Cologne's Ascent Finale: Funkel's Silence Against the Lemperle Noise

Tim Lemperle (23/10 goals) is scheduled to play Sunday only one week after his alcohol and beating scandal. Thanks to the coach Friedhelm Funkel (71)

For 1. FC Köln everything is possible on the last day of the 2. Bundesliga: From the championship to the missed ascent – these are the FC scenarios.

1. FC Köln has the Bundesliga ascent in mind. Before perhaps the most important game of the younger club history, the vortex around Lemperle has been causing trouble for days. The coach remains calm.

Cologne striker Tim Lemperle was beaten in a considerably alcoholized state and is probably out for the decisive game for the rise. Now media and FC fans are raging because of an affair that only losers know.

The case of Tim Lemperle, who had been heavily alcoholized during the decisive season at 1st FC Cologne, is setting high tides. But how can top sports and alcohol be tolerated at all? Michael Volkmer, team doctor at Telekom Baskets Bonn, gives the GA an insight.

For the 1. FC Köln it will be exciting this weekend: Depending on how the match ends on Sunday afternoon against Kaiserslautern, the team rises up – or even is champion of the 2nd Bundesliga.