Finn Dahmen has already announced his departure from Mainz 05 next summer, but the 24-year-old could stay in the Rheinhessen box for the time being. As head coach Bo Svensson hinted at the matchday press conference, 24-year-old first-choice goalkeeper Robin Zentner may have been replaced on the bench: “The longer you don’t play and the other does it well, the more things shift, of course.”
Zentner has not been able to play a game this calendar year due to back problems, but has been back in team training this week. The fact that Dahmen, as the actual number two in the 05 goal, has so far represented him flawlessly seems to be giving the Danish coach sleepless nights: “Of course, it’s also the performance principle for us, so the impressions from the training also count.” Svensson must have made a decision by tonight, then Mainz have to play at Bayer Leverkusen (7:30 p.m.).
