Match winner Jonathan Burkardt was exhausted and happy at the same time after Mainz’s first win of the season in the Augsburg stadium. “The goals are really good and of course doubly good when you win,” said the captain. In the wild 3:2 (2:1) against FC Augsburg with two sendings off and a lot of video evidence excitement on Friday evening, the 24-year-old attacker was practically the symbol of a very effective and long-suffering visiting team.
“We were ice cold in front of the goal”
Burkardt spoke of “an incredibly emotional game” in which, for him, “efficiency” was the difference: “We were ice-cold in front of goal.” Three chances, three goals, that’s how Mainz’s performance can be summed up after the goals from Armindo Sieb and Burkardt twice.
“In the end, it felt like 3,000 balls flew into our penalty area,” said Burkardt, describing the situation on the pitch. “Augsburg deserved at least one point,” he admitted. But no matter: With the first win of the season, “a huge burden has been lifted” from his team.
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Ten Mainz players also managed to survive a prolonged period of being outnumbered after a “not so clever yellow-red card” for Nadiem Amiri, as coach Bo Henriksen put it. When asked about his captain and now three-time goalscorer of the season, Burkardt, Henriksen was full of enthusiasm. “Of course Johnny, double. He always wants to score goals. He was incredibly important today, also with his running performance in defense. What a man! What a player!”
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