Guardian - 22 January 2018, 14:47 (+ 2300 days 3 hours and 33 minutes) Eurofootball
Saturday’s win at their fellow strugglers sparked the sacking of Markus Gisdol and raised hopes of an unlikely escapeAlready, it threatens to be the story of the season. FC Köln were dead, buried and we were just waiting for the post-mortem. Following the worst start to a Bundesliga season in the competition’s near-55-year history – no wins and three draws in the first 16 games, which finished off one of the club’s greatest coaches ever, Peter Stöger – the patient hasn’t just woken up. They’ve put their best clothes on, left the hospital and gone out clubbing.Saturday’s vital win at fellow strugglers Hamburg, who Effzeh are now only three points behind, was their third in a row since breaking their season duck and has put Stefan Ruthenbeck’s side on the trail of what would be the greatest escape of them all, certainly in the history of German top-flight professional football. Continue reading...