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about the 33th Bundesliga round
|
| Hamburger
- B. Dortmund
3 - 4 |
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Borussia
Dortmund beat Hamburg to replace Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga
on Saturday.
Dortmund, 4-3 winners at Hamburg in a match that saw both sides
reduced to ten men, now lead the table by a point from Leverkusen with Bayern
Munich a point further back.
So for the third year in succession, the Bundesliga
will be settled on the final day of the season.
Hamburg defender Ingo Hertzsch
was sent off on 34 minutes and Dortmund made the most of their man advantage when
Amoroso stroked home the resulting penalty moments later.
Tomas Rosicky doubled
Dortmund's advantage two minutes after that, but Hamburg forced themselves back
into the match when BVB defender Christian Worns was sent off three minutes from
the break, allowing Raphael Wicky to fire home the resulting spot-kick.
Amoroso
struck his second of the afternoon mid-way through the second half to restore
his side's two goal cushion, only for Hamburg to pull within one through Nico-Jan
Hoogma with ten minutes to play.
Jan Koller's late strike made sure of the
points, although Hamburg set up a nervous finale when Eric Meijer struck in the
final minute. |
 | Hertha
Berlin - Schalke 04
2 - 0 |  |
| |
Hertha
Berlin are back in the hunt for a Champions' League place after defeating fellow
hopefuls Schalke 04 2-0.
Strike-pair Michael Preetz and Alex Alves got the
goals for the home side in a three-minute burst after the restart.
Both sides
now have 61 points. |
 | Kaiserslautern
- E. Cottubus
4 - 0 |  |
| |
Kaiserslautern
stay level with Bremen on 56 points after crushing Energie Cottbus 4-0.
Goals
in each half from Vratislav Lokvenc and Miroslav Klose made sure of the points. |
 | Nuremberg
- B. Leverkusen
1 - 0 |  |
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| The
Champions' League hopefuls were sensationally beaten by FC Nuremberg, who guaranteed
their top-flight survival and sent down Freiburg.
Bayer, whose temperament
had been questioned by Bayern goalkeeper Oliver Kahn during the week, lost for
the second week in a row.
Germany's nearly men, who face Manchester United
in the second leg of their Champions' League semi-final on Tuesday, were undone
by a spirited Nuremberg side who clinched the points through Czech defender Marek
Nikl mid-way through the first half. |
 | Werder
Bremen - St. Pauli
3 - 2 |  |
| |
Werder
Bremen remain on course for a Uefa Cup place after coming from behind to beat
relegated St Pauli 3-2.
St Pauli stunned Thomas Schaaf's side with goals from
Christian Rahn and Thomas Meggle in the opening 16 minutes.
But Bremen hit
back through World Cup hopeful Torsten Frings six minutes into the second half
and drew level with an own goal by St Pauli defender Holger Stanislawski.
Frings
capped the comeback with the winner and his second of the afternoon with 11 minutes
to play. |
 | Wolfsburg
- Bayern Munich
0 - 1 |  |
| |
| Bayern
Munich had Croatian Marino Biliskov to thank for keeping them in with a shot at
the title as the Wolfsburg defender put past his own goalkeeper to give them the
points ten minutes before half-time. |
Comments
about the 32th Bundesliga round
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| Borussia
Dortmund - Cologne
2 - 1 |
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| B.
Leverkusen - W. Bremen
1 - 2 | |
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| Bayern
Munich - Hertha Berlin
3 - 0 | |
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| Schalke
04 - Nuremberg
2 - 1 | |
| |
 | Freiburg
- Kaiserslautern
3 - 1 | |
| | Comments
about the 31th Bundesliga round
|
| Hamburg
- Bayer
Leverkusen
1 - 1 |
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| |
| Sergej
Barbarez stole in at the back-post to convert Martin Groth's deep corner and give
the home side the lead on five minutes, but Leverkusen levelled eight minutes
later as Oliver Neuville slotted home Ze Roberto's cross. |
| Hertha
Berlin - Hansa Rostock
1 - 0 |  |
| |
The
first goal of the day went to Alex Alves, as he crashed home Stefan Beinlich's
free-kick at the back post to give Hertha Berlin a second minute lead away to
Hansa Rostock.
The strike proved enough to give Hertha a victory that keeps
alive their hopes of playing Champions' League football next season. |
| Nuremberg
- Bayern Munich
1 - 2 | |
| |
Bayern
Munich climbed to third as they came out on top in the Bavarian derby to reawaken
Nuremberg's relegation fears.
Giovane Elber gave the champions the lead on
11 minutes, capitalising after Andreas Wolf had failed to clear a cross from Stefan
Effenberg.
Claudio Pizarro added a second four minutes from the break, after
Antony Sanneh had deflected Willy Sagnol's shot into his path.
Jacek Krzynowek
tucked home a penalty on 73 minutes to give the away side some hope, but defender
Tomas Kos picked up a second yellow card moments later to effectively hand Bayern
the points. |
| Werder
Bremen - Schalke 04
3 - 0 | |
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| Schalke
04 slipped to fifth as they went down 3-0 away to Werder Bremen.
Frank Baumann
hit the first for the home side on 24 minutes, the Brazilian Ailton added a second
on 64 minutes, and Thorsten Frings made the game absolutely safe 11 minutes from
time. |
| Kaiserslautern
- B. Dortmund
1 - 0 |  |
| |
Borussia
Dortmund manager Matthias Sammer admitted he was focusing on reaching next season's
Champions' League after defeat to Kaiserslautern left his side five points adrift
of leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
Jorgen Pettersson struck after 48 minutes to
give Kaiserslautern a 1-0 win at the Betzenberg on Sunday leaving Leverkusen well
clear at the top.
Afterwards Sammer conceded his team's title challenge was
all but over and insisted his goal was now a place in Europe's premier club competition.
