Recess is slowly coming to an end for European teams and local competitions are beginning. So is the case in Germany, where DFB Pokal is underway and a clash of the round of 64 will have Mainz visiting Aue at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion. The away team is the clear favourite for this clash, as differences between both teams seem very clear.

Mainz's squad is currently preparing for a new edition of the Bundesliga, where they finished 8th last season, just one spot behind the Europe Conference League classification. For the 22/23, they expect to at least reach a place en European competitions, for which they have brought some new faces to reinforce the team.

On the other hand, Aue is a just relegated 3. Liga team. After a very bad 21/22 season, they descended and so the squad is under reconstruction also. This scenario does not look good for them, as there is a clear quality difference between the both.

Mainz will try to exploit this differences from the very first moment of the match in order to start their official season with the big triumph that all their fans are waiting for.

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欧洲球队的休息时间慢慢结束，当地的比赛开始了。在德国也是如此，波卡尔世界杯正在进行，64强赛的对决将在斯帕斯卡森-埃尔茨伯格球场进行，美因茨将客场挑战奥埃。由于两支球队之间的差异非常明显，客场球队显然是这场比赛的热门。

美因茨的球队目前正在备战新一届的德甲联赛，上赛季他们在德甲联赛中排名第8，只比欧洲联赛低一个名次。在22/23赛季，他们希望至少能在欧洲比赛中取得一席之地，为此他们带来了一些新面孔来加强球队。

另一方面，奥埃只是一个降级的3级球员。联赛的球队。在经历了一个非常糟糕的21/22赛季后，他们下降了，所以球队也在重建中。这种情况对他们来说并不好，因为两者之间存在明显的质量差异。

美因茨将从比赛一开始就利用这种差异，以所有球迷期待的巨大胜利开始他们的正式赛季。