Steffen Baumgart spoke to press following the 2:0 defeat to Freiburg on Sunday afternoon in which he spoke high praises of the young 19-year-old Köln full-back Max Finkgräfe.
The full-back achieved his first ever start for "Die Geißböcke" in the game against Freiburg registering appearances earlier in the season as a substitute.
He came off for Rasmus Carstensen in the second half shortly after Köln went 1-0 down.
In his post-match press conference, Köln coach Steffen Baumgart said: "Max has developed well in the past few months. He is quick and finds solutions to problems. It was a very positive performance."
Match Result
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🟨 '26 Dejan Ljubicic
🟨 '31 Julian Chabot
🟨 '57 Florian Kainz
↔ '61 Dejan Ljubicic OFF Linton Maina ON
↔ '61 Denis Huseinbasic ON Luca Waldschmidt OFF
↔ '61 Mark Uth ON Florian Kainz OFF
🟨 🟥 '62 Julian Chabot
↔ '66 Luca Killian ON Jan Thielmann OFF
↔ '73 Rasmus Carstensen ON Max Finkgräfe OFF
🟨 '40 Nicolas Höfler
↔ '66 Roland Sallai ON Vincenzo Grifo OFF
⚽️ '72 Michael Gregoritsch
↔ '74 Noah Weisshaupt ON Jordy Makengo OFF
↔ '90+4 Junior Adamu ON Merlin Röhl OFF
⚽️ '90+5 Roland Sallai
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