The result was greeted with glee by Leverkusen boss Klaus Toppmoller, who vowed
to return the favour to Kaiserslautern as they seek passage to the Uefa Cup. |
Comments about the 30th Bundesliga round
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| Bayer
Leverkusen - Cologne
2 - 0 |
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Hans-Jorg
Butt scored from the spot as Bayer Leverkusen took a giant stride towards their
first-ever Bundesliga title by beating FC Cologne on Saturday.
The goalkeeper
converted from 12 yards after Michael Ballack appeared to fall over in the area
when he was released by Yildiray Basturk.
Brazilian centre-back Lucio doubled
the home side's lead on 25 minutes, scampering down the right before placing a
shot between Markus Proll's legs. |
| Bayern
Munich - W. Bremen
2 - 2 | |
| |
Bayern
Munich conceded a late equaliser against Werder Bremen to drop to fourth.
South American pair Claudio Pizarro and Roque Santa Cruz were on target for Ottmar
Hitzefeld's side, before the visitors hit back.
Ailton had pulled a goal
back before Mladen Krstajic beat Santa Cruz in the Bayern area to head home in
the 90th minute. |
| Schalke
04 - Hamburg
2 - 0 |  |
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Schalke
04 kept up their hopes of a place in the Champions' League by moving into third
with a 2-0 win over Hamburg.
The ever-reliable strikeforce of Emile Mpenza
and Ebbe Sand scored one apiece in the first half, the Belgian after eight minutes
while Sand profited from shabby defending to double the lead just before half-time. |
| St
Pauli - Kaiserslautern
1 - 1 | |
| |
| St
Pauli and Kaiserslautern drew 1-1.
Bad match for K'Lautern. |
| Wolfsburg
- Hertha Berlin
1 - 3 | |
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Hertha
Berlin secured another win under interim coach Falke Gotz, beating Wolfsburg 3-1
to stay three points behind Schalke and one adrift of Bayern.
Michael
Hartmann gave the away side the lead with their first chance of the game in the
25th minute after being fed by Stefan Beinlich.
Michael
Preetz made it 2-0 and, although Diego Klimowicz reduced the arrears, 20-year-old
Thorben Marx pounced on a weak clearance from Maik Franz to make it
3-1. |
| B.
Dortmund - Munich 1860
2 - 1 |  |
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| Borussia
Dortmund kept their title challenge going on Sunday by coming from behind to beat
1860 Munich thanks to goals from Sebastian Kehl and Jorg Heinrich.
Lions
striker Markus Schroth gave the visitors a surprise lead on 11 minutes, but Dortmund,
doubtless inspired by their 4-0 Uefa Cup triumph over AC Milan in midweek, needed
only 15 minutes to turn the game on its head.
The
outstanding Kehl grabbed his first goal for the club, then Heinrich's volley from
a deflected Tomas Rosicky corner settled the match.
The
hosts were guilty of wasting several chances as Ewerthon, Otto Addo and Jan Koller
were all denied by the woodwork and 1860 goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch's heroics.
Matthias Sammer then saw 1860 striker
Martin Max twice go close just before the final whistle.
Dortmund
are now four points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen with four games remaining. |
Comments about
the 29th Bundesliga round
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| Hamburg
- Bayern Munich
0 - 0 |
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| |
| Bayern
Munich are seven points behind the leaders after they were held to a goalless
draw at Hamburg. |
 | B.
M'Gladbach - Hertha Berlin
3
- 1 | |
| |
| Ivo
Ulich fired Borussia Monchengladbach into a fourth minute lead against Hertha
Berlin, and, although Marcelinho levelled from the spot 12 minutes before half-time,
two second half goals from Lawrence Aidoo completed a 3-1 triumph. |
| Kaiserslautern
- B. Leverkusen
2 - 4 | |
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Ulf
Kirsten struck in the first minute as Bayer Leverkusen stretched their lead at
the top of the Bundesliga to four points with a thrilling victory at Kaiserslautern.
It took Kirsten just ten seconds to put the leaders ahead, and Klaus Toppmoller's
side looked to have the game wrapped up when Oliver Neuville added a second on
16 minutes, after Michael Ballack had diverted a Zoltan Sebsecen shot into his
path.
The home side were given hope on the stroke of half-time as Hany Ramzy
fired home a loose ball from just inside the box, and ten minutes after the break
they levelled, Vratislav Lokvenc forcing the ball over the line after Jeff Strasser
had headed on a Mario Basler free-kick.
But Michael Ballack held his nerve
to convert from the spot 13 minutes from time and Dimitar Berbatov made it 4-2
four minutes from time to give Leverkusen a comfortable cushion with just five
games of the season remaining.
The only sour note for Leverkusen was the dismissal
of Diego Placente for a second yellow card in the dying seconds. |
 | Stuttgart
- Borussia Dortmund
3 - 2 | |
| |
| Borussia
Dortmund crashed to a 3-2 defeat at Stuttgart.
Dortmund fell behind on 33
minutes, Sean Dundee firing home after Philippe Laux had palmed out Jochen Seitz's
cross. Four minutes later it got even worse for Mattias Sammer's team as Silvio
Meissner clipped home a free-kick.
Christian Worns pulled one back six minutes
after half-time following a corner, but Stuttgart restored their advantage 13
minutes later as Ioan Ganea made the most of a Sebastian Kehl error. Jan Koller
reduced the deficit on 79 minutes, but Stuttgart held on to put a serious dent
in Dortmund's title hopes. |
 | Cologne
- Schalke 04
1 - 1 | |
| |
| Cologne
blocked Schake in a no spectacular draw |
| Werder
Bremen - H. Rostock
4 - 3 | |
| |
| Werder
Bremen keeper Frank Rost is convinced his side will clinch a Uefa Cup place after
scoring in a dramatic 4-3 win over Hansa Rostock on Sunday.
