Mainz's Japanese national team midfielder Sano Kaishu (24) played the full start in the home opening match against Cologne. The team was hit by a final against a former virgin who has returned to the first division this season, just before the end of the second half. It started off as a loss.

With the start of his second year overseas season, Sano joined the air battle early in the game. He also tried to shoot from the center just before the penalty area. In the 32nd minute of the first half, a strong grounder passed the penalty area and made a chance. He was one of the double midfielders and also showed off his natural abundant energy.

In the 12th minute of the second half, he retrieved the ball deep into the enemy territory and dribbling into the penalty area. There was also a highlight of the ball being fed in front of the goal.

However, in the 15th minute, midfielder Paul Nebel (22) was hit by a numerical disadvantage with a single red shot due to a scoring opportunity jamming the team. Despite being in a difficult situation, he was free in the 42nd minute and took the ball into the opposing territory and attacked boldly, hitting the ball with a cross to the right of the area.

They ran out of energy when the final stages seemed to be sharing 0-0 and one point. In the 45th minute, Cologne forward Marius Burter (32) gave up a sad opening goal, giving away the winning goal.

In July last year, he moved to Mainz from Kashima Antlers. He played in all games last season since the start of the season. He was the second Japanese player in the league to advance to Bremen's second place in 1982-83, and was the first Japanese player in the league to achieve a record of 42 seasons since Okudera Yasuhiko, who contributed mainly to the fullback. The man, who also had the longest total mileage in the league, was 393.6km, and will be able to secure his first win of the season, which he missed out.

[Video]Sano Kaishu counter from brilliant ball collection