Schalke crushing HSV in match for fourth place
FC Schalke 04 dominated Hamburger SV in what was the run for fourth place on Sunday an won the match 4-1. The participation in qualification for Champions League seems sure now for Schalke while HSV will have to focus the run for Europa League. Dortmund and Bayern meanwhile mastered their league matches before the important second leg games in CL by playing with the second squad.
Schalke players celebrating their important win against Hamburger SV on late Sunday.
The season of Hamburger SV was quite the roller coaster ride. On Sunday Thorsten Fink´s team had the chance of surpassing Schalke on fourth place, but Schalke had other plans. S04 dominated despite an early HSV lead by Jansen, turned things around and won well-earned 4-1 in the end. The participation in qualification for Champions League season next year has come a big step closer for Schalke now, but Hamburg´s hopes for Europe still live as the other teams in run for Europa league mostly also lost or drew.
Borussia Moenchengladbach lost 1-3 in Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt only drew 0-0 in Mainz on Sunday and SC Freiburg lost against FC Bayern Munich´s unofficial second squad as Jupp Heynckes changed his team on ten positions after the 4-0 against Barcelona. So Schalke with 49 points are sitting pretty on position four with Frankfurt (46 points) and Freiburg (45 p.) being currently on the places in chart that will enable them to play in Europa League next season. Gladbach and HSV are right behind them with 44 points and Hanover 96 can also hope for Europe as they beat Greuther Fuerth with 3-2 on Friday night. For Fuerth on the other hand that result led to their relegation after only one year of playing in first league.
Augsburg and Hoffenheim putting up pressure
The FC Augsburg and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are putting some heat on Duesseldorf and Bremen as FCA beat VFB Stuttgart with 3-0 while Hoffenheim defeated 1. FC Nuremberg with 2-1. Fortuna Duesseldorf was unable to prevent the second squad of Borussia Dortmund – Juergen Klopp also changed ten positions in his team – from winning as BVB beat them 2-1 and Werder Bremen lost the match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with 0-1 despite putting in some effort and will.
Hoffenheim on place 17 have 27 points now with Augsburg and Duesseldorf right in front of them both having 30 points, Duesseldorf with the better goal difference. Werder Bremen only have 32 points and an two-point-advantage towards position 16 in chart.
