Kiel helps BVB & Freiburg
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FC Bayern has to be patient in the master question. The Munichers easily won 3-0 against Mainz 05, but Bayer Leverkusen also secured a 2-0 win against Augsburg. The minimum chance of the title remains for the Werkelf at least one week. Holstein Kiel was a huge surprise in the table cellar against European Cup candidate Gladbach. The storks also helped the SC Freiburg in Wolfsburg. Borussia Dortmund also benefited from a spectacular final phase against Hoffenheim.
In front of 75,000 spectators in the sold -out Allianz Arena, the Leverkusen leadership against FC Augsburg emerged early on that there would be no wheat beer showers this time. Already during the first half of the game, the south curve still taught master chants. Despite the superior victory, a big celebration through the goals of the two playful wing strikers Leroy Sané (27th minute) and Michael Olise (40th) and defender Eric Dier (84th) with a header.
Leverkusen won 2-0 (2-0) against FC Augsburg. Three game days before the end of the season there is still a mathematical chance of defending the title, given eight points behind record champions Bayern Munich but only a minimal. In front of 29,563 spectators in the Leverkusen arena, the gates of Patrik Schick (13th minute) and Emiliano Buendía (45.+1) after two winless games in series again ensured a success of the workself. For Augsburg, the defeat meant the end of a strong series: for the first time this year, the Fuggerstadt residents had to accept a defeat. After eight away victories in a row, the bankruptcy made the hopes for a qualification for international business.
Freiburg on European course-BVB also benefits from Kiel surprise
SC Freiburg has further tightened the sporting crisis of VfL Wolfsburg. The European Cup candidate won 1-0 (0-0) in the Volkswagen Arena after a 65-minute surcharge and is now in the Bundesliga exactly where the Wolfsburgers have been in vain for 2021: in a place in the table: before the last three match days, all options for a Champions League, Europa League rank.
In front of 23,145 spectators, Maximilian Arnold saw the red card in the 26th minute. Wolfsburg’s captain had hit Freiburg’s junior Adamu with an open sole on the ankle and referee Sven Jablonski corrected his decision after using the video evidence from yellow to red. Nevertheless, it took until the 49th minute before Max Rosenfelder scored with his first Bundesliga goal for 1: 0.
Borussia Mönchengladbach continues to lose the European ranks. The Bundesliga club, which was overwhelmed by long distances, defeated 3: 4 (0: 2) in a dramatic offensive spectacle in a dramatic offensive spectacle in the race threatened by the Lower Rhine and conceded a bitter damper in the race for the coveted ranks. For the Borussia, especially in the first half, it was the third bankruptcy and the fourth winless league game one after the other.
The Kiel, on the other hand, impressively defied the setback from the previous day when the competitor 1. FC Heidenheim surprisingly won 1-0 through the goal of ex-Kiel Mathias Honsak in Stuttgart and consolidated his position on the relegation rank. In three remaining season games, the North Germans restored the distance to the FCH of three points.
In front of 15,034 spectators in the sold-out Holstein Stadium, Shuto Machino (15th minute/90.+1), Alexander Bernhardsson (23rd) and Armin Gigovic (76.) scored the Kiel goals in the wild first division spectacle. Tomas Cvancara (60th), Alassane Pléa (69th) and Franck Honorat (86th) provided the Gladbach goals.
Borussia Dortmund and striker Serhou Guirassy cannot be stopped in her late hunt for a Champions League-Platz. The team of coach Niko Kovac won 3: 2 (1-0) at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with a goal from Waldemar Anton in added time and after Var evidence. BVB thus celebrated the fourth victory in the past five games and improved to sixth place in the table.
With his 17th goal of the season, Guirassy laid the foundation for the next success in the 20th minute, but the striker also awarded a penalty in front of 30,150 spectators in the sold -out Sinsheimer Stadium (34,). After the surprising compensation by Adam Hlozek (61st), the most recently scolded Julian Brandt ensured the 2-1 lead (74th). Pavel Kaderabek managed 2-2 in added time.
Then it got turbulent. After a collision with Carney Chukwuemeka, TSG national goalkeeper Oliver Baumann remained, Anton used the pass from Guirassy to 3: 2 (90.+5). After a long VAR check, referee Benjamin Brand gave the goal in a long and heated added time.