FSV Mainz 05 has achieved what surprise league leaders 1899 Hoffenheim is not two years ago succeeded: The sensational league leaders FC Bayern is not a candidate as a title taken lightly.
“We should take seriously Mainz. You not only win, they play attractive football,” Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge praised in an interview with the ‘tz’. “We need to ensure that we rankommen closer to them. Then I am convinced that we in the second round, rested with the injured players on board, can attack fully.”
Finally, the season go a very long time, so Rummenigge: “Christmas we want to stand there, look promising direction that we can defend the title: with 5 to 6 points behind No. 1 would be the more feasible This must be our goal..” But Bayern would have to catch up in the next 9 games but at least 6 meters.