Overview
- Introduced at the break, Ache scored in the 57th minute and added the winner to turn a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 home victory over Mainz 05.
- The double marked the 27-year-old’s first Bundesliga brace and his first league goals since early November.
- Sporting director Thomas Kessler highlighted the coach’s “very calming words” and three halftime substitutions as decisive, with Kristoffer Lund and Tom Krauß joining Ache and Luca Waldschmidt later influencing the game off the bench.
- Kessler said Ache spent the winter working intensively with the club’s athletic staff, the coaching team, and a private trainer to improve his condition.
- Ache credited Alessio Castro-Montes for the crosses that set up his goals and celebrated afterward by taking a selfie with 19-year-old prospect Said El Mala.