Dhe thing about emotions is a big topic at 1. FC Köln, where people let themselves be carried away by a breathtaking football game on Saturday evening. After years of sadness, the Cologne team thrilled their audience with a downright adventurous style of play, which would almost have been rewarded with a crazy climax, the 2-1 winner against RB Leipzig, deep in stoppage time. But Ondrej Duda failed to try to push the ball into the almost empty goal from a few meters. The people screamed, they pulled their hair, they were horrified at this missed opportunity and at the same time fascinated that such a high-class drama with such a punch line is even possible at this battered Bundesliga location. And in the middle of it was Anthony Modeste, who was torn between all kinds of contradicting feelings even more than anyone else.
When the 33-year-old striker made it 1-0 after 53 minutes, he looked up at the sky and cried. “It’s my dad’s birthday today. That’s a lot of emotions for me. I lost my dad three years ago, ”Modeste later explained in front of the cameras at Sky, where he burst into tears again. In other moments of this football afternoon, however, he was beaming with happiness, because the Frenchman was one of the strongest of the heroes who had presented this spectacle. His goal had been brilliant: moving into the backcourt towards the penalty spot, looking at the ball, precise shot into the corner.
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