The players of Cologne, led by Austrian Peter Stöger, paid honor to the tradition of the club and presented disguised with fake hats and clown noses in the training camps of the German team, which ranks seventh in the Bundesliga.
After the training session, the players went to the city to enjoy the first celebrations of this event, considered the most important after Christmas.
The Cologne retake the competition after receiving the international break Mainz, another city with a famous carnival.
The carnival season in Dusseldorf, Germany starts on November 11 at 11:11 am and continues until Ash Wednesday the following year.
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