Mainz fought for a draw against Lech Poznan

Fought a draw while outnumbered

Referee trouble at Mainz coaching debut

Three days after his introduction, Urs Fischer was on the sidelines for the first time at FSV Mainz 05. And the new coach at least stopped the negative trend of the last few weeks.

First game, first point for Urs Fischer as coach of Mainz 05. In the conference, Mainz fought to a 1-1 draw at Lech Posen on Thursday evening. And in the end they were even outnumbered after Nikolas Veratschnig received a yellow-red card for foul play (66th).

The goals were scored by Sota Kawasaki (28th) for Mainz and Mikael Ishak from a penalty kick (41st) for the top Polish club. On Sunday (5:30 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online) Fischer’s Mainz team will face FC Bayern in the Bundesliga.

Coach Fischer experienced an emotional evening three days after his introduction as Bo Henriksen’s successor. The long-time coach of Union Berlin, who is supposed to save Mainz from relegation in the Bundesliga, was particularly moved by the decisions of the referees and video assistants.

First, the team of referees led by Romanian Andrei Chivulete overturned Benedict Hollerbach’s second Mainz goal because of an offside position. Shortly afterwards, the video referee reviewed a duel in the penalty area for several minutes and finally decided on a penalty. Ishak took the ball and converted with the well-known Panenka lob.

After the break, Paul Nebel (50th) and Niklas Veratschnig (56th), among others, had chances to score the decisive winning goal, but that didn’t happen in the absence of national player Nadiem Amiri, who was missing due to injury. A short time later, Veratschnig had to leave the field after a tactical jersey pull.

But more important for the 05ers than the points in Europe are the games in the Bundesliga, where the club has fallen to the bottom of the table.