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Mohamed
Zidan helped Mainz to avoid relegation as he provided
the assist for their only goal versus the giants Schalke
on Saturday afternoon. Zidan played for 78 minutes and
was the best Mainz player on the field. Zizou created
many chances to his teammates and assisted the only
goal when he dribbled past two players in the box and
the ball reached Auer who placed it home.
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Mohamed Zidan was once again an important factor for
Mainz' success in avoiding relegation this season.
Zizou played the game from the start alongside Benjamin
Auer and Michael Thurk in attack. Soon after the kick
off, Mainz got their first chance when Thurk laid the
ball from the left wing to Milorad Pekovic who fired
a low shot with his left at goal, but the shot went
narrowly wide.
A few minutes latter, the ball reached Mohamed Zidan
in the right wing, Zidan crossed it low in front of
goal to Auer but the latter couldn't take advantage
of Zizou's accurate cross and the real chance went begging.
In the 10th minute, Zidan got the ball inside the area,
he tried to chip his marker but the ball came off the
shoulder of Schalke's defender and changed its direction,
Zidan wanted the penalty kick but the match referee
said play on!
In the 14th minute, Mainz managed to take the lead
through the well positioned Auer and a clever move by
Zidan. The goal came through a defensive error as the
last man of Schalke gave the ball away to Zidan and
the Egyptian used his skills to evade him and laid the
ball to Auer who chipped the ball home with one touch
to give Mainz the lead.
After the goal, Schalke had a chance to level the score
from a powerful shot but it missed the target by inches.
Minutes later, Schalke's striker Asamoah scored a goal
through a powerful header but the referee disallowed
it as the striker was in offside position.
Near the end of the first half, Zidan had a chance
to double Mainz' lead when the ball was passed to him
in the area, he spotted the goalkeeper coming out of
his net and so, he tried to chip him, Zidan's chip shot
was going in but a defender saved it off the line and
prevented the real goal.
Soon after the kick off of the 2nd half, Zidan sent
a clever pass to Thurk just outside the box and the
latter tried a shot with his left but the goalkeeper
had no problems saving it.
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