Danny da Costa simply shook off his last difficult months at Eintracht Frankfurt in this 50th minute against RB Leipzig. Sports director Martin Schmidt spoke of a “great changeover gate”.
It was the template for the decisive third goal against one of the top teams in the Bundesliga – in the end, the outsider won 3-2 against the Bayern hunter.
Da Costa describes his spectacular assist
The right-back, who moved from Frankfurt to Mainz on loan, described his spectacular assist: “I realized that we had a lot of space on the side. I just wanted to run down the line and get the ball into the middle as best I could. Shortly before the touchline, I get the ball at the last moment and Barreiro does an outstanding job. “
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This energy output was symbolic of the heroic struggle of the Mainz people, who send a sign of life in their relegation battle. After the second win of the season and only ten points on the bank, there is still a long way to go.
But the first relief is great, coach Bo Svensson celebrates his first victory in his fourth game on the sideline. The doubts grew after the weak performance against VfL Wolfsburg (0: 2), the more outstanding was the answer from the table penultimate.
“That was a really nice debut”
Da Costa resisted the term “lucky charm”, the 27-year-old didn’t want to go that far. But he admitted: “It was a really nice debut, you couldn’t have imagined it better. I’m glad I’m here. The team makes a really good impression on me, we showed that on the pitch.”
The fun-loving Rhinelander not only showed what skills he brings with him during his great solo run. Da Costa threw himself into every ball, winning an outstanding 88 percent of his tackles.
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It is this overall package of mentality and quality that can give the FSV the necessary percentage points in the race to remain in the league.
He praised his new team in the highest tones. “I found a very good group. They welcomed me and the first session was probably enough to get me settled. You can see that the football language is the same everywhere. Staying up is a difficult task,” but I have it said yesterday that we still have 17 chances and have to leave our hearts on the pitch 17 times. “
Svensson loved Da Costa
In Frankfurt, coach Adi Hütter did not need da Costa recently, Erik Durm had pushed himself far in front of him. In Mainz he now has the chance to recharge his batteries and rediscover the fun of football.
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Together with his friend Dominik Kohr, who also came from Frankfurt and scored a goal, he now wants to go ahead.
In any case, Svensson is impressed by his duo: “Both of them didn’t just playfully show why they can be valuable to us. They integrated immediately.”