Hong Hyun-Seok helps German professional soccer debut with record correction
Hong Hyun-Seok helps German professional soccer debut with record correction
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Midfielder Hong Hyun-seok started for Mainz in the German Professional Soccer Bundesliga as the club earned its first win of the season.
Mainz defeated Augsburg 3-2 away in the fourth round of the 2024-2025 German Professional Soccer Bundesliga at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, on Sept. 21 (local time).
Starting as a right winger in a 3-4-2-1 formation, Hong Hyun-seok picked up his first assist since arriving in Germany and earned an offensive point for record correction, but he also made his presence felt with indirect contributions to the team's two goals.
The first goal came in the 15th minute of the first half, when Jonatan Burkhardt scored to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Dominique Core slipped a through ball to Hong Hyun-Seok in the middle of the field from Mainz's right flank, and when he realized he had a man in front of him, he turned slightly with his right foot to set up Burkhardt.
Burkhardt rattled the net with a header past Mwene on the left flank to give Mainz a 2-0 lead.
Hong was also involved in Burkhardt's wedge goal in the fourth minute of the second half when his team went up 2-1.
Aymen Barkoğlu sent in a cross, 토토사이트 and Hong jumped out of the box for the header, drawing the attention of three opposing defenders at once.
The ball sailed over Hong's head and fell to Burkhardt, who raced toward the goal with his back to the defense and slotted it home with his right foot.
Hong's “debut Bundesliga assist” was later corrected to an assist from Barkoq.
Hong played around 63 minutes until he was substituted for Maxim Reich in the 18th minute of the second half and left the field.
Football stats specialist Footmob gives him a rating of 7.2.
Hong and Mainz's fellow national team midfielder Lee Jae-sung were both sidelined with thigh injuries.
Mainz took the lead in the 13th minute when Philipp Mwene's cross from the left near the goal line was met with a powerful header by Armindo Ziff in the box, before Burkhardt doubled the lead two minutes later.
Mainz pulled a goal back in the 25th minute through Keven Schlotterbek and then found themselves outnumbered in the 35th minute when Nadim Amiri was sent off for accumulating cautions.
Despite the disadvantage, Mainz responded with another goal from Burkhardt four minutes into the second half.
Mainz cut the deficit to 3-2 through Samuel Essende in the 12th minute of the second half, but the advantage was short-lived when Essende was sent off for a dangerous foul in the 25th minute.
In stoppage time, the opponent's penalty was overturned after video assistant referee (VAR) review, giving Mainz all three points.
With their first win in their opening four matches, Mainz (W1 D2 L1) have now accumulated five points and are 10th in the league.