“The first time The Athletic spoke to Bo Henriksen, it was late April 2024 and the Mainz team he had taken charge of two months earlier were staring relegation from Germany’s top flight in the face. Even so, he was full of radiant positivity and the kind of energy that can transform the day of anyone who steps into its bright beam. It has certainly worked for Mainz. Eleven months on, they are within touching distance of Champions League qualification and have the second-best defensive record in the Bundesliga, behind only title-bound Bayern Munich. They are winless in three matches having lost away against Borussia Dortmund a week ago and drawn with visitors Holstein Kiel on Saturday, but with six games left they are still fourth, ahead of — among others — RB Leipzig, Dortmund, Stuttgart and Borussia Monchengladbach. …”
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“Just when you think you’ve seen everything that football has to offer, along come Ipswich Town. Amid another morale-sapping defeat that all but sealed their relegation from the Premier League, Ipswich, with a little help from their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers, served up the maddest two minutes of Premier League action you are likely to see this season. A backpass, a mistake, a save, a free kick, a melee on the goal line, a thudding shot and a point-blank block… there was nothing technically proficient about any of it, but it was memorable. Are you not entertained? 
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