Hardly new to the FC? "No concerns to go to the season" - starting element

In a quite possible starting element for the first mandatory game of the season is only a new addition: Mark Uth, of which the observers are convinced, will begin in Jena on Sunday (15.30, live! At starting element). Otherwise, the "old acquaintances" from the past season are likely to come to the prelude. This is because the FC has so far only four players. One - Marvin Schwäbe - Is Spare Torwart, Two - Center Defense Timo Hübers and Sechser Dejan Ljubicic - reinforce the squad in width, but currently do not pass Jorge Meré and Ellyes Skhiri. UTH completes the quartet.

So it's largely asked the team that had to go to the relegation in the past season. To do this with Uth a professional, who was also already in the squad.

Can that be good?

Need in attack and rear left

Jörg Jakobs, sporting chief of the 1st FC Cologne, believes. And unlike many pessimistic fans, he says in the interview with the "Cologne Stadtanzeiger" with regard to the squad: "We have no concerns to go to the season." Jakob's up to date "not from a change from Ellyes Skhiri," However, the Cologne also know that the transfer windows are still open for a long time: "Ellyes is preparing professionally on the new season. If an interested party should be presented with us and Ellyes We want to do that, let's hear all that's exactly. Of course, everything would have to fit, for the player, but also for us. " All match - that means a clearly beyond the ten million euros. In this case, the Cologne may once again be active on the market: the attack and the left outstanding position can be succeeded.

The coach is largely standing out from this discussion. Steffen Baumgart works with the players he has and to those he stands. He sees his commitment in making her and thus the team better. With Anthony Modeste, this seems to be successful. The Frenchman starts on Sunday in the cup match next to Jan Thielmann in two attacks. Sebastian Andensson whose knee shows up is sitting on the bench. The Swede has completed almost every training session, Currently, Baumgart sees him "as a switcher who can make pressure again from the bank".

Compactness is required

On modests, the Cologne build, because the Frenchman last looked good in the final situations, whether in training or in the game. The fact that he can not do the run work of a Thielmann is aware of the coach, the more it comes to compactness to keep the pressure up in the opposing half.

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