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04/17 15:55 CDT St Pauli concedes late penalty to tie at home with Cologne
St Pauli concedes late penalty to tie at home with Cologne
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) --- Karol Mets scored his first Bundesliga goal and
conceded the 1-1 equalizer with seven minutes left as St Pauli missed the
chance to snap a six-game winless streak against Cologne on Friday.
St Pauli had the best of the chances but was beset again by a familiar failing
in the final third that has made it the league's lowest scoring club.
It wasn't until the 69th minute that Mets put it ahead with a header. The
Hamburg side was close to a vital win to avoid relegation until Mets felled
Jakub Kamnski inside the box in the 83rd minute and the penalty kick saw Luca
Waldschmidt sent the goalkeeper the wrong way.
St. Pauli stayed third from last in the relegation playoff spot. It was two
points behind Werder Bremen.
Nevertheless, the Hamburg club did move five points clear of second-to-last
Wolfsburg, which is struggling to avoid relegation for the first time since
1997.
The bottom two go down automatically and the third-from-bottom club goes into a
relegation playoff.
Cologne, whose striker Ragnar Ache was forced off with a thigh injury, climbed
one spot into 12th.
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