Mainz dozes | Soccer

• ofJan Christian Müller

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Sleeper soccer costs FSV Mainz 05 all three points against 1. FC Köln. Sports director Schröder exercises general criticism afterwards.

There is unity at Mainz 05 after the 0: 1 (0: 0) at home against 1. FC Köln: It will not be enough to keep them up. Apart from the last 15 minutes after the guests negligently decimated themselves with a yellow-red card against Ondrej Duda, Mainz 05 presented: nothing! After that, the zero five left three good opportunities unused and thus remain with a meager five points on a relegation place.

After all, they didn’t skimp on self-criticism afterwards. “I am frustrated to have to say that the last determination was missing again,” analyzed Rouven Schröder. The sports director was not only annoyed about the “simple loss of the ball” before conceding a goal, but was basically: “With luck, you won’t stay in the league. You have to bang the thing over the line with complete conviction. That is what we lack. “

Defender Daniel Brosinski didn’t gloss over anything either: “We only really got into the game with one man. That is simply not enough. We have to be self-critical. ”He complains,“ Sleeping car soccer. We played forward too slowly and were countered in our own stadium. “Kevin Stöger, who after being substituted on for a visibly more structure in the game, sounded similarly minor:” We can only take away very few positive things. I am very disappointed and very angry. “

After the game on Tuesday evening at Hertha BSC, the game on Saturday at home against Werder Bremen should help decide whether the until further notice coach Jan-Moritz Lichte will remain head coach after the cup game on December 23 against VfL Bochum.

The small intermediate high with three games without defeat and the only win of the season in Freiburg so far were followed by defeats against table neighbors Bielefeld and Cologne. An upward trend is no longer discernible. Bielefeld and Cologne pulled the teeth of the zero five by releasing large parts of the playing field and positioning themselves deeply. The Rheinhessen had no means against it. “We didn’t manage to separate the compactness,” Lichte admitted contrite. Bremen and Bochum are unlikely to act any differently from Bielefeld and Cologne.

It is indeed shocking how weak Mainz 05 presents itself in the passing and positional play. It was actually a squad that had grown over several years. It’s the worm in this team, and honestly nobody knows how that worm can get out of there. The Mainz team cannot put their greatest hopes in their own strength, but in the weaknesses of Bremen, Bielefeld and Schalke. 1, FC Köln, on the other hand, confirmed their upward trend with their second away win in a row (previously 2: 1 in Dortmund). Until Duda was sent off, the Rhinelander were the better team and had a clear increase in chances.

Rock-hard January

The points that the Mainz team have now left lying against their immediate opponents threaten to result in an unpleasant January. Because the opponents are then: Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg, VfB Stuttgart. The general meeting with elections to the supervisory board, which is likely to be postponed as a digital event from October due to the corona pandemic, threatens to become restless. Mainz 05, even before the virus hit, was more affected by declining fan interest than almost all other top division clubs, and is believed to have been particularly affected by the creeping alienation of the supporters.

It now takes a collective effort in the tumbling club. But who is just strong enough to push something like that? Just as the professionals presented themselves over long distances in Bielefeld and against Cologne, many seem not to have fully understood the drama of the situation. It could be a miserable Christmas. But there are still three chances: Berlin, Bremen, Bochum.

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