Great joy for the people of Mainz. © Leo Holzknecht / Marcel Lorenz
Jonas Hofmann stared in disbelief, the fans of Borussia Mönchengladbach could only endure it with scorn and mockery. After a desolate performance, the proud Bayern conquerors were immediately brought back from cloud nine to the hard ground of facts.
February 24, 2023
From: dpa
Only six days after the coup against the German record champions, coach Daniel Farke’s team lost 4-0 (0-1) at FSV Mainz 05 on Friday evening at the start of the 22nd match day of the Bundesliga and remain mediocre. “After a 0: 4 here in Mainz you can say what you want, it all feels shit,” said Gladbach’s Christoph Kramer on the DAZN streaming service. “There’s no point in talking about anything that was positive.”
In front of 32,500 spectators, Jae-Sung Lee scored in the 25th minute, Marcus Ingvartsen (49th), Ludovic Ajorque (72nd) and Nelson Weiper (90+3rd) for Mainz, who thanks to their first home win against the Borussia has moved up to seventh place in the table at least overnight with 32 points for seven years. “It feels good, it feels really good again,” said FSV sports director Martin Schmidt. Mönchengladbach remains ninth with 29 points for the time being, but can be passed further at the weekend. When leaving, it echoed from the ranks of the guest curve: Gladbach is the hottest club in the world. “We made too many mistakes,” emphasized Farke.
