Bo Svensson didn't want to deal with the "Where could you be today?" questions on Saturday evening.

Not even with whether it annoys him that his team has not called up such performances as they did against Bayern in the past few weeks.

"I can't talk about any anger today, other things outweigh it," he said.

"As down as we were after Wolfsburg, we allow ourselves to enjoy the joy today."

In order to talk about negative aspects of the ending season after the 3-1 win against the record champions, it would have required a certain tendency towards masochism as a coach, which Svensson lacks.

Internally, however, those responsible at FSV Mainz 05 have been doing this for weeks.

They announced one result of their considerations the day before the Bayern game: the commitment of Danny da Costa from Frankfurt.

This time not on loan for half a year, but on a free transfer and with a three-year contract.

The 05ers don't intend to enlarge their squad, which was deliberately kept small.

Svensson wants to keep the number of potentially dissatisfied players as low as possible, but increase the quality in order to be able to react better to possible failures or lows of individual players and to raise the internal battle for position to a higher level.

Da Costa, for example, is not intended as a replacement for the strong Swiss Silvan Widmer on the right flank.

"It's not a back-up story when you bring in Danny da Costa," emphasizes Svensson.

“Silvan is great, as is Danny.

We want to have a strong team, and that means competition everywhere.”

Such personnel decisions, which are to be followed by more, can be the key to more consistency, can help the 05ers win more close games in the future than they have this season.

The potential that the team already has has not only been demonstrated against Bayern, but also in many home games.

Having made it clear early on that the next first division season could possibly end in single digits in two weeks is great for Mainz – but does not serve as a cushion for the sporting management.

However, an improved squad will not automatically lead to a better place in the table or even international business.

After the Bayern game, Stefan Bell pointed out who was leaving the league and who was coming from below.

"The climbers will most likely place themselves ahead of us financially," he said, promoting a realistic view.

All the more important that Svensson then has more players who can implement his idea of ​​​​football.