Borussia Dortmund did not miss the opportunity to snatch the lead from its arch-rival Bayern Munich, taking advantage of the precious gift that Mainz gave him earlier by knocking out the Bavarian giants 1-3 on Saturday, to sweep away its guest, Eintracht Frankfurt, 4-0, in the 29th stage of the German League . for football.

Borussia Dortmund raised its lead to 60 points, one point ahead of Bayern, who suffered its fourth loss this season, foreshadowing a fierce struggle for the title 5 stages before the end.

At his “Signal Iduna Park” stadium, Dortmund took advantage of Frankfurt’s weak moments in the first half to settle the match in his favor thanks to the Englishman Jude Bellingham (19), Dutchman Doniel Mallen (24) and Mats Hummels (41).

Maln scored the second personal goal for him and the fourth for his team in the 66th minute of the second half, raising his tally to 7 goals this season in the league.

Dortmund has not won the title since the 2011-2012 season, and Bayern has dominated it after that in the past ten seasons.
"This is how we have to play if we want to be at the top," Dortmund's sporting director Sebastian Kehl told Sky Sports. "We know there are still difficult steps to go through."

Dortmund will play in its next five matches against Bochum (fifteenth), Wolfsburg (eighth), Borussia Mönchengladbach (tenth), Augsburg (13th) and against Mainz VI.

Bayern failed to maintain its advantage after opening the scoring through Senegalese striker Sadio Mane (29), Laird Mainz with a hat-trick thanks to French striker Ludovic Ajork (65), Luxembourgish Leandro Barreiro Martins (73) and Spanish substitute Aaron Martin Caricol (79).

Mainz, who had not lost since February 11, advanced to sixth place temporarily, with 45 points, to compete with the Danish coach Bo Svenson for European positions.

Martin Schmidt, sporting director of Mainz, who has not lost in 10 league matches, said he was "at a loss for words" to explain the level of his team, stressing that "what the team is doing is unbelievable."

And the failures of the Bavarian giant, who is going through a difficult period, followed with the arrival of his new coach, Thomas Tuchel, instead of Julian Nagelsmann, who was dismissed from his duties, as he exited the local cup and then from the quarter-finals of the European Champions League against Manchester City (lost 0-3 in the first leg and drew 1-1 in the forth). .
"They dealt us a fatal blow," Tuchel said in an interview with German television after the match, stressing that the team "must do its best now to respond."

Tuchel added that he would give his players three days off before next week's match against bottom club Hertha Berlin, who lost 4-2 to Werder Bremen on the same day.

"They came out of nowhere and there was no pressure. We didn't have the energy to respond to that, I don't know why."

Tuchel made several changes to the starting line-up after the tie against City, keeping French Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sané on the bench, and replacing Canadian Alfonso Davis, Manet and Thomas Mueller. He also missed the efforts of Frenchman Benjamin Pavard to be suspended, who was added to the absence of compatriot Lucas Hernandez and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer due to injury.

Mane scored a goal with a "Loeb" drop ball after confronting goalkeeper Robin Zentner after a deep pass from Jamal Musiala, but the referee rejected it due to the offside of the Senegalese striker (15).

Bayern suffered a moral blow after Tuchel was forced to remove Davis after suffering an injury, and to introduce Moroccan defender Nosair Mazraoui in his place 10 minutes after the whistle at the start of the first half.

Bayern waited for the 29th minute to open the scoring after a solo effort from Portuguese Joao Cancelo on the left side, to pass a cross to the second post, followed by Mane's header into the net, in his seventh goal this season in the "Bundesliga".

And from a fatal mistake by the Swiss goalkeeper Jan Sommer, who evaded a ball shot by South Korean Jae-Sung Lee from him inside the area, and it reached the striker Ajurk, who followed it into the net, equalizing (65).

Mainz added the second, after pressure from the Austrian, Karim Onicevo, on Bayern's Croatian defender, Josep Stanisic, to pass the first ball to Martins at the penalty mark, which he easily followed into the net (73).

Tuchel pushed the young 17-year-old French striker Matthijs Till and the Dutchman Ryan Gravenburch instead of veteran Mueller and Joshua Kimmich (74) to give a dose of confidence, but Bayern fell into the ban by receiving his third after a left shot from inside the area to substitute Martin Karikol (79).
Wolfsburg returned to the winning streak after two draws and a loss by sweeping Bochum 5-1.

He scored for the Swedish winner, Matthias Svanberg (10 and 56), the Polish Jacob Kaminski (21), the Austrian Patrick Wimmer (33), and substitute Luka Waldschmidt (77). and for the loser, substitute Moritz Proczynski (68).

Colin beat Hoffenheim 3-1, raising its tally to 35 points in eleventh place.
Werder Bremen deepened the wounds of Hertha Berlin, bottom of the standings, by defeating them 4-2.

Marvin Doksch imposed himself as a star in the match, scoring a hat-trick in the 6th, 27th and 51st minutes, and Mitchell Visser added the fourth (63).

He scored for Hertha Berlin, who re-contracted with Hungarian coach Pal Darday with the aim of trying to save him from relegation, similar to his achievement in 2021, Jessek Ngankam (68) and Belgian Dodi Lukibakio (79 from a penalty kick).