Mainz are well underway with their preparation ahead of the match against FC Bayern München. With Saturday’s home game in mind (kick-off 15:30 CET), head coach Bo Henriksen spoke to the media following Wednesday’s training session about...
...the match in Wolfsburg: “That’s in the past now. We achieved our aim of playing well, so I am proud of the performance, but we obviously need to be winning that game based on the way it went. The important thing for us is the display that we gave. We forget about everything else.”
... Danny da Costa’s absence: “We have great competition for places in defence and lots of options in terms of a replacement. We know that a fierce opponent awaits in Bayern München, but we have a great team. Nothing is impossible.”
...the previous encounter with Bayern München in the DFB-Pokal: “We’re a different team these days compared to how we were in October. The period in which we faced them in the cup was a challenging one for us, but times have changed now. We are playing well and have confidence in each other. Therefore, we believe that we can compete much better than we did in that cup game.”
...the upcoming opponent’s injury situation: “Bayern München have a plethora of good players in their ranks so that really isn’t important to us. We simply need to deliver a good performance. That is our focus. If we do that over the course of the campaign then I know that we can finish in a good league position.”