Four days after touching the sky and eliminating PSG to seal their ticket to their first Champions League final after more than a decade, Borussia Dortmund made a fool of themselves during their visit to a Mainz that received them in the middle of the fight for permanence. and ended up handing them a very tough 3-0 defeat. Borussia Dortmund was a sticker compared to the team that collapsed PSG, both in names and attitude, the latter a source of anger throughout Germany due to the importance that the clash had for the fight to avoid relegation.
Borussia remains fifth and with its participation in the next edition of the Champions League very assured. And Mainz, for its part, managed to get out of the relegation places and, with one match left to go, put Union Berlin in the red zone of the table. This match will give a lot to talk about.
Terzic varied his eleven in numerous positions with respect to the Champions League semi-final against PSG and ended up paying dearly for it. The Borussen, with unusual players like Morey, Wolf and Bynoe-Gittens in the lineup, showed signs of apathy and Mainz, in the midst of fighting to avoid relegation, took advantage of it mercilessly. In a matter of eleven minutes, Barreiro and Lee twice made the score 3-0, which was not well regarded in much of the Federal Republic. There was even talk of adulteration of competition on networks.
Terzic tried to bail out the water and introduced Sancho and Brandt for the second 45 minutes, but things did not get better. Mainz continued to command and intimidate a Westphalian team that also disallowed Moukoko’s goal for offside. Regardless of that black and yellow mini-push, the visitors were not able to correct a very unfortunate first half that will bring a lot of queue in Germany and helped Mainz take a deep breath in the dangerous part of the classification.
Sesko saves Leipzig and Cologne resists
Colonia, which has accelerated in recent days with two draws before this victory, does not depend on itself, but can reach the last session with options. And that Union Berlin, which marks the salvation and whose permanence is not yet assured, had a 0-2 lead after twenty minutes. After a quarter of an hour they took the lead thanks to Robin Knoche and four minutes later, Kevin Volland, from a penalty, scored the second goal for the visitors.
At the top, Leipzig avoided defeat at the Red Bull Arena against Werder Bremen, who took the lead after half an hour thanks to an own goal from Nicolas Seiwald. But Marco Rose’s team scored in the 62nd minute thanks to Sesko, who established a tie that remained until the end and guaranteed fourth place in the Bundesliga for Leipzig to the detriment of Borussia Dortmund, with one match left to play.
Borussia Monchengladbach closed the season at Borussia Park with a one-goal draw against Eintracht Frankfurt, who will play in Europe next year. Dortmund, which is going to close a gray year far from its expectations, took the lead through Robin Hack after nine minutes, but after half an hour the Frenchman Eirc Dina Ebimbe established the tie for the visitors.
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Freiburg have yet to seal their European spot. They are seventh, they did not go beyond a draw against Heidenheim (1-1) and they are threatened by Hoffenheim, whom they only have two points behind. Christian Streich’s team took the lead in the duel at the Europa Park Stadion with a goal from the Japanese Ritsu Doan, with a header, but on the brink of half-time Kevin Sessa managed to equalize for the visitors, with nothing at stake.
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Changes
Ian Maatsen (45′, Mateu Morey), Julian Brandt (45′, Salih Özcan), Jadon Sancho (45′, Donyell Malen), Ole Pohlmann (68′, Felix Nmecha), Kjell-Arik Wätjen (75′, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens), Edimilson Fernandes (75′, Anthony Caci), Danny da Costa (76′, Silvan Widmer), Marco Richter (86′, Lee Jae-Sung), Nelson Weiper (86′, Brajan Gruda)
Goals
1-0, 11′: Leandro Barreiro Martins2-0, 18′: Lee Jae-Sung3-0, 22′: Lee Jae-Sung
Cards
Arbitro: Tobias Stieler
Arbitrator WHERE: Dr. Matthias Jöllenbeck, Henrik Bramlage
Marco Reus (40′,Yellow), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (45′, Yellow), Leandro Barreiro Martins (55′, Yellow), Nico Schlotterbeck (79′, Yellow)
