First-half highlights:
2nd minute: GOALLL!! Marvin Ducksch opens the scoring for the Green-Whites mere moments after kick-off! A deflection from Deman’s effort falls to Werder’s number 7 with his back facing goal, and he fires it mid-turn into the bottom right corner.
10th minute: Stark plays a magnificent pass into Ducksch on the diagonal, but the forward is unable to get it under control. Luckily, the ball makes its way through to Agu on the right, who tees up Deman in the centre, but the Belgian’s header flies over the bar.
15th minute: Mainz are awarded a free-kick from a central position following Stage’s foul on Barreiro. Amiri’s effort is deflected out for a corner, which finds Krauß on the edge of the box, but his shot is denied by the woodwork.
43rd minute: A Mainz corner is picked up by Zetterer with ease, who spots Njinmah’s forward run on the wing and launches it over to him. The forward takes the ball in his stride, dribbles around three defenders and lets fly, but narrowly misses the Mainz net.
