Heidenheim hex scuppers Union in last-gasp drama to leave Mainz looking down | Andy B

Bo Henriksen and Mainz are now floundering at the foot of the Bundesliga after a humiliation in the Black Forest
It was, as the clock chimed metaphorical midnight in Berlin, just another Bundesliga day for Heidenheim, without help, hope or points as they trailed Union going into the 90th minute, heading towards another weekend at the foot of the table and, no doubt, for the ump****th time so far this season, veteran coach Frank Schmidt warning that at current pace, relegation was less a fear and more an inevitability.
Then it all changed. A burst down the right from Omar Haktab Traor? and a cross to the front post was met by fellow substitute Stefan Schimmer, and a wobbling Union had stumbled. The away side sensed the moment and a corner from Arijon Ibrahimovic, swung in just after the announced four minutes of stoppage time in moments added by Schimmer?s goal and its aftermath, was headed in by another sub, Jan Sch?ppner, to spark pandemonium. Referee Patrick Ittrich almost immediately blew for full-time and finally, more than two months after their hitherto solitary Bundesliga win of the season, Schmidt and company were taking three points home.
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