To the question of successor

Sergey NIKOLAEV

MATCH TOUR

Bayern - Schalke 04 The subtext is obvious: the champion crowned last spring is waiting for a possible successor to visit. To formalize the inheritance, of course, far. But the victory of Schalke, if it takes place, may become symbolic. News from the camp of their blue fans are encouraging. Already healthy Levenkrands and Varela. True, the virtuoso of Lincoln is still out of the game. The Brazilian will serve two more games due to a five-match suspension. The headquarters of Bavaria no longer stutter about gold. The officially announced goal of Munich is third place. Ottmar Hitzfeld is not burdened with personnel problems. And the Bavarian combat staff still perceives the guests from Gelsenkirchen as bold upstarts. Which is important to punish.

UNEXPECTED INTrigue

“Energy” - “Bremen”. In case of a misfire of Schalke in Munich, the Bremen Town Musicians can catch up with the leader. Thomas Schaaf's white-green orchestra needs triumph in Cottbus for this. The local “power engineers” have recently simply not given away glasses. But after all, the autumn champion, at a party, feels almost better than at home. His admirers believe that Miroslav Klose, who does not score from the 19th round, will finally break the silence. By the way, the other day the leadership of Bremen announced that the best goal-holder of the 2006 World Cup is not for sale. As well as Diego and Torsten Frings. Merchants attacked the Werder Bremen with enticing offers. However, in Bremen they intend to maintain the backbone of the team.

DO NOT LOSE FROM THE VIEW

It’s not yet clear what light the Borussia from Mönchengladbach will be in the fall. The titled club fell into a protracted storm, which could well throw it to the unflattering shores of the second Bundesliga. But the most experienced Oliver Neuville is not afraid. The forward who has seen everything in his lifetime has renewed the contract until 2009 and will remain on the sinking ship in any situation. However, the 33-year-old Neuville is an inveterate optimist. He has no doubt that the Gladbach drama will end with a banal happy ending.

IMPORTANT WORDS

"Over the past six months, I have grown up and learned a lot. Before, when I scored a couple of beautiful goals, I fell into euphoria and stopped working. When things didn’t stick, it terribly upset me. Now I don’t allow emotions to dominate myself so much” , - Schalke 04 forward and German national team Kevin Kuranyi .

INTERESTING FIGURES

In the last 6 rounds, “Hamburg” did not know the bitterness of defeat. Hub Stevens managed to return the northerners to their former enthusiasm, but the severe illness of his wife, who fell into a coma, forced the Dutchman to temporarily leave for his homeland. Hamburg will steer in a match with Wolfsburg will be the second coach Marcus Schupp.

ARMY - BORUSSIA D

March 30th . "Shyuko Arena", 22.30.

Judge: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen).

Injuries: Gabriel, Ahanfuf / Kael, Smolyarek, B. Mayer.

Disqualifications: no.

"Arminia" (version of "Sport today"): Hein - Korzhinets, Westermann, Kuchera, Shuler - Kauf, Kobylik, Boehme, Masmanidis - Aigler, Vihnyarek.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Weidenfeller - F. Degen, Werns, Metzelder, Dede - Kruška, Tinga, Kringe, Pienar - Fry, Aedo Valdes.

Last matches: - - + - - / + - - - =

First round match: 1: 1 (“Signal-Iduna-Park”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Arminia” - 2.37, the draw - 3, the victory of “Borussia” - 2.7.

ENERGY - WERDER

March 31. The Stadion der Freundschaft, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Yungnikel, Shekkel, Mitreski, Tritko / Baumann, Klasnic, Borowski.

Disqualifications: Celesha / no.

"Energy" (version of "Sport today"): Piplitsa - V.da Silva, Mackenna, Kukelka, Tsvitanovich - T. Rost, Bandrowski, Baumgart, Munteanu - Kiyo, Radu.

Werder Bremen (Sport Today version): Wiese - Fritz, Mertezacker, Naldo, Wome - Frings, Wranjesh, D. Jensen, Diego - Klose, Hunt.

Last matches: - + + - + / - = + = +

First round match: 1: 1 (Weserstadion).

Quotes William Hill: victory, “Energy” - 4.33, draw - 3.2, victory, “Bremen” - 1.72.

Bavaria - Schalke 04

March 31. Allianz Arena, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Ismael / no.

Disqualifications: None / Lincoln.

Bayern (Sport Today version): Kahn - Sagnol, Lucio, van Beiten, Lam - Hargreaves, Salihamidzic, van Bommel, Schweinsteiger - Mackay, Podolski.

Schalke 04 (Sport Today version): Neuer - Rafinha, Bordon, Krstaich, Pander - Bayramovich, F. Ernst, Kobiashvili - Khalil Altintop, Kuranyi, Levenkrands.

Last matches: - = + = - / = - - = +

First round match: 2: 2 (Veltins Arena).

Quotes William Hill: victory for Bayern - 1.9, draw - 3.1, victory for Schalke 04 - 3.6.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 17.35 (direct).

Mainz-05 - Bayer

March 31. The Bruchwegstadion, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Soto, Vrancic / Roque Junior, Ramelov.

