“European football just isn’t very Mainz”: A 6:1 defeat at Anderlecht in 2015 remains Mainz’s worst loss in a European competition. Painfully, Mainz collected nine points in the group stage — enough to advance in eight of the twelve groups that year. In Frankfurt, the local rival’s exit was greeted with great amusement.
A banner at the Commerzbank-Arena read: “European football just isn’t very Mainz.”
