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about the 34th Bundesliga round
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| B.
Dortmund - Werder
Bremen
2 - 1 |
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Borussia
Dortmund coach Matthias Sammer was full of praise for 20-year-old Brazilian Ewerthon,
whose winner against Werder Bremen secured the Westfalian giants the Bundesliga
title and their first silverware in five years.
"I
am very happy for Ewerthon," smiled Sammer. "He has scored so many important
goals for us, but lately he struggled a bit and I had to put him on the bench.
"It
was certainly not easy to come on that late, but he responded just great."
Dortmund
needed three points as Leverkusen and Bayern were beating Hertha Berlin and Hansa
Rostock respectively when Sammer threw in the youngster with 15 minutes left.
Only
60 seconds after replacing Jorg Heinrich, the Brazilian raced clear at the far
post and reached Dede's cross from the left that had evaded Jan Koller in the
centre of goal.
Ewerthon reached the ball with his right foot and struck it
against the inside of the post, before it finally rolled over the line.
The
visitors, knowing that a win would guarantee them qualification for the Uefa Cup,
took a surprise lead on 17 minutes when Canada international Paul Stalteri played
a one-two with Ailton and beat Jens Lehmann from five yards.
Dortmund
defender Christian Worns said: "Bremen pulled ten men behind the ball when
defending, but many of them went out for attack whenever we lost posession and
Ailton's pace was a constant threat to our rearguard."
With
Dortmund getting increasingly nervous after Marcio Amoroso and Lars Ricken had
failed to find the net, Czech international Jan Koller finally equalised four
minutes before the interval.
The
giant gained posession just outside the box and was desperately looking for a
team-mate, but with none of Dortmund's players in a position to receive, he tried
his luck and fired a low attempt towards goal which beat wrong-footed keeper Frank
Rost on the left post.
Inspired
by the prospect of attacking towards their own south stand - with 27,000 fans
Europe's largest still existing Kop - the hosts increased the pressure after the
interval, but were unfortunate when the lively Otto Addo hit the side netting
on 50 minutes and the post eight minutes later.
With
Dortmund now moving forward in great numbers, Bremen nearly punished them on the
break when Namibia international Razundara Tjikuzu went clean through on 71 minutes
but his chip over Lehmann bounced back from the crossbar.
The
game swung to the other end and Ewerthon's strike gave the hosts the lead against
a demoralised Bremen which lost defender Mladen Krstajic due to a second yellow
card.
Although Ewerthon missed
a sitter from only ten yards, the small Brazilian became the match-winner as Dortmund
held firm in the dying minutes.
Bremen qualified for Uefa Cup. |
 | B.
Leverkusen - Hertha Berlin
2
- 1 |  |
| |
Dortmund's
result ensured that Bayer Leverkusen once again miss out on the elusive title.
Missing the injured Jens Nowotny and suspended Boris Zivkovic, Bayer got off
to the perfect start against Hertha Berlin when midfielder and leading scorer
Michael Ballack scored after ten minutes.
Ballack continued his fine run of
form nd signed off in his last game for Leverkusen with another goal seven minutes
into the restart.
Stefan Beinlich scored for Hertha but it was not enough
and Bayer won 2-1.
Hertha qualified for Uefa Cup. |
 | Bayern
Munich - H. Rostock
3 - 2 |  |
| |
| Ballack's
next club Bayern Munich finish the season empty-handed for the first time since
1995 despite beating Hansa Rostock 3-2. Steffen Baumgart put Bayern ahead with
an own goal just before the break. Mehmet Scholl doubled their lead before Giovane
Elber and Kevin Hansen and Marcus Lantz added late strikes. |
 | Schalke
04 - Wolfsburg
1 - 2 |  |
| |
| Tomislav
Maric scored twice to give Wolfsburg a 2-1 win at Schalke , for whom Gerald Asamoah
scored a consolation.
Schalke and Bremen
qualified for Uefa Cup. |
 | Stuttgart
- Kaiserslautern
4 - 3 |  |
| |
Stuttgart
beat Kaiserslautern 4-3, Silvio Meissner breaking the deadlock before Lincoln
equalised from the spot.
Sean Dundee added a second on 46 minutes but Marian
Hristov equalised again.
Meissner netted his second before Miroslav Klose
scored but Ionel Ganea put Stuttgart ahead a fourth time.
Kaiserslautern and
Stuttgart will play in the InterToto Cup. |
 | B.
M'Gladbach - Munich 1860
2 -
4 |  |
| |
Borussia
Monchengladbach lost to 1860 Munich 4-2 despite going ahead through Igor Demo's
sixth-minute opener.
Daniel Bierofka levelled up on 25 minutes and bagged
a second one minute after the restart.
Davor Suker added a third before Arie
van Lent pulled one back but Suker restored the two-goal advantage.
1860 Munich
will play in the InterToto Cup. |
 | Energie
Cottbus - Cologne
2 - 3 |  |
| |
Markus
Kurth scored for Cologne, who beat Energie Cottbus 3-2.
Dirk Lottner added
two quick goals in a five-minute spell on the hour-mark. |
 | Freiburg
- Hamburger
4 - 3 |  |
| |
Freiburg
beat Hamburg 4-3, despite Rodolfo Cardoso putting the visitors ahead.
His
team-mate Milan Fukal to put through his own net to equalise. Soumaila Coulibaly
put Freiburg ahead before Bernardo Romeo made it 2-2.
Romeo and Coulibaly
then scored again to make it 3-3 and Coulibaly scored a third to win the game. |
 | St.
Pauli - Nuremberg
2 - 3 |  |
| |
Nuremberg
won at St Pauli 3-2.
Junior and Kai Michalke scored for the visitors on either
side of a Nico Patschinski strike, and Michalke added a third to seal the win. |
|
 Ewerthon
(B. Dortmund) 
Ballack
(B. Leverkusen) 
Bierofka
(Munich 1860)
Suker
(Munich 1860) 
Elber
(B. Munich) 
Lottner
(Cologne)
Coulibaly
(Freiburg)
Maric
(Wolfsburg)
Patschinski
(S. Pauli)
 Michalke
(Nuremberg)
 Meissner
(Stuttgart)
 Ganea
(Stuttgart) |
