Sunday 07 November 2021
Modeste meets early and late
Union remains unbeatable for Cologne
Union Berlin missed the fifth Bundesliga win in a row against 1. FC Köln, but the capital city can fix an early goal. However, there is no reaction to the late compensation.
Steffen Baumgart has denied his great football love Union Berlin the leap onto a Champions League place in the Bundesliga – and that again thanks to a double pack from Anthony Modeste. With 1. FC Köln, the coach, who has been a member of Union since his time as a professional, plays in the traditional team and lives near the stadium in Köpenick, scored a 2: 2 (1: 2) against them Iron.
Modeste, who saved the point four minutes before the end, has now scored the FC’s last six competitive goals. The eleventh place in the table from Cologne won four days before the start of the session on November 11th. in the carnival jersey with confetti design, the first point in the fifth first division duel with the feared opponent. The Berliners are eighth, two points behind the fourth Wolfsburg, which they would have overtaken with a win.
Modeste is in trouble with Luthe
Modeste had given Cologne an early lead with his seventh goal of the season (7th), Julian Ryerson (9th) and Grischa Prömel (45th + 1) turned the game in the meantime. After the international break, Union continues with the explosive city duel against Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga. The 50,000 spectators in the Cologne arena saw a rapid start. And the Cologne among them only had to wait until the seventh minute to cheer Modeste’s next goal. After a shot from Florian Kainz on the crossbar, the Frenchman switched quickly, stopped the ball with his thigh and pushed it into the empty goal from three meters.
125 seconds later, the Cologne team gave up the lead when Ryerson slid the ball into the right corner from 18 meters, completely unrestricted. The Norwegian, who waited 46 Bundesliga appearances for his first goal, scored in the second game in a row. How many emotions were involved was shown by a curious scene in the 17th minute. Modeste built himself up with a free kick in front of Union keeper Andreas Luthe and kept jumping into view so that he could not direct his defensive wall with a free kick. Luthe pushed him away with both hands, both saw yellow.
However, most of the action took place in midfield. Before the break, the Cologne team turned it up again, but Modeste headed past (38th) and Ondrej Duda hit the outside netting (41st). Instead, Union took the lead. Prömel took the ball after a bad pass from Rafael Czichos, played one-two with Genki Haraguchi and pushed in. Seconds later, Awoniyi shot over it from five meters.
After the break, FC put pressure on, Baumgart tirelessly pushed his team forward in a short-sleeved polo shirt at nine degrees Celsius. Hector quickly had a good chance with his head (54th), but overall opportunities against disciplined guests were rare. Three days after the disappointing 2-1 draw against Feyenoord Rotterda in the European Conference League, the Berliners seemed to have everything under control – until Modeste struck for the second time.