Leaving the lead of the German football league at the mercy of Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich lost 3-1 at the Mainz stadium, in a 29th round match where it reached half time to win.
Senegal striker Sadio Mané opened the scoring for the visitors in the 29th minute, matching a surefire deflection of the head to Portuguese defender João Cancelo’s guided cross, but the hosts were unintimidated and turned the result around in the second half to. half.
In the 65th minute, French striker Ludovic Ajorque restored the lead and in the 73rd minute Luxembourg midfielder Leandro Barreiro turned the result in favor of Mainz, who extended the advantage in the 79th minute through Spanish defender Aaron Martin, and provisionally climbed to sixth place.
Bayern, German champions for the past 10 years, added the fourth game in a row without a win, reinforcing doubts about the decision of the Bavarian club, who replaced coach Julien Nagelsmann with current Thomas Tuchel in March. The negative run has already cost him elimination in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Manchester City, and now he can be overtaken this Saturday by Dortmund in charge of the Bundesliga.
The club in which Portuguese defender Raphaël Guerreiro plays are two points short of the Bavarians and if they triumph at the reception over ninth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt, they will take the lead of the championship, one point ahead of rivals.
Wolfsburg (8th place) moved closer to the European places, winning 5-1 on the field of Bochum (15th), while Weder Bremen (12th) triumphed 4-2 visiting the last placed red Hertha Berlin (18th) and Cologne (11th) defeated Hoffenheim (14th) 3-1.
Source: DN
