With the two surprise packages of the Bundesliga season coming up against each other in the second round of the DFB Cup, a lot of excitement and entertainment is guaranteed. FC Köln, who lost their first competitive game in nearly six months at the weekend, come up against TSG Hoffenheim, who boast the youngest coach in the Bundesliga in Julian Nagelsmann. The likely outcome of the game on Wednesday (20:45 CEST)? Who knows!
”It will be a lively affair, that is for sure. The stadium is imposing and the fans go one better with the atmosphere they create. It will be fiery and it will be loud, but we will be ready for that,” said Hoffenheim's Kevin Vogt, who played for FC Köln last season. There is also another reunion in the game. Köln striker Anthony Modeste spent two years at Hoffenheim, from 2013-2015.
Vogt, who knows the Frenchman Modeste from training, remains wary: “He is currently in dangerous form and clinical in front of goal. We will therefore have to work hard to keep him quiet. He is always on the move and is a constant threat.
For FC Köln, it is their first DFB Cup home game after 14 away games on the bounce. The last cup game at the RheinEnergieStadion was Köln’s last-16 defeat to MSV Duisburg in 2010. To put that into context, Köln left-back Jonas Hector had just joined the club from SV Auersmacher and current first choice keeper Timo Horn was in the U21 side.
With the two surprise packages of the Bundesliga season coming up against each other in the second round of the DFB Cup, a lot of excitement and entertainment is guaranteed. FC Köln, who lost their first competitive game in nearly six months at the weekend, come up against TSG Hoffenheim, who boast the youngest coach in the Bundesliga in Julian Nagelsmann. The likely outcome of the game on Wednesday (20:45 CEST)? Who knows!
”It will be a lively affair, that is for sure. The stadium is imposing and the fans go one better with the atmosphere they create. It will be fiery and it will be loud, but we will be ready for that,” said Hoffenheim's Kevin Vogt, who played for FC Köln last season. There is also another reunion in the game. Köln striker Anthony Modeste spent two years at Hoffenheim, from 2013-2015.
Vogt, who knows the Frenchman Modeste from training, remains wary: “He is currently in dangerous form and clinical in front of goal. We will therefore have to work hard to keep him quiet. He is always on the move and is a constant threat.
For FC Köln, it is their first DFB Cup home game after 14 away games on the bounce. The last cup game at the RheinEnergieStadion was Köln’s last-16 defeat to MSV Duisburg in 2010. To put that into context, Köln left-back Jonas Hector had just joined the club from SV Auersmacher and current first choice keeper Timo Horn was in the U21 side.
