Play-off game in Germany, where teams are fighting for a place in Bundesliga in 2021/22 season.

The setup and trick is quite simple: I’ve been following Bundesliga2 closely over the last month due to end of season games and can assure you - Holsten Kiel is dead tired after a marathon of games in May. They had to take part in numerous fixtures, which were earlier postponed due to COVID outbreak within the squad. As a result, since April 24 and up to May 26 Kiel have had 9 games and the visit to Koln is going to be Holstein 10th match. 10 official football games inside a period of 32 days = a game every 3.2 days for a month.

No wonder Kiel could not do anything in the final 2 rounds of Bundesliga2 campaign losing back to back games against unmotivated opponents - Karlsruher (2-3) and Darmstadt (2-3); defeats that cost them direct promotion and pushed them into play-off.

Since we all know there is nothing but physique in Germany as far as football is concerned, lack of proper physical shape is basically a death sentence, especially for the likes of such modest sides like Holstein. They simply have no depth in the squad to overcome these serious fitness issues.

In contrast, Koln has had 4 (!) games inside the same time span - x2 less playtime than today’s opponent. Moreover, they have the quality edge and greater squad.

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在德国进行的附加赛，各队正在为2021/22赛季的德甲争得一席之地。

这个安排和技巧很简单:我在过去的一个月里一直密切关注着德甲，因为赛季末的比赛，我可以向你保证，在5月份马拉松式的比赛之后，霍尔斯滕·基尔已经累死了。他们不得不参加许多比赛，这些比赛由于小组内爆发新冠肺炎而早些时候被推迟。因此，从4月24日到5月26日，基尔已经打了9场比赛，而对科隆的访问将是荷斯坦的第十场比赛。32天内10场官方足球比赛=一个月内每3.2天一场比赛。

难怪基尔在德甲最后两轮的比赛中什么都没做，背对着毫无斗志的对手——卡尔斯鲁厄(2-3)和达姆施塔特(2-3);失败让他们失去了晋级的机会，并将他们推向了季后赛。

因为我们都知道，在德国，就足球而言，除了体格什么都没有，缺乏合适的体格基本上就是一个死刑，特别是对像荷斯坦这样谦虚的球队来说。他们没有足够的阵容深度来克服这些严重的伤病问题。

相比之下，科隆在相同的时间跨度内打了4场比赛，比今天的对手少了x2。此外，他们有质量优势和更强大的阵容。