Three pack Mateta – Mainz celebrates their first victory against Freiburg

It was the desired release: after seven days of winless matches, FSV Mainz 05 won against SC Freiburg in the duel in the basement. One player secured Rheinhessen’s victory almost by himself.

Thanks to his outstanding scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta, the 1. FSV Mainz 05 succeeded in the much desired liberation on the eighth day of the Bundesliga. The French scored all three goals for Rheinhessen (2nd, 34th, 40th minute) in 3-1 (3-0) in the basement duel against SC Freiburg on Sunday. Nils Petersen (63rd) could only shorten for the hosts.

With their first win of the season, the Mainz team dropped last place in the standings to FC Schalke 04 and also took some pressure off their coach Jan-Moritz Lichte, who, as successor to the sacking Achim Beierzlorzer , has already been criticized after only one point in five games. Friborg, on the other hand, remained winless for the seventh consecutive time and are still fully entitled to in the relegation zone.

Pass by Leandro Barreiro

With their first attack, Mainz took the lead, with suspended captain Danny Latza and U21 national team player Jonathan Burkardt absent due to a cold. After a good through ball from Leandro Barreiro, Mateta aims alone towards the goal of Friborg and enters with confidence from the edge of the area. Subsequently, the home team, whose defense highlighted major gaps, did not keep the 23-year-old under control at all. After failing to play clearly until the end on the break with Jean-Paul Boetius (9th), Mateta initially failed against brilliant Freiburg goalkeeper Florian Müller (12th).

Petersen brings Freiburg back into play

When Müller, on loan from Mainz, bounces a Robin Quaison shot forward, Mateta hits again coldly and dusts off the 2-0. Six minutes later he pushed forward after a fine pass by Boetius from the right half position for the 3-0. Seven of the ten goals in Mainz so far this season are due to Mateta’s account. Freiburg, of which Nicolas Höfler has only been replaced this time after several mistakes in recent weeks, had much more ball possession in the first half, but only a truly noteworthy conclusion thanks to Vincenzo Grifo (22nd).

After a somewhat slow start in the second half, Petersen brought Freiburg back into play. Similar to Mateta before, the two-time national team player met after a rebound. A brief phase of urgency developed for Baden, but Lucas Höler missed another shot while standing in the space of six meters (72 °). The Mainz side rarely looked for the way forward and eventually achieved their first competitive 5: 1 win in the DFB Cup first round against regional league team TSV Havelse on 11 September. Substitute Karim Onisiwo could even have taken him to 4: 1 (87th).