Three days after the encouraging success of 1:0 over Arsenal in the Europa League Cologne team failed in a far more important test against Hertha (Berlin) for the championship. Peter Schooger`s players retreated 0:2 on their field and continued to be the only team without a win after the 13 rounds in the Bundesliga. Logic Cologne is the last to score, with the 15th difference - the first team, which certainly does not fall, reached 11 points.
Vedad Ibishevich (17th, 64th-down) scored both goals at Ryan Energy Staddion.
The most important things in the game were two decisions by the chief arbitrator Bibiana Steinhaus. The only woman among the judging elite in Germany did not respect the hosts` claims for a penalty in the 51st minute, and 13 later admitted to the Sofia citizens.
In the situation in the field of Herta, Karim Rekik stopped hands with the ball after the shot of Seru Girassi. Steinhaus, however, decided that there was no intention. She still agreed to review the controversial moment of recording but only to confirm her initial opinion that a penalty was not there.
In the 64th minute, the referee did not hesitate at all, as Matthias Lehmann fouled Davey Zelke into the penalty box of the goats. In the remaining four rounds until Cologne`s winter break, battles against Schalke 04, Freiburg, Bayern (Munich) and Wolfsburg. Hertha is also not in a flower shape and has won only four matches from footballcapper so far.
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