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🤔 You don't hear that often! Bundesliga boss gets why he was booed
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- 🤔 You don't hear that often! Bundesliga boss gets why he was booed
🤔 You don't hear that often! Bundesliga boss gets why he was booed
1. FC Köln were held to a goalless draw at home by newly promoted Schalke on Saturday afternoon.
Patience appears to be wearing thin among the supporters. Although Köln kept their first clean sheet under coach René Wagner, the fans were far from satisfied with the performance against a severely depleted Royal Blues side. A chorus of piercing whistles rang out from the south stand after the final whistle.
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Wagner, who was not entirely dissatisfied with his team's performance after the game, responded to the jeers, some of which were certainly directed at him personally. His reaction, however, was different from what might have been expected. The coach even expressed understanding for the frustration: "Expectations here are huge. It's a privilege to be able to work here. Of course you want to coach at a club like this."
At the same time, he also defended his players. He said Köln were expected to do everything they could to win a game like this at home, and every player on the pitch had done just that. "That's the most important thing for us. Unfortunately, we weren't able to pose the threat in the final third that we would have liked," Wagner explained.
Köln left-back Borna Sosa took a similar view of the jeers. He could understand them because the team were naturally disappointed not to have picked up all three points, but at the same time he could not, because "we gave it everything. I think everyone who played today showed that we wanted to win. Sometimes it just doesn't happen."
Now it's your turn: Do you think the Köln fans' jeers were justified? Or over the top? Let us know in the comments!
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
