With Lee Jae-sung as the starter and Hong Hyun-seok (Mainz) as a substitute in the second half, the team won.
Mainz beat Frankfurt 3-1 in the 15th round of the Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season at Deutsche Bank Parc in Frankfurt, Germany on the 22nd (Korea time).
Mainz, who has won two consecutive games, has elevated its points to 25 (seven wins, four draws and four losses), ranking fifth among the 18 teams. Frankfurt (27, eight wins, three draws and four losses) maintained its third place.
Lee Jae-sung, who started, played the role of left-side striker in the 3-4-2-1 formation.
Lee Jae-seong, who had four goals and two assists in five consecutive matches (Round 10 through 14), remained silent on the day. However, he continued to play for 76 minutes, contributing to his team’s victory.
He has scored five goals and three assists in official matches this season, including one assist in the Cup.
Mainz, who seemed to be losing ground to Frankfurt’s attack early on the day, changed the trend with an opponent’s own goal in the 15th minute of the first half. Frankfurt goalkeeper Kaan Santos was embarrassed by Mainz’s strong forward pressure when he tried to give the ball to central midfielder Elies Skiri, and the ball that Skiri cleared rolled toward the goal. It hit Santos’ hand, who was trying to block it, and the ball was sucked into the goal.
However, Mainz faced immediate crisis. Midfielder Nadhim Amiri was sent off immediately after a dangerous tackle on Skiri in the 21st minute, and he had to hold on to the remaining 10 players.
Nevertheless, Mainz did not falter and scored additional points in the 27th minute of the first half. Paul Nebel’s bold left-footed mid-range shot in front of the penalty arc was sucked into the corner of the goal. 메이저사이트
Mainz, who entered the second half with a 2-0 lead, once again created a goal opportunity through pressure in the 13th minute of the second half. Lee Jae-sung’s left-footed shot was blocked by the opponent’s goalkeeper, but Frankfurt’s defense did not handle the ball properly and Nebel pushed it back with his left foot to make the score 3-0.
Frankfurt recovered a goal with Rasmus Christensen’s header shot from a corner kick in the 30th minute of the second half. Mainz immediately put Hong Hyun-suk and Sylvan Widmer in the 31st minute of the second half without losing any more points.
Mainz will enter the break at the end of this game, bringing Bochum home on January 11 of the new year to resume their league schedule.