Cologne started in formation: 4-4-2.

Goalkeeper: Timo Horn

Defenders: Sorensen, Lucas Krent, Dominic Hunts, Rausch

Midfielders: Lehmann, Jojic, Bittencourt, Hogg

Forwards: Yuya Osako, Seru

Karlsruhe is in a 3-5-2 formation

Goalkeeper: Wu Feng

Defenders: Eichner, Boden, Jonas

Midfielders: Jurado, Vazenik, Federico, Porcello, Merham

Forwards: Capalani, Freis

Before the start of the game, Alange, the commentator at the Rheinenergy Stadium, shouted the name of a player in a long way to arouse the enthusiasm of the fans, especially when shouting the ace striker Yuya Osako.

The crowd was thunderous, and he has become Cologne's leading scorer this season and has maintained his good form, scoring eight goals in the first six league games so far, and is currently the top scorer in the Bundesliga.

And when Alanger introduced the players in Karlsruhe, almost the stadium was full of boos, especially Wu Feng's name, which made more than 30,000 home fans brag wildly, causing strong dissatisfaction among more than 10,000 Karlsruhe fans, and immediately scolded loudly, and the scene was very hot.

The abuse continued for a long time, and finally with the whistle of the referee Itis, the game began, and the fans of the two teams gradually stopped scolding each other.

The visitors were the first to serve, with strikers Capalani and Freise flicking the ball and the latter passing the ball to Federico. Today, almost every attack in Karlsruhe is initiated by Federico, who has become the team's midfield commander.

Federico didn't return the ball after receiving it, he stepped on the ball and began to call his teammates to press it, they wanted to teach the players who booed Wu Feng a lesson.

Cologne striker Seroux rushed first, he was tall and temperamental, and he had already fought with other teams in previous games. Seeing Federico so rampant, Ceru was very angry, and he ran over like a black King Kong for a steal.

The 182-centimeter Federico is about the same as Ceru, but the size is much worse, Federico only feels that a truck is rushing towards him, as if it is going to knock him down, but he does not have the slightest fear, this is not a basketball game, let alone a header in the penalty area, Federico is confident that he will pass this big black man.

He stepped on the ball and waited for Ceroux to make a move, and in the face of Federico, one of the more skilled midfielders in the Bundesliga, Seru pounced directly and put his foot down.

It's not that Seru is too stupid, he's just a striker, defense means a word, it's not really defense, it's best to be able to steal, there's nothing if you can't steal, and there are other teammates behind you.

But Federico waited for this moment, and he flicked his right foot and left him behind him. Seeing that Capalani had rushed to the edge of the Cologne penalty area, he immediately made a powerful right foot pass to the bottom of the ball, which kicked the bottom of the ball with the instep of his foot to spin the ball downward, and when it hit the ground, the ball would spin back instead of rushing forward.

Capalani and Federico cooperated very well in training, and immediately understood Federico's intentions, Federico's football went straight through the midfield, directly in front of Capalani, Cologne's midfielder and defenders did not expect Federico to be so bold and dare to pass the ball like this, and it was too late to chase the defense.

Kapalani also arrived just in time, and before Cologne's full-back Dominic Hunts came up to block, he didn't even lift his head, and passed the ball to the middle with one kick, which is a trick that Karlsruhe has been training for a long time, and generally speaking, Freiss or Thiem must have at least one person waiting in the box now, or both.

Although Thiem was not a starter in this game, Freis still appeared in Capalani's passing route, and seeing Capalani's pass, Freiss was so happy that he almost thought he could get the football.

It's just that Cologne's central defender Sorensen was very focused after the opening, saw Capalani's pass, and pushed the ball out of the penalty area directly.

Cologne's midfielder Lehmann got the ball and immediately moved forward. He deftly dodged Jurado's top tackle and distributed the ball to Yuya Osako.

After receiving the ball, Osako Yuya also took the ball and pretended to break through Wazenik's defense, but passed the ball to Seru, who came to pick him up.

Although Seru is tall, he is by no means clumsy, and he does not rely entirely on headers to eat, and many of his goals are also quite technical. His two big legs turned left and right past Karlsruhe centre-back Boden, but Seroux didn't shoot right away. He tried to burst into the box, but a nimble little man sprinted past him and cut off the ball at Seru's feet.

It was Karlsruhe's left-back Eichner, who was robbed of the football by Eichner. Seru was furious and reached out to push hard, and Eichner stumbled and almost fell, but Eichner's body balance was maintained well, and after shaking a few times, he actually stabilized his body again.

Eichner took a few steps with the ball and was about to pass it away when Cologne midfielders Lehmann and Bittencourt rushed towards him in an attempt to snatch the ball back.

However, these two are not real defenders, and the gap between them is very large, and Eichner's head is hot, and he dribbles and slams between the two.

The gap between Lehmann and Bittencourt was too great for them to close the door but it was too late, so Bittencourt had no choice but to reach out and grab Eichner's shirt.

Eichner was glad that he was able to break through the defense of the two, and just wanted to speed up, but was immediately dragged to the ground on his back by Bittencourt.

At this point, referee Edith immediately ran over and gave Bittenkurt a yellow card.

Bittencourt pleaded with the referee with his hands folded, and Lehmann was comfortable explaining that it was a half-time foul in Karlsruhe and whether giving a yellow card was a bit too heavy.

But Edith had a resolute expression and did not give the home players face at all.

Commentator Alange was very dissatisfied: "The referee forgot whose home stadium this is, how can such a backfield puller give a yellow card?"

At this time, Federico took advantage of the chaos on the field and quickly sent a free kick, and the football went directly through the defensive line, and Freiss had already inserted behind the defender with a good understanding, and received this pass, and immediately formed a single knife.

Freis comfortably sent the ball into Timo Horn's goal, but the referee's whistle sounded again and Edith signalled that the free-kick needed to be listened to before it could be given.

Frustrated, Freiss kicked the ball into the net again, Timo Horn yelled at Fryss angrily, and the referee came over and gave Fryce a yellow card.