With his fourth goal in the 98th Bundesliga game, Leandro Barreiro paved the way for Mainz 05 to a surprising 3-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen.
In the starting XI: Bayer 04 Leverkusen suffered a setback in their race to catch up in Europe against Mainz 05. In the 2:3 defeat, Leandro Barreiro shot the interim lead. In that scene, Jae Sung Lee extended a long ball from Caci with his head and the Luxembourger volleyed it out. It was only his fourth goal in his 98th Bundesliga appearance for Mainz 05.
Yvandro Borges (Borussia Mönchengladbach) came on for the reserves in the Regionalliga West. The 18-year-old made it 3-1 in the 4-2 win against Wuppertaler SV.
Mica Pinto and Sparta Rotterdam didn’t stand a chance against Ajax Amsterdam (lost 4-0) on Sunday. The left-back’s club remain sixth in the Eredivisie.
Anthony Moris was almost impossible to overcome this year. This weekend, however, he found his masters. Union Saint-Gilloise were beaten 4-2 by Moris’ ex-club Standard Liège. As a result, the Brussels failed to reduce the gap to Jupiler League leaders Genk (2-2 against Mechelen). However, the RUSG remains second in the table.
Florian Bohnert was able to look forward to another assignment right from the start. His club SC Bastia were held to a 1-1 draw by EA Guingamp in France’s second division.
Waldhof Mannheim is still within striking distance of the promotion places in the third German Bundesliga. On Saturday there was a 3:1 win against SV Meppen. Laurent Jans was on the pitch for 90 minutes and provided the template for the 1-1 equalizer.
Marvin Martins is currently used as a central defender in the new back three at Austria Wien. The trained right-back also played in the unusual position in the 0-1 defeat against Austria Lustenau. After 18 match days, the Viennese are in sixth place in the Austrian league.
Gerson Rodrigues and Al-Wehda drew 2-2 with Al-Raed in the Saudi Arabian Premier League. The striker was on the pitch for 90 minutes but failed to score.
Vincent Thill and AIK Solna are currently in action in the group stage of the Swedish Cup. In the 1-1 draw against Vasteras, the midfielder was substituted in the 57th minute.
Enes Mahmutovic and CSKA Sofia remain top of the Bulgarian Premier League after beating Botev Plowidiv 3-1.
Tim Hall was once again in the starting XI for Ujpest Budapest on Friday. There was a 2-1 defeat against the third-placed in the Hungarian league, Kisvarda.
After almost a year without playing, Vahid Selimovic was allowed to play an official football game again on Saturday. The central defender was in the starting XI of his new club ND Gorica (2-2 against NK Koper).
Eric Veiga and Vilafraquense beat Feirense 2-1 in the Portuguese second division. The club of the Luxembourg left-back is in fifth place and can still hope for promotion.
Not in use: Danel Sinani fell victim to a clause in his contract at the weekend. The new Wigan Athletic player was not allowed to play against his old club Norwich City. The duel ended in a 0-0 draw. Mathias Olesen (1. FC Köln) had to watch the 0:3 defeat against VfB Stuttgart from the bench. Sébastien Thill did not make it into the Hansa Rostock squad this weekend either. His brother Olivier is currently waiting for the game to resume in Turkey. Because of the severe earthquake, there are currently no football games taking place there.
In the training camp: Lars Gerson and Kongsvinger IL played a friendly against Stromsgodset (2-2). The championship in the second Norwegian league starts on April 10th. Dirk Carlson and his new club SKN St. Pölten will start the second half of the Austrian second division next weekend. The season also gets underway for Maxime Chanot and New York City FC next weekend. On Sunday, the MLS club played in the “Carolina Challenge Cup” and lost 1-0 to league rivals Portland Timbers.
On Wednesday: Christopher Martins takes on Lokomotiv Moscow with Spartak Moscow in the Russian Cup.
On the bench: Difficult times for Jeff Saibene in Switzerland. The Luxembourg coach and his club Xamax Neuchâtel lost 3-2 to FC Wil and are bottom of the Swiss second division. The distance to the saving shore is already six points. There are still 14 matchdays to be played.
