The Mainz 05 Chronicle
Match17 Nov 2027
Cup progress for Mainz 05
A 2‑1 win over VfL Bochum, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match17 Nov 2027
Michael Schmidt settles it late for Mainz 05
The 89th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Michael Schmidt decided nobody was going anywhere. VfL Bochum had no time left to answer.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Mainz 05
Kaishu Sano was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Phillip Tietz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Phillip Tietz, and the manager let it.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
One of their own: Devin Haen
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match20 Nov 2027
A bad afternoon for Mainz 05 against Werder Bremen
0‑1 to Werder Bremen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Match20 Nov 2027
Werder Bremen end the Mainz 05 run at 4
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 4 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Silas beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Daniel Haas to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- Player ratings Devin Haen stands above it all
- The dugout Iliman N'Diaye has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Nadiem Amiri