Mainz equals league record with 7th win
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October 4, 2010, Monday
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SURPRISE leader Mainz 05 equaled the best-ever German Bundesliga start with its seventh successive win, beating visiting Hoffenheim 4-2 on Saturday to open up a six-point lead.
The victory kept Mainz top with 21 points, ahead of Borussia Dortmund, which has 15 points and was taking on champion Bayern Munich yesterday.
Mainz joins Bayern and Kaiserslautern as the only teams to have ever won its first seven league matches in a season.
Despite the festive atmosphere in their 20,000-seater stadium after the game, Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel said the record meant nothing to him. "We lacked confidence in the first half and despite our early lead we looked insecure," he said.
"We improved in the second half and threatened often but Hoffenheim were tough. I never thought about the record during the game and even now it is not an issue for me," added the 37-year-old, who is the league's youngest coach.
Hamburg SV secured its first win since late August, battling from a goal down against visiting Kaiserslautern to win 2-1, with Eric Choupo-Moting grabbing the winner six minutes from time to lift his club to seventh place on 11 points.
Schalke 04's miserable season continued when it slumped to a 1-2 defeat at Nuremberg that left it 17th in the 18-team table with just four points.
Schalke had Jermaine Jones sent off in the second half for a reckless challenge on Nuremberg goalkeeper Raphael Schaefer and fell a goal behind but Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored in his fourth consecutive league match to level.
The hosts snatched a deserved victory with an 84th-minute close-range effort from Andreas Wolf.
In a hugely entertaining game in Mainz, the hosts needed only two minutes to storm into the lead with Sami Allagui completing a trademark quick counter-attack launched by Lewis Holtby.
The visitors battled back and leveled just before halftime through Demba Ba but two minutes after the restart Hungarian Adam Szalai made it 2-1 and a Luiz Gustavo own goal quickly gave the hosts a two-goal cushion.
Hoffenheim substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson fired in a free kick with his first touch of the ball in the 64th but Andre Schuerrle made sure of the three points 10 minutes later, converting a penalty after Hoffenheim defender Josip Simunic was sent off with a straight red card.
In Italy, Andrea Pirlo netted a rare but magnificent goal to give AC Milan a 1-0 win at Parma on Saturday and send it top of Serie A pending yesterday's games.
Milan moved on to 11 points from six games ahead of champion Inter Milan, on 10, which was hosting Juventus yesterday.
The victory kept Mainz top with 21 points, ahead of Borussia Dortmund, which has 15 points and was taking on champion Bayern Munich yesterday.
Mainz joins Bayern and Kaiserslautern as the only teams to have ever won its first seven league matches in a season.
Despite the festive atmosphere in their 20,000-seater stadium after the game, Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel said the record meant nothing to him. "We lacked confidence in the first half and despite our early lead we looked insecure," he said.
"We improved in the second half and threatened often but Hoffenheim were tough. I never thought about the record during the game and even now it is not an issue for me," added the 37-year-old, who is the league's youngest coach.
Hamburg SV secured its first win since late August, battling from a goal down against visiting Kaiserslautern to win 2-1, with Eric Choupo-Moting grabbing the winner six minutes from time to lift his club to seventh place on 11 points.
Schalke 04's miserable season continued when it slumped to a 1-2 defeat at Nuremberg that left it 17th in the 18-team table with just four points.
Schalke had Jermaine Jones sent off in the second half for a reckless challenge on Nuremberg goalkeeper Raphael Schaefer and fell a goal behind but Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored in his fourth consecutive league match to level.
The hosts snatched a deserved victory with an 84th-minute close-range effort from Andreas Wolf.
In a hugely entertaining game in Mainz, the hosts needed only two minutes to storm into the lead with Sami Allagui completing a trademark quick counter-attack launched by Lewis Holtby.
The visitors battled back and leveled just before halftime through Demba Ba but two minutes after the restart Hungarian Adam Szalai made it 2-1 and a Luiz Gustavo own goal quickly gave the hosts a two-goal cushion.
Hoffenheim substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson fired in a free kick with his first touch of the ball in the 64th but Andre Schuerrle made sure of the three points 10 minutes later, converting a penalty after Hoffenheim defender Josip Simunic was sent off with a straight red card.
In Italy, Andrea Pirlo netted a rare but magnificent goal to give AC Milan a 1-0 win at Parma on Saturday and send it top of Serie A pending yesterday's games.
Milan moved on to 11 points from six games ahead of champion Inter Milan, on 10, which was hosting Juventus yesterday.
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