Tree garden will ensure bigger: Skhiri also falls out

"So far, we have been largely spared, the week has come a lot now," said Baumgart at the beginning of the press conference on Friday. Jonas Hector (ill), Florian Kainz (ill), dejan ljubicic (malaise), Tim Lemperle (ill) and Marvin Obuz (gastrointestinal infection) fall out. Kingsley Schindler is not there for personal reasons.

And now in training shortly before the press conference, Ellyes Skhiri has caught one of the most important players in Cologne. "With him we still have to look, there is a suspicion of a Fibereriss," Baumgart reported, the assured: "The other guys who are there are all right on it. We will collapse a squad and do not want to look for excuses."

Exactly, the coach also occurred in the course of the press conference. Baumgart clearly made: "We can act at eye level, do not go to the game to distribute any favorite roles. We play at home and want to win the game." The viewers are also to worry, because Cologne may play 50,000 against Dortmund. "We have full house and want to make our game, brave to play forward. We want to show good performance and look forward to the 50,000 spectators," says the coach.

"Playing very good round": Baumgart praises the BVB

With 39 points, the Cologne is currently on the seventh place, have five counters behind the ranks four to six. The 1: 0 derby victory in Leverkusen last a tailwind. "We are in a very good starting position that we have created for the last eight games. This is important to expand it now," Called Baumgart.

With Dortmund, however, a real chunk comes to the Rhineland. The BVB finally won twice in a row and has shortened the residue to Bayern up to four points. "I find anyway, Dortmund plays better than what is being written permanently about them," says Baumgart. "Partially there are things that I think that I have no idea. Or the respective rating is wrong. Dortmund is the second best return team, there is a lot of quality. Also with which adversity you have last to fight. So the BVB plays already a very good round. "

But a good round also plays Cologne, the FC is just five points away from Europe. Of course, the fans dream - and would intensify these dreams for a victory against BVB.