Lee Jae-sung of the German professional football Mainz, who started as a "Korean duo" with Hong Hyun-seok, a junior member of the national team, hit a magic trick this season, but the team was defeated by the numerical advantage.
Mainz lost 2-1 to Werder Bremen in the third round of the 2024-2025 German Bundesliga at Meva Arena in Mainz, Germany today (16th).
Mainz, who had two draws since the opening, did not earn a point in the third game of the season despite a numerical advantage gained from an opposing exit. Mainz, with two draws and one loss, went down to 15th place.
Lee Jae-sung, who returned to Germany after playing an A match at the call of national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo, and Hong Hyun-seok, who left Belgium's Hent to join Mainz in the summer transfer market, started side by side on the same day.
Lee Jae-sung scored an equalizer in the 27th minute of the first half, when his team was 1-0 behind. The goalkeeper failed to hit Mainz's early cross properly, and Lee Jae-sung, who actively rushed to the gate, shook the net by connecting the second ball with a left-footed shot.
In the 15th minute of the second half, Lee Jae-sung also scored a kill pass that caused the opponent's red card.
Lee Jae-sung, who received a pass from a teammate near the half-line and sensibly turned it forward, poked the ball straight at Yonatan Burkart, who was rushing to the door.
In order to prevent Lee Jae-sung's kill pass from reaching Burkart, the opponent's defense made an unreasonable tackle, and the referee took out the red card immediately, judging that it was a foul that prevented a decisive attack chance.
Lee worked diligently on Mainz's left flank and centre until the end of the game and played a key role in the offense and defense, including an equaliser.
SofaScore gave Lee an 8.0 rating, the highest for both teams.
Hong Hyun-seok was placed on the left and right as an offensive midfielder along with Lee Jae-sung in the 3-4-2-1 formation.
Hong Hyun-seok tried to poke the corner of the net by connecting a cross from the right side with a left-footed shot in front of the opposite post in the fourth minute of the second half when the score was 1-1.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Hong Hyun-seok took over the ball cut by Mainz in the opponent's build-up situation and returned it to Burkart in the center with one touch to provide a scoring opportunity, but Burkart's shot was blocked by the defense's hand-to-hand defense and failed to produce an offensive point.
Hong Hyun-seok was replaced by Armindo Jeep in the 20th minute of the second half. SofaScore gave Hong a 7.0 rating, the fourth in the team.
Mainz gave up the lead by allowing a penalty kick to Marfin Daqshu in the 8th minute of the first half, but Lee Jae-sung's equalizer in the 27th minute balanced the game. 파워볼사이트
Mainz took the numerical advantage with his opponent's exit in the 15th minute of the second half, but failed to take advantage of this opportunity.
Rather, he failed to prevent the opponent's counterattack in the 24th minute of the second half and lost 2-1 to Derek.