Lee Jae-sung led Mainz 05 to stay in the German Bundesliga.
In March, Mainz was on the brink of relegation. Halfway through the season, they had just two wins. There were too many draws. With 10 draws by the 24th round, they often lost games they should have won. We were down to 17th place in the relegation zone. I was worried about my pace, which didn't improve from year to year.
But now that the season is over, Mainz have managed to stay up in 13th place. That's a whopping eight points ahead of 17th-place FC Koln, who suffered direct relegation. Mainz, who were beneath Cologne until March, have turned things around in the last two months, starting with a 2-0 win over Bochum in mid-March. Confidence grew and they went on a nine-match unbeaten run in the two months leading up to the season finale, winning five and drawing four.
At the center of it all is Lee Jae-sung. He scored the game-winning goal with an assist against Bochum, when Mainz started to turn things around. He followed that up with an incredible performance of four goals and two assists in eight games until the last match against Wolfsburg. Last month, he put on a one-man show with two goals and an assist in a 4-0 thrashing of Darmstadt and followed that up with a multi-goal performance against Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund is the team that reached the UEFA Champions League final this season. Against a formidable opponent, Lee Jae-sung rattled the net twice with 토토사이트 his calm and sensible shots on the doorstep. The German media also heaped praise on Lee.
After the Dortmund game, the 'kicker' wrote: “Lee Jae-sung scored his third multi-goal game of his career. “Lee Jae-sung is Mainz's best player alongside Jonathan Burkhardt,” said the Kicker, “and he made a great contribution to Mainz's victory. A hardworking midfielder, he is not only important in attack but also at the back.”
With this momentum, Lee started the final match against Wolfsburg, who decided to stay, as a left midfielder. Although he didn't score any offensive points, he threatened the opposition as a link between the defense and the offense. With Lee's ability to press, Wolfsburg struggled to build up.
Lee Jae-sung's goal helped Mainz beat Wolfsburg 3-1, a result that would have dropped them into the relegation playoffs. Mainz's dramatic survival also made headlines in Germany.
The Bundesliga announced on its official website that “Mainz has artistically escaped the crisis. After an extremely poor start to the season, they made a tremendous comeback in the second half.” Lee scored four goals during the unbeaten run and finished the season with a total of six goals and three assists. It's a tally that highlights just how much he's done more than his fair share in a survival game.
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