Bremen remain
seventh, but have now closed the gap on six-placed Kaiserslautern to only three
points.
Despite taking an early lead through Ailton, Bremen were outclassed
for much of the first half and Rostock went into the break 2-1 in front courtesy
of a Rene Rydlewicz penalty and an Antonio di Salvo strike.
Germany international
Torsten Frings headed the equaliser one minute into the second half, but Hansa
restored their lead almost immediately when Rayk Schroder beat Rost with a well-placed
shot from ten yards.
Marcus Arvidsson, Steffen Baumgart and Radwan Yasser
all missed great opportunities to put the game beyond doubt before the Weserstadion
crowd was stunned twice in the final 90 seconds as the home side turned the match
on its head.
First keeper Rost raced forward to fire home Kristian Lisztes'
89th minute corner, then Frings was bungled over in the box by Schroder to allow
Ailton to hit the winner from the penalty spot.
Victory would have ended Rostock's
relegation fears, and coach Armin Veh was distraught at the outcome.
Wins
for fellow strugglers Nuremberg, Cottbus and Monchengladbach, meant that Rostock
have dropped back to fourteenth spot, only six points adrift of third-bottom Freiburg. |
Comments
about the 28th Bundesliga round
|
| B.
Leverkusen - Munich
1860
4 - 0 |
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Bundesliga leaders Bayer
Leverkusen, fresh from their Champions' League win over Deportivo, took the lead
against 1860 Munich just before half-time through Zoltan Sebescen and never looked
back.
Striker Ulf Kirsten made the points safe with a goal just after the
break before Yildiray Basturk added a third and Kirsten finished the 4-0 rout.
Leverkusen are now one point clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund and will
be pleased they showed no ill effects from the absence of midfield star Michael
Ballack through suspension. |
| Bayern
Munich - Cologne
3 - 0 | |
| |
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn
had warned his team-mates they could kiss the title goodbye if they failed to
beat FC Cologne, but Bayern struggled to make the breakthrough against the bottom-placed
club.
Brazilian star Giovane Elber finally came up with the opening goal on
64 minutes and Hasan Salihamidzic marked his league return with a goal in the
closing stages, before Elber added his second to make it 3-0. |
| Hertha
Berlin - Nuremberg
2 - 0 | |
| |
Hertha Berlin had recorded five wins
and a draw since interim boss Falko Gotz replaced Jurgen Rober and they continued
their fine run against injury-ravaged FC Nuremberg.
Alex Alves scored early
on and the Brazilian doubled the lead on 33 minutes to complete a 2-0 win. Berlin
star Marcelinho could even afford to miss a first-half penalty. |
| Schalke
04 - Kaiserslautern
3 - 0 | |
| |
| Schalke 04, still without
Emile Mpenza, went ahead against Kaiserslautern through their other Belgium star,
Marc Wilmots, just before the break.
The Red Devils fell further behind when
Andreas Moller netted on the hour and Victor Agali rounded off a convincing win
for Schalke, who remain level with Bayern in the third and final Champions' League
position. |
| B.
Dortmund - E. Cottbus
3 - 0 | |
| |
Borussia Dortmund had little
problem closing the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen with victory over
Energie Cottbus but the win was overshadowed by an amazing bust-up between BVB
coach Matthias Sammer and Brazilian striker Marcio Amoroso.
The two flared
up 20 minutes from time when Amoroso, refused to go off to be replaced by Miroslav
Stevic.
Amoroso, the Bundesliga's leading scorer with 15 goals this season,
felt that Sammer was robbing him of the chance to build on the record.
The
former Parma star had missed four clean-cut chances during the game, which Dortmund
won 3-0, and had a goal disallowed for offside.
It was fully two minutes before
Stevic was finally allowed to get onto the pitch.
Rosicky and Ewerthon were
on target for the BVB in the first half before substitute Billy Reina added a
third late on to bring Dortmund within a point of Bayer at the top. |
| Wolfsburg
- Werder Bremen
2 - 0 | |
| |
| Wolfsburg striker Diego
Fernando Klimowicz turned in another match-winning performance as he scored one
and set up Martin Petrov for the second in a 2-0 win over Weder Bremen.
The
rangy striker, who is of Ukrainian origin and holds a Spanish passport, was signed
from Argentine side Atletico Lanus in the summer but initially failed to adjust
to the Bundesliga.
Klimowicz broke his duck for Wolfsburg earlier this month,
scoring twice against rock-bottom Cologne.
The former San Lorenzo forward
was once again on target against Bremen as he rounded goalkeeper Frank Rost and
slotted home from close range on 65 minutes.
Klimowicz played down his contribution,
giving Croatian team-mate Marian Biliskov the credit for picking him out with
a pin-point 30-yard pass.
Only 14 minutes later, Klimovicz delivered a pass
of similar quality to set-up Martin Petrov. The pacy Bulgarian beat the onrushing
Rost to the ball and flicked the ball into the empty net.
Bremen, much the
better side at the beginning, felt aggrieved by the referee, who controversially
waved play on when Frank Baumann's header appeared to have crossed the line.
Dorinel Munteanu cleared off the line with goalkeeper Claus Reitmaier already
beaten.
Wolfsburg regained 10th spot, but Bremen, who stay seventh, are rapidly
losing touch with the Uefa places after losing their fourth game in five. |
Comments
about the 27th Bundesliga round
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| Kaiserslautern
- B. Munich
0 - 0 |
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| |
Bayern Munich lost touch
with the leaders as they failed to pierce stubborn ten-man Kaiserslautern.
FCK midfielder Mario Basler wasted a penalty on 12 minutes against his former
employers and Dimitrios Grammozis was sent off for his second bookable offence
late on. |
| Stuttgart
- Bayer Leverkusen
0 - 2 | |
| |
Bayer Leverkusen boosted their hopes
of a maiden Bundesliga crown by defeating Stuttgart.
