The Augsburg goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz was furious after the 1: 4 (0: 3) debacle at FSV Mainz 05.

“If we keep playing like this, we'll be in the second division from the summer.

We played like a candidate for relegation, ”said the 33-year-old Pole after the Bundesliga game on Friday evening.

"That had nothing to do with football."

The guests conceded three goals from Karim Onisiwo (10th minute), Stefan Bell (15th) and Jonathan Burkardt (26th) in the first half hour.

After the restart, the substitute Andi Zeqiri (69th) scored the next goal, but Burkardt finally put an end to any hope of a turnaround with his second hit (71st).

"We showed almost nothing in the first half and could have got five or six goals," said Gikiewicz, reporting that it was "a bit louder" at half time and "a few bottles" broke.

"Fortunately, I'm not a coach, otherwise all eleven players would have had to stay in the dressing room," said the angry goalkeeper.

"If you had played against Bayern Munich like this after the international break, it would have been 0:10."

The trainer is pissed off too

Even captain Jeffrey Gouweleeuw was on the palm after the final whistle. “The fact is, if we play like this, we won't get any points,” prophesied the Dutchman and confirmed that things had gotten up in the dressing room at halftime. “That was a bit of a war. That has to be the case, ”said the central defender. “If nothing happens after such a half, it's not good either.” In general: “The problem is that we talk too little and communicate too little on the pitch. It is clear that we have some construction sites. ”However, he is still hoping for an improvement. “We have to stay positive. We're still at the beginning of the season - luckily. "

Head coach Markus Weinzierl was also furious.

"The team performance was not acceptable and discussed differently in advance," he said with a gloomy expression.

"We didn't get into the duels at all, with a duel quota of 40 percent at break you can't play a Bundesliga game." The second half turned out a little better, "but that's not worth mentioning either".

The Augsburgers are now stuck in the relegation zone with only six points from nine games.

The next opponents are VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich.

"You have to have 20 points by winter, otherwise there will be a relegation battle again until the last match day," said Gikiewicz.

Until the winter break, 24 points are still to be awarded in the remaining games.

More forgiving words came from the sports director.

“I have the feeling that everyone is sticking together,” said Stefan Reuter.

Nevertheless, he emphasized: "We are all dissatisfied with the way in which we performed."