As of: October 5th, 2024 9:41 p.m
Newly promoted FC St. Pauli is still waiting for its first home win after returning to the Bundesliga. Hamburg suffered a 0:3 (0:2) defeat against Mainz 05 on Saturday evening. They had themselves to blame for this after two major mistakes in the early stages.
St. Pauli’s goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj in the 0:1 by striker Jonathan Burkardt (5th) and defense chief Eric Smith in the 0:2 by Armindo Sieb (16th) helped with two bad decisions to help the Rheinhessen up early in the game at the Millerntor to bring the winning road.
Although coach Alexander Blessin’s team improved significantly as a result, in order to further extend the delicate unbeaten streak of two games after the draw against Leipzig (0-0) and the win in Freiburg (3-0), it was enough against ripped-off teams But not Mainz. The burden of early mistakes was too great. With his second goal, 05 striker Burkardt finally decided the game in the second half (62′).
“We had many, many mistakes and weren’t clear enough.”
Pauli-Coach Alexander Blessin
Striker Johannes Eggestein saw the reason for the defeat not only as the “two unfortunate goals conceded”, but above all criticized “mistakes in the build-up of the game” and excessive gaps between the parts of the team. He called the 0:3 “deserved”. His coach also saw it that way, missing clarity in his team’s actions and complaining about “many, many errors in the play”.
AUDIO: St. Pauli coach Blessin: “We gave out gifts” (4 min)
St. Pauli only has the chance to start a new series after the international break. Then the “Kiezkicker” continues with the away game at Borussia Dortmund (October 18th, 8:30 p.m., in the NDR Livecenter).
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Vasilj and Smith favor Mainz goals
The Blessin team completely botched the start of the game – and helped a lot with the two early Mainz goals. When Phillipp Mwene hit a high, actually harmless shot from the halffield, keeper Vasilj came out of his goal without any need and had a real chance to get the ball. Burkardt defeated the Bosnian in the best Uwe Seeler style with a header from the back of the head (5th).
Eleven minutes later, defense boss Smith had an extremely bad idea when he played a far too lax pass centrally into midfield. Nadiem Amiri intercepted the ball and served Sieb with a fine interface pass. The 21-year-old ran alone towards Vasilj and deliberately pushed in – 0:2.
Zentner defuses St. Pauli’s shots
St. Pauli had to struggle for almost ten minutes, but increasingly fought their way into the encounter – and had their first opportunities. Johannes Eggestein (24th), Oladapo Afolayan (28th) and Manolis Saliakas (32nd) all found their match in FSV keeper Robin Zentner.
And since Afolayan’s (45th+1) and Eggestein’s (45th+2) next shots from around eleven meters each were blocked for a corner, we went into the break with a two-goal deficit.
“Kiezkicker” tried hard, but Burkardt pulled the plug
After the restart, Hamburg tried to build on their good performance in the final quarter of an hour of the first half and ran tirelessly. Coach Bo Henriksen’s team did a much better job of keeping St. Pauli away from their own box – and decided the game early on: left-back Maxim Leitsch beat Afolayan in his own box. The ball landed via Sieb and Amiri to Burkardt, who was quicker than Smith and scored ice-cold to make it 3-0 (62′).
Blessin immediately brought in new personnel in Morgan Guilavogui and Danel Sinani, but the plug was pulled despite all visible efforts. With the exception of a header from captain Jackson Irvine (84′), the game ended without any further highlights. St. Pauli was also denied their first home goal of the season on this wasted Saturday evening.
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1. FSV Mainz
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Tore:
FC St. Pauli:
Vasilj – Wahl, Smith, Mets – Saliakas, Irvine, R. Wagner (63. Guilavogui), Treu (83. Ritzka) – Afolayan (63. Sinani), Saad (90. Albers) – J. Eggestein (83. Banks)
1. FSV Mainz:
Zentner – Kohr, Jenz, Leitsch – Caci, Sano, Amiri (83rd Hong), Mwene – Sieb (65th Nebel), J.-s. Lee – Burkardt (90th Weiper)
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