They despatched the Bavarians
2-0 to go five points clear at the top with strikes late in the first half from
Thomas Brdaric and Dimitar Berbatov, the architects of the midweek Champions'
League win over Juventus. |
| Werder
Bremen - Hertha Berlin
0 - 3 | |
| |
| Alex Alves hit a brace as Hertha Berlin
defeated Werder Bremen 3-0. They went ahead through Denis Lapaczinki and are now
fifth. Werder stay seventh. |
| Munich
1860 - Schalke 04
1 - 2 | |
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| Schalke 04 moved back
into fourth spot after Ebbe Sand's late header had earned them a deserved 2-1
win away to 1860 Munich.
Earlier, Paul Agostino had cancelled out Gerald
Asamoah's third-minute opener. |
| Freiburg
- Borussia Dortmund
1 - 5 | |
| |
Four goals in six minutes
fired Borussia Dortmund to a 5-1 win thrashing of lowly Freiburg to keep their
title ambitions alive.
They now trail leaders Leverkusen by a single point.
Freiburg took the lead from Levan Kobiashvili's early free-kick, but Dortmund
immediately hit back through Evanilson.
Dortmund keeper Jens Lehmann was then
lucky not to concede a penalty and be sent off for a kick on Soumaila Coulibaly
that the referee missed.
The match remained level until 64 minutes when Dede
put Dortmund ahead with a left-foot strike.
That proved the turning point
as within six minutes Marcio Amoroso and Jan Koller (twice) had also scored to
seal victory. |
Comments
about the 26th Bundesliga round
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| B.
Dortmund - B. M'Gladbach
3 - 1 |
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| B.
Leverkusen - E. Cottbus
2 - 0 | |
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| Bayern
Munich - Munich 1860
2 - 1 | |
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| H.
Rostock - Kaiserslautern
2 -
1 | |
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| Nuremberg
- Werder Bremen
0 - 4 | |
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| Hertha
Berlin - Hamburg
6 - 0 | |
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| Schalke
04 - Stuttgart
2 - 1 | |
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Comments
about the 25th Bundesliga round
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| B.
M'Gladbach - W. Bremen
1 - 0 |
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| Borussia Monchengladbach
obtained three valuable points in their battle against Werder, Peter van Houdt
heading the only goal of the game on 37 minutes. |
| Cologne
- Hertha Berlin
1 - 1 | |
| |
| FC Cologne finally broke their barren
spell, Thomas Cichon's 76th minute equaliser ending 1034 minutes without a goal
to earn the bottom side a point against Hertha Berlin, who had taken a 12th minute
lead through Stefan Beinlich. |
| Energie
Cottbus - Schalke 04
2 - 0 | |
| |
Schalke 04 lost 2-0 at Energie Cottbus,
allowing Bayern to leapfrog them into third.
Vasile Miriuta got the first
on 36 minutes, firing home from the penalty spot after Anibal Matellan had brought
down Marko Topic in the box, and Radoslaw Kaluzny headed a second in the dying
seconds. |
| Freiburg
- B. Leverkusen
2 - 2 | |
| |
| Bayer Leverkusen had
to come from two goals down to earn a point at struggling Freiburg.
Adel Sellimi
put the home side ahead from Alexander Iashvili's cross four minutes before half-time,
and Vladimir But added a second 12 minutes later from Levan Kobiashvili's free-kick.
Ze Roberto pulled one back on 64 minutes although his shot may have deflected
off Dimiter Berbetov, and Michael Ballack headed the equaliser from Oliver Neuville's
corner. |
| Stuttgart
- Bayern Munich
0 - 2 | |
| |
Bayern Munich climbed to
within three points of the top of the Bundesliga, as they beat Stuttgart and Bayer
Leverkusen slipped up at Freiburg.
Roque Santa Cruz gave the champions the
lead on 32 minutes, finishing after Giovane Elber had held up and back-heeled
Sammy Kuffour's long ball.
Seven minutes later Mehmet Scholl added a second
with a 22-yard free-kick. |
| B.
Dortmund - St. Pauli
1 - 1 | |
| |
Matthias Sammer's team, who
have won just two of their last nine matches, were hopelessly out of sorts at
the Westfalenstadion and it came as no surprise when St Pauli took a 32nd minute
lead as Kehl's deflected Christian Rahn's shot into the back of his own net.
Dortmund strived to find their rhythm after the break, but the home fans had to
wait until the 82nd minute before their team drew level. The goal came from a
Marcio Amoroso penalty after Henning Burger had brought down David Odonkor inside
the area.
St Pauli had playmaker Thomas Meggle sent off in the dying moments,
but they hung on to secure the point. Nevertheless, they remain deep in relegation
trouble, lying second from bottom with just 18 points from 25 matches. |
| Kaiserslautern
- Wolfsburg
3 - 2 | |
| |
Kaiserslautern manager Andy
Brehme admitted Miroslav Klose's second-half goal represented the pivotal moment
as his side beat Wolfsburg 3-2 to kick-start their title-challenge.
The result
elevated Brehme's men to within two points of leaders Bayer Leverkusen and the
former Germany international was delighted with his side's battling display.
A Marian Hristov own-goal had put Wolfsburg ahead five minutes after the break
but the same man hit back for the hosts on 64 minutes to get them back on level
terms.
With 18 minutes left Dorinel Munteanu put struggling Wolsfburg back
in front before Klose's vital strike.
Czech striker Vratislav Lokvenc got
the third for Kaiserslautern with five minutes remaining to the dismay of Wolfsburg
boss Wolfgang Wolf. |
Comments about the 24th Bundesliga round
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| Bayern
Munich - E. Cottbus
6 - 0 |
|
| |
Germany midfielder Mehmet
Scholl scored twice as Bayern Munich returned to Bundesliga form with a 6-0 drubbing
of Energie Cottbus on Saturday.
Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said before the game
that this was Bayern's last chance to make up lost ground. The champions were
fifth, seven points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, who play Bayer Leverkusen
on Sunday.
And Hitzfeld's players responded well.
Scholl, particularly,
produced a virtuoso performance and set up Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro for
the opener on 15 minutes.
Skipper Stefan Effenberg scored the second from
the spot and Scholl killed the game by making it 3-0 just before half-time. Scholl,
Pizarro and Giovane Elber added further goals in the second half to complete the
rout.
Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was even allowed to miss a late penalty for the
home side while the away side were reduced to nine men with the dismissals of
Janus Matyus and Laurentin-Aurelio Reghecampf. |
| Hertha
Berlin - Kaiserslautern
5 - 1 | |
| |
Kaiserslautern were humiliated by Hertha
Berlin, the capital side securing a 5-1 win at the Olympiastadion.
Lautern
were in trouble as soon as Taribo West brought down Alex Alves to give the home
side a penalty in the 13th minute, which Marcelinho coolly converted. Brazilian
Alves had an inspired game, setting up Bart Goor for the second and Michael Preetz
for the third.
Germany striker Miroslav Klose scored a consolation on the
stroke of half-time, but Preetz and Marcelinho completed the misery for Andreas
Brehme's side. |
| Schalke
04 - Freiburg
3 - 0 | |
| |
Schalke 04 stay one point ahead of Bayern
thanks to a 3-0 win over Freiburg. Huub Stevens' side took the lead when Gerald
Asamoah fed Jorg Bohme down the right and the winger's low shot beat Richard Golz
on 14 minutes.
Asamoah and Marc Wilmots added further strikes after 35 and
37 minutes to end Freiburg's hopes at the ArenaAufSchalke. |
| B.
Leverkusen - B. Dortmund
4 -
0 | |
| |
Bayer Leverkusen replaced
Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga with a devastating second-half
display following the 54th minute sending off of Dortmund striker Jan Koller.
Koller received his second yellow card for lashing out in frustration at Argentina
international Diego Placente shortly after Carsten Ramelow had doubled the home
side's advantage, and with the Czech international went Dortmund's hopes of salvaging
something from the match.
The league leaders had got off to the better start
and had the ball in the back of the net on eight minutes only for Ewerthon's strike
to be controversially ruled out for offside.
Dortmund then completely lost
their rhythm when Michael Ballack gave the hosts the lead with their first attempt
on goal.
Argentine left-back Diego Placente raced clear on the left with 31
minutes gone and found the unmarked Germany midfielder on the edge of the box,
and he beat keeper Jens Lehmann with a well-placed shot low into the far corner
to score his league-leading thirteenth goal of the season.
Five minutes after
the restart it was Lehmann's error that gifted Leverkusen their second, Ramelow
heading home at the far post after the keeper had failed to clear a corner from
the right.
Leverkusen's dominance was complete following the sending off of
Koller, and Klaus Topmuller's side soon made their man-advantage count, Oliver
Neuville adding the third, his seventh in the Bundesliga this season, with a sharp
header from ten yards on 64 minutes.
A rampant Leverkusen had further chances
to stretch their lead and Lehmann was forced into a good save with his feet after
Yildiray Basturk had picked out Neuville in the box on 66 minutes.
But the
Germany keeper was powerless to prevent substitute Dimitar Berbatov from getting
onto the scoresheet on 75 minutes when he shot hard and low to the keeper's left
from just inside the box after a clever pass from Neuville. |
| Werder
Bremen - Hamburg
0
- 1 | |
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Hamburg coach Kurt Jara had
new signing Bernardo Romeo to thank again as the Argentinian scored for the fourth
time in six starts to lead Hamburg to victory.
Bremen will be wondering how
they failed to take at least a point from a game they dominated from the outset.
Only the heroics of Hamburg keeper Martin Pieckenhagen ensured HSV went into the
break on level terms after making spectacular saves from Torsten Frings and Ailton.
Bremen's pressure increased still further after the break with Frings again coming
close on two occasions.
The home side's best chance of the match fell to
playmaker Kristian Lisztes who hit the post after bursting through on the left.
Romeo then turned the game upside down when he latched onto a mis-placed header
from unfortunate Bremen defender Viktor Skripnik and fired home the winner. |
Comments
about the 23th Bundesliga round
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| 1860
Munich - Hertha Berlin
0 - 3 |
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| Hertha Berlin won their second
game out of two under new coach Falko Gotz, two goals from Michael Preetz and
another from Stefan Beinlich giving them a comfortable 3-0 win over 1860 Munich. |
| B.
Dortmund - Schalke 04
1 - 1 | |
| |
Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga
after were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby.
Dortmund
fell behind to Niels Oude Kamphuis' spectacular 40-yard strike on 17 minutes at
the Westfalenstadion, but Brazilian midfielder Ewerthon salvaged a point for Matthias
Sammer's men, stealing in at the back-post to level five minutes into the second
half. |
| Freiburg
- Bayern Munich
0 - 2 | |
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| Two goals in the space of nine first
half minutes from Bixente Lizerazu and Giovane Elber did much to steady the Bayern
Munich ship as they beat Freiburg 2-0 at the Dreisamstadion. The champions, nevertheless,
remain seven points adrift of the leaders. |
| Kaiserslautern
- Nuremberg
2 - 1 | |
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| Kaiserslautern kept up the
pressure on the leaders, moving to within three points of the top as Vratislav
Lokvenc's 31st minute strike set them on their way to a 2-1 victory over Nuremberg.
Nenad Bjelica added a second 19 minutes from time, before Anthony Sanneh registered
a late consolation. |
| St.
