TOUR EVENT
Stuttgart beat Schalke. For the tour to the finish line in the Bundesliga there was a change of guard. For the second time this season, wards of Armin Fe soared to the top. This already happened after the 12th round, but then Swabian music played only a week. But now there is every reason to believe that it is in honor of the Stuttgart champions that the band will strike. A home win over Energia guarantees them gold. The new leader should say Dank Shen to the Dortmund Borussia. In the 129th Ruhr derby, the “yellow-blacks” greatly upset their unloved neighbors from Gelsenkirchen. The misfire of the main competitor allowed Stuttgart to get out of the many-month ambush. He has all the cards in his hands - you just need to turn the seven-match winning streak into an eight-match.
HERO TOUR
Stuttgart could easily share the fate of the victims of the Schalke and Bremen fiasco. In Bochum, the hosts who were carrying out the ending of the season strongly resisted the Swabians. Twice they came forward, but the candidate for the throne turned out to be strong. Stuttgart youth was led by experienced Cacau . The Brazilian co-authored the first goal of the guests, assisting Hitzlsperger. And with the score 2: 2 he scored himself using the flank canopy of Khedira. True, this ball did not allow Cacau to catch up with the main Stuttgart shooter Gomez. Super Mario, having finally recovered from his injury, came on as a substitute in Bochum and scored with the first touch.
TOUR FAILURE
Following the Borussia from Mönchengladbach, which had long lost its last hope, the Mainz-05 and Alemannia said goodbye to the Bundesliga. De jure, however, it is too early to pronounce the death penalty on both clubs. But the difference in goals between them is much worse than that of the 15th Wolfsburg. Therefore, there is no talk of pardon. But “Alemannia” was close to saving victory over the “wolves”. Accepting competitors, Aachenians led - 2: 0. But in the last ten minutes they allowed the opponent to recoup. For “Wolfsburg” this draw is much more joyful than for “Mainz” a major victory over the Glabakh team. Zidane and Co. slammed the door, but no one heard it.
TOUR SENSATION
Defeat of “Bremen” from “Eintracht”. Bremen continued a series of ugly spring performances. Before the Saturday match, they were still thinking about the championship, but the modest Eintracht pointed Schaaf’s pets to its true place. The team from the city of German skyscrapers had something to fight for. Victory guaranteed them the inviolability of an elite residence permit. And the white-green ones are to blame for everything themselves. Their helplessness was symbolized by Naldo's own goal, who decided the outcome of the fight. The history of the Bundesliga testifies: in 70 percent of cases, the autumn champion is the first to finish the season. In the case of Werder Bremen, the statistics did not work.
TREND
Dortmund keep the gate locked. The “Borussia” played out at the end of the season did not miss in the last four matches. Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller’s dry series is already 411 minutes. The gate guard did not fail in the duel with Schalke. No matter how hard Lincoln, Kuranyi and his comrades tried, none of them managed to break through the Dortmund “wall”.
SEE ALSO
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TOUR DIGIT
For 13 rounds the permanent leadership of Schalke lasted, holding the leading line since the beginning of February. Overcome the line of the "damn dozen" wards Mirko Slomki were not able to ...
Sergey NIKOLAEV