Mainz boss Heidel Sauer on the association because of the game setting

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Mainz boss Sauer on the DFB: “Desk acrobats”

Already three days after the game in the DFB Cup, Mainz has to compete in the Conference League qualification. Christian Heidel is therefore angry.

Mainz 05 starts the new competitive season with anger in the stomach. Just three days before the European Cup appearance in Norway, the Rheinhessen had to go on Monday evening in the DFB Cup near Dynamo Dresden-much to the annoyance of sports director Christian Heidel.

At the Sky microphone, the 62-year-old commented with clear words for the late schedule of the game in Dresden. “What happened there is a farce for me,” said Heidel. “The DFB department simply tried nothing. They tried to push through this appointment, no one knows why.”

Mainz already meets Rosenborg Trondheim on Thursday in the first leg of the Conference League playoffs. Those responsible for the club had therefore campaigned early for an earlier cup date. Heidel said that it was clearly signaled that you would like to play on Friday or Saturday. “We tried everything, I didn’t get a hint that the men from the DFB tried to find a solution,” said the Mainz sports director and described the association managers as “desk acrobats”.

The reason for the late setting was the Dresden city festival that took place the weekend before and the associated official security requirements. The Federal Supreme Court, against which the Mainz was drawn at the end of July, “I have to take out that they tried to find a solution for 18 days. But it was not legally possible because a few men at the DFB simply slept very, very deeply,” said Heidel, who already described the attachment as “anything but cheap” in June. As an international representative, it is “about German football, I didn’t understand that. I still have no explanation to this day.”