Supersubs inspire Bayern’s historic comeback win in Mainz

Supersubs inspire Bayern’s historic comeback win in Mainz

Bayern Munich produced a comeback for ages as a second-half masterclass overturned a three-goal deficit in Mainz. The hosts missed the chance to beat the newly-crowned champions for the fifth time in six years at Mewa Arena in a disappointing manner.

Vincent Kompany made eight changes to the side that beat Bayer Leverkusen to secure a first DFB-Pokal final appearance for Bayern in six years. With Tuesday’s game against PSG in mind, the champions took the risk against one of the in-form teams in the Bundesliga.

And that did prove costly with Mainz’s relentless attack in the first-half. In particular, Bara Sapoko Ndiaye struggled in his starting debut after a couple of cameo appearances in recent weeks.

The hosts scored from their first real chance in the 15th minute before squandering several chances in a dominant display. Dominik Kohr scored his second goal of the season minutes before his customary yellow card.

Jonas Urbig’s unconvincing punch from Nadiem Amiri’s corner-kick led to the chance as Kaishū Sano found Kohr with a brilliant play from the wing. Including a double save to deny Amiri and Sheraldo Becker, Urbig had a fine spell for the next 15 minutes.

However, Mainz scored twice from rebounds from Amiri’s attempts before half-time. was the first to benefit from Urbig’s weak save before a more questionable stop led to the third goal on the stroke of half-time by the hard-working Becker.