HSV in relegation matches
The three teams at the bottom of the chart in German Bundesliga all failed to win their matches, which lead to HSV being the beneficiary and playing relegation matches against Greuther Fuerth on Thursday and Sunday to avoid relegation. Nuremberg and Braunschweig will have to play second league next year while 1. FC Cologne and surprisingly Paderborn will go on league up. Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured fourth place and will be playing in UEFA Champions League qualifier rounds while Wolfsburg, Gladbach and Mainz will be taking part in Europa League.
HSV lost 2:3 against Mainz but will stay on position 16 anyway.
The Hamburger SV will have two matches to avoid their first relegation in the club´s long Bundesliga history, despite not doing match to get the chance. They lost 2:3 against FSV Mainz 05 that will be playing in Europa League next year, although coach Thomas Tuchel announced he will leave the club. HSV profited from Nuremberg and Braunschweig losing their matches with Schalke and Hoffenheim which lead to them having to play in second Bundesliga next season. On Thursday and Sunday HSV will face Greuther Fuerth in two relegation matches to stay in the league while 1. FC Cologne and surprisingly SC Paderborn will be playing in first league next year.
Meanwhile Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the face for position four in chart and will be playing the qualifier rounds for UEFA Champions League after winning 2:1 against SV Werder Bremen. VfL Wolfsburg behind them also won against Borussia Moenchengladbach but will have to settle for Europa League with Gladbach and Mainz. FC Augsburg won their match against Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1 but had to hope for Hamburg´s help which would not come.
Many games without influence
Matchday 34 which lacked of tension as most decision became clear early in the matches saw some rather irrelevant games like FC Bayern Munich winning 1:0 against VfB Stuttgart thanks to a late goal of Claudio Pizarro who´s whereabouts in next season are still be to decided. Hanover 96 meanwhile beat SC Freiburg 3:2 in an attractive match that changed not much in chart despite Hanover surpassing Berlin and finishing in tenth place, the only position change from matchday 33 to 34 by the way. Berlin on the other hand lost 0:4 against Borussia Dortmund in Berlin´s Olyimpic Stadium where Dortmund and FC Bayern will meet next Saturday night for the final of DFB Pokal. Dortmund´s Robert Lewandowski scored twice within the match to secure the title of best striker in his last season for BVB.
