German BundesLiga 2009/2010

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مونيخي*ها مجبور به رقابت با بزرگان مي*شوند

بايرن مونيخ خواستار جذب تره*ز*گه شد


ديويد تره*ز*گه، مهاجم فرانسوي تيم فوتبال يوونتوس مورد توجه بايرن مونيخ آلمان قرار گرفته است.



تره زگه كه در يوونتوس مورد توجه برخي باشگاه*ها قرار گرفته، در فهرست بازيكنان مورد نظر بايرن نيز است.

روزنامه تاگس سايتونگ آلمان نوشت: اولي هوينس، مدير تيم بايرن تلاش براي جذب اين مهاجم فرانسوي را آغاز كرده است.

بايرني*ها با توجه به اينكه تره*زگه مايل است در فصل آينده در تيمي كه در ليگ قهرمانان حضور دارد توپ بزند، بابت در اختيار گرفتن اين بازيكن توان خود را متمركز مي*كنند.

بايرن مجبور است جهت بكارگيري تره زگه با باشگاه*هايي مانند رئال مادريد اسپانيا، منچستر يونايتد، آث ميلان و آرسنال به رقابت بپردازد.

اين باشگاه*ها از مدت*ها قبل اعلام كرده اند مي*كوشند تا تره*زگه را تصاحب كنند.

اين در حاليست كه مهاجم فرانسوي با يوونتوس تا سال 2008 قرارداد دارد؛ اما چون اين تيم به سري B كالچو (دسته دوم)، سقوط كرده تحمل دوري از ليگ قهرمانان را ندارد.

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در ديداري دوستانه برابر گراس*هاپرز

اشتوتگارت با 8 گل به پيروزي رسيد


بغض تيم فوتبال اشتوتگارت آلمان مقابل گراس*هاپرز سوئيس با زدن 8 گل تركيد.



به نقل از كيكر، در ادامه رقابت*هاي دوستانه باشگاهي كه در اواخر فصل آماده سازي زمستاني اروپا جريان دارد، اشتوتگارت 8 بر يك گراس هاپرز، نماينده صاحب نام سوئيس را شكست داد.

براي اشتوتگارت كه دو هفته قبل به عنوان حريف تداركاتي ايران در تورنمنت دوبي به ميدان رفت، مقابل گراس هاپرز ماريو گومز (3 گل)، ماركو اشترلر (2 گل) كاكاو، داسيلو و هيلپرت گل زدند. تيم سوئيسي از سوي فلچر صاحب گل شد.

* ساير نتايج به شرح زير است:

تون سوئيس صفر- نوي شاتل سوئيس صفر
راپيدوين اتريش 4- شوانن اشتات اتريش يك
زور پورفوند اتريش 2- آلمانيا آخن آلمان 2
اينتراخت فرانكفورت آلمان صفر- يانگ بويز سوئيس صفر
ماينس آلمان يك- واكر تيرول يك
نورنبرگ آلمان 4- بانيك اوسترواچك يك
بيله فلد آلمان يك- بودويچ چك يك
انرژي كوتبوس آلمان يك- اسلاوياپراگ چك صفر
شالكه آلمان 2- زينت روسيه يك

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30 ميليون براي جذب هافبك انگليسي

تابستان شرايط انتقال هارگريوز مشخص مي*شود


رئيس باشگاه بايرن مونيخ گفت: با فرار رسيدن فصل تابستان، شرايط انتقال هارگريوز روشن خواهد شد.



به نقل از سايت فوتبال آلمان، مسئولان منچستر يونايتد خواهان جذب اوون هارگريوز هستند و در همين زمينه، با سران بايرن مونيخ وارد مذاكره شده اند.

كارل هانس رومنينگه، رئيس بايرن مونيخ درباره فروش هافبك انگليسي گفت: در شرايط فعلي نمي توانيم به طور قطعي براي فروش هارگريوز اظهارنظر كنيم چراكه با فرار رسيدن تابستان، همه چيز روشن خواهد شد.

وي افزود: هافبك انگليسي براي انتقال به منچستر تمايل دارد؛ اما تاكنون هيچ چيز روشن نشده است.

