Don't scare away luck

Sergey NIKOLAEV

MATCH TOUR

Stuttgart - Energy. The seventh victory in a row brought the Swabian team to first place. The eighth guarantees her a silver salad bowl. So Stuttgart is already preparing for a grand holiday. Euphoria reigns in the city, and only Armin Fe tries to warn everyone from premature joy. The coach is clearly afraid to frighten off luck: the training of the team takes place behind closed doors, players are strictly forbidden to give interviews. Stuttgart is a favorite, but the last fight, as you know, is the most difficult. Let Energia solve all its problems and also experience personnel problems - but the Cottbus are not averse to ruining the mood for the Fe team.

UNEXPECTED INTrigue

Schalke 04 - Arminia. The loss of leadership has become extremely painful for Schalke. But the "Gazprom" hope has not yet died. To win gold for the first time in 49 years, the team needs a mandatory victory. But not everything is in her hands - we must still wait for the good news from Stuttgart. In a certain scenario, even a draw of swabs will make their competitors champions. In this case, the club from Gelsenkirchen must defeat Arminia with a difference of four goals. In the event of a defeat, Schalke may fall to third place, having passed up the Werder Bremen.

DO NOT LOSE FROM THE VIEW

For Hans-Jörg Butt, the match with the Dortmund players will be the last in the form of Bayer. During the season, the previously uncontested goalkeeper gave way to the young Rene Adler, after which he announced his retirement. Head coach Michael Skibbe decided to give Butt the opportunity to say goodbye to the public. The meeting will be the 191st for Hans-Jorg as part of the "pharmacists". The gate-keeper who loves to shoot a penalty scored 7 goals.

IMPORTANT WORDS

“In comparison with other European top championships, the Bundesliga looks very attractive. Nowhere else do they care about the fans, nowhere are there such wonderful stadiums. Nowhere, especially this season, is there such an even roster of participants guaranteeing a tense struggle. All this gives the German championship a special, unique character, ”- Jürgen Klinsmann , currently working as a consultant on a paid German television channel.

BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS

The last time Stuttgart became the champion 15 years ago. The captain of the gold team-1992 was the famous defender of the German national team Guido Buchwald. It has already been decided that it is he who will hand over the Silver Salad Bowl to the current captain of the Swabian club in the event of Saturday's triumph.

BORUSSIA M - BOCHUM

May 19th . Borussia Park, 17.30.
Judge : Marcus Merck (Otterbach).
Injuries : Keller, Dams, Delura, Neuville, Baumyohann / Mayhelbek.
Disqualifications : Rafael, Gokhuri / no.
Borussia M (Sport Today version): Hymerot - Bogelund, Lefels, Flessers, Komper - Kluge, Polanski, Jansen, Marine - Insua, Lamidi.
"Bochum" (version of "Sport today"): Fractional - Schroeder, Maltrits, Yahia, Butcher - Misimovich, Dabrowski, Zdebel, Grote - Epalle, Gekas.
Last matches : - - - = - / - + + + -
First round match : 0: 2 (Revir Power Stadion).
Quotes William Hill : the victory of Borussia - 2.5, the draw - 3.25, the victory of Bochum - 2.4.

EINTRAHT - GERT

May 19. "Commerzbank-Arena", 17.30.
Judge : Gunter Perl (Munich).
Injuries : Weissenberger, Jones, A. Mayer, Prell, Roemer / Dardai, Mineiro, Cagara.
Disqualifications : no / K.Boateng, Neuendorf.
Eintracht (Sport Today version): Nikolov - Oks, Kiriyakos, Vasoski, Spiher - Streight, Fink, Huggel, Köhler - Amanatidis, Takahara.
Hertha (Sport Today version): Fiedler - J. Boateng, A. Friedrich, van Burik, Faty - Shehed, Dejaga, Bashtürk, Gilberto - Jimenez, Pantelich
Last matches : + - - + + / + - + - -
First round match : 0: 1 (Olimpiyashtadion).
Quotes William Hill : Eintracht victory - 2.1, draw - 3.2, Hertha victory - 3.

HANNOVER-96 - NURNBERG

May 19th . "AVD-Arena", 17.30.
Judge : Jochen Drees (Mainz).
Injuries : Thorvaldsson, Yurich, Lala / Kennedy, Greshko, Benko, Vittek.
Disqualifications : Husti / no.
Hannover 96 (Sport Today version): Enke - Cherandolo, Vinicius, Farenhorst, Tarnat - Balich, Yankov, Rosenthal, Bruggink, Brdarich - Hashemyan.
Nuremberg (Sport Today version): Schaefer - D. Reinhardt, Wolf, Glauber, Pinola - Polak, Kristiansen, Engelhardt - Pagenburg, Schrot, Saenko
Last matches : - + + + - / + - = - -
First round match : 1: 3 (Easy Credit Stadium).
Quotes William Hill : the victory of Hannover - 1.72, the draw - 3.25, the victory of Nuremberg - 4.2.

