😮 Bizarre 17-metre headed own goal, nightmare start for Mainz | OneFootball

From the very beginning of this Friday evening match, it was crystal clear which team currently sits in the upper half of the table—and which one is stuck in the relegation zone. And here, the old saying definitely applied: “If you’ve got crap on your shoe…”, and so on.

Not even ten minutes had passed when a cross from Burger sailed from the left midfield towards the penalty area. At the edge of the box, TSG’s shooting star Asllani—who was the only change in the starting lineup compared to the last match—rose for a header. He didn’t get to the ball, but Andreas Hanche-Olsen—the only newcomer in the starting eleven for the 05ers—jumped higher, and in this case, that was not good news.

He hit the ball so unfortunately that it looped in a high arc from more than sixteen (!) meters over the helpless Robin Zentner in the Mainz goal.

This meant that Mainz conceded at least one goal for the 22nd Bundesliga match in a row today. After many decent chances on both sides, Mainz equalized in the second half (76th minute) through Danny da Costa. He beat Baumann in the Hoffenheim goal—who is making his 500th Bundesliga appearance today—and thus set the stage for an exciting final phase, which is currently still in full swing. 

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