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Yann Sommer once again showed his class. Against Mainz he held the point with several saves. He’s being celebrated for that.
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Yann Sommer inspires with several fable parades.
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The national goalie is celebrated.
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He couldn’t save more than one point.
Borussia Mönchengladbach has carelessly gambled away the third win in a row in the Bundesliga. In the 1:1 (1:0) against the long passive 1. FSV Mainz 05, the team of coach Adi Hütter failed to make everything clear in the first half on Sunday. The goal of the Swiss Nati star Breel Embolo (33rd minute) was not enough for the overwhelmingly superior Borussia in the first round.
After the change, the now much more active Mainz team equalized in front of 44,156 spectators through Karim Onisiwo (73rd) and even had the opportunity to score three points in the final phase. But they didn’t use them. Also because of national goalie Yann Sommer. He put in a fantastic performance, as shared by teammate Lars Stindl. “We were lucky today and Yann Sommer,” said the German in an interview after the game.
«hand hit»
On social media, people were asking, “How does that work?”. The parade just after the break was often referred to as the “parade of the season”. Yann Sommer had a joking answer ready after the game: “It sometimes happens, sometimes it twitches at night when you sleep.” He emphasized that goalkeeping is sometimes a matter of luck. “The ball hit the post, I see that it passes me, then I see Burkardt and try to do something. Luckily he hit my hand.”
In addition to Sommer and Embolo, Nico Elvedi was also in the starting eleven at Gladbach. At Mainz, meanwhile, Silvan Widmer worked on the right side of defense for more than 90 minutes and played his part in winning the point for tenth place in the table.
(dpa/fss/flo)