Bavaria - Mainz-05

May 19th . Alliance Arena, 17.30.
Judge : Babak Rafati (Hannover).
Injuries : Sagnol, Lucio, Podolsky, Salihamidzic, Hargreaves, Ismael, Schweinsteiger / Wache, Jovanovic, Weigelt.
Disqualifications : no.
Bayern (Sport Today version): Kahn - Lell, Demichelis, van Buyten, Lam - Gerlitz, van Bommel, Ottl, Karimi - Makaay, Pizarro.
Mainz-05 (version of “Sport Today”): Vetklo - Demirtas, M. Friedrich, Noweski, Rose - Azauag, Andreasen, Pekovich, F. Gerber, Soto - Zidane.
Last matches : + - - = + / - = - - +
First round match : 4-0 (Bruchwegstadion).
Quotes William Hill : victory for Bavaria - 1.33, draw - 4.2, victory for Mainz-05 - 7.5.

Schalke 04 - ARMY

May 19th . The Feltins Arena, 17.30.
Judge : Felix Brich (Munich).
Injuries : Benish / no.
Disqualifications : no.
Schalke 04 (Sport Today version): Neuer - Rafinha, Bordon, Krstaich, Pander - F. Ernst, Hamit Altintop, Lincoln - Azamoa, Kuranyi, Yezil.
“Arminia” (version of “Sport today”): Hein - Bollmann, Westermann, Kuchera, Rau - Kauf, Teche, Boehme, Masmanidis - Zuma, Aigler
Last matches : + + - + - / - = + + +
First round match : 1-0 (Shyuko Arena).
Quotes William Hill : Schalke win - 1.28, draw - 5, victory of Arminia - 7.
Broadcast : NTV-Plus Football, 19.45 (record).

HAMBURG - ALEMANIA

May 19th . "AOL-Arena", 17.30.
Judge : Mark Zeemann (Essen).
Injuries : Company, Villinger / Straub, Plasshenrich.
Disqualifications : no / S. Pinto.
Hamburg (Sport Today version): F. Rost - Benjamin, B. Reinhardt, Mataisen, Atuba - Demel, Jarolim, Laas, Sorin - van der Warth, Olic.
Alemannia (Sport Today version): Nicht - Casper, Stele, Sichone, Leivacabessi - Reckampf, Matt. Lehmann, Fil, Resler - Ebbers, Ibishevich.
Last matches : + = + - + / - - - - =
First round match : 3: 3 (Tivoli).
Quotes William Hill : the victory of Hamburg - 1.5, the draw - 3.6, the victory of Alemannia - 5.5.

STUTTGART - ENERGY

May 19th . “Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion”, 17.30.
Judge : Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding).
Injuries : Ikeng / Mackenna, Shekel, Tritko.
Disqualifications : no / Baumgart, V.da Silva, T.Rost.
Stuttgart (Sport Today version): Hildebrand - Osorio, Tasci, Delpierre, Magnin - Pardo, Khedira, Hitzlsperger, Hilbert - Laut, Cacau.
"Energy" (version of "Sport Today"): Piplitsa - Celesha, Bandrowski, Mitreski, Tsvitanovich - Kukelka, Skela, Hunkel, Munteanu - Kiyo, Radu.
Last matches : + + + + + / + - = - -
First round match : 0-0 (Stadion der Freundschaft).
Quotes William Hill : the victory of Stuttgart - 1.16, the draw - 5.5, the victory of the Energy - 12.
Broadcast : NTV-Plus Football, 17.25 (direct).

WOLFSBOURG - WERDER

May 19th . Volkswagen Arena, 17.30.
Judge : Peter Zippel (Munich).
Injuries : Menseges, Hanke, Santana, Tiam. / Ovomoyela, Klasnich, Borowski, Mertezakker
Disqualifications : no.
Wolfsburg (Sport Today version): Jentsch - Quiroga, Madlung, Hofland, van der Heyden - Makiadi, van der Legte, Ksinuvek, Marcelinho - Boakye, Klimovich.
Werder Bremen (Sport Today): Wiese - Fritz, Pasanen, Naldo, Wome - Frings, D. Jensen, Hunt, Diego - Klose, Rosenberg.
Last matches : - - = - = / + + - + -
First round match : 1: 2 (Weserstadion).
Quotes William Hill : victory of “Wolfsburg” - 3.25, draw - 3.3, victory of “Werder Bremen” - 1.95.

Bayer - Borussia D

May 19th . “BayArena”, 17.30.
Judge : Peter Gagelmann (Bremen).
Injuries : Roque Junior / Fry, B. Mayer.
Disqualifications : no.
Bayer (Sport Today version): Butt - Castro, Juan, Kallsen-Bracker, Stenman - Schwegler, Rolfes, B. Schneider, Fryer - Voronin, Kissling
Borussia D (Sport Today version): Weidenfeller - Metzelder, Bzhenska, Werns, Dede - Kruška, Kringe, Tinga, Pienaar - Smolyarek, Aedo Valdes.
Last matches : - = - - + / - + + + +
First round match : 2: 1 (“Signal-Iduna-Park”).
Quotes William Hill : the victory of Bayer - 2.5, the draw - 3.25, the victory of Borussia - 2.4.

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SNIPER : Gekas (Bochum) - 20.