieve consistency. It will be hot Saturday, it will be emotional, for the fans in Germany this is one of the biggest duels of all. “
Cologne can also understand the following summer sentence as a threat: “For us it is enough just to say the word derby!”
► Sommer only has words of praise for the development of the Cologne team with coach Vulkan Steffen Baumgart (49) on the sidelines: “That is absolutely great what they play. There is a lot of power to feel, you can see the emotionality on the pitch. “FC are only three points behind VfL …
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