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Mainz Beat Wolfsburg 0-3!

Date: 4-5-2006
Wrote by: EP's webmaster

Mohamed Zidan and his teammates at Mainz managed to win three precious points from their away clash with Wolfsburg. The game ended in an impressive 0-3 win for Mainz as Thurk and Auer scored the three goals. Mohamed Zidan was in the starting eleven and played 66 minutes before he was replaced by Auer who scored the 2nd and 3rd goals.

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The close to relegation sides, Wolfsburg and Mainz faced each other in an important match. Mainz managed to clinch victory and to win three precious points which will help them greatly in avoiding relegation.

Egyptian star Mohamed Zidan played the game from the start alongside Casey and Michael Thurk in attack. Zidan didn't get clear chances throughout the game but he created a dangerous chance for Casey in the first half.

Mainz were impressive from the start as they took the lead after just five minutes from the kick off. The goal came through Michael Thurk who received a low pass and blasted a shot with his left into the far corner to give Mainz the lead.

After the goal, Wolfsburg fought hard and tried to come back into the game. They got a few close chances but they weren't lucky with the finish.

On the other side, Mainz were happy to set back and defend. However, their counter attacks caused alot of troubles to Wolfsburg. From one of these counter attacks, Zidan got the ball in the left wing and spotted Casey in a good position in front of goal, Zizou crossed the ball accurately to the American striker but the defense cleared the ball away to safety in the right time.

In the 2nd half, Wolfsburg forced Mainz o defend and they had more dangerous attempts on goal. However, Mainz goalkeeper and defense helped in keeping the score 0-1.

In the 60th minute, a through pass was played to Wolfsburg's forward Juan Menseguez who was onside and chipped the ball over Mainz' goalkeeper into the back of the net. However, the match referee disallowed the goal as the referee's assistant had his flag up for offside.


In the 66th minute, Mohamed Zidan came off and was replaced by the striker Auer who managed to score the 2nd goal for Mainz from a perfectly executed counter attacking move.

Just five minutes later, Mainz made use of the poor marking and the ball was laid to Auer inside the box, the latter fired a shot with his left at goal, the goalkeeper got a hand to it but he couldn't keep it out and the score became 0-3 for Mainz.

The precious win put Mainz in the 14th spot in the table with just two game left in the Bundesliga:

1 Bayern Munich 32 22 7 3 63 28 35 73
2 Hamburg 32 21 5 6 50 24 26 68
3 Werder Bremen 32 19 7 6 71 36 35 64
4 Schalke 32 15 13 4 44 28 16 58
5 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 8 10 60 45 15 50
6 Hertha Berlin 32 11 12 9 47 44 3 45
7 Borussia Dortmund 32 11 11 10 41 38 3 44
8 Stuttgart 32 8 16 8 33 35 -2 40
9 FC Nurnberg 32 11 7 14 45 48 -3 40
10 Borussia Monchengladbach 32 9 11 12 38 48 -10 38
11 Arminia Bielefeld 32 10 7 15 30 41 -11 37
12 Hannover 32 7 15 10 39 43 -4 36
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 9 8 15 41 48 -7 35
14 FSV Mainz 32 8 10 14 45 47 -2 34
15 Wolfsburg 32 7 12 13 30 51 -21 33
16 Kaiserslautern 32 8 7 17 44 68 -24 31
17 FC Cologne 32 6 9 17 45 63 -18 27
18 MSV Duisburg 32 4 11 17 32 63 -31 23