Mainz 05 like to travel in the Bundesliga. Coach Bo Henriksen’s team also won at Holstein Kiel and has now been unbeaten away from home since March. The newcomer’s performance, on the other hand, is questionable.
FSV Mainz 05 remains a power abroad. Coach Bo Henriksen’s team didn’t let Holstein Kiel stop them in the Bundesliga. The Rheinhessen team confidently prevailed 3-0 (2-0) against the disappointing newcomers and have now been unbeaten in nine away games across the season.
Nadiem Amiri (11th minute) with his third goal of the season and young national player Jonathan Burkardt (37th) with a hand penalty ensured a secure lead before the break. Ex-Kiel player Jae Sung Lee (53rd) eliminated the last doubts with his third goal of the season. Mainz were superior in all respects and consolidated their place in the upper midfield of the table.
In contrast, three weeks after the first Bundesliga win in their club history (1-0 against 1. FC Heidenheim), the Kiel team showed a performance that was hardly suitable for the first league, especially in the first half, and are 17th in the table. continue in a relegation zone.
Kiel is shockingly weak
At the beginning, the hosts let Mainz come in front of 14,906 spectators. With their early pressing, the guests hardly gave the North Germans any room to develop. In the first ten minutes, FSV had 60 percent possession of the ball. After four minutes, the team had their first chance through Burkardt, but he shot the ball over the goal.
A little later, the curse of conceding early goals struck again for Kiel when Amiri successfully completed Mainz’s best combination to date. It was the ninth goal conceded in the first 20 minutes of the eleventh league game.
Holstein coach Rapp reacts with two changes
After falling behind, it briefly seemed that KSV Holstein was gradually waking up. But the newcomer was still too harmless. Captain Lewis Holtby’s return from injury also brought no results. Mainz had little trouble controlling the game. They even had the opportunity to increase: Amiri (32nd) hit the crossbar from a free kick.
Kiel’s coach Marcel Rapp reacted to his team’s desolate performance. He brought on Finn Porath and Armin Gigovic (33′) for attacker Shuto Machino and defensive player Tymoteusz Puchacz. Just two minutes later, Gigovic of all people scored the hand penalty, which Burkardt used to score his seventh goal of the season.
The balance of power on the pitch didn’t change after the break. Mainz were tactically, technically and playfully better than their opponents. They let the ball run through their ranks without being disturbed much. Lee’s header goal was the logical consequence of FSV’s superiority. Out of solidarity with his former club, the Korean refrained from celebrating extensively.
There was still one scary moment for Mainz: Burkardt (80th) had to be substituted with a thigh injury. He had previously scored again, but was offside.
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