Chip in the north

Sergey NIKOLAEV

Werder Bremen - Hamburg. The North Derby, as always, stands out from the general Bundesliga series. And it does not matter that its participants are now pursuing completely different tasks. “Bremen” unsuccessfully spent the last two matches of the championship, losing to the main competitors - “Schalke 04” and “Stuttgart”. True, on Wednesday, Bremen significantly raised their spirits by defeating Ajax in the UEFA Cup match. Hamster also perked up, having finally won a second victory of the season. The Dortmund Borussia was defeated with impressive ease. Until recently, the crowded infirmary of the Hamburgers was noticeably empty, and fans of the team hope for an early renaissance led by Huub Stevens.

“Borussia” D - “Borussia” M. Teams are related not only by a common name. In both “Borussia” coaching changes have recently occurred. The debut of Jürgen Reber at the helm of the Dortmund was impressive: the “yellow-black” enchantingly defeated the “Bavaria” itself. But this surge was followed by failure - three defeats in a row. Gladbakhites have recently been led by Dutchman Jos Luhukai, who is more accustomed to second roles. Under him, the team had not yet lost, but it also did not rise from the “relegation zone”.

DO NOT LOSE FROM THE VIEW

Last week was successful for Mario Gomez . On Wednesday, the 21-year-old Stuttgart hit the Swiss goal in a debut match for the German national team. He scored on Saturday, participating in the defeat of the formidable “Bremen” and breaking into first place in the Bundesliga's scorer dispute. Will Super Mario continue his exploits in a duel with Eintracht?

IMPORTANT WORDS

“Our fifth place is by no means accidental. There are no accidents at all in professional sports. We have demonstrated something, have made some progress and are in a good mood. However, we don’t need to think ahead: anything can happen,” Russian forward Nuremberg Ivan Sayenko.

Bayern defender Andreas Gerlitz remained out of the game for 830 days. On November 3, 2004, in a Champions League match with Juventus, the football player was seriously injured - a cruciate ligament rupture. For more than two years, Gerlitz was treated and finally returned to the field, coming on as a substitute in the match with Arminia.

EINTRAHT - STUTTGART

February 16th . "Commerzbank-Arena", 22.30.

Judge: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding).

Injuries: Prell, Reinhardt, Roemer / Meira, Khedira.

Disqualifications: Spiecher / no.

Eintracht (Sport Today version): Nikolov - Preuss, Kiriyakos, Vasoski, Oaks - Jones, Streight, A. Mayer, Turk, Chris - Takahara.

Stuttgart (Sport Today version): Hildebrand - Osorio, Tasci, Delpierre, Magnin - Pardo, Hilbert, Hitzlsperger, A.da Silva - Cacau, Gomez.

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

First round match: 1: 1 (“Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion”).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Eintracht” - 3 draw - 3, victory of “Stuttgart” - 2.2.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 22.25 (direct).

ALEMANIA - BAVARIA

February 17. Tivoli, 17.30.

Judge: Manuel Grefe (Berlin).

Injuries: Krontiris, Nemeth / Ismael .

Disqualifications: no.

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

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

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

First round match: 1: 2 (“Alliance Arena”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Alemannia” - 5, the draw - 3.3, the victory of “Bavaria” - 1.61.

WERDER - HAMBURG

February 17. Weserstadion, 17.30.

Judge: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg).

Injuries: Baumann, Ovomoyela, Klasnic / Company, Demel.

Disqualifications: Wome / no.

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

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

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

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

Quotes William Hill: victory, “Bremen” - 1.57, draw - 3.3, victory “Hamburg” - 5.5.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 17.25 (direct).

February 17. Volkswagen Arena, 17.30.

Judge: Jochen Drees (Mainz) .

Injuries: dos Santos / Varela, S. Larsen, Azamoa, Kunert, Pander, Heppke.

Disqualifications: no.

Wolfsburg (Sport Today version): Jentsch - Quiroga, Hofland, Madlung, van der Heyden - van der Legte, Sarpei, Marcelinho, Ksinuvek - Hanke, Klimovich.

