TOUR EVENT
Stuttgart took second place. Throughout April, the position in the gold digger camp was intriguing, but stable. Schalke was in the lead, Werder Bremen was two points behind, Stuttgart two more and they all won regularly. However, even in this carefully calibrated German program, a crash occurred. On Friday, the Gelsenkirchenians lost, on Sunday their fate was shared by the Bremen. The honor of the German beau monde was supported only by Stuttgart. On Saturday, thanks to the goal of Hilbert, the “young and wild” defeated the doomed Gladbakhites. As a result, in the upper echelons it became even closer. The backs of Schalke players are increasingly scalding the breath of their pursuers. The second “Stuttgart” is one point behind, and the “Bremen” are two behind. The most interesting is just beginning.
HERO TOUR
Roberto Hilbert, Stuttgart midfielder. The 22-year-old football player did not play in the Bundesliga before this season. However, he did not hesitate in an elite company, having immediately won a place on the right edge of the Swabian midfield. More and more often, the name of Hilbert appears in the minutes of matches in the section “goal authors”. The winning goal against Borussia from Mönchengladbach was the sixth for the season for Roberto. And the third in the last four rounds. It’s not in vain that Bundestrener Joachim Leo drew attention to this guy ...
TOUR FAILURE
A week ago , Bayern parted with the illusions of another gold. Now, it seems, it's time to mentally say goodbye to the Champions League. The third place giving an entrance ticket there will go to the Munich team only under a fantastic set of circumstances. The hopes of the eminent club were destroyed by Hamburg. More precisely, van der Warth, whom Bayern is not averse to buying, and Guerrero, once rejected by her. Apparently, the wards of Ottmar Hitzfeld will spend the ending of the championship in the after-game mode. All thoughts are already about the next season, in which the “record-holder” will appear in a noticeably updated form.
TOUR SENSATION
Defeats of Schalke and Werder Bremen. The failure of both gold bidders is equally unexpected. The favorites were stopped by fighters for survival. However, the ability of outsiders to mobilize at a critical moment is known. Especially when snipers like Theofanis Gekas are in their clip. The Bochum Greek “buried” the Gelsenkirchens, bringing the number of goals scored in the season to 19. There are no such forwards in Arminia, but there is goalkeeper Matthias Hein. He conceded two goals from Werder Bremen, but at other times he stood to his death. And his partners, having spent one of the best matches of the season, created a sensation. After the Schalke failure, the Bremen two days anticipated their triumphant return to the leaders. But, apparently, did not cope with the nerves.
TREND
Alemannia hit the peak. In March, newcomers to the Bundesliga from Aachen looked cheerful. Then, having won three consecutive victories, they entrenched in the "golden" middle. It seemed that the wards of Michael Frontzeck calmly finish the season without bothering with the problem of survival. But optimists speculate, and football disposes. Take-off sharply turned into a steep peak - the club from the German-Dutch border suffered five defeats in a row. The last of them is especially sensitive: in the native Tivoli, the Aachenians were humiliated by the capital’s visitors.
CM. ALSO
This is how the best Bundesliga sniper Theofanis Gekas, responding to the flanking lumbago, brought Bochum a victory in a duel with Schalke.
TOUR DIGIT
The 12th goal in 13 games for Mainz 05 was scored by Mohamed Zidane. The Egyptian is still working for himself and for those guys, trying to get the team out of the quagmire. But still it is very likely that his efforts will not end in success.
Sergey NIKOLAEV