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Mainz 05 ends negative series with victory in Frankfurt

2020-06-06T19:37:05.663Z


The FSV Mainz 05 can still win. With the victory in Frankfurt, the Rheinhessen give themselves some air in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga.


The FSV Mainz 05 can still win. With the victory in Frankfurt, the Rheinhessen give themselves some air in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga.

Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - The relief at FSV Mainz 05 after the liberation strike at Eintracht Frankfurt was great. The table 15 ended with the 2-0 (1-0) in the Rhein-Main-Derby. the football Bundesliga its negative series of the last five games without a win

In the struggle to stay in the class, Mainz is increasing the pressure on the competition. "It was a very, very important victory," exulted FSV coach Achim Beierlorzer and praised: "The team absolutely wanted this victory."

Moussa Niakhaté (43th minute) and Joker Pierre Kunde Malong (77th) gave Rheinhessen the first success since the end of February on Saturday. At that time, a 2-0 victory against the bottom of SC Paderborn. With 31 points, the Mainz remain 15th in the table, but increased their cushion to a relegation zone to six points. The penultimate Werder Bremen will only play against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. "I don't want to go into any arithmetic games at all," said Beierlorzer about the constellation in the table cellar.

For Eintracht, which acted far below normal, the last low hopes for Europe have finally been shattered by the defeat. Coach Adi Hütter was appropriately served: "We wanted to win, maybe to look up again. That's why the defeat hurts."

After the 0-1 in the previous week against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, FSV coach Beierlorzer changed his starting eleven to five positions. This measure had an effect, because the Mainz team came much better than the home side. The guests impressed Eintracht with aggressive pressing and a lot of willingness to run, which initiated hardly any dangerous attacks.

Not so with Mainz, who saw two big chances after half an hour. First Robin Quaison (29th) stood free, then Taiwo Awoniyi (31st) thumped the ball from close range over the goal.

Frankfurt's head of defense Makoto Hasebe, who made his 309th appearance as Asia's Bundesliga record player, lacked freshness three days after the convincing 3-0 win in Bremen. "We didn't get into the duels," complained Hütter. Apart from two shots by Filip Kostic, which just missed the target, Eintracht had nothing to offer on the offensive.

Not so the Mainz, whose efforts were rewarded shortly before the break. After a corner, defender Niakhaté rose completely free in the center and Eintracht goalkeeper Kevin Trapp didn't give a chance with a massive header. "I hit the ball perfectly," said the goal scorer.

In the first half of stoppage time, Jean-Philippe Mateta could have extended the lead, but the Frenchman narrowly missed. Even after a short period of pressure from Frankfurt at the beginning of the second half, Mainz remained more dangerous. Mateta (53.) and Quaison (67.) were however offside with their goals.

The substituted customer then made the decision. The Cameroonian got on one knee after his goal and thus signaled against police violence and racism in the USA. With a view to the season's final sprint, the 24-year-old said: "We have to keep our heads up and keep fighting, because it's not over yet."

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Source: merkur

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