No more fog, two penalties: 1. FC Köln wins late in the Euro catch-up game

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No more fog, two penalties: 1. FC Köln wins late in the Euro catch-up game

1. FC Köln still has progress in the European Conference League in their own hands. Coach Steffen Baumgart's team wins against 1. FC Slovacko in the game that was postponed because of the fog. But only one of two penalties is in it.

After a foggy night in the Czech Republic, 1. FC Köln have significantly better prospects and get their "final" in the Conference League. The team coached by Steffen Baumgart won the continuation of the game at 1. FC Slovacko 1-0 (0-0) on Friday, the match the previous evening had been stopped in the seventh minute due to poor visibility.

Ondrej Duda (82nd) ​​made a late decision with a penalty kick. Previously, Florian Kainz had already missed a chance from the point (51st), which was also preceded by a foul. Cologne now have their fate in Group D in their own hands again: A home win against OGC Nice next Thursday would at least secure second place and thus the intermediate round.

"It took a lot of strength," said Cologne's Florian Kainz on RTL, "it was a very intense game, but we're very happy about the deserved victory." Ex-Leverkusen Michal Kadlec, captain at Slovacko, struggled with the narrow defeat: "We annoyed them, a draw would have been fair."

For FC it was the first of six games in 16 days - according to the schedule, the game should continue on Sunday against TSG Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. However, the club is hoping for a transfer, and talks are underway with the German Football League (DFL) and Hoffenheim.

On Thursday evening in the Czech Republic, shortly before the planned kick-off, dense fog came up in the small town of Uherske Hradiste. After some back and forth, the game started 75 minutes late - and had to be stopped immediately.

So on Friday afternoon it started all over again - in the seventh minute, with a throw-in by Kingsley Schindler. FC made the game, but rarely had great chances to score. The opponent had the best before the break, a header from Merchas Doski (42nd) smacked the outer post. Shortly after the break, Sargis Adamyan was fouled in the penalty area, but Kainz was saved from the point by Slovacko's goalkeeper Filip Nguyen. Duda did better just before the end.