'First operation' Lee Jae-seong + Hong Hyun-seok score contributions Mainz draws 2 consecutive games
'First operation' Lee Jae-seong + Hong Hyun-seok score contributions Mainz draws 2 consecutive games
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The 'Korean Duo' of Jae-Seong Lee and Hyun-Seok Hong, who are working together for the first time in the German professional football Bundesliga, contributed to Mainz earning 1 point.
Mainz drew 3-3 with Stuttgart in an away match of the 2024-2025 Bundesliga 2nd round at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on the 1st (Korean time) with Maxim Reich scoring an equalizer in extra time in the second half.
Mainz, who narrowly avoided relegation last season, are in 12th place after drawing their first two games.
Midfielder Hong Hyun-seok, who left Belgium's Gent at the end of the transfer window and put on the Mainz uniform, made his Bundesliga debut as a confident starter on this day.
Lee Jae-sung, a senior member of the national team and a key player for Mainz, also started for two consecutive games.
With Mainz lined up in a 3-4-2-1 formation, Hong Hyun-seok and Lee Jae-seong took the attacking midfielder positions.
Hong Hyun-seok aggressively pressured his opponents, disrupting their attacks and creating several scoring opportunities for his teammates.
In the 6th minute of the first half, Hong Hyun-seok tackled the opponent who was trying to attack and took the ball away, which led to Lee Jae-seong's header attempt.
In the 16th minute of the second half, he contributed to the 2-2 equalizer.
Hong Hyun-seok took the ball away from the midfield after applying pressure, and after several passes from teammates including Lee Jae-seong, it ended with a header from Jonathan Burkaard following a cross from 대표하는 Andreas Hanze-Olsen.
Hong Hyun-seok was replaced by Armindo Sieb in the 19th minute of the second half when the score was tied at 2-2.
Lee Jae-sung also left the bench in the 42nd minute of the second half, being replaced by Nicolas Veratcinig, with the score tied at 2-2.
Hong Hyun-seok received a respectable rating of 6.6 from football statistics site Footmob.
Lee Jae-seong was given 7.2 points.
Mainz had a difficult time winning the game after conceding consecutive goals to Enzo Millot (8') and Jamie Levelling (15') in the first 15 minutes due to poor defense.
Mainz found a breakthrough in the 43rd minute of the first half with a penalty kick goal by Nadim Amiri.
Earlier, Burkart drew a foul from Milhaud.
Mainz equalized the score at 2-2 in the 16th minute of the second half with Burkaard's goal following pressure from Hong Hyun-seok, but their defeat looked certain after they conceded a goal from a free kick by Fabian Rieder in the 42nd minute of the second half.
However, in the 49th minute of the second half, Reich headed in Silvan Wiedmer's pass and scored a 'theatrical equalizer' to give Mainz a valuable point.
Lee Jae-seong joins Hong Myung-bo ahead of the September A-match.
Hong Myung-bo will play the first and second matches of the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian 3rd qualifying round against Palestine (home) and Oman (away).
Hong Hyun-seok was not selected for this national team.