Soccer-COVID-hit Mainz upset Leipzig in season opener


Soccer Football - Bundesliga - 1. FSV Mainz 05 v RB Leipzig - MEWA Arena, Mainz, Germany - August 15, 2021 RB Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.

MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) -Mainz 05, who have around a dozen players in COVID-19 quarantine, struck early to stun last season's Bundesliga runners-up RB Leipzig 1-0 on Sunday and spoil new coach Jesse Marsch's first league match in charge.

The game had been in doubt after several Mainz players and coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19 and 11 players and three staff were sent into isolation.

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