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Sun 14 May 2023 11:06 am - Jerusalem Time

Bayern crosses Schalke by half a dozen and Dortmund continues to chase it

The fierce competition continued for the top spot in the German Football League, two stages before its end, after Bayern Munich’s sweeping victory over its guest, Schalke 04, 6-0, and its pursuit of Borussia Dortmund, against Borussia Mönchengladbach, 5-2, on Saturday in the thirty-second stage.


Bayern, the defending champions in the last ten seasons, raised its tally to 68 points, one point ahead of Dortmund.


And with its twelfth consecutive loss against Bayern since 2011, Schalke failed to provide services to its arch-neighbor Dortmund, and re-entered the calculations of falling to the second degree by temporarily falling to sixteenth place.


This is the third successive victory in the Bundesliga for Bayern under the supervision of its new coach, Thomas Tuchel, who replaced the dismissed Julian Nagelsmann.


Tuchel said that his team had taken "a step in the right direction. We are regaining our lost confidence," but he called for calm "because we will be tested again on Saturday" in front of his strong guest Leipzig before visiting Cologne, who guaranteed survival, while visiting Dortmund Augsburg the thirteenth before receiving the ninth Mainz.


The Bavarian started in control and almost opened the scoring through Serge Gnabry had it not been for the vigilance of the goalkeeper (8), then French Kingsley Coman's shot was saved from the goal line by young Dutch defender Sepp van den Burgh (11).


But the net was shaken a third of an hour after the starting whistle, with a powerful left shot from the edge of the area to captain Thomas Muller, who returned to the starting line-up, after a back pass from former Schalke player Leroy Sanneh (21).


And Mueller, 33, mocked Wednesday the rumors of his transfer when he published a picture of him with his horse, "King Davey", telling him, "If you could read the newspapers, King Davey," adding, "# All focus is on the league and # nothing but Bayern."


He confirmed this after the match, saying that the reports "sent me to fantasy land... I have a year out of my contract and my heart is red."


Regarding Mueller's performance, Tuchel said, "Thomas has the experience and the will to achieve his 12th league title... He is an important player, an example and proves that every day in training."


Bayern translated its dominance with a penalty kick that young midfielder Jamal Musiala obtained after a jab from Swiss Cedric Brunner, who coolly hit Joshua Kimmich with a second goal (30).


At the beginning of the second half, Gnabry registered his name on the list of scorers, manipulating the defense (50). And after a defensive error by substitute Japanese defender Maya Yoshida, Gnabry took advantage of it, rushing on his own, to score his second and fourth personal goal for "De Rutten" (65).


Young Frenchman Matthijs Tal (18 years old) took advantage of his opportunity to enter as a substitute to score the fifth goal (80), before Moroccan international full-back Naseer Mazraoui concluded the festival, scoring his first goal in the Bundesliga (90 + 2).


After the Bayern match ended, Dortmund players launched an early attack on their guest, Monchengladbach, which resulted in a quadruple in the first half that logically settled the match.


As usual, he took turns scoring goals for the yellow team, Dutch Donyell Mallen (5), young Englishman Jude Bellingham (18 from the penalty spot) and Ivory Coast's Sebastian Haller (20 and 32).


In the second half, Dortmund retreated slightly, so the guests narrowed the gap through Algerian Rami Ben Sebaini (75 from a penalty kick) and veteran Lars Steindl (86), before American substitute Giovanni Reina ended the festival with a fifth goal for Dortmund (90 + 4).


In a very important match to qualify for the Champions League, Union Berlin achieved its first victory in three matches, at the expense of its fifth guest, Freiburg 4-2, to temporarily rise to third place (59) instead of Leipzig (57), who receives Werder Bremen on Sunday, while it froze. Freiburg balance at 56 points.


The capital team logically settled the match in its first half, with goals from Kevin Behrens (5) and Surinamese Sheraldo Baker (36 and 38), then Tunisian Issa Al-Aidouni scored the last goal (80), after the loser narrowed the difference through Manuel Golde (56) and Italian Vincenzo Grifo (70 from). Penalty).


"The fans can keep dreaming," Union coach Urs Fischer said. "We had to win today."


Wolfsburg temporarily rose to sixth place by defeating its fourteenth guest, Hoffenheim, 2-1, with the goal of Poland's Jakub Kaminski (15) and Luca Waldschmidt (75), against the goal of French Joshua Gilavugi (90 fouls in his team's goal).


Eintracht Frankfurt achieved its first victory since February 18, at the expense of its guest Mainz 3-0, with goals carried by the signature of Japanese Daichi Kamada (18 from the penalty spot), Portuguese Aurelio Bota (40) and French international Randall Kolo Mwani (59).


Bochum climbed to a warm 5-10, beating Augsburg 3-2.


Scored for the Ghanaian winner, Christopher Antwi-Adjej (2), the Dutchman Jeffrey Golevoyev (60 fouls in his own goal) and the Frenchman Anton Lucia (62), and for the loser Arne Meyer (29) and Kelvin Yeboah (85).

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