Match report: A turbulent Rhein-Main duel between Mainz and Frankfurt ended 1-1 (1-0). Jae-sung Lee had given the home side the lead (25′). Eintracht played outnumbered after the yellow-red card against Ansgar Knauff (61st), but managed to equalize shortly before the end through Omar Marmoush (90th + 1).
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After the 4-1 defeat at Union Berlin, Bo Svensson made four changes to the Mainz starting XI: Maxim Leitsch, Sepp van den Berg and Phillipp Mwene replaced Stefan Bell, Danny da Costa (both on the bench) and Karim Onisiwo (not in the squad). Ludovic Ajorque, who was injured during the warm-up and was replaced by Nelson Weiper, was also briefly out.
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There were also four changes at Frankfurt compared to the European game on Thursday, Dino Toppmöller brought on Hrvoje Smolcic, Kristijan Jakic, Ansgar Knauff and Philipp Max for Aurelio Buta, Tuta, Eric Dina Ebimbe and Jens Petter Hauge (all bench).
Fantasy Heroes: Jae-sung Lee (11 Punkte), Kevin Trapp (10), Omar Marmoush, Phillipp Mwene (I 9)
Lee punishes Trapps Wackler
Mainz was up to speed from the start and bought the nerve from the guests in the duels. In front of a loud crowd in the sold-out Mewa Arena, it was initially quiet in the penalty areas until a whistle sounded after 21 minutes. Referee Bastian Dankert reversed his penalty decision after a supposed handball by Frankfurt’s Robin Koch after going into the review area.
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Three minutes later the time had come: with a harmless volleyball from midfield, goalkeeper Kevin Trapp got under pressure from his teammates Smolcic and Koch and dropped the ball in front of Jae-sung Lee. The South Korean put his head down and hit the empty goal over the three unfortunate Frankfurters (25′). Frankfurt didn’t get one foot in front of the others offensively and was well served with the 0-1 break.
Frankfurt celebrates outnumbered
With both sides unchanged, Mainz kept the pressure on, missed the 2-0 through Leandro Barreiro’s shot at the side netting (52′) and Dominik Kohr’s overhead kick over the goal (53′). As if awakened by this double chance, unity suddenly arose. The clearest chance was thwarted by Anthony Caci, who cleared a Knauff header after a Max corner on the line (59th).
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Two minutes later, however, the guests suffered a setback: Knauff, who had already been warned, hit Barreiro in the face with a high leg and saw the traffic light card (61′). This abruptly pulled the plug on the new Frankfurt momentum. Instead, Mainz again had good chances, as with Anton Stach’s shot from a tight angle, which Trapp parried well (75′). In injury time, however, Omar Marmoush punished Mainz’s poor exploitation of chances with a last-minute equalizer (90+1) after substitute Ebimbe had done some good work.
Lee scores to make it 1-0 – IMAGO/Thomas Frey
Player of the Match: Omar Marmoush
Omar Marmoush fired three shots on target – no longer a player in the game – won a very good 58 percent of his tackles and saved Eintracht a point in Mainz with his late equalizer (his first in the Bundesliga in an Eintracht jersey).
Marmoush celebrates the late 1-1 – IMAGO/HMB-Media
2023-08-27 17:05:30
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