Union Berlin and Freiburg strengthened their chances of being in the Champions League competition next season, by defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 and Schalke 04, respectively, on Sunday, at the end of the twenty-ninth stage of the German Football Championship .

Union Berlin regained the winning streak after being satisfied with one point in its last two matches, achieving its sixteenth victory this season, consolidating its position in third place with 55 points, while Freiburg continued its awakening with a second successive and fifteenth victory this season, raising its tally to 53 points, snatching fourth place by two points. From Leipzig, who lost 0-2 to Bayer Leverkusen.

The teams with the first four positions qualify for the prestigious continental competition, while the fifth will compete in the European League “Europa League” and the sixth will compete in the Conference League. Five stages remain until the end of the season.

In the first match, Surinamese striker Sheraldo Becker scored the only goal in the 60th minute, adding the eleventh loss to Borussia Monchengladbach, the tenth, with 36 points.

In the second, Freiburg hit hard in the first half thanks to a double by Austrian striker Michael Grigoric in the seventh and thirty-fifth minutes, then added two goals in the second half through Lucas Holler (52) and defender Matthias Ginter (83).

Schalke returned to the track of defeats after stopping it in the last stage with a victory over Hertha Berlin, which was the fifth this season, so he received his fifteenth loss and his balance froze at 24 points in the penultimate seventeenth place.

Bayer Leverkusen continued its good results recently and achieved its sixth victory in its last eight matches, in which it did not taste the taste of defeat, when it defeated its guest, Leipzig, with two clean goals.

Bayer Leverkusen waited for the 40th minute to open the scoring by Czech striker Adam Hlojek, and Nadim Amiri secured victory by scoring the second goal from a penalty kick in the 86th minute caused by Hungarian midfielder Dominik Suboslay and received a second warning and thus a red card (85).

Bayer Leverkusen stopped Leipzig's revival and inflicted its first loss after two consecutive victories, and the third in its last five matches.

Bayer Leverkusen regained sixth place from Mainz, which sparked a heavy-caliber surprise by defeating Bayern Munich 3-1 on Saturday when it removed it from the lead, which Borussia Dortmund topped with a huge victory over its guest Eintracht Frankfurt, 4-0.

Bayer Leverkusen raised its score to 47 points, four points behind Leipzig, who fell to fifth place.