Pauli - B. Leverkusen
2 - 2 | |
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A late penalty from Thomas
Meggle denied Bayer Leverkusen a first victory at struggling St Pauli and ensured
a 2-2 draw.
Leverkusen had lost each of their previous five games at the Millertor,
but they looked to have put that behind them when veteran striker Ulf Kirsten
struck on six minutes.Marcel Rath levelled on 27 minutes, but Michael Ballack
looked to have notched the winner on 70 minutes, only for the Millertor curse
to strike once again in injury-time, and gain St Pauli a valuable point in their
battle against the drop. |
| Cologne
- Werder Bremen
0 - 0 | |
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A late penalty from Thomas
Meggle denied Bayer Leverkusen a first victory at struggling St Pauli and ensured
a 2-2 draw.
Leverkusen had lost each of their previous five games at the Millertor,
but they looked to have put that behind them when veteran striker Ulf Kirsten
struck on six minutes.Marcel Rath levelled on 27 minutes, but Michael Ballack
looked to have notched the winner on 70 minutes, only for the Millertor curse
to strike once again in injury-time, and gain St Pauli a valuable point in their
battle against the drop. |
Comments about the
22th Bundesliga round
| | W.
Bremen
- Kaiserslautern
1 - 0 |
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Werder Bremen beat Kaiserslautern
1-0 at the Weserstadion to gain a crucial win in the race for the Champions' League
places.
Brazilian Ailton scored the only goal of the game in the 52nd minute
after being set-up by the evergreen Marco Bode. |
| Schalke
04 - St. Pauli
4 - 0 | |
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| Schalke confirms its good moment with
a convincing 4-0 win over St. Pauli. |
| Bayern
Munich - B. Dortmund
1 - 1 | |
| |
Bayern needed a win against their title
challengers after a midweek defeat by St Pauli but the game at the Olympiastadion
was remarkably subdued until the 71st minute, when Stefan Effenberg hit the bar
from distance.
It was Dortmund who went ahead eight minutes later through
a free-kick from Brazilian Marcio Amoroso. But Bayern were level on 83 minutes
as Elber rose to head in a Mehmet Scholl cross. |
| B.
Leverkusen - B. M'Galdbach
5
- 0 | |
| |
Bayer Leverkusen moved to
within two points of Dortmund with a convincing 5-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
German trio Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville and Bernd Schneider all scored
in the first half before Carsten Ramelow and Dimitar Berbatov added two late strikes. |
Comments
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| 1860
Munich - Werder Bremen
3
- 1 |
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| |
Werder Bremen suffered their
third straight defeat when they went down 3-1 at 1860 Munich.
Bremen playmaker
Kristian Lisztes cancelled out Paul Agostino's early strike, but a goal from Martin
Max and a Thomas Hassler penalty saw the Lions run out comfortable winners. |
| E.
Cottbus - Hertha Berlin
1 - 0 | |
| |
Energie Cottbus striker Marko Topic earned
his side all three points against Hertha Berlin when he netted the only goal at
the Stadion der Freundschaft four minutes from time.
Cottbus remain just
above the relegation zone, but the win puts further pressure on Hertha boss Jurgen
Rober, who has seen his side lose all three games since the turn of the year.
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| B.
Dortmund - H. Rostock
2 - 0 | |
| |
Leaders Borussia Dortmund are now nine
points clear of fifth-placed Bayern after their 2-0 win over Hansa Rostock.
The visitors did well to frustrate Borussia for long periods but Brazilian Ewerthon
finally put his side in front on 66 minutes, beating keeper Matthias Schober after
a counter-attack.
Marcio Amoroso made the points safe with his left-footed
effort nine minutes from time. |
| Bayer
Leverkusen - Schalke 04
0 - 1 | |
| |
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen
are now four points behind the leaders after a disappointing 1-0 home defeat by
Schalke 04.
Jorg Bohme did the damage with a shot from 18 yards after 52
minutes. |
| Kaiserslautern
- Hamburg
2 - 2 | |
| |
Third-placed Kaiserslautern
were also unable to make up ground either after twice losing their lead against
Hamburg, before finally drawing 2-2. Mario Basler gave his side the lead when
he found the hole in Hamburg's wall with a free kick after only four minutes.
The away side fought back, and it fell to new Argentinian signing Bernardo Romeo
to level matters with his second goal of the season after great work by Bernd
Hollerbach and Bosnian striker Sergej Barbarez.
With 76 minutes gone, Miroslav
Klose gave Kaiserslautern the lead again, when he converted a Lincoln pass with
his header.
But this time Czech striker Marek Heinz claimed the equaliser
only four minutes later. |
| St.
Pauli - Bayern Munich
2 - 1 | |
| |
Bayern Munich fell further
behind in their bid to retain the German title after crashing to a humiliating
2-1 defeat at struggling St Pauli.
The Bundesliga champions paid the
price for a poor display at the Stadion am Millerntor as goals by Thomas Meggle
and Nico Patschinski lifted the hosts of bottom spot.
Midfielder Meggle
put St Pauli in front on 31 minutes after a pass from Marcel Rath, and three minutes
later Rath again had a hand in the build-up as Patschinski eventually converetd
a Christian Rahn corner.
Willy Sagnol reduced the deficit with four
minutes to go, when he headed home a Stefan Effenberg corner, but it was
too late to save Bayern. |
Comments about the
20th Bundesliga round
| | Cologne
- Kaiserslautern
0 - 1 |
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| Hertha
Berlin - Freiburg
1 - 1 | |
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| Werder
Bremen - Stuttgart
1 - 2 | |
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| Wolfsburg
- B. Dortmund
1 - 1 | |
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| Bayern
M. - B. Leverkusen
2 - 0 | |
| |
Bayer Leverkusen failed
to reclaim top spot in the Bundesliga on Sunday as their dismal record at the
Olympiastadion continued.
