St. Pauli vs FC Koln

A late VAR penalty rescued FC Köln and denied FC St. Pauli a badly needed win in a tense Bundesliga basement battle at Millerntor. The sides shared a 1-1 draw, with heartbreak arriving for the hosts just four minutes from time. Karol Mets broke the deadlock in the 69th minute — his first goal in a St. Pauli shirt, a close-range header from a Danel Sinani corner assisted by Hauke Wahl. Tomoya Ando had already rattled the crossbar in the 58th. Then came cruel irony: Mets was adjudged to have fouled Kaminski in the box, VAR confirmed the call, and Luca Waldschmidt drilled home the equalizer from the spot in the 86th minute. For St. Pauli, a painful dropped win — they remain just four points above the bottom two with five games left. FC Köln move five points clear of their hosts and head back to the Rhine with a point they will gladly take.