Cologne conquered the top: 3-1 victory against Münster brings climb closer!
Cologne conquered the top: 3-1 victory against Münster brings climb closer!
Köln, Deutschland - On April 20, 2025, the 30th matchday of the 2nd German Bundesliga took place, and 1. FC Köln shone with a 3-1 win against Prussia Münster. Cologne takes over the lead and displaces the Hamburger SV, which was previously able to assert himself at the top.
In an exciting encounter, Tim Lemperle brought the Cologne neme in the front in the 11th minute. This seemed to be paved for the Domstadt. But Münster equalized in the 39th minute by an own goal of Timo Hüber. The game took another turn shortly before the break when Luca Waldschmidt scored the 2-1 for Cologne in added time in added time in the first half. Damion Downs increased to 3: 1 in the 56th minute, which secured Cologne the decisive lead. Robert Ljubicic and Florian Kainz played through and contributed to the stable performance of the team.
promotion races will be more exciting
Due to the victory, the 1st FC Köln has four games before the end of the season a comfortable lead of five points on the relegation rank. This gives the team around coach Gerhard Struber the opportunity to look optimistically at the end of the season. The Hamburger SV, who was previously at the top, had clashed at the weekend and must now catch up in order not to endanger the climb, while Cologne takes his chance to return to direct. Andreas Voglsammer from Hannover 96 was able to score the connection goal in the match against Darmstadt 98, but the game ended 3-1 for Darmstadt. These results contribute significantly to the excitement of the promotion race, which intensifies the closer the end of the season.
In other Bundesliga games, 1st FC Magdeburg was able to strengthen its place in the upper half of the table. With a 3-0 win against SSV Jahn Regensburg, Magdeburg catapults himself to third place in the league. The goals scored Martijn Kaars (28th), Abu-Bekir el-Zein (51st) and Philipp Hercher (72nd). The team led by coach Christian Titz dream of a possible climb.
Platz | association | Points Th> | goal difference |
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1 | Hamburger SV | 48 | 58:32 |
2 | 1. FC Köln | 47 | 40:31 |
3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 49 | 53:41 |
Despite the defeat, Hamburger SV remains a serious candidate for promotion. The team of coach Merlin Polzin recorded an impressive record with 8 wins from 13 games and, with Davie Selke, presented the stroke of the league. The promotion race is still in the 2nd Bundesliga in the crucial phase, where each point counts and the tension is maintained until the end of the season. It remains to be seen what the further development of the table looks like, at the same time the 1. FC Köln has secured the best cards in the promotion race.
The big goal for Cologne is now to create the promotion to the Bundesliga on its own, but the pressure increases with every further match day and the growing competition. Everyone involved can look forward to an exciting finish this season.
The current situation of the teams shows how close the second Bundesliga is, and the upcoming games promise further spectacles. The course of this top-class league is followed by the news portals laola1 , Sport1 and Ligainsider .
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