What a bummer! Lee Jae-sung, who helped the 7th player of the season, failed to advance to the UCL despite his performance, won 41 against Bochum at the first milestone threshold in the club's 120-year history → failed to advance to the UCL

May 11, 2025

What a bummer! Lee Jae-sung, who helped the 7th player of the season, failed to advance to the UCL despite his performance, won 41 against Bochum at the first milestone threshold in the club's 120-year history → failed to advance to the UCL
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Despite Lee Jae-sung's performance, the Mainz failed to revive their hopes of advancing to the European Champions League (UCL).

Mainz won 4-1 in the 33rd round of the German Bundesliga in 2024-2025 season against Bochum at the Bonovia Rustadion in Bochum, Germany on the 11th (Korea time).

Mainz (51 points) won the game, but 4th place Freiburg (55 points) beat Holstein Kiel, making it impossible to leap to 4th place with the rest of the game, and hopes of advancing to the UCL next season disappeared.




Mainz's attention was focused on whether he would advance to the UCL for the first time in the club's history this season. Expectations had grown further in the ranking, which had been on the rise since the middle of this season and rose to fourth place. Mainz has never played against Europe since the club's foundation except for four Europa League appearances. However, he fell to seventh place with four draws and three losses in seven league games before the game, and soccer statistics media Opta rated Mainz's chances of fourth place at 0.7% with two games left. To save his hopes of advancing to the UCL, he desperately needed to win the remaining two games. However, despite the victory, his hopes of advancing to the UCL did not continue.

Mainz stepped up in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Jonathan Burkardt was at the forefront and Lee Jae-sung and Paul Nebel were at the second line. Nadhim Amiri and Sano Gaishu worked together in the midfield. The wing-backs were made up of Philip Mbene, Ancerna Kasi, and the three-backs were made up of Andreas Hancheolsen, Stefan Bell and Danny DaCosta. The goal was guarded by Lasseris.

Bochum fought back in a 3-1-4-2 formation. Myron Boadou and Giorgos Masuras are on the front line. The second line was built by Felix Paslach, Ibrahima Sissoko, Matus Vero and Maximilian Vitech. The third term was Tom Kraus. The defense was joined by Tim Oermann, Ivan Ordets and Bernardu. The goalkeeper's gloves were worn by Timo Horn.




What a bummer! Lee Jae-sung, who helped the 7th player of the season, failed to advance to the UCL despite his performance, won 41 against Bochum at the first milestone threshold in the club's 120-year history → failed to advance to the UCL
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The two teams rarely created good opportunities until the end of the first half and failed to score. Lee Jae-sung also struggled with excellent activity along with pressure at the front line, but failed to break through the Mainz attack.

Just before the end of the first half, Mainz changed the mood with the first goal. In the second minute of extra time in the first half, he got a free kick in front of the Bochum penalty box, and Amiri stepped up as a kicker. Amiri's shot crossed the defensive wall and stuck into the corner of Bochum's goal. The goalkeeper blew himself away, but he couldn't touch it. The first half ended with Mainz's 1-0 lead.

What a bummer! Lee Jae-sung, who helped the 7th player of the season, failed to advance to the UCL despite his performance, won 41 against Bochum at the first milestone threshold in the club's 120-year history → failed to advance to the UCL
Photo =Mainz SNS Capture
From the beginning of the second half, Mainz widened the gap. Lee Jae-sung created an opportunity. Lee Jae-sung, who received the pass by entering the box in the 8th minute of the second half, gave the ball to Mbene, who was rushing from the other side, and Mbene's shot shook the net as it was. It was Lee Jae-sung's seventh help of the season. Mainz put Hong Hyun-suk and Sylvan Vidmer in the 16th minute of the second half, excluding Lee Jae-sung and Mbene.




Mainz's third goal was also scored. Hong Hyun Suk was the beginning. In the 28th minute of the second half, Burkardt, who received a pass given by Hong Hyun-seok after breaking through the right, tried to shoot after a 2-1 pass against Nebel and cut the Bochum goal as it was.

Bochum also scored one goal at the end of the second half. In the 40th minute of the second half, Holtman's low and fast shot in front of the Mainz box hit the corner of the Mainz goal and scored a comeback goal. Just before the end, Mainz sealed the game with Nebel adding one goal.

In the end, the game ended with a 4-1 victory for Mainz.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.