Bundesliga: Mainz defeated Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1© AFP
Mainz climbed into third place within the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday. The consequence takes Bo Henriksen’s prices to 44 factors, provisionally two forward of Eintracht Frankfurt in fourth place. Goals shortly earlier than and after the half-time interval from Paul Nebel and Dominik Kohr put Mainz within the driving seat. Stefan Lainer pulled one again for the hosts within the remaining 20 minutes however Nadiem Amiri swiftly restored Mainz’s two-goal result in earn them their fourth league victory of their final 5 outings.
“It was a deserved win for us over 90 minutes,” Kohr instructed DAZN.
“We’re comfortable the place we’re. We have 44 factors, what a sense. The approach we play soccer, we belong up there.”
Mainz boast a four-point buffer to Freiburg, who lie simply outdoors the Champions League spots in fifth and face sixth-placed RB Leipzig on Saturday.
With 9 video games to go, Mainz are in search of to earn European soccer for the primary time since their 2016-17 group stage look within the Europa League.
And with Friday’s consequence, they firmly have their eyes set on reaching the continent’s prime membership competitors for the very first time of their 120-year historical past.
Defeat leaves Moenchengladbach in eighth place on 37 factors, one shy of Leipzig within the remaining European spot.
Eintracht can have the prospect to leapfrog Mainz again into third once they host lowly Union Berlin on Sunday.
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