TOUR EVENT
Oliver Kahn’s 400th match for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Speaking for the Munich 13th season, Titan is on the fifth line in the list of club guards. Only the heroes of bygone days are ahead: Sepp Mayer (473 games), Gerd Muller (427), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (416) and Klaus Augaler (404). As you can see, before the end of the season, Kahn should rise to fourth place. Andrei Voronin did not let Oliver defend the anniversary game “to zero”. However, Bayern have taken three points. This means that Kahn has set another achievement. The 37-year-old footballer celebrated the 292nd victory in the Bundesliga and thus beat the previous record holder Manfred Kaltz.
HERO TOUR
Kevin Kuranyi, Schalke 04 forward. The German national team player flashed in Mainz. His 13th goal of the season and assists Asamoah and Lincoln brought the club away from Gelsenkirchen the first away victory since early February. Thus, one more step has been taken to the champion title, which has not been given to Schalke since 1958. His competitors, however, also won. But the happiness of the “Gazprom” is in their own hands. If they escape at the finish line, no one will take their gold from them.
TOUR FAILURE
Dariusz Zhurav, defender of “Hanover 96”. In Stuttgart, luck laughed at the Hanoverians. Equalizing the score, the guests began to systematically shatter the defense of one of the leaders. Their victory would have been quite natural, but instead of the gates of the other, the 96th hit their own. Two immediately tried to prevent Streller’s blow near the goal line - Zhurav and Hanno Balich. In the end, they interfered with each other. From the chest of a Polish veteran, the ball flew into the net.
TOUR SENSATION
The success of Eintracht in Bielefeld. The predictable tour also cost, consider, without surprises. However, albeit with a stretch, we attribute to such a productive game of the Frankfurt club. The team fighting for survival last won away in the first round, and in Bielefeld - already in 1971. Saturday's four goals - a balm for the wounds of the Frankfurt and their admirers. And a good rehearsal for “Eintracht” before the semifinal of the German Cup against “Nuremberg”.
TREND
Mainz-05 is back to the bottom. The humble squad of Jürgen Klopp at the beginning of the second round heard a lot of praise in his address. The outsider made himself respected and, thanks to a series of victories, took off in the middle of the table. However, the outbreak did not last long. Mohamed Zidane, no matter how hard he tries, is hard to pull the cart alone. When the Egyptian does not score, the team simply has no chance. Evidence of this is the match with Schalke. The defeat was for the “Mainz” fourth in a row. A certain force of gravity inexorably pulls the club to the bottom ...
SEE ALSO
After serving a 5-match suspension, the Brazilian Lincoln escaped into a quick counterattack and noted the return to the field naked at the gate of “Mainz”.
TOUR DIGIT
1 million people have already attended home meetings of the Dortmund Borussia this season. The average attendance at Signal-Iduna Park is 72,700 spectators. In terms of this indicator, yellow-blacks are in first place in Germany and second in Europe. Ahead is only “Manchester United”, whose home matches on average collect 75,829 fans.
Sergey NIKOLAEV