Schmidt enthuses the Next Generation

Like the Mainz hull team after the Corona shock of last week the failure of eleven professionals mastered, was indeed impressive. This did not expect Leipzig. Probably they have assumed all week that everything breaks up here, says Martin Schmidt. That it came completely different, so the Swiss, not least 05-coach Bo svensson to owe: Bo has renewed from Wednesday night, Thursday morning in the address: If we do not have the best team, we just make a cup game out. After the motto: A second division we are 100 percent, that's our chance, we want to beat great.

It was clear from the outset that we do not give up.

Martin Schmidt

The chance of the chance of chance then also grabbed two actors from their own offspring, each celebrating their starting eleven premiere in the Bundesliga: Niklas Tauer (20) on the double six and the only 18-year-old Offensiveman Paul Fog passed their fire baptism with Bravour ( expect Leipzig Note 3). For Schmidt, the duo embodies the Next Generation according to the already established self-contained Leandro Barreiro and Jonathan Burkardt. Hat from what Niklas and Paul have shown, enthuses the sports director, this is a reflection of the team, the whole club. From the Mainz DNA, the youngster is obviously indeed penetrated how fog let out: The guys from the U 23 were very, very well received. And it was clear from the outset that we do not give up - as in the last Season.

A key experience also for the reservists

Meanwhile, Schmidt also focuses on those players from the substructure, which did not even be used, but sat on the bench. Especially for you, prophecy of the 54-year-old, the surprise success has been a key experience: Except for Stephan Fürstner and Luca Kilian, the bank consisted of U-19 players. That's unbelievable. But these are all talents that have been coincided above have the third generation. These players will not forget this experience with this mood for a long time. They are now doing now why they get up in the morning and train day after day. Namely, to realize that exactly to realize here sometime. As seen, the coup would be much more than just a highly pleasing snapshot.