First-half Highlights:
8’: We’re off! Werder have the first chance of the match! Mainz put themselves under pressure and suddenly Osako is free in the guests’ penalty area, he is denied by the Mainz ‘keeper.
10’: Goal for Mainz. A little while later, FSV were on top. Adam Szalai lays the ball of for Levin Öztunali with his chest, he finds Quaison. The Mainz striker stays cool and puts the guests 1-0 up. First shot, first goal. Tough to take for Werder!
15’: Goal for Mainz. The guests strike quickly and it is 2-0. Milos Veljkovic tries to clear Öztunali’s cross, but lifts it over his own ‘keeper. The ball hits the post and bounces off Pavlenka’s back and into the back of the net.
19’: Goal for Mainz. The guests are ice-cool – Werder are 3-0 down after 20 minutes. Jean-Paul Boetius feeds Quaison, who remains calm, and finishes.
38’: Goal for Mainz. The game seemed to be tapering off, but the guests are clinical again. Szalai wins the header at the corner. Quaison is in the right place to poke it home for his third.
45’+2: Half time. Werder are 4-0 down at the break.