Said El Mala Seals 4-1 Win for Cologne over 9-Man Hamburg in Bundesliga
Cologne secured a 4-1 victory over Hamburg despite two send-offs, while Wolfsburg suffered its fifth consecutive home loss, continuing pressure on coach Paul Simonis.
- On Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, Cologne defeated Hamburger SV 4-1 in Cologne as Hamburg supporters fired flares and fans chanted after a disallowed goal.
- Two late dismissals in the 79th minute spell saw Immanuel Pherai receive a second yellow for colliding with Kristoffer Lund, while Fabio Vieira was sent off for comments to the referee.
- Said El Mala opened the scoring after a VAR check overturned a goal, and a cross from Jean-Luc Dompé found Yussuf Poulsen for a 2-1 in the 61st.
- The result deepened pressure on coach Paul Simonis as Wolfsburg's home form worsened, losing their fifth straight game after Mohammed Amoura scored twice in a 3-2 defeat to Hoffenheim.
- After nine rounds, Bayern Munich leads the Bundesliga with a perfect record and announced record turnover and membership figures earlier on Sunday.
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The 1. FC Köln wins the ascent duel against the Hamburger SV clearly. In the final phase two HSV players with yellow-red fly from the place. One of them goes into the history. See the highlights of the game here in the video.
The 1st FC Köln stays on Europe. In the starter duel they defeat the HSV, in which Pherai flies three minutes after his change of place. It does not remain there. The HSV ends the game in double undernumber. For the Cologne in carnival jerseys a new addition meets.
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Bundesliga Roundup: Said El Mala seals win for Cologne over Hamburg
BERLIN — Said El Mala scored and set up a goal in stoppage time to seal Cologne’s 4-1 win over nine-man Hamburger SV in a meeting of the Bundesliga’s promoted sides on Sunday. Hamburg had Immanuel Pherai and then Fabio Vieira sent off in a four-minute spell from the 79th as the visitors were chasing a one-goal deficit. They nearly drew level before El Mala secured the win in the fourth minute of stoppage time thanks to a cross from Jakub Kaminsk…
With 4:1 the 1. FC Köln sent the Hamburger SV back to northern Germany on Sunday and provided a little prematurely for carnival mood in the cathedral city. However clear the success reads, however, can not be dismissed by the hand that the state of coming raises one or the other question. Especially at the HSV there was great dissatisfaction after the match with referee Daniel Schlager.
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