Bundesliga week 32 – Second Act

Eintracht Frankfurt – Werder Bremen 0-5

The pressure on Frankfurt’s coach Friedhelm Funkel is rising and although the team managed to stay in the Bundesliga, the fans apparently want more. But with those players, there isn’t much more to achieve. Yet another case of lost of reality.

Bremen on the other hand continues to surf on cloud nine, having the opportunity to win two trophies, they can now lay back and enjoy the rest of the Bundesliga. Which they obviously did with a second stunning 5-0 win over Frankfurt this season.

Schalke 04 – VfB Stuttgart 1-2

The third straight loss for the Königsblauen doesn’t really change anything. There are no goals which could be aimed for, the issue of the new coach and manager is dealt with thus the season for Schalke is already over.

Even without a slightly injured Mario Gomez, Stuttgart was able to win another important three points to stay in the battle for the Bundesliga championship. And the longer the Swabians are in this race the more does the 2-2 draw in Bielefeld a couple of games hurt.

Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3-1

Hamburg had to win. It’s simple as that. After 19 horrible days in which the club lost two semi-finals and bid farewell to the Bundesliga championship they now have to collect the points in order to finish the season at least on the Europe League spots.

Bochum had to win. It’s simple as that. But they didn’t. And that keeps them only a single point clear from the relegation zone. Not the most comfortable cushion.

Energie Cottbus – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1

A real relegation final and Cottbus lost it with a latelate winner for Mönchengladbach. Nothing is over yet, but they gave the much needed three points away to a direct rival. Sad.

But congratulations to the Borussia on that second late win a row. Great last minute goal by Brazilian Dante Bonfim. They fought, they had the luck, they deserved it. I would bet on them now, I don’t think that they’ll be relegated with their current momentum.

Arminia Bielefeld – 1899 Hoffenheim 0-2

A bitter loss for the mighty Arminia! They had so many opportunities in this game while stupid and unnecessary mistakes gave at least the draw away. But everything is still possible. Side note: With this game, Markus Schuler established a new Bundesliga record by never scoring a single goal in all of his 181 Bundesliga games. Wait that it’s not true. In 2007 he produced an own goal against Dortmund. Congratulations(??).

Hoffenheim only won through the mistakes Bielefeld provided. And they did those mistakes because Hoffenheim’s jerseys distracted not only us viewers but also the players with acute pain in the eyes. Yuck!