In an exciting game, with five goals, two dismissals and an exciting finale, the Mainz took the first three points in the championship, 3-2 the Augsburg at the WWK-Arena, at the premiere of the 4th matchday.
With two goals in one three minutes h Mainz who was looking for the first victory in the championship, caught her opponent by surprise. O Zim with a header, after a cross from Emouene in the 13th minute, he opened the scoring, while two minutes later Burkard with a header from Emouene’s cross, he made it 2-0 for the visiting team.
In the 25th minute, the home team reacted, with Sloterbeck to reduce the score, with a left shot and put the home team back into the game. In fact, the situation became even more favorable for Augsburg, when Mainz was left with ten players due to the expulsion of Amiri with a second yellow card.
Mainz, despite the numerical disadvantage, found a 3rd goal with “good evening” in the replay, after the Burkard with a second personal goal, with a right shot, after an assist from Hong, he made it 1-3. Answer from Augsburg in the 57th minute with Samuel Esende to score with a header, after an assist from Giannoulis to reduce it to 2-3, but the Congolese striker in the 70th minute will leave his team with ten players after being sent off with a straight red. At 90+6′, a penalty was awarded in favor of Augsburg for marking on Sloterbeck, but with the intervention of the VAR, Soren Storks revoked his initial decision.
The program of the 4th game
Friday (20/09)
Augsburg-Mainz 2-3
(25′ Sloterbeck, 57′ Esente – 13′ Zib, 15′, 49′ Burkard)
Saturday (21/09)
Heidenheim-Freiburg (16:30)
Werder Bremen-Bayern Munich (16:30)
Union Berlin-Hoffenheim (16:30)
Bochum-Holstein Kiel (16:30)
Eintracht Frankfurt-Glandbach (19:30)
Sunday (22/09)
Leverkusen-Wolfsburg (16:30)
Stuttgart-Dortmund (18:30)
St. Pauli-Leipzig (20:30)
The schedule of the next (5th) matchday
Friday (27/09)
Dortmund-Bochum (21:30)
Saturday (28/09)
Leipzig-Augsburg (16:30)
Freiburg-St. Pauli (16:30)
Wolfsburg-Stuttgart (16:30)
Mainz-Heidenheim (16:30)
Gladbach-Union Berlin (16:30)
Bayern Munich-Leverkusen (19:30)
Sunday (29/09)
Holstein Kiel-Eintracht Frankfurt (16:30)
Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen (18:30)
Source: Sport Fm
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