Saturday 27 August 2016

Dortmund 2 – 1 Mainz 05: Balogun hails team spirit despite loss



By Akeem Lawal
Mainz 05 defender, Leon Balogun believes his team showed great character and team spirit despite the 2-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga season opener.


The Nigerian international, who made 21 Bundeliga appearances for the Carnival club last season, was in action for the entire duration of the match played in front of 81,360 spectators at a sold-out Signal Iduna Park on Saturday, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports. 

The 28 year old said the team will now be looking forward to their next game at home against Hoffenheim after the international break on September 11.   

“We might have lost, but there's no need for disappointment today - great character, great team spirit. That's the way - looking forward to the next game at home now @1fsvmainz05 #BVBM05 #Bundesliga #KeepItGoing #OnToTheNextOne #Polarisiert #LB3,” the Super Eagles defender said on his Instagram page. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored both goals (17, 89) to make it a winning start for the Black and Yellows.

The Gabon international scored firstly from a header following a wonderful cross from André Schürrle and secondly from the spot late on. 

Yoshinori Mutu (90+2) did pull one back for Mainz but it was nothing more than late consolation for the visitors.

No comments:

Post a Comment