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Lee Jae-sung's 2024-2025 season is truly amazing.
Lee Jae-sung and Mainz won 3-1 in the 25th round of the German Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season against Borussia Mönchengladbach at 4:30 a.m. on the 8th (Korea time). With this victory, Mainz is ranked third in the league.
It was another day for Lee Jae-sung to lead Mainz to victory. In the 3-4-2-1 formation, Lee Jae-sung was placed on the right side of the second line. Mainz showed a fierce attack from the beginning of the game, and Lee Jae-sung made his team's first goal.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Jonathan Bercart held the ball and moved forward and gave the ball to Lee Jae-sung. On the right, Lee Jae-sung stabbed an accurate cross despite the defense's checks, and Paul Nebel finished. It was a score with good luck as it was bent in defense, but it was recorded with the help of Lee Jae-sung. It was Lee Jae-sung's fifth league help.
Lee Jae-sung was also involved in the team's second score. In the third minute of the second half, Lee Jae-sung tried to pressure off with good skills and got a free kick opportunity in a good position. Mainz took the lead when Dominic Core scored an additional goal from a free kick obtained by Lee Jae-sung.
In the 28th minute of the second half, Mönchengladbach scored a comeback goal, making the direction of the game dizzy again. Mainz needed a shot to shake off the chase, and Lee Jae-sung also appeared. In the 34th minute of the second half, when Nadhim Amiri grabbed the ball and moved, Lee Jae-sung also advanced aggressively. Amiri created a shooting space by exchanging a one-two pass with Lee Jae-sung, and the ball that left Amiri's foot led to a score.
It was Lee Jae-sung's sixth help in the league. Lee Jae-sung led Mainz to victory by being involved in all three goals the team made. Einracht Frankfurt could regain third place, but Mainz was able to gain an advantage in the race for fourth place, so it was a very important victory.
It also became an important game for Lee Jae-sung's career. Lee Jae-sung, who added two assists, has already scored six goals and seven assists this season alone. After advancing to the Bundesliga, he achieved a career high. The existing career high was seven goals and four assists achieved in the 2022-2023 season.
He is a veteran who will turn 33 in August, born in 1992, but Lee Jae-sung's heyday is still ongoing. As the season is still more than two months away, Lee Jae-sung is expected to be able to look at more than 15 offensive points.
Mainz is aiming to advance to the UEFA Champions League (UCL) for the first time in the club's history with Lee Jae-sung, who is showing high-level career performance. Lee Jae-sung will also be more motivated because he has never stepped on the UCL stage yet.
If Mainz can play in the UCL next season, Lee Jae-sung will be considered a legend of Mainz. Lee Jae-sung has never been sluggish in a single season since entering Mainz in the 2021-2022 season. In the first season, he adapted by starting and replacing, and from the second season, he jumped to the core of Mainz. He continued that performance last season, and he is showing his best performance of his life this season.
He played 122 games for Mainz and scored many offensive points with 23 goals and 18 assists. Lee Jae-sung is under contract with Mainz until the 2025-2026 season, and if Lee Jae-sung shows such good performance, it is expected that Mainz will also prepare to renew the contract.
Meanwhile, a difficult time is passing for Hong Hyun-seok, another South Korean national team member of Mainz along with Lee Jae-sung. When he moved to Mainz last summer, he succeeded in advancing to the big league, but Hong Hyun-seok was recently pushed out with little opportunity.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
