Saturday, February 21, 2009

Geißböcke win in München

Confident of winning points today, coach Christoph Daum delievered the goods as die Geißböcke defeated Bayern München today 2-1.

With Kevin McKenna in for Youssef Mohamad and Daniel Brosinski making his first Bundesliga appearance, Köln were ready for the Bavarians. Throughout the match, Bayern controlled the ball but could not break through the compact defending in the final third. However at the mid point of the opening half Nemanja Vučićević took advantage of the Mark van Bommel and provided Fabrice Ehret, who finished with a perfect chip over the Bavarian 'keeper. Ten minutes before the break the Serbian international, Vučićević, provided for the next goal as well as he played the ball to Daniel Brosinski for the finish. Down by two, Bayern maintained ball possession but only until the later stages of the match were able to threaten. From the hour mark Zé Roberto, Franck Ribery and Miroslav Klose each tried to bring one back but
goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón was up to the task. Finally with six minutes remaining Bayern broke through with Hamit Altintop's cross being headed in by Daniel van Buyten but it was not enough as Köln won 2-1 in Christoph Daum 150th match in-charge of the club.