هارگريوز در اين زمينه تاكيد كرد: شرايط انتقالم به منچستريونايتد فراهم شده است چراكه تيم انگليسي با جديت خواهان جذبم است.

مسئولان منچستر براي جذب هافبك انگليسي 30 ميليون يورو را پيشنهاد داده اند.

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Bayern Munich will be high on confidence even without much-needed reinforcements when they they resume their campaign for a third successive Bundesliga title away to Borussia Dortmund on Friday (1930 GMT).

Bayern finished the first half of the season in third place, three points behind leaders Werder Bremen and second-placed Schalke 04.

It was largely unimpressive stuff from the Bavarians, who lost four league games out of 17 and only rarely played with their habitual command.

Club president Franz Beckenbauer recognised this week that they were crying out for a creative midfielder -- a player with the ingenuity of Werder Bremen's Diego or Barcelona's Deco, for example -- yet there have been no attempts to strengthen the squad in the transfer window.

In fact, the group will be weaker than last year, following Sebastian Deisler's decision to retire at the age of 27 following knee problems. Coach Felix Magath will have to be content with keeping hold of Owen Hargreaves as well as some positive injury news as Willy Sagnol and Martin Demichelis are expected to be in the squad for Friday.

Bayern have so far resisted temptation to sell Hargreaves to Manchester United, who newspapers say have offered more than 30 million euros ($39.02 million) for the England midfielder.

His imminent return from a broken leg could be crucial to a team still struggling to make up for the loss of Michael Ballack to Chelsea.

There is reason for optimism before Friday's game, after an encouraging 2-0 win away to Hamburg SV in a friendly at the weekend. Dortmund will also be hit by the loss of injured duo Sebastian Kehl and Christian Woerns.

"We stuttered in the first half of the season but we're aiming high now," Bayern goalkeeper Oliver Kahn told reporters this week. "I'm convinced we can finish as champions."

No one will discount that view, of course, but the signs are that Bayern will face a much tougher fight for the title this time.

At the same stage last season Bayern held a six-point lead at the top of the table and they won a 20th German title with ease.

Leaders Werder look much stronger candidates now. They outscored Bayern by 47 goals to 30 over the first half of the campaign, thanks to the brilliance of midfielder Diego and striker Miroslav Klose.

They begin 2007 with a comfortable looking home game against Hanover 96 on Sunday.

Schalke will be three points clear at the top by the time that match kicks off if they win away to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

Their main worry going into the weekend concerns captain Marcelo Bordon, who is doubtful with a leg muscle injury. Dario Rodriguez stands by to replace him.

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Alexander Frei scored twice and set up the third goal to lead Borussia Dortmund to a rousing 3-2 victory over champions Bayern Munich as the Bundesliga restarted on Friday after a six-week winter break.

The Swiss international put the hosts in front in the 12th minute, nodding a cross from Dede past keeper Oliver Kahn to send the home crowd of 80,708 into a frenzy on a freezing night filled with snow flurries.

Bayern hit back to take a 2-1 halftime lead through Daniel van Buyten and Roy Makaay before Frei grabbed a carbon-copy of his opener to equalise in the 57th minute with his eighth goal of the season.

A header from Frei created the third for Brazilian international Tinga two minutes later, giving new coach Juergen Roeber a debut victory.

"The coach told me my aerial game wasn't good and I wanted to prove to him it was," Frei told German television.

"This is a new start for us. We had a poor first half and were indebted to the fans."

Roeber, who replaced the sacked Bert von Marwijk last month, agreed Frei had proved him wrong.

"I told him he needed to go more aggressively towards the ball with his head, that you don't have to be a giant to score headers, and he proved it tonight," said Roeber after Dortmund climbed to seventh in the table with 25 points from 18 games.

Third-placed Bayern (33) are three points behind joint leaders Werder Bremen, who host Hanover 96 on Sunday, and Schalke 04, who play at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

"If we keep playing like today we definitely aren't going to win the championship," said Bayern defender Philipp Lahm.

