Ruhr question

Sergey NIKOLAEV

MATCH TOUR

“Borussia” D - “Schalke 04”. Interest in the Ruhr derby, classic for Germany, is now higher than the usual mark. Indeed, in this round the coronation of Schalke is possible. It will happen if the Blues win, the Stuttgart pursuing them will lose, but the Werder Bremen will not win. However, Borussia will do everything to disrupt the feast to its archenemy. After three victories in a row, former confidence returned to the Dortmund team. Recently, they were worried about a place in the elite, and now they are thinking about the Intertoto Cup. True, the yellow-blacks spoiled the neighbors from Gelsenkirchen with excessive hospitality. The last time Schalke was beaten in Dortmund in 1999. The continuation of the tradition will be more convenient for guests than ever.

UNEXPECTED INTrigue

Alemannia - Wolfsburg. In the table, these commands are adjacent. But - on both sides of the dangerous line. In Aachen, they will play more than three points. Actually at stake is a place in the sun. To such a life rivals brought the last setbacks. Their total catch in four rounds is a point. Alemannia with its six consecutive defeats is especially bad. The problems in the Aachen team are also evidenced by the removal from the main staff of Schlaudraff and the Duma, which happened last week. Michael Frontzeck motivated the expulsion of leading players by their lack of dedication.

DO NOT LOSE FROM THE VIEW

Rejecting the insistent invitations of Juventus, Torsten Frings chose to stay at home. The other day, a 30-year-old midfielder extended his contract with Werder Bremen until 2011. Having carefully weighed the pros and cons, Frings did not want to part with the club with which the best moments of his career are connected. By the way, in 2002, the German national team player was already leaving Bremen, but subsequently realized the fallacy of that decision and returned.

IMPORTANT WORDS

“Each applicant for the title has its own merits. “Werder Bremen” has a stable leadership and ability to cope with difficulties. Stuttgart has an excellent team spirit and solidarity. But I have long put on Schalke, whose trump card is an excellent selection of players. Especially good is the central axis of Neuer - Bordon - Lincoln - Kuranyi. And the memories of the 2001 championship lost in a dramatic fight add extra strength to the players, ”said Felix Magat , an expert on Arena.

BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS

The match in Dortmund will mark the anniversary of Mirko Slomki. He will hold the 50th match at the helm of Schalke in the Bundesliga. Will the team adequately congratulate the 39-year-old coach?

ENERGY - BAVARIA

12 May. The Stadion der Freundschaft, 17.30.

Judge: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen) Knut Kircher (Rottenburg).

Injuries: Shekel, Tritko / Sagnol, Lusio, Podolski, Salihamidzic, Hargreaves, Ismael, Schweinsteiger.

Disqualifications: V.da Silva / no.

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

Bayern (Sport Today version): Kahn - Lell, Demichelis, van Beiten, Lam - Gerlitz, van Bommel, Ottl, Karimi - Mackay, Pizarro.

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

First round match: 1: 2 (Allianz Arena).

Quotes William Hill: victory of “Energy” - 3.2, draw - 3.2, victory of “Bavaria” - 2.

NURNBERG - HAMBURG

12 May. Easy Credit Stadium, 17.30.

Judge: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg).

Injuries: Kennedy, Sin, Benko / Company, Villinger.

Disqualifications: Galasek / no.

Nuremberg (Sport Today version): Schaefer - D. Rainhardt, Wolf, Glauber, Pinola - Polak, Spiranovich, Engelhardt - Pagenburg, Schrot, Saenko.

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

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

First round match : 0-0 (AOL-Arena).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Nuremberg” - 1.9, the draw - 3.25, the victory of “Hamburg” - 3.4.

Borussia D - Schalke 04

12 May. “Signal-Iduna-Park”, 17.30.

Judge: Herbert Fandel (Killburg).

Injuries: B. Mayer / Levenkrands, Benish.

Disqualifications: no.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Weidenfeller - Metzelder, Bzhenska, Verns, Dede - Kruška, Kringe, Tinga, Pienar - Fry, Smolyarek.

Schalke 04 (Sport Today version): Neuer - Rafinha, Bordon, Krstaich, Pander - F. Ernst, Hamit Altıntop, Lincoln - Asamoa, Kuranyi, Yezil.

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

First round match: 1: 3 (Veltins Arena).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of Borussia - 2.87, the draw - 3.1, the victory of Schalke 04 - 2.2.

