Sport The new Mainz game system has a future

After the 0: 5 against Leipzig, 1. FSV Mainz 05 changed its game system and stuck to it, which led to success. From coach Achim Beierlorzer's point of view, the 4-2-3-1 should remain in the future.

© Getty Images The long brooding has paid off: Achim Beierlorzer seems to have found his formation in Mainz.

"Of course it is difficult when you join a team," Achim Beierlorzer looks back at November 2019 when he inherited Sandro Schwarz as head coach of Mainz 05. "Getting to know the club, getting to know the staff, getting to know the team, getting to know the internal processes - that's a mammoth task," says the 52-year-old.

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since matchday 28 against Union Berlin

This goes hand in hand with a certain phase of experimentation with regard to the starting eleven and the basic order. In Mainz, however, it took a long time, which was due to the lack of constancy, although there is of course an interaction here. Since the 28th matchday, the game from Mainz has been running in a fixed structure. Since the game at Union Berlin, Beierlorzer has relied on a 4-2-3-1 basic order.

Beierlorzer values ​​the flexibility of this system, among other things: "We can change the 4-2-3-1 in nuances or push it into a 4-3-3 to attack with three strikers. The plan must always be that we are active, that we defend forward, that we keep the opponent away from the goal. We have set the team clearly with videos, the implementation is sometimes better, sometimes less well - there is also an opponent. "

training start on August 10?

When the 52-year-old soccer coach will continue to work with the players has not yet been communicated. After the Bundesliga start is scheduled for September 18, Mainz will probably be training on August 10 for the first time. It is still open whether the team will travel to the training camp. Test matches against underclass teams are unlikely because all opponents must be tested twice for COVID-19 according to the DFL guidelines.