Cologne in Ruins: FC Faces Worst Relegation in Club’s History After Embarrassing Loss to Darmstadt

2024-04-21 19:26:48

Cologne in ruins. After losing 2-0 to league bottom team Darmstadt, FC is facing the worst relegation in the club’s history.

The gap to relegation grew to 5 points four game days before the end and after Mainz’s 1-1 draw in Freiburg! And the embarrassing defeat against Darmstadt did not provide an argument for a successful league final spurt.

The stars completely unsettled and scared. Coach Timo Schultz (46) at a loss. The bosses failed. And now the fans are turning away too. The mood changes.

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► For the first time this season, the FC Ultras went to the barricades, chanted “We’re fed up” and insulted the professionals in the worst possible way after the final whistle, before sending the team to the dressing room with the words “fuck off”.

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“They told us that they didn’t want to see us anymore,” explained captain Florian Kainz (31), close to tears. Knowing full well that he and his colleagues have lost the most important support in the final spurt.

What remains are terrible slogans about perseverance. “Maybe the point is now where you can create an atmosphere that doesn’t matter and go into the game feeling more relaxed,” says coach Schultz hopefully. “There is no alternative to optimism,” explains sports boss Christian Keller (45) in a one-two on Sport 1 and promises: “No matter how it turns out: 1. FC Köln will get up again.”

But the fact is: Cologne is threatened with relegation, from which the traditional club will never recover, not only because of the associated revenue losses of 50 million euros in the worst case scenario.

►The FC is not allowed to sign any new signings until 2025 due to the transfer ban (BILD reported). The current team falls apart when relegated. And in what is probably the strongest 2nd league of all time (as of now with HSV, Hertha, Schalke, Hannover, among others) there is a risk of a fall all the way to the basement! Prospect of returning? Uncertain.

Cologne in ruins. This FC can no longer be saved!

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Source: Image20.04.2024