Coach Marco Rose’s team won the game at the start of the 30th round on Saturday afternoon with five goals within 14 minutes in the first half of the game. The gap to leaders Bayern Munich, who starts at Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday (3.30 p.m. / DAZN), is temporarily six points.
For BVB, the 17-year-old debutant Tom Rothe (24th), who had stepped in as a left-back, scored a brace from Axel Witsel (26th), Manuel Akanji (28th), Emre Can (35th) and goalscorer Erling Haaland ( 38th, 54th). For the 21-year-old Norwegian, who is said to be very popular with Manchester City, it was the first goal after 422 minutes without a league goal. Goalkeeper Koen Casteels didn’t look good for Wolfsburg after conceding several goals, Xaver Schlager was replaced by coach Florian Kohfeldt in the 63rd minute.
Meanwhile, SC Freiburg can continue to dream of the Champions League four games before the end of the season. With a confident 3-0 (2-0) against newly promoted VfL Bochum, Christian Streich’s team moved up to the top 4 with 51 points. Bayer Leverkusen (52) and RB Leipzig (51), currently in third and fourth place, will meet on Sunday (7.30 p.m. / DAZN). Lukas Kübler (5th) and Roland Sallai (16th, 53rd) scored for the Breisgauer, Philipp Lienhart played through in central defense. Bochum’s Konstantinos Stafylidis was sent off after a hard foul (68′), as was his coach Thomas Reis after criticism from the referee (70′).
In the fight against relegation, Hertha BSC and coach Felix Magath achieved the hoped-for liberation. The capital club prevailed 1-0 (0-0) at FC Augsburg and thus climbed out of the relegation zone for the time being. The first away win since October was fixed by Suat Serdar (49.) via Fersler through the legs of a defender and FCA goalie Rafal Gikiewicz. FCA striker Michael Gregoritsch hit the bar in the 56th minute.
VfB Stuttgart with ÖFB team striker Sasa Kalajdzic has to tremble after the goalless draw at FSV Mainz 05 in relegation place 16. The gap to Hertha, where there will be a direct duel next Sunday, is one point.
Source: Nachrichten