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

GERT - BAYER

12 May. Olimpiyashtadion, 17.30.

Judge: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding).

Injuries: Dardai, Mineiro, Cagara / Roque Junior.

Disqualifications: Shimunich / no.

Hertha (Sport Today version): Fiedler - J. Boateng, A. Friedrich, van Burik, Faty - Shehed, Dejaga, Bashtürk, Gilberto - Jimenez, Pantelich.

“Bayer” (version of “Sport Today”): Adler - Castro, Juan, Kallsen-Bracker, Stenman - Ramelov, Rolfes, B. Schneider, Fryer, Barnetta - Kissling.

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

First round match: 1: 2 (BayArena).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Hertha” - 2.2, the draw - 3.2, the victory of “Bayer” - 2.8.

BOCHUM - STUTTGART

12 May. Revir Power Stadion, 17.30.

Judge : Florian Mayer (Burgdorf).

Injuries: Mayhelbek / Iken.

Disqualifications: none / Meira, Boca.

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

Stuttgart (Sport Today version): Hildebrand - Osorio, Tasci, Delpierre, Magnin - Pardo, Khedira, Hitzlsperger, Hilbert - Laut, Cacau.

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

First round match: 0: 1 (“Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of Bochum - 3.4, the draw - 3.25, the victory of Stuttgart - 1.9.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Sport-Online, 17.25 (direct).

Mainz-05 - Borussia M

12 May. The Bruchwegstadion, 17.30.

Judge: Roland Kienhefer (Herne).

Injuries: Wache, Jovanovic, Weigelt / Keller, Dams, Delura, Neuville, Baumyohann.

Disqualifications: no.

Mainz-05 (version of “Sport Today”): Vetklo - Demirtas, M. Friedrich, Noweski, Rose - Azauag, Andreasen, Pekovich, F. Gerber, Soto - Zidane.

Borussia (Sport Today version): Hymerot - Bogelund, Gokhuri, Flessers, Komper - Klug, Polanski, Jansen, Marine - Insua, Rafael.

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

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

Quotes William Hill: the victory of Mainz-05 - 1.61, the draw - 3.6, the victory of Borussia - 4.33.

ARMY - HANNOVER-96

12 May. "Shyuko Arena", 17.30.

Judge: Michael Kemper (Sauldorf).

Injuries: no / Torvaldsson, Juric.

Disqualifications: no.

“Arminia” (version of “Sport today”): Hein - Bollmann, Westermann, Kuchera, Rau - Kauf, Teche, Boehme, Masmanidis - Zuma, Aigler.

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

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

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

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Arminia” - 2.37, the draw - 3.1, the victory of “Hanover-96” - 2.62.

WERDER - EINTRAKHT

12 May. Weserstadion, 17.30.

Judge: Marcus Merck (Otterbach).

Injuries: Ovomoyela, Klasnic, Borowski, Mertezacker / Weissenberger, Jones, A. Mayer, Prell, Roemer.

Disqualifications: no.

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

Eintracht (Sport Today version): Nikolov - Oks, Kiriyakos, Vasoski, Spiher - Streight, Fink, Huggel, Köhler - Amanatidis, Takahara.

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

First round match: 6: 2 (“Commerzbank-Arena”).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of the Bremen - 1.3, the draw - 4.33, the victory of Eintracht - 8.

ALEMANIA - WOLFSBURG

May 12th . Tivoli, 17.30.

Judge: Manuel Grefe (Berlin).

Injuries: Straub, Plasshenrich / Menseges, Hanke, Santana, Tiam.

Disqualifications: Herzig, Klitzper / no.

Alemannia (Sport Today version): Nicht - Casper, Stele, Sichone, Leivacabessi - Reckampf, Matt. Lehmann, Fil, Resler - Ebbers, Ibishevich.

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

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

First round match: 2: 1 (Volkswagen Arena).

Quotes William Hill: the victory of “Alemannia” - 2.4, the draw - 3.25, the victory of “Wolfsburg” - 2.5.

Broadcast: NTV-Plus Football, 19.40 (record).

NOTE. The match start time is Moscow.

SNIPER: Gekas (Bochum) - 20.

34th TOUR. 05/19. Borussia M - Bochum, Eintracht - Hertha, Hannover-96 - Nuremberg, Bavaria - Mainz-05, Schalke 04 - Arminia, Hamburg - Alemannia, Stuttgart - Energy, Wolfsburg - Werder, Bayer - Borussia D.