From the Mainz ranks it echoed: "Oh, how beautiful it is!" The FSV supporters had to wait 174 days before the home curse in the Bundesliga ended. And a perfect week could not have been rounded off better by the Rheinhessen.

Mainz defeated 1. FC Köln 5-0 (3-0) on Friday evening and thus jumped to a place in the Champions League for at least one day. For Mainz, who celebrated their last home win on April 30 in a 3-1 win over FC Bayern, it was their third win in six days after beating Werder Bremen 2-0 and winning the cup 3-0 at VfB Lübeck .

"It was a nice game. I'm happy that we gave our fans a football festival. We knew it was time for us to finally get three points at home," said Karim Onisiwo from Mainz on the Internet broadcaster DAZN and added: "I had a good day today. I missed a couple of games. It's good for the soul."

"Used evening" for Cologne

Two weeks after the 5-2 defeat in Gladbach, FC suffered another tough away defeat and found themselves in the top middle of the table. The last time FC had lost so much was a year ago on October 15, 2021 at 0: 5 in Hoffenheim. "Another early deficit, again self-inflicted, played a man down again for a long time. We actually got on well. In the end we conceded a lot of goals. A used evening. We have to learn from the situations, and that as quickly as possible," said FC -Player Kainz.

Marcus Ingvartsen with a penalty kick (11th), Dominik Kohr (35th), Anton Stach (40th), Aaron with a free kick (73rd) and Karim Onisiwo (83rd) scored the clear FSV success before the eyes of national coach Hansi Flick out of here. Mainz had only won 5-0 four times before in Bundesliga history. FC had to play outnumbered for more than an hour after Luca Kilian saw the yellow-red card for repeated foul play (28th).

Ingvartsen-Elfer causes discussions

Ingvartsen's penalty caused some controversy. When he shot, it seemed that the Dane had touched the ball very lightly with his right foot. However, the video referee did not intervene. "The assumption is quite justified. We also put a magnifying glass on it. We looked at it 100 times in Cologne. Our colleagues did it very meticulously, but could not prove beyond a doubt that it was the case," said DFB project manager Jochen Drees at the Internet broadcaster DAZN: "We can only correct it if there is clear evidence of it."

Cologne's trainer Steffen Baumgart had set the goal of not chasing a deficit again. But the hope for a better course of the game was quickly gone in front of 31,610 spectators. Contact came after Mainz's Onisiwo crossed Cologne's Kilian in the penalty area. Ingvartsen didn't miss the chance and scored a goal in the fourth competitive game in a row. The goal may not have been in accordance with the rules. When the shot was taken, it seemed that the Dane had touched the ball very lightly with his right foot. There was no further review of the scene, so FC fell behind for the ninth time in the eleventh game.

The duel between Onisiwo and Kilian continued in the middle of the first half. Again, the Austrian was faster on the outside line and could only be stopped by a slight body check by Kilian, which consequently led to the dismissal.

Until then, the Cologne were by no means the worse team. Although Mainz started after 70 seconds with a crossbar shot by the South Korean Jae-Sung Lee, Linton Maina (2nd and 4th) and Steffen Tigges (14th) had two good chances for the billy goats.

FC coach Baumgart served

But this time everything went perfectly for the hosts. A blocked shot by Kohr returned to the midfielder, who scored on the second attempt. Shortly thereafter, Stach put the ball into the goal from a half-right position. Baumgart was served accordingly in the coaching zone.

But the Cologne team did not admit defeat. Shortly after the restart, Florian Kainz had a great chance to score when he hit the inside post with a free kick (57th). The Austrian was back in the team after his yellow-red suspension. In return, Mainz celebrated after a goal by Angelo Fulgini, but this time the video referee intervened (60th).

Previously, Onisiwo had gotten the ball in the arm when FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe missed a shot. Likewise, a goal by Jonathan Burkardt was taken back in the closing stages (81'). The goals of the Spaniard Aaron with a free kick worth seeing and Onisiwo, who poked the ball through Schwäbe's legs, were in accordance with the rules.