To Leverkusen-Cologne: Football professionals are stirring on social media

The aftermath of a dramatic cup derby was still felt hours later. Even in the early Thursday, the skirmishes between the two unequal Rhenish rivals Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Cologne continued via social media. “If you do Trash Talk yourself, you also have to live with the echo,” plague Leverkusens Robert Andrich back in an Instagram story against Cologne Dominique Heintz.

The FC defense player had accused the double winner from Leverkusen 3-2 (0: 1) after extra time in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. “I have to master myself today that I don’t say anything wrong. Very arrogant, I have to say that many players from Leverkusener Bank,” Heintz said at the Pay TV station Sky-and similar to the ARD. And Andrich was just one of those who were sitting on the Leverkusen Bank.

This outbreak was due to the emotion of an incredible football game. A little later and already cooled than on the TV microphones, Heintz then paid his respect: “Finally, they deserve it. That is also the quality of leverkusen.”

For the umpteenth time in the past twelve months, the Werkelf saved with a last minute goal, which was particularly late this time. It was only in the sixth minute of added time that striker Patrik Schick headed the great favorite against the second division leader to 2-2 and thus the prolongation, in which Victor Boniface (98th) scored the winning goal.

“Was awesome,” said Schick Lapidar about his equalization and the great emotions afterwards. When Bayern Munich used to be happy for themselves, the Bayern dusel spoke. This has long since become the Bayer dusel. In both cases, what Cologne Linton Maina – goal scorer at the incredible intermediate result of 2: 0 (54th) for the underdog – summed up: “At some point that has nothing to do with luck.”

The immense difference in quality between the two teams was clearly the entire game. The stroke of genius by Florian Wirtz alone before fate to 1: 2 (61.) – unique ball acceptance on the outer line, breathtaking physical decree and a perfect pass – was worth the entry fee. Bayer coach Xabi Alonso followed one international after another from the bank. In the end, that was too much for the self -sacrificing fighting Cologne, who had Bayer with simple means immediately before the defeat.

In the end, FC had to comfort itself to have shown football Germany how the ball artists are to crack Wirtz: with a solid defensive basic structure, closely shifting chains, passion and hardness. Atlético Madrid had bought the cutting in the Champions League with a similarly aggressive approach two weeks earlier.

Now even the personnel that was significantly worse was, as a second division, shortly before the triumph. “We put a very good plan,” said Cologne’s chief coach Gerhard Struber, who in the end with his club instead of the semi-finals and additional income of 3.3 million euros now only remains the league. “Sometimes the sport really hurts. Today we really got one at the end,” the FC coach struggled.

At the latest on Sunday, his players should have come up again. Then in the league against FC Schalke 04 it goes on for direct return.