Two DFB players break away
The Mainz football fairy tale ends with great concerns
The Mainz football fairy tale ends with great concerns
04/13/2025, 11:55 a.m.
The self -proclaimed “carnival club” was on the way to the Champions League. But now Mainz 05 is weakening at the wrong time, and the health of a international is also worried. And the remaining program of the FSV has it all.
The blocked Nadiem Amiri was feverish in leisure clothes on the sunny grandstand, the sick Jonathan Burkardt was also no help: in the final phase of the Bundesliga season, FSV Mainz 05 was temporarily temporarily temporarily under the success coach Bo Henriksen.
The fourth league game in a row without a win – premiere under the Danes was already 0: 2 (0: 2) at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. “We weren’t good enough,” said Henriksen in front of 30,150 spectators after the game, which was largely decided by the World Cup third Andrej Kramaric. The Croatian scored both goals on the wonderful spring day.
Bundesliga always the goal
The Mainz prospects are no longer spring -like. For the first time since February, the team in the Bundesliga has lost one of the Champions League places-and behind Mainz there are already other pursuers in Freiburg, Mönchengladbach, Augsburg and Dortmund. “We have to tick it off. We can continue to play Bundesliga next season, which is always the goal of Mainz 05,” said midfielder Dominik Kohr.
The Bundesliga staying is undoubtedly a success, but after the fairytale course of the season there would be a little champions, Europe or Conference League in tranquil Mainz. The fans, as they indicated in Sinsheim on Saturday, have traveled: over 8000 followers were pilgrimed into the stadium, one and a half hours away, to cheer on their team.
Hard Mainz remaining program
Despite the defeat, the team was then celebrated. “It felt like a home game. Unfortunately we couldn’t give anything back today,” said midfielder Kohr, who extended his contract this week just like his friend Danny da Costa. Even without international competition, they are already working meticulously on the Bundesliga future in Mainz.
Mainz not only has to fear its own shape curve, but also the demanding remaining program in the final sprint. The 05s still have to compete against Master Bayer Leverkusen, record champions FC Bayern Munich and the third in the table Eintracht Frankfurt. Many mistakes are no longer allowed after the defeat in Sinsheim.
Fog is missing, Amiri returns
In the coming week, Paul Nebel will also be missing after a yellow-red card in injury time. A quick return of Amiri and Burkardt would be central, which was also nominated for the national team in March. “We are Mainz 05 – And if two national players break away at Mainz 05, of course, that has an impact. Of course they are missing, but the boys did it very well,” said goalkeeper Robin Zentner.
At Amiri, the return after a yellow lock is a clear thing. Health causes problems with attackers Burkardt. “I’m not a doctor. The infection is back. We don’t know how long it takes,” said Henriksen. The 05s had previously announced that the 24-year-old could not be part of a “recurrent infection”. “It’s just football. It is important that Jonny comes back healthy,” added the head coach after the setback.
