Unafraid of Dortmund, Henriksen believes Mainz can take away positive results

The 27th round of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season will see another highlight match as Mainz travel to Signal Iduna Park to challenge Borussia Dortmund. Bo Henriksen said his team is not afraid of Dortmund and believes Mainz has the ability to achieve a positive result.

In the last league game, Mainz drew 2-2 with Freiburg at home after goals from Jonathan Bukater and Hanche Olsen, achieving an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 rounds.

It is worth mentioning that Mainz coach Bo Henriksen was earlier elected Denmark's Coach of the Year.

Bo Henriksen said in an interview, "It is a great achievement to be selected by my Danish coaching colleagues, but I know this is not only a reflection of my personal work, but also a recognition of the efforts of the entire team. Such honors can only come if the club is successful. We have performed very well in the past year, including my assistant coaches and team."

When asked about the current status of the team's squad, Bo Henriksen said, "Jonathan Bukater has recovered and returned to the team to participate in training. He will play in the game and he is looking forward to it. Stefan Bell will continue to be absent, while Dominik Kerr and Philip Mwene will not be able to play due to suspension, but the other players are available."

In terms of the record of confrontation, Mainz has achieved 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 matches against Dortmund, including the first round of this season, where they defeated Dortmund 3-1 after goals from Lee Jae-sung, Jonathan Bukater and Paul Nebel.

Bo Henriksen said, "This game will be exciting because we are playing against a great team. The most important thing is to try to show style in the game, but we are confident that we can create opportunities and take away positive results. We respect Dortmund, but we are not afraid of them. Although there is a possibility of losing in any game, we are fully capable of defeating any opponent."

"The most important thing right now is the game against Dortmund. We still have eight games to play, but the team is training very hard and improving every day, so we are definitely on the right track and can achieve some goals."

In addition, Bo Henriksen also said, "I think Dortmund is the favorite for this game. They have the support of more than 80,000 home fans. But we are used to being at the top of the standings and have adapted well. No matter where we play or who our opponents are, the most important thing is that we unite and believe that we can reap the results in this game."