By Chris Wright
In which, with his teammates packed into the Dortmund penalty area awaiting his delivery, Mainz midfielder Johannes Geis falls foul of an unfortunate divot and promptly blasts his attempted cross into the stratosphere above the Coface Arena…
With Geis’ free-kick still hovering in near-Earth orbit at the final whistle, Mainz went on to beat Dortmund 2-0 to stay level with fellow early season surprise packages Paderborn at the top of the Bundesliga.