Kenyan midfielder Linton Maina scored a goal and set up two others as FC Koln thrashed Werder Bremen, beating them 7-1 in a Bundesliga match on Saturday evening.With the win, Koln bounced back to winning ways in the league in style after going for five matches without recording a victory, losing four of those five and drawing in once.The 23-year-old was making his 10th start of the campaign, extending his total appearances to 15, with five of those being off the bench and cupped it up with one of his arguably best performances.He opened the scoring after just nine minutes, being set up by Tunisia’s Ellyes Skhiri in an African combination to give Koln an early lead in the match with Steffen Tigges doubling the advantage six minutes later.Tigges grabbed his second goal of the match and Koln’s third in the 21st minute before Maina returned the favor as he set up Ellyes Skhiri for the fourth goal of the match at the half-hour mark.##NAJAVA_MECA_6962760##Denis Huseinbašic made it 5-0 with nine minutes left to play in the first half, teaming up with Tigges, but Niclas Füllkrug pulled one back but Koln still led 5-1 into the break.Nine minutes into the second half, Maina and Skhiri combined yet again, the Kenyan providing another assist for the Tunisian to score Koln’s sixth and his second of the match.Linton maina, a goal and 2 assists @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/IW6dkbN78c— 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤.𝐤𝐞™ (@therealkiach) January 21, 2023 With 14 minutes left to play in regular time, things continued going bad for Werder Bremen as Marco Friedl scored into his own net to make it 7-1 in favor of the host.With there being no signs of a comeback, Maina was withdrawn after 81 minutes after a good outing as Justin Diehl came on to take his place.
