Painful defeat for St. Pauli: 0: 3 against Mainz - no victory in sight!

Painful defeat for St. Pauli: 0: 3 against Mainz - no victory in sight!

In football, success can be very fleeting, the Hamburgers from FC St. Pauli had to experience that. After a 0: 3 defeat against the 1st FSV Mainz 05, the Kiezkickers continue to wait for their first win in the Bundesliga. The encounter for goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj and defense chief Eric Smith, who made both serious mistakes, was particularly painful. Where the two were shining before, the team showed weaknesses in this game that were mercilessly exploited by the Mainz.

already made a decisive mistake in the initial phase of the game. A ball that was hit far into the penalty area could not correctly assess the keeper, which led to Jonathan Burkardt placed the ball on the net by head. A quick deficit for St. Pauli, who unnecessarily put pressure on Hamburg.

Headless procedure after the deficit

The reaction to the deficit was not long in coming, but it was rather headless than well thought out. Just eleven minutes later St. Pauli had to take the next goal, and again a mistake was crucial. Eric Smith played a risky pass from the center that Nadiem Amiri Clever played on Armindo Sieb. This could not be asked and scored 0: 2.

The Hamburgers were painfully demonstrated that even in the Bundesliga, even small mistakes can lead to a high price. The way Sieb scored his goal could have served the Kiezkickers as a textbook example. Instead of shooting with all its might, the Mainz attacker placed the ball into the net. An approach that St. Pauli painfully missed in this game.

Early in the game would have Hermann Gerland, who, as a young coach at FC Bayern, would have many talents, suggested to the players to choose "accuracy before hardness". As with Toni Kroos, who learned the football ABC from Gerland, it would also have been strategically sensible for the Hamburg to score calmly and precisely on the goal instead of acting with force and high spirits.

False Pass and the early end of hopes

Despite the continuing efforts to fight back into the game, the game for Hamburg was decided at the latest from the 62nd minute. A frustrating false pass from Oladapo Afolayan led to another goal: Burkardt used the counter -liable ball and made the final score of 0: 3. The team made this defeat to want a quick return to the cabin, and the frustrated promoted team remained without a win.

The Hamburgers could not raise the calm and accuracy in this encounter that is necessary to survive in the Bundesliga. This defeat will have consequences for morality and the game flow of the team in the long term. While the pressure on the players is increasing, the question remains how St. Pauli can come back in the next encounter.

more detailed reports about the game and the current situation of FC St. Pauli are in an article to be found on www.shz.de