Bayern coach Felix Magath offered no excuses.

"I'm disappointed," he said. "We didn't go after them enough. We just stood around and watched them score goals.

"I can't understand it. We had a good training camp before the season restarted. I don't have any explanation."

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Bayern Munich emerged from the month-long Bundesliga winter break and were left wishing they hadn't after losing 3-2 at Borussia Dortmund.

The champions started 2007 just three points behind leaders Werder Bremen but could end the weekend six points adrift after letting a 2-1 lead slip in Dortmund.

Borussia took the lead after 12 minutes through Swiss international striker Alexander Frei before Belgian import Daniel Van Buyen levelled for the Bavarian giants 13 minutes later.

Roy Maakay then put Bayern ahead just three minutes before the break.

However, they were always struggling to control the match and Frei grabbed his second in the 57th minute to make the score 2-2.

Borussia's Brazilian star Tinga hit the winner two minutes later to condemn Bayern to their fifth defeat of the season.

The win was also the perfect start for new Dortmund coach Jurgen Roben who replaced Bert van Marwijk over the winter recess.

"We allowed them to play in the second half," said Bayern's Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel. "We gave them too much space."

Bayern coach Felix Magath admitted he was mystified how his team managed to lose the game.

"I don't know what happened. Maybe we started the second half with too much confidence. But there are still 16 matches left to play in the championship," he said.

Werder Bremen host Hanover on Sunday with coach Thomas Schaaf hopeful German international Miroslav Klose will make the line-up.

Werder Bremen's 4-2 away victory and then 5-0 win at home in their last matches against Hanover augur well for the northern port club.

And Schaaf is hopeful striker Klose will be back to full fitness.

"We will have to see how his body holds up but I'm hoping for something positive," he told the club's official website. "It would be very important to us if he could play and it's looking really good."

Bremen skipper Frank Baumann, who had been out of action for two months through injury, had a successful run out against Mattersburg two weeks ago and has been in full training since.

Hanover are only five points above third-from-bottom Borussia Monchengladbach in the first relegation spot.

In other matches at the weekend, second-placed Schalke 04 who are behind Bremen on goal difference, travel to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday and fourth-placed VfB Stuttgart visit Nuremberg.

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Werder Bremen returned to the top of the Bundesliga standings on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Hannover.

Tim Borowski got the ball rolling for the home side after five minutes, with second-half strikes from substitute Hugo Almeida and Per Mertesacker sealing the win. Miroslav Klose also missed a penalty for Werder but it made little difference to the final result.

The win moves Werder above Schalke on goal differential with defending champions Bayern Munich six points behind.

In Sunday's other match, Bernd Schneider scored his first two goals of the season as Bayer Leverkusen remained in the running for a UEFA Cup berth with a 3-2 victory at Alemannia Aachen.

The hosts went two goals ahead following Laurentiu Reghecampf's penalty and a Vedad Ibisevic's strike, but Leverkusen cut the deficit just before the break through Schneider.

Andrey Voronin then levelled things in the 54th minute before Schneider struck again with a free-kick to seal the points.

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Bayern Munich's title aspirations in the Bundesliga suffered a setback after they were held to a goalless draw by struggling Bochum at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern dominated the proceedings but its failure to convert chances means it is now five points behind leaders Werder Bremen, while Bochum is three points above the drop zone.

England midfielder Owen Hargreaves, who was expected to make his comeback in the clash after being sidelined since September with a broken leg, was left out of Bayern's squad with his return put back until at least the weekend.


But Stuttgart moved to within four points of Werder Bremen after recording a thrilling 3-2 win over 10-man Arminia Bielefeld.

Mario Gomez's eighth-minute strike put Stuttgart ahead, but Christian Eigler levelled for the visitors soon after.

Jeronimo Baretto Cacau then put the home side ahead again just after interval, before Gomez doubled Stuttgart's advantage when he grabbed his second goal six minutes later. Substitute Abdelaziz Ahanfouf then scored a late consolation for Arminia, but its hopes of a comeback were dashed in the last minute when Marcio Santo Borges was dismissed.

