Bayer Leverkusen was detained on Sunday 1-1 in St Pauli on Sunday, leaving Bayern Munich needing only five points of their four remaining games to win the title of Bundesliga. Leverkusen took the lead when Alex Grimaldo floated in a free kick and Patrik Schick jumped up to score after 32 minutes. Visitors close the store in the second half and Pauli besieged the goal of Leverkusen. Morgan Guilavogui’s strike of the 74th minute seemed to have accumulated things, but it was rejected for handball.
The hosts continued to push and scored only three minutes later, Carlo Boukhalfa leaning after Lukas Hradecky overturned a corner.
The result leaves Bayern eight away from Leverkusen. Bayern can conclude things next week, if they win and Leverkusen lose.
Leverkusen also has other concerns, with information that manager Xabi Alonso, who took the club to his very first German title last season, could be on the way to Real Madrid in summer.
“Mathematically, it’s not over,” Alonso told journalists, “but we know that we are barely a chance”, adding that his team was “simply not good enough” in decisive moments.
The promotion of St Pauli pulled eight points away from relegation places. Their survival this season has been built on a robust defense, with only Bayern and Leverkusen conceding less goals.
“We must be honest, the opportunity has disappeared,” said Schick de Leverkusen in Dazn.
“We lack energy. We have already dropped two points. Last season was incredible, but this season is unfortunately different.”
Guirassy draws Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund came from a goal to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-2, keeping their thin hopes alive to reach the first four.
Serhou Guirassy, who marked a hat-trick in the 3-1 victory on Tuesday against Barcelona, was again key, marking one and installing another for Dortmund.
“We are much safer and much more stable – it’s extremely important,” said Pascal Gross in Dazn. “We have four” finals “to do”.
After a breathtaking opening, Ko Itakura put Gladbach in advance after 24 minutes, playing a simple one with Kevin Stoeger to unlock Dortmund’s defense.
Dortmund hit three goals in nine minutes before half-time.
Chelsea Carney Chukwuemeka lender put on the ball to Pascal Gross whose side pass found Guirassy, who returned home.
Chukwuemeka again started to descend the right side, his pass reaching Yan Couto who, in turn, found Felix Nmecha who marked a carbon copy of the opener.
Dortmund turned the screw with Daniel Svensson towards a rebound in a Guirassy shot just before half-time.
Visitors retaliated when the German striker Tim Kleinientet was shot in the box by Nmecha, with Stoeger making no mistakes on the spot.
Dortmund stifled the return and sit seventh, four points from fourth place, having been as low as the 11th.
Earlier on Sunday, an exhausted eintracht Francfurt fought a goalless draw in Augsburg, a few days after their defeat in the quarter -final of the Europa League against Tottenham.
Augsburg, who climbed the Bundesliga in the second half of the season. were the best side but could not break down visitors on heavy legs.
Augsburg peppered the goal of Francfurt in a series of corners to close the first half, but the visitors held firm.
The injection of Ansgar Knauff at halftime gave Frankfurt a boost and the former Borussia Dortmund winger has come closer to 70 minutes, only for Cedric Zesiger to Augsburg refuses it with a last broadcast intervention.
Despite the draw, Frankfurt set their hold in third, four points away from Freiburg, fifth, and are on the right track for their highest league in three decades.
Finishing in the first four would mean that Francfurt would qualify for the Modern Champions League for the second time in their history, with the first come after winning the Europa League in 2022. They reached the final of the former European Cup in 1960.
Augsburg has lost only one of their last 14 championship games, conceding only seven goals in this round.
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