A mistake by Robin Zentner put Mainz behind against Gladbach. The keeper was relieved that the equaliser had been scored, but expects a tough night ahead.
Robin Zentner has played a very good season so far and is one of the reasons why Mainz had only conceded ten goals before matchday 11, the second-best figure in the league (together with Leipzig and Bayern) However, against Gladbach of all teams, the Mainz keeper made a mistake on Friday which led to the 0:1 through Florian Neuhaus Of all things, because Zentner had made a similar mistake against this opponent almost exactly four years ago. Back then, the keeper had hit an air pocket for the ages, which, however, had remained without consequences – in contrast to this time.
“It just happens “
This is another reason why the keeper, who was cheered up by the fans with chants after his mistake on Friday, said after the game on the “DAZN” microphone with a petrified expression: “That will annoy me all night long. The fact that there had once been the aforementioned curious scene against Gladbach had “not bothered him at all” before the game. His coach Bo Svensson also didn’t want to give it too much importance: “It just happens.
Nevertheless, Zentner was relieved and proud of his team after the kick-off, which had managed a 1-1 draw thanks to a beautiful shot by Silvan Widmer. “Anything else would have been very undeserved today. “
“Table position doesn’t mean much “
There is no time for daydreaming in Mainz, however, even in view of their four games without defeat (3/1/0) and their position in the top third of the table. While Svensson sees his task as looking at the content of the games and not so much at the points tally, Zentner still remembers last season, when Mainz managed to stay in the league with a run that was no longer possible: “We were somewhere a year ago and still managed to do it. That’s why the position in the table doesn’t mean much.