Arminia is now in ninth place, while Stuttgart moved above Bayern Munich into third spot.

Substitute Mike Hanke scored a late equalizer as Wolfsburg grabbed a vital 2-2 draw against fellow strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt.

Diego Klimowicz put the hosts ahead with a neat eighth-minute strike, but two goals in six minutes after the break by Michael Thurk and Alexander Meier turned the game in Frankfurt's favor.

However, Wolfsburg rescued a vital point in the 73rd minute when Hanke slotted home. Wolfsburg now has 20 points and Frankfurt has 21 - leaving both teams hovering just above the relegation zone.

And Borussia Monchengladbach moved to within four points of safety after grinding out a goalless draw against high-flying Nurnberg.

Monchengladbach, which has gone 12 games without a win, remains in 16th position, while Nurnberg stays in seventh spot.

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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich sacked coach Felix Magath and replaced him with former boss Ottmar Hitzfeld in a shock move on Wednesday.


The coaching change came the day after a goalless draw at home to relegation candidates Bochum left Bayern down in fourth place, in danger of slipping eight points off the title pace.

"We had to react due to concern over a Champions League place for next season," Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in a statement.

Only the top three finishers in the Bundesliga can go through to the Champions League.

Hitzfeld, who has been appointed until the end of the season, coached Bayern from 1998 until 2004.

During that time he led Bayern to the Champions League in 2001 as well as four Bundesliga titles and two German Cups. Hitzfeld also won the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund in 1997.

Magath replaced Hitzfeld in July 2004 and guided the club to league and cup doubles in each of his first two seasons in charge.

The loss of midfielder and Germany captain Michael Ballack to Chelsea at the end of last season proved difficult to recover from, though, and their form throughout the current campaign has been poor.

They finished the first half of the season in third place in the Bundesliga, three points behind Werder Bremen and Schalke 04.

They have managed just a point from their two matches since the restart, a 3-2 defeat at Borussia Dortmund followed by the draw against Bochum, which ended with the players being whistled from the field.

Those two results have left them in fourth place, and they will slip eight points off the pace if one or both of the co-leaders win their league matches on Wednesday night.

"We don't need to talk about the title any more," Magath told reporters after the Bochum game. "We have to make sure of getting second or third."

Concerns over that crucial third place led to his downfall on Wednesday.

"Naturally it's not a nice situation," Magath said in a statement released by the club. "But I have had two-and-a-half successful years here and I'm very proud."

Bayern are also out of the German Cup after losing to modest Alemannia Aachen in December.

They are still in with a chance of winning the European Cup -- a competition they last won under Hitzfeld -- with a second round Champions League tie to come against Real Madrid.

Bayern's next match is away to Bavarian rivals Nuremberg on Friday.

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Peter Lovenkrands scored twice as Schalke leapfrogged Werder Bremen at the top of the Bundesliga with a crucial 2-0 victory.

Former Rangers striker Lovenkrands fired home either side of halftime as Schalke moved three points clear at the top of the table and ended Werder Bremen's six-game winning run.

Schalke, who collected its first victory in Bremen since August 1999, have also stretched its unbeaten run to 11 games.

Stuttgart also kept its title aspirations alive with a 1-0 away victory against mid-table Borussia Dortmund.

Mario Gomez fired home in the 59th minute to leave third-placed Stuttgart seven points behind the leaders and four behind Werder.

Dortmund, which has lost two successive games following its impressive win over Bayern Munich, is now in ninth position.

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Roy Makaay's early goal gave new Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld a perfect home debut in a 1-0 win which marked the last match in charge of Thomas von Heesen as Arminia Bielefeld boss.

Von Heesen had announced his intention to leave the club in the summer, but will now leave by mutual consent on Monday with the Westphalian side just three points above the relegation zone.

He said after the game that the decision had been taken before Sunday's fixture.

Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern edged out its opponents to end a run of four games without a win and put its title charge back on track.

They may still be 11 points behind leaders Schalke but produced strong displays in both attack and defense at the Allianz Arena to keep place with third-placed Stuttgart.

