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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020

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MUNICH: Bremen’s Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie and Bayern Munich’s French forward Kingsley Coman both jump to head the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SV Werder Bremen v FC Bayern Munich in Bremen, northern Germany. — AFP

BERLIN: Bayern Munich were crowned Bundesliga left-back Alphonso Davies was sent off 11 minutes the previous seasons. Union’s win in Berlin means Hofmann scored twice before Germany interna- champions on Tuesday for an eighth straight season before the final whistle for a second yellow card. they are guaranteed a second Bundesliga season hav- tional swept a third into the net following as Robert Lewandowski’s volley secured a 1-0 win at He was lucky to avoid a straight red after a kick on ing come up for the first time in 2018/19. Seventh- a second-half counter-attack. Werder Bremen, while Paderborn were relegated Leonardo Bittencourt which earned him his first yel- placed Freiburg stayed in the hunt for a Europa “We scored three goals, didn’t concede and picked from the top flight in Berlin. low on 19 minutes. League place next season after replacement striker up three points with an ambitious performance in dif- Bayern picked up their eighth consecutive win The result keeps Werder Bremen second-from- Nils Petersen came off the bench to net the winning ficult conditions, so I am happy with that,” said Glad- since the Bundesliga resumed in mid-May behind bottom with just two games left to avoid dropping goal and seal a 2-1 win at home to Hertha Berlin. bach head coach . The result was all the closed doors due to the coronavirus, as coach Hansi down to the second-tier for the first time since 1980. It was Petersen’s 11th goal of the season, but the more impressive as Gladbach eased to victory with- Flick won the league title in his first season in charge. Bottom side Paderborn had 25th of his career which he has out injured French forwards and “Compliments to the team, it is sensational what their relegation confirmed with scored as a substitute. Alassane Plea. Gladbach moved back into the fourth we have achieved in the past few months,” said Flick a 1-0 defeat at Union Berlin Earlier, Borussia and final Champions League spot, two points ahead whose side have won all of their last 14 games. after an own goal from the vis- Moenchengladbach stayed in of Bayer Leverkusen, who host Cologne on Wednes- “Today there is no criticism, you have to empha- itors by Ben Zolinski. There is no the hunt for a Champions day in their game in hand. sise the way the players have done it. “Player and “There was always a little bit League berth with an emphatic Bayern and have already qual- coach, team have simply been one unit.” missing in our game”, said criticism 3-0 home win over Wolfsburg ified for next season’s group stage, while RB Leipzig A deft chip over the Bremen defence from Jerome Paderborn captain Christian as midfielder Jonas Hofmann sit third, five points clear of Leverkusen. Boateng was chested down and volleyed home by Strohdiek. “When the disap- scored twice. The defeat leaves Wolfsburg sixth, which carries a Lewandowski, who claimed his 31st league goal this pointment fades, we can simply After consecutive defeats Europa League place next season. Gladbach face season and his 46th in all competitions, shortly before be proud of what we have by Freiburg and Bayern, Glad- Paderborn on Saturday, then mid-table Hertha Berlin half-time. achieved in the last few years,” added Strohdiek after bach raced into a two-goal lead after half an hour at on the final day of the season, while Leverkusen face But Bayern endured a nervy finale after teenage Paderborn had earned back-to-back promotions in Borussia Park. Hertha and Mainz in their last two games. —AFP

Barcelona the lead, continuing his breakthrough season of survival damaged by Barcelona snatching away into the bottom corner. Barca cruise past with a fifth goal in eight league starts. their top scorer Martin Braithwaite as an emergency In the 69th minute, Messi gave his team the cushion Leganes could have made the reigning champions signing in February. they wanted, earning a dubious penalty with a storming feel uncomfortable if Miguel-Angel Guerrero had taken Leganes were not alone in feeling the rule had hurt run. He won the ball on the halfway line, nutmegged one Leganes to turn up either of two golden early opportunities but the first was them disproportionately and their sense of injustice defender and held off two more. cleared off the line and the second denied by the post. might have been deepened by the fact Braithwaite was After an exchange with Luis Suarez, he was finally heat on Real Madrid “We had a bit of luck at the beginning,” admitted left on the bench for the entire 90 minutes. knocked over, even if it appeared less of a foul than the Barca coach Quique Setien. But his team’s reward for a Barcelona controlled possession in the first half but previous attempts to stop him. Messi curled into the bot- rather underwhelming performance is a five-point ad- created little and would have been behind early on if tom corner. Suarez had come on for Fati and Sergio Bus- MADRID: Lionel Messi was rugby tackled and then vantage over Madrid, who can reduce that back to two Guerrero had been more precise. First, Javier Eraso quets, Gerard Pique, Arthur Melo all departed too as scored a penalty as Barcelona put the pressure back on by winning at home to Valencia on Thursday. sprinted clear and despite taking too long to shoot, the Setien turned his attention to Sevilla. Leganes coach Real Madrid by easing to a 2-0 victory over Leganes at Valencia will be a more thorough examination of ball spilled out for Guerrero, whose drive hit the foot of Javier Aguirre was sent off for whistling on the sidelines an empty Camp Nou on Tuesday. Madrid’s sharpness after the three-month break and Clement Lenglet on the line. in injury-time. Earlier, Getafe dropped more points in the Messi was hauled to the ground in the first half by a Barca can expect tougher tests to come than Leganes Guerrero had another go moments later, this time race for Champions League qualification as they failed diving Unai Bustinza wrapping two arms around his too, starting with a trip to third-placed Sevilla on Friday. from an acute angle, but his rasping half-volley flew to break down Espanyol despite their opponents playing waist and he was knocked over again in the second, this Setien will hope Gerard Pique recovers from a across the area and shaved the far post. Barca were most of the match with 10 men. A goalless draw repre- time earning a penalty, which he converted. nasty challenge that means he will need stitches in his laboured, even as they dominated the ball, but Leganes sents a missed opportunity for Jose Bordalas’ side and After 33 appearances, Messi now has 26 goals this shin. “It split his shinpad,” said Setien. “We hope it’s might have been tiring by the 42nd minute when Junior they could even have lost to Espanyol, who had season. In his last eight games, he has seven goals and not serious.” Leganes have dropped to the bottom of Firpo’s bustling run allowed Fati to take an instinctive Bernardo Espinosa sent off in the 16th minute but are eight assists. The 17-year-old Ansu Fati had earlier given the table and look doomed to relegation, their chances shot, which he fired through the legs of Rodri Tarin and building momentum.—AFP