The defeat, sealed by goals from Giovane
Elber and Stefan Effenberg, was Leverkusen's eighth in a row at Bayern and allowed
Borussia Dortmund to remain at the summit.
Bayern put their guests
under severe pressure from the outset as Leverkusen struggled at the back in the
absence of Brazilian centre-half Lucio.
Elber was a constant threat,
but missed five clear-cut chances as Leverkusen rode their luck.
The
Brazil forward finally broke the deadlock in the 66th minute when Thomas Linke
diverted an Effenberg free-kick into his path and he lashed high into the net
past Hans-Jorg But just as the ball seemed to be escaping him.
Five
minutes after Elber's goal, Bayern made it 2-0 when Willy Sagnol was felled in
the box by a sloppy Jens Nowotny challenge and Effenberg stepped up to convert
the penalty.
Leverkusen are now a point behind Dortmund, while Bayern
are fourth, six points off the pace. Bayern Munich: Kahn, Sagnol, Linke,
Kovac, Kuffour, Fink, Effenberg (Jeremies 90), Hargreaves, Scholl, Elber (Sergio
90), Jancker (Pizarro 78) Bayer Leverkusen: But, Zivkovic, Nowotny,
Kleine, Placente, Schneider, Ramelow, Ballack, Ze Roberto, Berbatov (Kirsten 57),
Neuville (Brdaric 62) Attendance: 43.000 |
Comments
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| B.
Leverkusen - Hansa Rostock
2
- 0 |
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Bayer Leverkusen left it
late to take full advantage against lowly Hansa Rostock at the BayArena.
But
goals from Boris Zivkovic and a Michael Ballack penalty in the last 15 minutes
took Bayer three points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who play on Sunday. |
| B.
M'gladbach - Kaiserslautern
0 - 2 | |
| |
Kaiserslautern were weakened by the absence
of Hany Ramzy (Egypt) and Taribo West (Nigeria) on African Nations duty and they
needed late strikes to win at Borussia Monchengladbach.
An own goal by Marcelo
Jose Pletsch broke the deadlock with 15 minutes to go and Jorgen Pettersson secured
the points to take the Red Devils up to third in the last minute. |
| Schalke
04 - Bayern Munich
5 - 1 | |
| |
Champions Bayern Munich went into the
game at Schalke 04 having failed to win any of their last six games before the
winter-break – and they were soon in trouble again.
Belgium striker
Emile Mpenza put the Royal Blues ahead just after the half-hour mark and partner
Ebbe Sand added a second within two minutes. There was more woe for the Bavarians
when Michael Tarnat was sent off on 41 minutes.
Germany midfielder Mehmet
Scholl got the visitors back into the game shortly after the break but Jorg Bohme
restored Schalke's two-goal advantage within five minutes and Marco van Hoogdalem
added a fourth before Niels Oude Kamphuis completed the rout in the closing stages.
The 5-1 victory was sweet revenge for Schalke as the Bavarians had pipped
them to last year's title with an injury-time goal from Patrik Andersson.
The defeat leaves Bayern in fifth place, eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen,
while Schalke are in seventh, two points behind the Bavarians and ten points adrift
of the leaders. |
| B.
Dortmund - Hertha Berlin
3 -
1 | |
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| Energie
Cottbus - W. Bremen
2 - 1 | |
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Comments about the
18th Bundesliga round
| | Bayern
Munich - M'Gladbach
0
- 0 |
|
| |
| A resolute Borussia Monchengladbach
frustrated Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion, holding them to a goalless draw
– the champions' sixth straight Bundesliga game without a win. |
| Hertha
Berlin - St. Pauli
2 - 2 | |
| |
| Hertha Berlin, who have confirmed that
coach Jurgen Rober will not have his contract renewed when it expires in the summer
, also struggled against lowly opposition, being held to a 2-2 home draw by bottom-side
St Pauli. After a dreadful and goalless first half, the visitors twice took the
lead, Thomas Meggle from the penalty spot and Marcel Rath getting the goals. Brazil
international Marcelinho and midfielder Andreas Schmidt got the equalisers for
Hertha. |
| Nuremberg
- B. Dortmund
2 - 2 | |
| |
Borussia Dortmund moved level on points
with Leverkusen was they came from two down to take a point from second-from-bottom
FC Nremberg thanks to goals from Lars Ricken and Miroslav Stevic.
In a game
of high entertainment, both goalkeepers made a number of fine saves, before goals
from Lars Muller and Marek Nikl in the first half of the second half raised Nuremberg's
hopes of an unlikely victory. |
| Werder
Bremen - Freiburg
3 - 2 | |
| |
Werder Bremen lie three
points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who travel to Wolfsburg on Wednesday,
after recording their seventh win in their last eight games with a dramatic 3-2
victory over struggling Freiburg.
Soumaila Coulibaly and Andreas Zeyer both
hit equalisers to cancel out strikes from Marco Bode and Mladen Krstajic, but
Freiburg had no answer when Ukraine veteran Victor Skripnik fired home a penalty
midway through the second half. |
| Kaiserslautern
- 1860 Munich
1 - 3 | |
| |
Kaiserslautern also lost
ground in the title race as they were beaten 3-1 at home by 1860 Munich.
The game came to life in the 57th minute when Germany star Miroslav Klose took
advantage of an error by Lions keeper Simon Jentzsch to put the home side ahead.
1860 looked to be heading for certain defeat when Uwe Ehlers was shown a
red card on the hour. But Andreas Brehme's team took their foot off the pedal
and were duly punished as the visitors struck three goals in the last 20 minutes.