Two late goals from Ivan Saenko have lifted Nurnberg into the UEFA Cup places with a 2-0 victory over Bochum.

Looking to build on its shocking 3-0 win over Bayern Munich last week, Nurnberg did just that with a win that takes them up to fifth in the table.

However, they left it very late as Saenko scored in the 88th and 90th minutes to earn all three points

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Nurnberg continued its surge up the German Bundesliga table with a hard-fought 1-0 home victory against 10-man Energie Cottbus on Sunday.

Nurnberg had the run of play but could only manage a Michael Beauchamp goal in the 73rd minute. That came just seconds after Cottbus midfielder Daniel Ziebig was sent off for a second yellow card.

The southern Germans collected its third straight victory and fifth in six games and Hans Meyer's team is now unbeaten in 11 matches.

Cottbus remained in the relegation zone with 22 points after just one victory since late October.

Nurnberg started well and Robert Vittek danced his way into some free space on the right side and crossed dangerously into the box, but Ivan Saenko couldn't get the touch.

Cottbus keeper Tomislav Piplica was in trouble just a minute later after defender Zoltan Szelesi's horrible clearance landed at Saenko's feet and Piplica had to clear the danger. Tomas Galasek then fired just over the bar.

The visitors had their first real chance five minutes later but Sergiu Radu spurned the chance.

A minute later Galasek's free kick from 25 yards curled just over Piplica's crossbar, and then Vittek missed out.

Cottbus had the next chance just after the half-hour mark as Radu had a long run toward Raphael Schafer, but the Nurnberg keeper came out just in time.

The Nurnberg attack began finding holes again with long balls and Vittek's 37th-minute blast from the edge of the box banged off the cross bar. Dominik Reinhardt's free kick went just left of goal just before the break.

Nurnberg had all the play in the first half, but it was Cottbus who had the first chance after the break. Francis Kioyo's 51st-minute free kick from the left wing glanced off Schafer's right post.

Cottbus pressed forward looking for an away victory and Mariusz Kukielka's fine header was cleared near the line. Cottbus went a man down 18 minutes from time when Ziebig was given his second booking.

And Nurnberg took advantage immediately, scoring from the ensuing free kick.

Piplica failed to hold Javier Horacio Pinola's freekick and Beauchamp squirted the ball past the keeper.

Meyer's troops continued to push forward and Vittek hit the right post seven minutes from time. Schafer preserved the victory in the 89th minute when he foiled Kioyo.

Arminia Bielefeld's winless streak hit double digits as Bochum clinched an away victory, 3-1.

Theofanis Gekas struck twice in the first 11 minutes before Artur Wichniarek pulled one back for new head coach Frank Geideck, who had replaced Thomas von Heesen last Sunday.

A 51st-minute strike from Christoph Dabrowski then put the issue beyond doubt.

Bochum hadn't scored all year but it took them just two minutes to find the back of the net in Bielefeld.

Heiko Westermann lost a crucial tackle against Gekas and the Greek then placed the ball past Mathias Hain from a sharp right angle.

Geideck's debut got off to an even worse start seven minutes later when Joel Epalle put Gekas in the clear again. The striker remained cool and beat Hain for a second time.

It took Arminia until the 26th minute to recover when Bochum squandered the ball in midfield. Wichniarek started a 30-metres sprint and managed a clinical finish on the run to pull one back for the hosts.

Bochum almost restored their two-goal lead on the next possession. Epalle rounded struggling left back Markus Schuler but his shot hit the wrong side of the net.

Arminia upped pressure after the break but only until the 51st minute when the third individual mistake allowed Bochum to grab its third goal of the evening.

Schuler failed to divert a counter-attack as his poor clearance landed to the feet of Dabrowski, who easily slotted the ball home from 14 yards out.

Arminia's resistance was broken, with Bielefeld substitute Abdelaziz Ahanfouf's shot on the turn (75th) spelling the only notable chance until injured time. Fellow substitute Christian Eigler had a volley saved by Jaroslav Drobny.

Zvjezdan Misimovic could have made it 4-1 in the last 10 minutes but Hain stood tall for once.

