VFL Bochum - 1. FC Cologne 2: 2: Effzeh by Cup

No winner in the duel of the trainers: Bochum and Cologne are drawn in the Bundesliga top game on Saturday night, and can live well with it.

• Bochum - Cologne: Modeste scored 13. Saisontor
• VFL Bochum - 1. FC Cologne: The votes
• VFL Bochum - 1. FC Cologne: The statements

The buddies were satisfied. Steffen Baumgart and Thomas rice met at the center line, took in his arm and exchanged laughing a few words - in the duel of the coach colleagues had not given no loser: Baumgarts 1. FC Cologne came to a right at rice and the VfL Bochum Happy 2: 2 (2: 1), both clubs could live with the point.

"I think we can even be something happier," said Baumgart at SKY: "My boys were tired and broken, but they have worked well. In Cologne you are quickly dissatisfied with a point, but I think we should humble and humble being." The points could be "friendly sharply," added rice, "that's okay. But it was not impossible to win this game."

Timo Hübers (36th) and Anthony Modeste (45.) had turned a 0-1 residue for Cologne before the break, Gerrit Holtmann (25th) the Bochumer previously launched. The substitute Takuma Asano (70th) compensated for the Westphalia highly deserved, which were drawn on Tuesday 3-1 against Mainz 05 in the cup quarter-finals.

Cologne, which had failed four days earlier in the cup of second division Hamburger SV, is now seventh. Five points behind it is also the VFL with only one defeat in the last ten compulsory matches in the domestic Ruhrstadion in the fight for the class content fully in the.

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Bochum - Cologne: Modeste scored 13. Saisontor

Before the game, the two coaches, who had made the football teacher together in 2015, was friendly welcomed with a long embrace. Even during game breaks, she always analyzed that happened together.

Baumgart conducted his Cologne usual short-sleeved and constantly in motion on the playing edge, a few meters further pursued rice rather stoic in thick winter jacket that happened in the initial phase, which dominated his VFL with successful pressing. Suddenly Milos Pantovic appeared free in the penalty area in the cup, but needed too long for the shot (6.).

Then Holtmann failed to FC-Keeper Marvin Schwäbe, since Friday the official number one (17th). It made better the outer storm eight minutes later, when he was reapparted again by new access Jürgen Locadia and hit his legs for 1-0 by Schwäbes.

And Cologne? A rather random opportunity for modests after a slip-up of the Bochum defense player Maxim Leitsch (23.) stayed long the only significant offensive action. Bochum was usually a step faster and more frequently in possession. With strong footprint varnations prevented against Locadia the 0: 2 (34.).

All the more surprising the compensation: after a corner of Hübers the ball from four meters over the line. And after a ball loss of Pantovic and Long Pass of Kainz, Modeste set the gameplay with his 13th goal of the season. Shortly after the side change, Eduard Löwen completely released the chance to 2: 2 (53.). It finally made asano after a long throw away.

VFL Bochum - 1. FC Cologne: The votes

Thomas Rice (coach VFL Bochum): "The draw is okay. But it was not impossible for us to win. We are happy about the point, friendly we can share it."

Steffen Baumgart (coach 1. FC Cologne): "It's fine. Both teams have played at a similar level, but also made mistakes. We did not have the freshness to pull the thing now. The guys were broken."

VFL Bochum - 1. FC Cologne: The statements

Bochum: Riemann - Stafylidis (65th Gamboa), Bella Kotchap, Leitsch, Sares - Losilla - Löwen, Rexhbecaj (81. Osterhage) - Pantovic (65th Asano), Locadia (56th Poler), Holtmann (82, Antwi-Adjei). - Trainer: rice

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Cologne: Schwäbe - Schmitz (80th Ehizibue), Kilian, Hüns, Hector - Salih Özcan - Kainz (80th Schindler), Ljubicic (65th Uth), Schaub (61th Thielmann) - Duda (61. Jannes Horn), Modeste. - Trainer: Baumgart