Thomas Hassler's penalty brought the ten men level in the 70th minute, before
late goals from Martin Max and Michael Wiesinger won the game. |
| Wolfsburg
- B. Leverkusen
3 - 1 | |
| |
Bayer Leverkusen missed
the opportunity to go into the winter-break with a three-point Bundesliga lead
when they were beaten 3-1 at Wolfsburg on Wednesday.
Klaus Toppmoller's side
travelled without Jens Nowotny, Lucio, Michael Ballack, Yildiray Basturk and Bernd
Schneider - and struggled to cope with their industrious opponents.
Wolfsburg
looked the hungrier of the sides from the start and took the lead through former
Leverkusen player Robson Ponte, who fired home five minutes before the break.
The visitors pushed forward in search of an equaliser after the interval,
but were punished by Croatian striker Tomislav Maric, who doubled his team's lead
in the 56th minute.
In-form Maric sealed the win with his second goal of
the game in the 76th minute, before Oliver Neuville netted a consolation in the
dying stages. | Comments
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| H.
Rostock - Bayern Munich
1
- 0 |
|
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The champions are struggling
in the Bundesliga, and have now only picked up two points from their past five
games.
Hirsch scored the only goal in the 86th minute after Markus Beierle
had flicked on a Rene Rydlewicz corner.
Bayern failed to find a way past
a solid Rostock defence and caretaker coach Juri Schlunz could celebrate taking
three points off the champions before handing over the reins to new boss Armin
Veh. |
| Hertha
Berlin - B. Leverkusen
2 - 1 | |
| |
Leaders Bayer Leverkusen also lost, 2-1 at Hertha
Berlin. Andreas Neuendorf gave the hosts the lead in the 19th minute after Michael
Preetz had missed Michael Hartmann's cross.
Leverkusen hit back through Germany
forward Oliver Neuville in the 37th minute but in-form Pal Dardai made sure that
Leverkusen suffered their second defeat of the season with a long-range shot with
25 minutes remaining.
Hertha coach Jurgen Rober was sent off but his side
still picked up three vital points. |
| Werder
Bremen - B. Dortmund
1 - 1 | |
| |
Borussia Dortmund failed to overtake Leverkusen at
the top of the table as they drew 1-1 with a resurgent Werder Bremen.
Torsten
Frings scored his first goal of the season for the home side in the 40th minute,
his rising effort leaving Jens Lehmann with no chance.
Matthias Sammer's
side, however, hit back when Tomas Rosicky found Ewerthon and the Brazilian striker
beat Frank Rost. |
| Kaiserslautern
- Stuttgart
2 - 2 | |
| |
Andreas Brehme's home side took the lead
after only three minutes, as Mario Basler put Lincoln through on the righ hand
side of the Stuttgart penalty area. The Brazilian couldn't control the ball, but
Bradley Carnell blundered a clearance in the direction of his own goal. Vratislav
Lokvenc blocked the ball for Rathinho to slot home expertly from 11 yards out.
Off a fierce 22-yard volley by Carnell, Georg Koch could only deflect the ball
back towards his goal. Timo Wenzel stormed in to poke the ball over the line from
only a foot out.
The second half was a carbon copy of the first period. Rui
Marques sailed past a cross from Lincoln - allowing Lokvenc to take down the ball
and volley home powerfully from 12 yards. It was the sixth of the season for the
big Czech centre-forward.
Lautern repeated their first-half mistake, retreating
into their own half and forcing Stuttgart to make the play: central defender Marques
made made for reserve player Kevin Kuranyi and the talented forward scores his
first-ever Bundesliga goal. | Comments
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| B.
Dortmund - Hamburger
1
- 0 |
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Marcio Amoroso was back for Borussia Dortmund at home
to Hamburg but it was Lars Ricken who came up with the vital goal early in the
second half.
The midfielder deflected home a Christian Worns' shot that kept
BVB two points behind Bayer in second with their sixth consecutive Bundesliga
win. |
| Bayer
Leverkusen - Nuremberg
4 - 2 | |
| |
FC Nuremberg gave leaders Bayer Leverkusen a
shock when young Brazilian striker Jeronimo Cacau Baretto opened the scoring half
way through the opening period Leverkusen playmaker Yildiray Basturk at fault.
The leaders were level within minutes as Brazilian
Ze Roberto profited from another defensive blunder, but Cacau was on target again
on the counterattack to leave Bayer facing their second successive Bundesliga
defeat.
Zoltan Sebescen brought Bayer level with a header before inspirational
midfielder Michael Ballack put them ahead in a two-minute spell mid-way through
the second period.
Germany forward Oliver Neuville ensured Bayer kept their
two point lead at the top with a 4-2 win which left Nuremberg with a record of
only three wins out of 16 this season. |
| Bayern
Munich - Wolfsburg
3 - 3 | |
| |
South American strike duo Claudio Pizarro and
Giovane Elber looked to have got Bayern Munich's Bundesliga campaign back on track
with the goals which put the champions two up against Wolfsburg in the first 20
minutes.
Bayern were looking good after
dropping five points in their last two Bundesliga games, but the visitors got
back into the game just before the break through Croatian hot-shot Tomislav Maric.
Austrian midfielder Dietmar Kuhbauer completed the comeback with the equaliser
early in the second-half after a Dorinel Munteanu corner.
Pizarro quickly
restored Bayern's advantage but Wolfsburg were not finished and the in-form Maric
restored parity with 20 minutes remaining. The 3-3 draw left Bayern six points
behind Bayer and they slip to fourth following Kaiserslautern's victory. |
| E.
Cottbus - Kaiserslautern
0 -
2 | |
| |
| Kaiserslautern beat struggling Energie Cottbus 2-0,
taking the lead on the half-hour mark through Egyptian star Hany Ramzy. Brazilian
Lincoln doubled the Red Devils' advantage just after the break and moved them
up to third. |
| St.
Pauli - Werder Bremen
0 - 3 | |
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