The “Effzeh” disappointed against the arch rival, but at the end of the day it still managed to make the surprising balance. The Fortuna, on the other hand, misses three important points in the relegation battle – through gripping last minutes.
Crazy Rheinderby in Cologne: In the prestige duel at “Effzeh” Fortuna Düsseldorf lost a 2-0 lead in the final minutes and thus missed three important points in the fight against relegation. 1. FC Köln disappointed over long stretches of the game, but woke up in the last few minutes and still drew. Kenan Karaman (41.) and Erik Thommy (61.) put the guests in the lead, goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier saved a penalty from Mark Uth (59.). Anthony Modeste (88th) and Jhon Cordoba (90th) saved the team of coach Markus Gisdol.
Due to the sixth draw in the eighth game under coach Uwe Rösler, Düsseldorf missed the great chance of moving up to Mainz on the saving 15th place. Cologne, on the other hand, with a further ten points behind Fortuna on relegation rank, will probably be relegated to the class with seven games remaining. With a win, the FC would have moved up to one point after the home defeats of Freiburg, Wolfsburg and Schalke to possibly seventh place for the European Cup qualification.
The Fortuna had the first chance
The comeback of Ismail Jakobs at FC was encouraging. “It is nice to see a recovering player for the first time. A Corona sick and quarantined player who is back,” said coach Markus Gisdol before Sky kicked off.
His colleague Uwe Rösler had to do without the blocked defense chief Kaan Ayhan, made three more changes and switched from three to four chains. So the guests were stable. And they were also the more active team in a terrifyingly poor first half. Fortuna also had the first noteworthy goal chance when Karaman failed after a beautiful pass from Kevin Stöger from a tight angle to Timo Horn (21.). 20 minutes later, the Turkish international was successful after Steven Skzybski’s filing, Toni Leistner deflected his shot unsustainable for Horn.
After the break, the Cologne team were at least a little more active, but the great chance to equalize left the otherwise so accurate Uth twice. Initially, the Schalke loan, which was involved in at least one goal in each of the previous eight games, hit the post. After Adam Bodzek fouled him on the margin, the Cologne native missed the penalty kick – and failed at Kastenmeier. Gisdol wanted to set another impulse with a triple change – and had to accept the decisive neck blow seconds later through Thommy. But then the Cologne turned up and saved another point.
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