There are a lot of emotions involved in the duel between Mainz 05 and 1. FC Köln.
The Mainz head coach Svensson and Cologne's assistant trainer McKenna get into each other's hair.
The result of the game is less spectacular.
Mainz - The Dane Bo Svensson is not a guy who goes straight into the air.
The verbal attacks by Cologne's assistant coach Kevin McKenna so enraged the Mainz head coach that he did not want to give in after the Bundesliga game on Sunday.
“I can take a lot of things that are said in the heat of the game,” said Svensson, “but I don't get on with anyone who insults me personally at halftime.
A limit has been crossed. "
The noise was triggered by a gross foul by Stefan Bell, the right-back from FSV Mainz 05, on Cologne's striker Anthony Modeste (41st minute).
The striker had to be replaced with a bruised pelvis.
“The whole Bank of Cologne asked for red, that's what I asked him about.
That was why it escalated, "said Svensson of the dispute at halftime.
It was really high again in the 60th minute after a clash between Mark Uth and 05 defense chief Alexander Hack: Svensson refused to shake hands with McKenna during an attempted arbitration by referee Deniz Aytekin.
Both hotheads were warned with a yellow card.
Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart did not want to hang the violent argument too high after the final whistle.
"It was an emotional game - also on the coaching benches," he said soothingly.
"It's over and it should be shut down." He also asked McKenna what had happened: "He said he did nothing."
Baumgart came to a different assessment than his assistant, according to the TV pictures of the Modeste foul.
“I saw no intention that he wanted to kick him.
At first I also thought of red.
The yellow card was the right decision. "
From a sporting point of view, coaches and players were able to “live well” with the division of points after a hard-fought game with lots of emotions, as the Mainz sports director Christian Heidel found.
The heat didn't bother him either.
“It was a highly dramatic game with a lot of fuss.
That's what people want, ”he said.
"We are currently offering a lot of spectacle."
On the other hand, the guests from the cathedral city played much better for almost 80 minutes.
In the first half alone they had three great opportunities through Ondrej Duda, but fell 0: 1 through the sixth Bundesliga goal of Jonathan Burkardt (41st).
"To be honest, I hit the ball with my heel, I want to shoot it into the far corner and it goes in short," said Burkardt, describing his shot.
"The conclusion was rather happy."
Salih Özcan achieved the deserved equalization after the restart.
"We just don't manage to get games like this - and there have been several of them recently - for us across the finish line and not just play a draw," said Baumgart after the fifth game in a row without a win.
Nevertheless, he is not entirely dissatisfied: "My boys are doing a good job."
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This is what my colleague Svensson did not want to attest to his professionals.
“We missed what sets us apart,” he said - namely aggressive counter-pressing and strength in a duel.
"I've seen my team play better." Although Mainz did not lose their fourth game in a row, they would have climbed to fifth place in the table with a win against Cologne.
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