Disqualifications: no / Aggie, Castro.

Mainz-05 (Sport Today version): Wache - Demirtas, M. Friedrich, Noweski, Weigelt - F. Gerber, Andreasen, Azauag, Foilner - Ruman, Zidane.

Bayer (Sport Today version): Adler - Barnett, Juan, Kallsen-Bracker, Babich - Barbares, Rolfes, B. Schneider, Fryer - Kissling, Voronin.

Last matches: + + - + - / - + + = +

First round match: 1: 1 (BayArena).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Mainz-05” - 2.5, draw - 2.9, victory of “Bayer” - 2.62.

NURNBERG - GERT

March 31. Easy Credit Stadium, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Mintal, Kennedy, Mnari / A. Friedrich, Kagara, J. Boateng.

Disqualifications: Vittek / no.

Nuremberg (Sport Today version): Schaefer - D. Rainhardt, Wolf, Nickle, Pinola - Galasek, Banovich, Engelhardt - Polak, Schrot, Saenko.

Hertha (Sport Today version): Fiedler - Shahed, van Burik, Shimunich, Gilberto - Dardai, Ebert, Bashturk, K. Boateng - Pantelich, Jimenez.

Last matches: + - - = = / - = - - -

First round match: 1: 2 (Olimpiyashtadion).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Nuremberg” - 1.95, the draw - 3.1, the victory of “Hertha” - 3.5.

BORUSSIA M - EINTRAKHT

March 31. Borussia Park, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Dams, Delura / Köhler, Weissenberger, Jones, Amanatidis, Prell, Zimmermann.

Disqualifications: no.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Keller - Bogelund, Gokhuri, Ze Antoniu, Jansen - D. Degen, El Fakiri, Kluge, Insua - Rafael, Kae.

Eintracht (Sport Today version): Nikolov - Oks, Vasoski, Kiriyakos, Spiher - Preuss, Fink, A. Mayer, Streight - Takahara, Turk.

Last matches: - = - + - / - - + = +

First round match: 0: 1 (“Commerzbank-Arena”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Borussia” - 2.15, the draw - 3, the victory of “Eintracht” - 3.1.

STUTTGART - ALEMANIA

March 31. Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, 17.30.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: Gentner, A. da Silva, Iken, Gomez / Herzig, Plasshenrich, Krontiris, Nemeth, Ebbers.

Disqualifications: no.

“Stuttgart” (version of “Sport today”): Hildebrand - Taschi, Meira, Delpierre, Magnin - Pardo, Hilbert, Hitzlsperger, A. Farnerud - Streller, Cacau.

Alemannia (Sport Today version): Straub - Stele, Klitzper, Sichone, Leivacabessi - Reckampf, Matt. Lehmann, S. Pinto - Resler, Ibishevich, Schlaudraff.

Last matches: + = - = - / + = + + +

First round match: 4: 2 (Tivoli).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Stuttgart” - 1.57, the draw - 3.3, the victory of “Alemannia” - 5.5.

Bochum - Hannover 96

April 1st "Revir-Power-Stadion", 19.00.

Judge: not appointed.

Injuries: no / Thorvaldsson, Brdaric, Juric.

Disqualifications: no.

"Bochum" (version of "Sport today"): Fractional - Schroeder, Maltrits, Yahia, Mayhelbek - Epalle, Dabrowski, Zdebel, Grote - Misimovich, Gekas.

Hannover 96 (Sport Today version): Enke - Cherandolo, Vinicius, Farenhorst, Tarnat - Balich, Lala, Steiner, Rosenthal, Husti - Hashemyan.

Last matches: + = - = - / + + - = =

First round match : 2-0 (“AVD-Arena”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Bochum” - 2.37, the draw - 3, the victory of “Hanover-96” - 2.7.

Hamburg - Wolfsburg

April 1st "AOL-Arena", 19.00 .

Judge : not appointed.

Injuries: Sorin, Guerrero, Company, Villinger, Demel / Tiam, dos Santos.

Disqualifications: none / Quiroga.

Hamburg (Sport Today version): F. Rost - Benjamin, B. Reinhardt, Mataisen, Atuba - Mahdavikia, Jarolim, de Jong, Laas - van der Warth, Olic.

Wolfsburg (Sport Today version): Jentsch - Merle, Madlung, Hofland, van der Heyden - Maciadi, Santana, Boakye, Ksinuvek - Marcelinho, Klimovich.

Last matches: + + = = = / = - + = +

First round match: 0: 1 (Volkswagen Arena).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Hamburg” - 1.72, the draw - 3.2, the victory of “Wolfsburg” - 4.33.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 20.50 (record).

NOTE. The match start time is Moscow.

TOURNAMENT TABLE

SNIPERS: Gomez (Stuttgart), Gekas (Bochum) - 13 each .

28th TOUR. 7.04. Hannover-96 - Bavaria, Alemannia - Borussia D, Hamburg - Stuttgart, Schalke 04 - Borussia M, Wolfsburg - Mainz-05, Hertha - Arminia, Eintracht - Energy. 8.04. Bremen - Nuremberg, Bayer - Bochum.