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Cologne (dpa) - Markus Gisdol wanted to try to "quickly check off" the Regensburg Cup bankruptcy.

He tried to develop anticipation for the Bundesliga derby on Saturday at Borussia Mönchengladbach.

And then the frustration broke out of the 1. FC Köln coach.

"These waves make me mad and crazy," said Gisdol, shaking his head.

For weeks the FC officials had declared in difficult sporting times that you simply need a sense of achievement in order to gain self-confidence.

Now, with an important 3-1 win against Bielefeld in the back, the Cologne team had a quick 2-0 lead in the second division of the second division Jahn Regensburg.

And gambled away the great sporting and economic opportunity by losing on penalties.

"It would have been so easy to have another sense of achievement," quarreled Gisdol: "And then we get ourselves back into the situation that we leave with a negative feeling."

There was absolutely no sign of the derby atmosphere at FC two days before the Rhenish classic against arch rivals Gladbach.

The frustration over their own failure and the lack of understanding about Benno Schmitz's 3: 1, which was wrongly denied in Cologne's view, still ruled the mood the day after.

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In front of all sports director Horst Heldt, the controversial situation was visibly upset on Thursday.

Cologne are certain that Ondrej Duda was not offside on the cross because he got the ball from the opponent.

The DFB assessed the situation differently because the contact was not an intentional defensive action.

“The referees tried to explain it to me on the way to the dressing room at halftime.

They tried after half time and again after the game.

You can't say that they didn't try, "said Heldt, slightly mocking:" And I also tried to understand it.

But I still don't understand it today.

And I won't understand tomorrow either.

It just doesn't make sense to me.

There were no protests at all with the opponent, so that was quite a surprise for everyone. "

The question that remained was whether too many alleged leading players ducked away on penalties and shirked responsibility.

Gisdol answered the question slightly evasively.

"The number of players who still felt that they wanted to shoot wasn't that great," he said: "You never have eleven players who say they want to shoot."

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210204-99-302756 / 2

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