1. FC Köln don dey face serious muscle injury wahala for di new season, and di club go need ask serious questions about wetin dey happen behind di scenes.
Some injuries for football no dey avoidable. Football na contact sport wey heavy load dey, so accident or bad luck fit cause injury. For 1. FC Köln, Thijs Dallinga twist im knee during one test match against Viktoria Köln. Dem later operate am successfully for im cruciate ligament, but e go miss at least six months.
Ellyes Skhiri also get foot injury after one duel for di derby against Mönchengladbach. Dat one fall under di unlucky injuries, and e mean say di midfielder don finish for football year 2026. Last season, defender Timo Hübers injure im knee badly. E still dey fight for comeback, but e undergo another operation recently.
But di bigger problem na muscle injuries. All di muscle injuries happen without any opponent contact. Since season start for 2025, di cases dey increase. Di list of horror for muscle and adductor injuries long well well.
Under coach Lukas Kwasniok, 45, di situation reach dramatic level at some point. Dem announce say dem go do comprehensive analysis. Wetin di analysis find be say communication problem likely dey. Di head coach at di time reportedly no dey work in close consultation with di medical department and athletic trainers.
But di muscle sickness still continue for di new season under coach René Wagner, 38. Di players wey dey inside dis muscle injury list include Luca Waldschmidt, Sebastian Sebulonsen, Alessio Castro-Montes, Ragnar Ache, Rav van den Berg and Imad Rondic.
