Anthony Modeste making the most of Cologne's Bundesliga ascent | Raphael Honigstein
Slowly but surely, Germany’s friendliest town is getting back on to the map again, helped by a super-hot striker and a hard-working, tactically astute teamOnly the most prominent 1. FC Köln supporter refused to join in the fun on the stroke of five o’clock on Saturday. Eyewitnesses at the RheinEnergieStadion reliably claimed that Hennes VIII, the four-legged football deity, bleated out a displeased “Määähhh!” as news of a goal from another stadium was read out over the public address system.Bayern Munich had just conceded an equaliser to make it 2-2 away at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt. Under normal circumstances, that turn of events would have done little to get fans in Cologne excited. But circumstances refuse to be normal this season....