American forward Jordan Pefok had a penalty saved but Union Berlin held on to win 1-0 at previously unbeaten Cologne to move top of the Bundesliga for the first-ever time on Sunday. (More Football News)
바카라I haven바카라t seen a team play as well as Union here for a long time. You have to recognize that,바카라 Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart said. 바카라The plan we had didn바카라t work out at all.바카라
An own-goal from Cologne defender Timo HĂŒbers in the third minute was enough for the capital club to finish first after the sixth round 바카라 one point ahead of Freiburg, which was held 0-0 by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the late game.
Ten-time defending champion Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim and Borussia Dortmund are two points behind the new leaders, who drew with Bayern 1-1 last weekend and previously scored eight goals over two wins against Schalke and Leipzig.
HĂŒbers was trying to cut out Sheraldo Becker바카라s cross when he inadvertently diverted the ball inside goalkeeper Marvin SchwĂ€be바카라s near post.
Pefok was back in Union바카라s starting lineup after missing two games with a muscle injury. He had a chance to add to his two league goals so far when Cologne바카라s Luca Kilian was penalized for handball through VAR.
The player didn바카라t even see the ball before it hit his arm. Justice was arguably served when Pefok shot down the middle and saw SchwĂ€be save his effort in the 10th minute. Becker had another Union goal ruled out for offside shortly afterward, but it didn바카라t matter as the visitors played with discipline to see out their fourth win.
바카라I바카라m satisfied, a compliment to my team,바카라 Union coach Urs Fischer said. 바카라We wound it down without allowing Cologne to pose any danger.바카라 Kilian was sent off in the 81st with his second yellow card as Cologne slumped to its first loss.
Union, the only club in the Bundesliga to have played in the old East German league, was only promoted to the reunified country바카라s top division in 2019. Expected to promptly return to the second division, instead it has steadily improved, finishing 11th, seventh, then fifth last season to qualify for the Europa League.
Fischer and team captain Christopher Trimmel still say the aim this season is to avoid relegation. 바카라We바카라re on a run but we know there are many things that are not going so well,바카라 Trimmel said. 바카라I saw before the game that we바카라re the team with the least possession. But we바카라ve played Leipzig and Bayern so the statistics lie a bit.바카라
The Union captain says improvement is needed. 바카라There were phases today where we did very well. Our defensive work is a strength, but we need to do better playing with the ball,바카라 Trimmel said.
