BERLIN – Borussia Mönchengladbach secured their qualification for the Champions League on Saturday by defeating Hertha Berlin 2-1 while Fortuna Düsseldorf went downhill after falling 3-0 to Union Berlin.
The defeat of the Fortuna allowed the Werder Bremen, who thrashed 6-1 at Colonia, get rid of the direct descent and now they will have to play the permanence against the third of the second Bundesliga which will be defined this Sunday and which may be the Hamburg or the Heidenheim.
Salvation, at least provisional Bremen It was perhaps the most remarkable thing of a day in which there were few things at stake. He Bremen depended on a puncture the Fortuna, believed in him and did his homework so that even a draw from his competitor would have been enough.
He BremenDespite being in the doldrums for several seasons and having seen the abyss very closely, it remains the third team in the so-called “eternal classification” of the Bundesliga under the Bayern y del Borussia Dortmund.
He Gladbach, to qualify for Champions League, he depended on himself and did his homework beating Hertha so that the triumph of the Bayer Leverkusen, 1-0 against Mainz, was useless.
The aspirin team will now have to settle for playing the Europa League which was also directly classified the Hoffenheim which gave the surprise by defeating 0-4 Borussia Dortmund, that he had already secured the second place and nothing was at stake.
He Bayern, already champion, he was not playing anything either but he thrashed the Wolfsburg 0-4 with goals from Kingsley Coman, Michaël Cuisance, Robert Lewandowski, de penalti, y Thomas Müller.
He Bayern He thus completed 99 goals and stayed two below his historical record in one season. Robert Lewandowski was crowned as scorer of the tournament with 33 goals.
At the end of the game he received the salad bowl, in a strange ceremony, with just 100 people in the stadium and no beer showers.
“This season finale was not what we wanted but it was the only one possible. And it was possible thanks to everyone’s discipline and we also have a champion,” said the administrative director of the German Football League (DFL), Christian Seifert , before delivering the salad bowl to the captain of the Bavaria, Manuel Neuer.
In the other matches there was nothing at stake. He Eintracht defeated the bottom Paderborn, which had already dropped, 3-2. Freiburg thrashed the Schalke 4-0 and the RB Leipzig defeated 1-2 by Augsburg, with two goals from Timo Werner who played his last game with the East German team today before leaving for Chelsea.
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