At 22:30 Beijing time on January 9, the 18th round of the Bundesliga, the 33-year-old Chinese Super League foreign assistant Modeste opened the record with the first hammer, and then Duda and Tillman scored 1 goal each, and finally Cologne won 3-1 away to Hertha Berlin to win three consecutive league games.
In the 29th minute, Mark Utter successfully received a direct ball from his opponent in the left side of the field, followed by a high-quality cross, Modeste completed a header on the edge of the small penalty area to help Cologne break the deadlock first.
This goal allowed Modeste to complete three consecutive Bundesliga goals. Modeste had scored goals in both his 3-2 away win over Wolfsburg and his 1-0 home win over Stuttgart, where he scored a double-double against Wolfsburg to help Cologne complete a 3-2 comeback after falling behind twice.
The Bundesliga dark horse Cologne this wave of three consecutive wins, Modeste is the most powerful, he scored 4 goals, including more than 50% of the team's goals. With nine points in three rounds, Cologne rushed to the 6th place in the Bundesliga. With Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg both scoring just one point in this round, Cologne and the Champions League zone have narrowed the gap even further. Originally no. 4, Bayer Leverkusen fell out of the Champions League zone, and Cologne was only one point behind them, while Freiburg, who was originally no. 3, also slipped one place to rank 4th, and Cologne narrowed the point difference with them to only 2 points.
Modeste terminated his contract and left the Chinese Super League, regarded as the biggest traitor in the Chinese Super League. He also experienced dark moments when he returned to Cologne, where he played in Cologne and Saint-Etienne last season with a record of 0 goals and 0 assists. However, under the management of new coach Baumgart this season, Modeste ushered in the second spring. After scoring four goals in the last three rounds, his Bundesliga goals this season have risen to 12, and he sits fourth in the Bundesliga top scorers list, just one goal less than Haaland.