Schalke 04 (Sport Today version): Neuer - Rafinha, Bordon, Krstaich, Rodriguez - F. Ernst, Bayramovich, Lincoln - Halil Altintop, Kuranyi, Levenkrands.

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

First round match: 0: 2 (Veltins Arena).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Wolfsburg” - 3.3, draw - 3.1, victory of “Schalke 04” - 2.

BORUSSIA D - BORUSSIA M

February 17. "Signal-Iduna-Park", 17.30.

Judge: Marcux Schmidt (Stuttgart).

Injuries: Verns, Kael, B. Mayer, Vrzhogich / Dams, Neuville.

Disqualifications: Dede / no.

Borussia D (Sport Today version): Weidenfeller - F. Degen, Bzhenska, Metzelder, Kringe - Tinga, Krushka, Rikken, Pienaar - Ado Valdes, Fry.

Borussia M (Sport Today version): Keller - Bogelund, Gokhuri, Ze Antoniu, Comper - Polanski, Kluge, Delura, Insua, Jansen - Kae.

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

First round match: 0: 1 (Borussia Park).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Borussia” D - 1.72, the draw - 3.2, the victory of “Borussia” M - 4.33.

GERT - MAINZ-05

February 17. Olimpiyashtadion, 17.30.

Judge: Peter Zippel (Munich).

Injuries: Shahed, Boateng, Cagara / Vrancic.

Disqualifications: no.

Hertha (Sport Today version): Fiedler - A. Friedrich, van Burik, Szimunich, Fati - Dardai, Dejaga, Bashtürk, Gilberto - Pantelich, Jimenez.

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

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

First round match: 1: 1 (Bruchwegstadion).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of "Hertha" - 1.61, the draw - 3.3, the victory of "Mainz-05" - 5.

Bayer - Hannover 96

February 17. "BayArena", 17.30.

Injuries: Roque Junior, Juan, A. Mayer, Adler / Zhurav, Brdaric, Juric.

Disqualifications: Butt, Fryer / no.

Bayer (Sport Today version): Fernandez - Castro, Aggie, Kallsen-Bracker, Babich - B. Schneider, Ramelov, Rolfes, Atirson - Barbares, Kissling.

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

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

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

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Bayer” - 1.9, the draw - 3.1, the victory of “Hanover-96” - 3.6.

ARMY - BOCHUM

18th of Febuary. "Shyuko-Arena", 19.00.

Judge: Felix Brich (Munich).

Injuries: none / Skov-Jensen.

Disqualifications: no.

“Arminia” (version of “Sport today”): Hein - Korzhinets, Westermann, Gabriel, Schuler - Camper, Kauf, Marx, Boehme - Zuma, Vikhnyarek.

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

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

First round match: 1: 1 (Rever-Power-Stadion).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Arminia” - 2, draw - 3.1, victory of “Bochum” - 3.3.

18th of Febuary. Easy Credit Stadium, 19.00.

Judge: Torsten Kienhefer (Herne).

Injuries: Mintal, Kennedy, Engelhardt / Mackenna, Kukelka, Skela, Yungnikel, Shekel.

Disqualifications: no.

Nuremberg (Sport Today version): Schaefer - D. Reinhardt, Wolf, Bosch, Pinola - Galasek, Mnari, Greshko - Vittek, Schrot, Saenko.

"Energy" (version of "Sport Today"): Piplitsa - Seleshi, Mitreski, Tsvitanovich, Tsibig - T. Rost, Baumgart, Gunkel, Munteanu - Radu, Kiyo.

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

First round match: 1: 1 (Stadion der Freundschaft).

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

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Sport-Online, 18.55 (direct).

TOURNAMENT TABLE

SNIPERS : Gomez (Stuttgart) - 12, Makaay (Bavaria), Pantelich (Hertha), Klose (Bremen) - 11 each .

23rd TOUR. 02/23. Stuttgart - Hertha. 02.24. Hannover-96 - Borussia D, Mainz-05 - Nuremberg, Energy - Arminia, Hamburg - Eintracht, Bavaria - Wolfsburg, Bochum - Alemannia. 02/25. Borussia M - Bremen, Schalke 04 - Bayer.