…Alexander Nouri made his Bundesliga debut against Mainz? In their first match under the 37-year-old, Werder took the lead with a thunderous long-range shot from Izet Hajrovic in the 12th minute and dominated their guests for large parts of the game. However, just before the end, Yunus Malli, who is now at Wolfsburg, and Pablo De Blasis ensured a 2-1 defeat for Werder with very late goals. In addition, Nouri was banished to the stands during a turbulent end to the match. “Of course, the unpleasant picture that I gained from the stand at the end of that match is still in my mind, but I also learnt a lot from this game,” Nouri said looking back.
… Bojan Krkic und Niklas Moisander know each other from the Dutch Eredivisie? Mainz’s Bojan Krkic played for Ajax during the 2013/14 season alongside Werder’s central defender Niklas Moisander. They won the Dutch Super Cup together and also went on to lift the league trophy at the end of that season. Thereafter, Bojan’s loan with Ajax ended and he returned to Barcelona, but Moisander played one more year for the Dutch kings.
... Frank Baumann und Clemens Fritz share a fond memory of Mainz? The former and current captain of SVW were both on the field when Werder inflicted Mainz’s heaviest ever Bundesliga defeat on 27.10.2006. It remains to this day the time that the Zerofivers have let in six goals in a Bundesliga match. For SVW, Miroslav Klose, Aaron Hunt, Diego and Naldo were all on the scoresheet. The host‘s consolation goal was scored by Mimoun Azaouagh.