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Schalke missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday after Bayer Leverkusen left the Veltins Arena with all three points.

Stefan Kiessling scored the game's only goal in the 85th minute but it was debutant Leverkusen keeper Rene Adler who was the visitors' hero with a string of impressive saves.

It was Schalke's first home loss of the season and leaves them with 49 points - four ahead of Stuttgart and six up on Bremen.

Leverkusen, who are eighth with 32 points, beat Schalke for the second time this season after having collected just one point in their previous four games in the Bundesliga.

In the first 20 minutes, Leverkusen wouldn't let Schalke gain control of play even though they displayed limited attacking ambition themselves.

Schalke continued to struggle with the Leverkusen defence the rest of the first half and the only real chance for either side in the first 45 minutes was Kevin Kuranyi's volley from the edge of the box which sailed wide right of Adler's goal in the 41st minute.

The league leaders came out after the break in a more determined frame of mind and nearly grabbed the lead on 47 minutes but Karim Haggui cleared at the last second Halil Altintop's looping effort over a charging Adler.

Kuranyi stood alone in front of Adler three minutes later but Jorg Butt's replacement rushed out aggressively to block off the German international striker.

Schalke continued their motivated push forward and Lincoln's shot from 18 yards went just over the crossbar on the hour mark.

Adler produced a great diving stop to keep out Altintop's blast eight minutes later.

And the Leverkusen youngster was again impressive to stop Lincoln's flat shot to the same corner 20 minutes from time. Leverkusen punished Schalke's profligacy with a counter-attack goal by Kiessling five minutes from time.

The substitute ran onto a long ball, dummied Schalke defenders Dario Rodriguez and Marcelo Bordon before beating Manuel Neuer at his near post.

Nando Rafael's injury-time equaliser stretched Werder Bremen's winless run to four Bundesliga games as Borussia Monchengladbach held them to a draw on Sunday.

Bremen pulled ahead in the 11th minute through Pierre Wome only to see Michael Delura equalise six minutes later for the hosts.

Jurica Vranjes appeared to give Bremen the game-winner in the 84th minute, but Nando evened things up again four minutes into injury time.

During the week, Bremen sneaked into the UEFA Cup Round of 16 despite a 3-1 loss to Ajax in the second leg, and this was not the result they were looking for to relieve the growing pressure after three straight Bundesliga defeats.

The draw keeps them third in the table with 43 points - six behind Schalke and two back from Stuttgart. Despite the draw, Gladbach remain last in the Bundesliga with 21 points.

With both teams fighting for a victory, Bremen opened the scoring with a long blast by Wome in the 11th minute. A diving Kasey Keller got his hand on the ball from 30 yards out but the Gladbach keeper could only deflect it into his net.

Just after the quarter-hour mark, Keller twice denied Bremen and Gladbach took full advantage of their goalkeeper's work, scoring on the ensuing counter-attack.

Peer Kluge sent a perfect through ball from midfield onto an in-stride Delura, who fired it first-time through Bremen keeper Tim Wiese's legs.

The cellar-dwellers picked up the tempo even more in the second half but couldn't produce any real chances.

Miroslav Klose had Bremen's next top chance on 63 minutes but Keller blocked the Germany international striker's header.

Bremen finally struck the back of the net six minutes from time with Vranjes' piledriver from 25 yards out.

But Bremen let victory slip from their fingers more than three minutes into injury time as Rafael beat Wiese from a nearly impossible angle right of goal for the equaliser.

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Bayern Munich got themselves right back in the Bundesliga title race on Saturday with a 3-2 victory in an entertaining encounter at Hertha Berlin.

Hassan Salihamidzic put Ottmar Hitzfeld's side ahead after half an hour and, before Berlin had chance to respond, Lukas Podolski doubled Bayern's advantage.

Christian Gimenez halved the deficit in the 58th minute, but Roy Makaay restored the two-goal advantage 10 minutes later.

Dick van Burik once again reduced the arrears in the 82nd minute, but the visitors were never again threatened. The hosts' disappointing afternoon was compounded when Josip Simunic was shown a second yellow card in stoppage time.

