Mohamed Zidan helped Mainz 05 to avoid relegation as the Egyptian striker Zidan provided the assist for their only goal versus the giants FC Schalke 04 on Saturday afternoon. Mohamed Zidan played for 78 minutes and was the best Mainz player on the field. Mohamed Zidan created many chances for his teammates and assisted the only goal when he dribbled past two Schalke players in the penalty box and the ball reached Auer who hit it home.





Mohamed Zidan was once again an important factor for Mainz' success in avoiding relegation this season.
Mohamed Zidan played the game from the start alongside Benjamin Auer and Michael Thurk in attack. Soon after the kick off, Mainz got their first chance when Thurk laid the ball from the left wing to Milorad Pekovic who fired a low shot with his left at goal, but the shot went narrowly wide.

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A few minutes later, the ball reached Mohamed Zidan on the right wing, Mohamed Zidan crossed it low in front of the Schalke goal to Auer but the latter couldn't take advantage of Mohamed Zidan's accurate cross and the real chance went begging.


In the 10th minute, Mohamed Zidan got the ball inside the area, he tried to chip his marker but the ball came off the shoulder of Schalke's defender and changed its direction. Mohamed Zidan demanded a penalty but the match referee did not show to the spot!

In the 14th minute, Mainz managed to take the lead through the well positioned Auer and a clever move by Mohamed Zidan. The goal came through a defensive error as the last man of Schalke gave the ball away to Mohamed Zidan and the Egyptian used his skills to evade him and laid the ball to Auer who chipped the ball home with one touch to give Mainz the lead.
After the goal, Schalke had a chance to level the score from a powerful shot but it missed the Mainz goal just by inches.

Minutes later, Schalke's striker Asamoah scored a goal through a powerful header but the referee disallowed it as the striker was in offside position.
Near the end of the first half, Zidan had a chance to double Mainz' lead when the ball was passed to him in the area, he spotted the goalkeeper coming out of his net and so, he tried to chip him, Zidan's chip shot was about to go in but a defender saved it off the line and prevented the goal.





Soon after the kick off of the 2nd half, Zidan sent a clever pass to Thurk just outside the box and the latter tried a shot with his left but the goalkeeper had no problems saving it.

Schalke replied with a powerful shot at goal but Mainz goalkeeper timo Wache saved it afar a 2nd attempt.
In the 78th minute, Mainz coach Jurgen Klopp decided to substitute Mohamed Zidan and replaced him with the forward Connor Casey.





After Mohamed Zidan's exit, Mainz managed to maintain their lead till the final whistle.

With the referee's whistle, the whole team celebrated their success in the last games as they managed to remain in the Bundesliga for another year.
It should be noted that this win put Mainz in the 11th spot in the table with 37 points which means that their coming game will not make a difference.


11 FSV Mainz 33 9 10 14 46 47 -1 37

12 Hannover 33 7 16 10 41 45 -4 37
13 Arminia Bielefeld 33 10 7 16 30 43 -13 37

14 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 9 9 15 42 49 -7 36
15 Wolfsburg 33 7 12 14 31 53 -22 33

16 Kaiserslautern 33 8 8 17 45 69 -24 32
17 FC Cologne 33 6 9 18 45 69 -24 27

18 MSV Duisburg 33 5 11 17 34 63 -29 26