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

January 7, 2024
4:00 pm
1. FC Cologne
0
:
2
SC Freiburg
1. FC Cologne
SC Freiburg

🟨 '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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