Bayern defeats Arminia, Leipzig third, Frankfurt loses – Südtirol News
On Sunday, Bayern Munich secured an unchallenged 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Arminia from Bielefeld in the German Bundesliga. The German record champions, for whom ÖFB international Marcel Sabitzer (until 61st) stormed but remained pale, now has a nine-point lead over second-placed Dortmund Borussia. Bayern can secure their 32nd championship title next week. Leipzig won the duel for third place against Leverkusen 1-0.
Eintracht Frankfurt suffered a setback in the championship three days after the sensation in Barcelona (3-2 and promotion to the semi-finals of the Europa League). Without first-choice goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who was injured at the Camp Nou, the team of Upper Austrian coach Oliver Glasner lost 0-2 at Union Berlin. Martin Hinteregger played through for Frankfurt.
Stefan Posch, his defensive partner in the ÖFB team, was injured when TSG 1899 Hoffenheim lost 0-0 at home against Greuther Fürth at the bottom. The Hoffenheim defender collided with team-mate Diadie Samassekou and had to be substituted with a bleeding head injury. His club colleague Christoph Baumgartner played through. Fürth has eleven points on the relegation rank four rounds before the end of the season and is facing relegation.
In Bielefeld, an own goal by Arminia, in which Alessandro Schöpf (up to 74th), Manuel Prietl and Patrick Wimmer were in the starting XI and showed decent performances, gave Bayern an early lead. After a header from Alphonso Davis, Jacob Laursen deflected the ball into his own net (10′). In injury time in the first half, Prietl failed to head a Wimmer corner on Manuel Neuer, who reacted strongly. Practically in return, Serge Gnabry increased to 2: 0 (45 + 7) after Kimmich template.
While the underdog from Bielefeld was unlucky – two players were eliminated, one goal was disallowed for being offside – Jamal Musiala made it 3-0 (85′). Bielefeld is 17th in the table. two points behind relegation place 16, which is currently occupied by Stuttgart.
RB Leipzig has scored a direct success against direct competitor Bayer Leverkusen in the race for a place in the Champions League. With the 1-0, Leipzig (with Konrad Laimer from the 59th minute) moved up to third place with 54 points, two points ahead of Leverkusen. Another point behind is SC Freiburg in fifth place. Three days after reaching the Europa League semi-finals, Dominik Szoboszlai scored the winning goal for the guests in the 69th minute.
From: apa