That Rafael Czichos stirred, in spite of the defeat of his team and happy, took him nobody bad - quite the contrary.

The Comeback for the defensive player of the 1. FC Köln, 101 days after he suffered on the football field almost a paraplegic, moving all. "This is very, very pleasing in this game," said coach Markus Gisdol after the 2:4 (1:2)-home defeat against RB Leipzig: "He has done it brilliantly. Hats off!"

Czichos: cervical spine "at one point, really completely

torn" The Shock of the game at Hertha BSC on 22. February (5:0) was also Gisdol in this Moment of apparent presence. After a head-ball duel with Marko Grujic Czichos remained motionless lie, his team-mate Kingsley Ehizibue knelt down and prayed for him.

Czichos had to undergo a complicated surgery on the cervical spine under. "It was visible that the cervical spine was torn at one point, really completely," said Peer Eysel, the operating Director of the Hospital of the University hospital of Cologne in the club's own documentary "24/7 FC!: "He's damn lucky. There are many, including athletes, suffer in such a Situation, a paraplegic." dpa Rafael Czichos (3.v.l.) in the game between Cologne and Leipzig,

Eysels Council was clear: "I would not play this season." This was of course before the Corona, as of the end of the season on the 16. May was set. The doctor would see that for sure with the new the end of the season, said Czichos at the beginning of April. And he will not challenge "his fate". But he got to play the dream in this season again.

Cologne, Czichos celebrates touching Bundesliga-Comeback

Now defense chief Sebastiaan Bornauw against Leipzig was rotgesperrt and Czichos made in the Training progress. "We asked ourselves: Rafa makes a good impression. What are we supposed to wait," explained Gisdol. He brought the 30-Year-old from the beginning. And despite the four goals against, he made a decent game.

"It was a very, very nice feeling to have after such a long time on the court," said Czichos, who was born in Saudi Arabia, because his father worked there: "the fact That we have lost, is a stale aftertaste. But for me personally, it was a very nice step." And noted to his colleagues: not just for him.

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Date Of Update: 02 June 2020, 05:26