Lee Jae-sung played 66 minutes, Mainz lost 0-1 to Leverkusen

Lee Jae-sung played 66 minutes, Mainz lost 0-1 to Leverkusen

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Mainz of the German Bundesliga was defeated in an away match against Leverkusen. Main midfielder Lee Jae-seong (33) played for 66 minutes but failed to prevent his team from losing.

Mainz lost 0-1 to Leverkusen in the 17th round of the Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season at Bay Arena in Leverkusen, Germany on the 15th (Korea time).

Mainz, who had won two consecutive games, finished fifth in the league with eight wins, four draws and five losses (28 points).

Leverkusen, which won, recorded 11 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss (38 points), continuing its second place, which narrowed the gap with Bayern Munich (39 points), which played one less game.

Mainz failed to overcome Alejandro Grimaldo's free-kick goal in the third minute of the second half and suffered a one-point defeat.

Lee Jae-sung started as the left midfielder of "2" in the 3-4-2-1 formation and played for 66 minutes.

He played in various fields of offense and defense, but failed to score an attack point, and left the stadium in the 21st minute of the second half when he was replaced by Hong Hyun-seok.

Hong Hyun-seok, who was put in place of Lee Jae-sung, also struggled for the equalizer for 24 minutes in regular time, but he couldn't laugh.

Footmob, 스포츠토토 a statistical magazine, gave Lee a 6.6 rating. It gave Lee a higher score than the team average of 6.5, and rated him as "ordinary."

Hong was rated 6.3.

Grimaldo and Leverkusen gatekeeper Mattei Kovar, who scored the winning goal, received 8.5 points as the most points on both teams.

Mainz aims to change the atmosphere at 11:30 p.m. on the 19th with the away match in Berlin, where Jung Woo-young is playing.