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The support of the favorite club for the football fans this season is limited to cheering on the television at home.
And on Sunday, some Cologne fans should have checked in amazement whether the DAZN streaming service had backed up its transmission with an artificial stadium atmosphere, as it did last season.
Loud and incessant fan chants accompany the home game of the table penultimate.
But the support did not come from the can.
About 400 FC fans sang passionately and in vain against the defeat.
In the end there was a very unfortunate 1: 4 (0: 2) against SC Freiburg.
Part one of the Freiburg double strike: Nils Petersen scored 1-0 for the SC
Source: Getty Images / Lukas Schulze
The supporters had gathered - apparently in compliance with the distance rule - directly in front of the stadium and accompanied their team acoustically before kick-off.
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Commitment and commitment that the Cologne players did not initially demonstrate on the pitch.
"The first half cost us the win," said Jonas Hector after the final whistle.
Cologne, who previously won twice under the coach Friedhelm Funkel, who was brought out of retirement as a rescuer, would have climbed the 15th place with a victory.
Now they need two wins in the last two games at Hertha BSC and against relegated Schalke 04 to have a realistic chance.
Particularly bitter: After a clear increase in performance in the second half, Ondrej Duda (61st) missed the 2: 2 when he slipped on the penalty like David Beckham at the 2004 European Championships.
And a goal was not given.
Chance missed: Cologne's Ondrej Duda slipped on the penalty kick and missed the safe 2-2
Source: dpa / Rolf Vennenbernd
Freiburg kept their very small chance of qualifying for the Conference League.
In ninth place, coach Christian Streich's team is two points behind Mönchengladbach in seventh place.
The rest of the program with tasks against champions Bayern and in Frankfurt is tough.
The storm duo Nils Petersen (18th) and Ermedin Demirovic (20th) laid the foundation for success with a double hit on Sunday.
Sebastian Andersson shortened (49th), before Vincenzo Grifo (90th + 3) and Jonathan Schmid (90th + 6) made everything clear for Freiburg.
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"That is bitter.
We lost a goal or two too high.
But that doesn't matter now, "said Funkel, who was annoyed by the weak first half.
Duda's miss and Hector's anger
The first chance after the overly cautious initial phase of both teams had the FC with a free kick by Ondrej Duda (17th). In return, Cologne's best player this season, Ellyes Skhiri, introduced the guest tour with a fatal blunder. The Tunisian played a back pass in the foot of Vincenzo Grifo in his own penalty area. Rafael Czichos blocked the end and Petersen used the rebound. The shock was deep with the hosts and less than two minutes later it was 0: 2. A ball from Roland Sallai sailed through the entire penalty area, Grifo's shot deflected Demirovic with the tip of his foot over the line.
The amazing temperatures of 26 degrees gave Funkel a break two minutes later halfway through half-time.
But instead of waking up or encouraging his players, the veteran left them alone.
The 67-year-old stood in the middle of his team and said nothing.
FC didn't have a significant chance until the break, on the other side Timo Horn probably prevented the preliminary decision against Sallai (40th).
At the break whistle, the Cologne captain Jonas Hector shouted “Man!”, Pulled the bandage from his arm and stomped into the cabin with it around his wrist.
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After the break, however, FC came out of the dressing room with a completely different body language and was quickly rewarded.
Ismail Jakobs, who came on break, crossed and Andersson, who got fit in time, scored his first goal since October.
Jakobs then took out the penalty, which was confirmed after a long video check.
Penalty: Cologne's Ismail Jakobs is fouled in the penalty area
Source: dpa / Rolf Vennenbernd
It was followed by Duda's mishap and a disallowed goal.
Hector filed for Jan Thielmann, who scored.
But the gate didn't count because the captain had used either the shoulder or the upper arm.
Question to the referee: Jonas Hector looked for an explanation but did not get one
Source: dpa / Rolf Vennenbernd
“The ball comes up on the shoulder. For me it's not a handball ", said Hector:" But you don't really know: What is a handball? What is not a hand game? It's just sad. The referees always think that they know everything better. I asked him on the pitch what the handball rules are. But he didn't explain it to me. "