The crisis at Mainz 05 continued during the international break: after coach Bo Svensson’s team had only won one of their last four games in the Bundesliga, they went down 2:5 in a friendly against second division club KSC on Thursday. Defeat. Svensson was angry at the renewed setback: “It was embarrassing how we conceded the goals. It had nothing to do with Bundesliga level.”the Dane was dated Kicker quoted.
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Svensson was particularly concerned about his team’s defensive performance. Five goals against the second division tenth were simply too much for the claims of the Palatinate. Marvin Wanitzek (2nd minute), Sebastian Jung (18th), Mikkel Kaufmann (35th), Florian Ballas (45th) and Kelvin Arase (74th) were all able to overcome the 05 defense. Delano Burgzorg (31st) and Dennis Kaygin (90th) only scored the consolation goal.
Before the difficult Bundesliga duels against Freiburg and Leipzig, Svensson was therefore not satisfied with his entire team. The only exception: striker Burgzorg was able to regain the favor of his coach after a disciplinary suspension.
