Match highlights
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1. FSV Mainz 05 vs SV Werder Bremen highlights
How the goals came
7' Niclas Füllkrug opens the scoring for SV Werder Bremen → 25' Niclas Füllkrug extends SV Werder Bremen's lead → 33' Anthony Caci pulls one back for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 61' Ludovit Reis extends SV Werder Bremen's lead (the winner) → 63' Lee Jae-sung pulls one back for 1. FSV Mainz 05. Full time: 2-3, SV Werder Bremen win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 5 goals came after half-time.
7' Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) 0-1
The opening exchanges lasted only seven minutes. Niclas Füllkrug broke the deadlock for SV Werder Bremen to make it 0-1, giving the visitors an early lead at the Mewa Arena. From that point 1. FSV Mainz 05 were playing from behind.
25' Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) 0-2
On 25 minutes Füllkrug struck again, his second of the afternoon, for 0-2. Added to his opener on seven minutes, it doubled SV Werder Bremen's advantage on the road. Well before the interval, 1. FSV Mainz 05 faced a two-goal deficit.
33' Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) 1-2
With the score still 0-2, Anthony Caci pulled a goal back for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the 33rd minute. At 1-2, the hosts had reduced the gap to a single goal before the break. SV Werder Bremen's two-goal cushion had lasted only eight minutes.
61' Ludovit Reis (SV Werder Bremen) 1-3
Sixteen minutes into the second half, Ludovit Reis made it 1-3 for SV Werder Bremen. After being pegged back to within one before the interval, the visitors had restored a two-goal margin. SV Werder Bremen never surrendered the lead again, and Reis's strike proved the winner in the 2-3 result.
63' Lee Jae-sung (1. FSV Mainz 05) 2-3
Two minutes after Reis's goal, Lee Jae-sung replied on 63 minutes for 2-3. Both sides had scored in quick succession, and 1. FSV Mainz 05 were once again within a single goal. It was the last goal of the match, and the comeback at home fell short.
