1. FC Köln was also unable to end the home high of the Greuther Fürth game association.

Despite a temporary lead, the Rhinelanders had to settle for a lively Bundesliga game on Saturday with 1: 1 (0: 0) at the Franks.

The Fürth remain bottom of the table with 14 points, but are now unbeaten six times in a row in front of their home crowd.

The Cologne team collected their 36th point in their excellent season and can continue to dream of Europe.

With a seemingly harmless cross, Florian Kainz put coach Steffen Baumgart's team ahead in the 52nd minute.

In front of a sold-out crowd of 9,200 spectators under Corona conditions, Fürth's Sebastian Griesbeck (69th) equalized with a header.

Stefan Leitl did not change his starting XI for the third time in a row.

The Franconians started the fast-paced duel with aggressive pressing.

Captain Branimir Hrgota (6th) was stopped by Luca Kilian at the last second.

Then the Cologne team around captain Jonas Hector showed their goal threat in his 300th competitive game for the club.

Jan Uwe Thielmann and top striker Anthony Modeste (14th), who had returned to the starting eleven, did not try as filigreely as Salih Özcan.

After a cross from Mark Uth, his heel shot landed on the crossbar (15th) - it would have been a candidate for "Goal of the Month".

Fürth with luck in the final minutes

After Russia's attack on Ukraine, both teams sent a signal of solidarity with Ukraine before kick-off.

Players from Fürth and Cologne gathered behind a banner in the Ukrainian national colors of yellow and blue and held it up together.

"Stop was.

We against war,” it read in capital letters.

The Bundesliga game kept its pace, Cologne rewarded themselves after the break.

Kainz was not energetically disturbed by Marco Meyerhöfer on the right side of Fürth, his cross sailed into the penalty area and then to goalkeeper Andreas Linde without further contact.

The Fürth held against it.

Cologne goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe made a save from close range against substitute Havard Nielsen (58').

The agile Jamie Leweling (67th) later aimed too far over the goal.

After a corner from Luca Itter, central defender Griesbeck, who took Modeste almost completely out of the game, headed in for the acclaimed equaliser.

The big wake-up call was not the 1-1 for the home side, there were no compelling offensive actions.

Cologne's Louis Schaub (82') was too imprecise on the other side with his left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area.