😳 Finally in Europe and then this: Mainz team bus badly damaged

For Mainz 05, it's all about qualifying for the UEFA Conference League at Norwegian club Rossenborg Trondheim tonight. And so far, this day doesn't seem to be going well for the Mainz team.

As the Bundesliga team just announced on 'X', three tires were severely damaged by vandalism. The picture shows that one tire has already been removed. 

Leider müssen wir bestätigen, dass drei der Reifen unseres Mannschaftsbusses durch Vandalismus schwer beschädigt worden sind.

Wir versuchen alles, um den Bus bis heute Abend wieder fit zu bekommen. pic.twitter.com/vdBNsuF5Cq

— 1. FSV Mainz 05 (@1FSVMainz05) August 21, 2025

The Zerofivers did not provide further details about the incident. It's (unfortunately) nothing new that opposing teams are disturbed in team hotels with loud music or even fireworks during their rest time, but such attacks are quite rare.

We can consider ourselves lucky that this incident was noticed before and not during the journey, so a major accident could be prevented.

Whether this attack on the Mainz team bus will have further effects on the play-off game tonight in Rosenborg is not yet known.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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