With Bundesliga leaders Schalke losing on Friday night, the win lifts the defending champions to within six points of the summit with all to play for in the remaining 10 games of the season.

Fourth-placed Bayern are now just two points adrift of Stuttgart, who slipped a place to third after a surprise 3-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.

Andriy Voronin opened the scoring for the hosts before Paul Freier doubled the lead two minutes later.

Juan then made it 3-0 midway through the second half before Cacau scored a consolation for Stuttgart 16 minutes from time.

It was the first defeat in six games for Armin Veh's Stuttgart, and they drop to third as a result of Werder Bremen's 3-0 victory over Bochum.

Aaron Hunt fired a brilliant hat-trick as Werder pulled to within three points of leaders Schalke.

The triumph marked a welcome return to winning ways for Werder, who picked up their first three points since January 31.

At the other end of the table, Arminia Bielefeld edged to a 3-2 win over high-flying Nurnberg to possibly save new coach Frank Geideck from the chop.

Geideck took over from Thomas von Heesen three weeks ago - only to suffer disappointing defeats against relegation rivals Bochum and Cottbus - but Jorg Bohme's late strike earned the newly-appointed 39-year-old his first three-point haul.

Geideck must have feared the worst when Ivica Banovic gave the visitors the lead, but Radim Kucera levelled things up just before half-time.

Artur Wichniarek scored a penalty five minutes after the break only to see Marco Engelhardt restore parity, but Bohme's cool finish with four minutes to play sealed the points for Bielefeld.

Eintracht Frankfurt also boosted their survival hopes by moving out of the relegation zone with a deserved 2-0 win over Hannover.

Friedhelm Funkel's side headed into the encounter second from bottom in the standings, but second-half goals from Naohiro Takahara and Michael Thurk secured three vital points to see them climb to 14th.

Wolfsburg eased themselves into the top 10 after securing a 1-0 home win over rock-bottom Borussia Monchengladbach.

Cedric Makiadi's second-half effort proved the difference between two sides separated by just four points at the start of play.

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Werder Bremen can close the gap at the top of the Bundesliga to a point on Sunday after Schalke again dropped points, held to a 1-1 draw by Hannover on Saturday.

Schalke took the lead after just two minutes against their mid-table hosts as Halil Altintop found the net.

But the scores were just as quickly level again when former Germany international Michael Tarnat hit an equalizer for Hannover, and that was how the game finished.

Schalke stays ib top with 50 points, but the draw makes Sunday's crunch match between Bayern Munich and Werder all the more interesting.

Werder is second on 46 points while Bayern will be aiming to leapfrog Stuttgart and move level with their opponents.

Bayern will be encouraged by a disappointing result for Stuttgart, who were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Wolfsburg.

There was also plenty of action at the other end of the table as basement dwellers Borussia Monchengladbach picked up a vital three points by beating Hertha Berlin, 3-1.

Nando Rafael gave the hosts the lead only for Christian Gimenez to equalizer for Hertha early in the second half.

However, Rafael headed in another and Michael Delura made sure of the points with a strike four minutes from time.

The win puts Gladbach back within three points of safety with 24.

The last place above the drop zone belongs to Bochum after they saw off Borussia Dortmund, 2-0, with Theofanis Gekas hitting a second-half brace to secure the points.

Dropping into the relegation zone are Eintracht Frankfurt who had drawn, 1-1, with Nurnberg on Friday night.

They remain one point above Arminia Bielefeld, who themselves fell into the drop zone with that result on Friday evening.

They could do nothing about it on Saturday as they lost, 1-0, at Mainz with Leon Andreasen getting the only goal of the game in the 51st minute.

Also on Saturday, Alemannia Aachen picked up a 2-0 win at Energie Cottbus, ensuring the hosts' own relegation worries persist as they lie only one point above the drop zone.

Sascha Rosler opened the scoring in the 26th minute and, although Alemania had Sascha Dum sent off with seven minutes remaining in the first half, they were able to add a second goal through Sergio Pinto's late strike.