Leipzig dominates against Cologne and jumps to fourth place. Last year’s runner-up only fires a handful of shots on goal, but hits extremely precisely three times and wins 3-1 in the end.
When the fans returned, RB Leipzig celebrated the jump to a place in the Champions League. With a 3-1 (1-0) win over 1. FC Köln on Friday, the Saxons moved up to fourth place in the table. It is the best placement of last year’s second this season. RB celebrated the fifth win in the sixth competitive game of 2022 together with 15,000 fans after only very few spectators were allowed in the past three months due to the corona restrictions. Christopher Nkunku with a fantastic free kick (25th minute), Dani Olmo (54th) and Angeliño (57th) sealed the defeat of FC, who had not lost away from home since October 30, 2021. The return of their coach Steffen Baumgart, who gave full commitment on the sidelines again, did not help the Cologne team. The coach had recently been absent due to a positive corona test. But his team found no means against the prudent acting Leipzig. It didn’t help that Baumgart apparently told his team not to despair. But nothing more than nice approaches in the game structure were to be seen, but many bad passes. The guests did not fire their first shot on goal until the 90th minute. The goal of Cologne by Lemperle in added time came too late.
