Lee Dong-kyung, who transferred to the 2nd division, plays before debut… Lee Dong-joon excluded from roster for 6 consecutive games
Mainz, a German professional football team, who played for regarding 30 minutes in the second half, Lee Jae-seong, a midfielder of the Korean national team, lost to Hoffenheim following being outnumbered.
Mainz lost 4-1 to Hoffenheim in the second half of the 2022-2023 Bundesliga 6th round match held at the Free Zero Arena in Sinsheim, Germany on the 10th (local time).
Lee Jae-seong was put in the 19th minute of the second half following falling 0-1, and he diligently ran around the ground, but he might not raise an attack point.
Jae-Sung Lee has only scored one goal in the regular league this season.
Mainz, who cruised with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the opening 5 games, faced a difficult situation in the 41st minute of the first half when central defender Alexander Hark was sent off while blocking the penetration of the opposing attacker in the penalty area.
In the 8th minute of the second half, Hoffenheim’s Andrei Kramaric volleyed a cross from the left flank to take the lead.
Mainz, one goal behind, took out Angelo Fulguini in the 19th minute and put in Lee Jae-seong to try to reverse the mood.
However, five minutes later, he conceded an additional goal to Grisha Frömel, putting him on the defensive.
In the 35th minute of the second half, Hoffenheim’s Munas d’Avur turned Angelino’s shot back with his back foot and scored the third goal, and Pavel Kaderzavek’s goal came from a counterattack just before the end of the game.
In the 38th minute of the second half, Mainz saved only one goal with a low right footed shot from Dominic Core in the penalty area.
Mainz (10 points), which had 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses due to this defeat, was placed in 6th place, down one place from the previous 5th place.
Hoffenheim (12 points), with 4 wins and 2 losses, placed 2nd in goal difference behind leaders Bayern Munich with the same points.
Meanwhile, Lee Dong-kyung, who transferred from the Bundesliga Schalke 04 to Hansa Rostock in the second division earlier this month, made his debut as a substitute at the end of the first half.
Lee Dong-kyung was replaced by Sebastien Thiel in the 38th minute following falling 0-2 in the away match once morest Fortuna Düsseldorf.
After that, in the 43rd minute of the second half, he worked diligently on the ground until the end of the game, such as taking on a free-kick kicker, but might not raise an attack point.
Rostock lost 1-3 to Düsseldorf.
Lee Dong-jun of Hertha Berlin in the first division was not included in the roster for six consecutive games in the opening match.
Lee Dong-jun, who joined the team in January of this year, ended the 2021-2022 season with a knee injury in April, and suffered a leg muscle injury in July during a pre-season match once morest Nottingham in the English Premier League.
Hertha Berlin faced Leverkusen at home and exchanged two goals in the second half in a 2-2 draw.
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