1. FSV Mainz 05 surprisingly won against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and thus left relegation place 16th.
The goals for Mainz were scored by Leandro Barreiro (12th minute) and Jae-sung Lee (19th, 23rd) in the 3-0 (3-0) win against Dortmund on Saturday evening (May 11th, 2024). Mainz has now been unbeaten in eight league games – and has relegation back in its own hands.
33rd matchday arrow right To the live ticker: Mainz – Dortmund arrow right
“We played a very good game,” said coach Bo Henriksen to the Sportschau. Before the 34th matchday, Mainz, 15th in the table, has 32 points. That’s two points more than 1. FC Union Berlin in relegation place 16. And five more points than 1. FC Köln in relegation place 17. Mainz can no longer be relegated directly.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, will finish the season fifth in the table, that is certain after the defeat. Leipzig in fourth place is four points away. “Of course we imagined it completely differently,” Dortmund coach Edin Terzic told Sportschau. “We were in the role of the underdog.” Dortmund will still play the Champions League next season.
Felix Mansel, sports show, May 11, 2024 9:09 p.m
Ten new guys in the starting line-up – a Dortmund extreme rotation
BVB is even in the final of the “premier league” this season. This may be why coach Edin Terzic decided to make ten changes to his starting eleven compared to the game at PSG during the week. Only Nico Schlotterbeck started this time too.
Mainz 05 still looked fresher. Coach Bo Henriksen’s team almost took the lead early on, but a free kick from Nadiem Amiri landed on the crossbar and not in the goal (7th). Then Silvan Widmer headed the ball onto the outside post (8th).
Three goals in eleven minutes – Mainz dupes BVB
Mainz were unlucky in these scenes, but shortly afterwards they were able to celebrate three times in just eleven minutes. “It’s not magic, it’s just energy,” said coach Henriksen. But first things first: First, Dortmund’s Mateu Morey lost the ball during the build-up to the game, and that took revenge. The ball came to Barreiro via Widmer and he took the lead for Mainz.
Then Alexander Meyer, who was in Dortmund’s goal this time, took a short free kick. Only he didn’t play to a teammate, he played to Lee, who didn’t hesitate and put the ball right under the crossbar.
Shortly afterwards the ball was back in the Dortmund goal – and once again the goalscorer was Lee. After a throw-in, Mainz combined to reach the baseline on the right side. Then Barreiro raised his head and found Lee in the backcourt – 3-0.
Moukoko scores, but his goal doesn’t count
In the second half, Terzic reacted to his team’s poor performance. He brought in three new players, Julian Brandt, Jadon Sancho and Ian Maatsen. BVB now had a little more of the ball than in the first half, but they rarely created chances to score.
The guests did celebrate once, that was in the 52nd minute, when Youssoufa Moukoko lifted the ball past Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner and into the goal. But the hit didn’t count. Moukoko was probably just offside. That’s how the VAR saw it, who called referee Tobias Stieler to the monitor. That’s how referee Stieler saw it. It was actually the last big upset in a match that Mainz deservedly won at this level.
Mainz in Wolfsburg, Dortmund against Darmstadt
Mainz has to play in Wolfsburg on the last matchday (Saturday, May 18, 2024, 3:30 p.m.), at the same time Dortmund are playing against relegated Darmstadt.