U21 of the 1st FC Köln starts strongly in 2025 with convincing victory!

The U21 of the 1st FC Köln successfully contested her first test game in 2025 against the top division SG Finnentrop/Bamenohl. The game ended with a narrow 3-2 win for the Cologne team who start the competition season with this success. Coach Evangelos Sboniah led the team to the square, where Yannick Frechlad scored the decisive winning goal in the final minute.

Yannick Frechlad, who had no commitment in the regional league in the current season due to injuries, was able to register with this goal. Sbonias expressed a positive statement about the team's development potential, but also noted that the players had not yet reached the desired level of the game. In the game against Finnentrop, Joao Pinto and Jonas Saliger opened the goal series, with the Cologne team in the lead 2-0 early. In the meantime, Finnentrop equalized to 2-2, before Freitlades struck in the last minute to secure victory, like Fussball.news reported.

structure of the team and future challenges

The competition in the attack of the U21 is high, especially after the upcoming loan of Jaka Potocnik. MANSOUR OURO-TAGBA, a new striker, will probably also collect game practice in the U21 after his return from Regensburg. He was missing in the test game against Finnentrop for short -term processes. Another player, Etienne Borie, could not take part in the test game due to a bruise, but was not classified as badly injured.

In another test game that the U21 of 1. FC Köln completed, the meeting with TSV Steinbach Haiger ended 3: 3. In this game, the newcomer Antonio Verinac scored his first goal for the team. Verinac had previously had to leave the field prematurely after an ankle beat in the test game against the U21 of VfL Bochum; Fortunately, it turned out that there was no structural injury. The trainer was satisfied with the intensity and commitment of the team, but pointed out individual mistakes that led to the goals, such as Geissblog.koeln reported.