Koln boss Steffen Baumgart rapidly turned his attentions in the direction of containing Bayern Munich after watching his rampant facet hit Werder Bremen for seven on their return to Bundesliga motion on Saturday.
Baumgart’s males, who started the day 4 factors behind their guests within the desk, ended an unbelievable opening interval 5-1 up after Linton Maina, Ellyes Skhiri and Denis Huseinbasic added to Steffen Tigges’ double.
Huseinbasic’s Thirty sixth-minute strike gave Koln the earliest five-goal lead of their Bundesliga historical past, earlier than Skhiri’s second, coupled with a Marco Friedl personal aim, rounded off the scoring after the break.
Whereas Baumgart was happy to see Koln halt a five-game winless run of their first outing because the World Cup, he refused to get carried away forward of Tuesday’s daunting conflict with the champions.
“It’s a sport that you simply gained’t at all times have, in fact,” he mentioned at his post-match press convention.
“We scored 5 objectives from the primary 5 pictures on aim. We’re completely satisfied in regards to the outcome. We went ahead with lots of velocity and earned the objectives.
“On Tuesday, nevertheless, we’ve a workforce in entrance of us that shot down different groups with the same outcome. We all know what to anticipate.”
Saturday’s win represents the primary time Koln have hit seven objectives in a sport since a 7-0 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt in October 1983.
The guests, in the meantime, are actually winless of their final 11 Bundesliga journeys to Koln (D6 L5).
7 – 1. FC Köln have scored seven objectives in a Bundesliga match for the primary time since October 1983 (7-0 vs Eintracht Frankfurt). Competition. #KOESVW pic.twitter.com/fE38rJmWwL
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