The ones liable for FSV Mainz 05 didn’t waste lengthy in making it to the spherical of 16 within the convention sport. “Now it’s only about 90 minutes of St. Pauli – from now,” carrying director Niko Bungert mentioned right away after the Bundesliga’s backside crew’s 2-0 (1-0) win towards Turkish Premier League facet Samsunspor. The brand new trainer Urs Fischer was once fast to discuss the impending duel within the basement on the press convention.
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On Sunday (3:30 p.m.), Mainz will host Hamburg, which has 4 issues greater than Reinessen within the relegation zone. A year-end defeat would ship the 0 Fives a ways again within the relegation combat. “We want to completely hide the table,” Bungert mentioned of the explosive state of affairs.
“It’s still going to be a very long way.”
However Fisher did not need to prevent his avid gamers’ party in an instant. “The boys should be really happy for this win today, they have had to endure a lot in the past,” mentioned the Swiss. Such successes towards Samsunspor would lend a hand “get out of there”. On the identical time he emphasised. “It’s still going to be a very long way.”
Because of the house crew’s victory within the Convention League, Mainz will keep away from two playoff video games in February and go back to the global level within the spherical of 16 on March 12. Conceivable combatants within the spherical of 16 are Crystal Palace with former Bundesliga trainer Oliver Glasner. Towards the crew from Samsunspor, controlled through Thomas Reiss (previously of VfL Bochum and Schalke 04), captain Silvan Widmer (forty fourth minute) and Nadiem Amiri scored targets along with his hand (forty ninth).
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