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MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2014 SPORTS German League/standings Hertha Berlin 0 Hoffenheim 5 (Brooks 23-og, Salihovic 26-pen, 39-pen, Shipplock 74, Rudy 84); Freiburg 2 (Frantz 45, Oliver 81) Hanover 96 2 (Bittencourt 83, Joselu 90+3). Played Saturday Schalke 04 0 Hamburg 0; Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Bellarabi 83) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Meier 37-pen); Augsburg 2 (Feulner 20, Bodilla 51) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Kruse 2-pen); Werder Bremen 2 (Selke 3, Bartels 62) Borussia Dortmund 1 (Hummels 69); VfB Stuttgart 0 Paderborn 0; VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Dost 16, Naldo 78) Cologne 1 (Maroh 11). German league table after yesterday evening’s match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Bayern 17 14 3 0 41 4 45 Paderborn 17 4 7 6 21 26 19 Wolfsburg 17 10 4 3 33 17 34 Cologne 17 5 4 8 17 23 19 Leverkusen 17 7 7 3 28 20 28 Mainz 05 17 3 9 5 19 23 18 M’gadbach 17 7 6 4 25 16 27 Hertha 17 5 3 9 24 35 18 Schalke 04 17 8 3 6 28 21 27 Hamburg 17 4 5 8 9 19 17 Augsburg 17 9 0 8 22 21 27 Stuttgart 17 4 5 8 20 32 17 Hoffenheim 17 7 5 5 29 25 26 Werder 17 4 5 8 26 39 17 Hanover 96 17 7 3 7 21 26 24 Dortmund 17 4 3 10 18 26 15 Eintracht 17 6 5 6 34 34 23 Freiburg 17 2 9 6 17 25 15 Bundesliga takes winter break BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund went joint to look at the goals,” said the Dutchman. bottom of the Bundesliga yesterday after This was seventh-placed Hoffenheim’s Hanover 96 scored two late goals to draw biggest victory in their seven years in 2-2 at Freiburg as Germany’s top flight Germany’s top flight while Hertha, 13th, breaks for winter. have now leaked nine goals in their last The Bundesliga starts its winter break two games after drawing 4-4 at Eintracht leaving last season’s runners-up Dortmund Frankfurt on Wednesday. On Saturday, level on 15 points and a goal difference of Dortmund suffered their 10th defeat from minus eight alongside last-placed Freiburg. their first 17 games, losing 2-1 at Werder Goals by striker Mike Frantz and defend- Bremen as teenager Davie Selke scored for ITALY: Udinese midfielder Panagiotis Kone (left) is challenged by Sampdoria forward Stefano Chuka Okaka during a Serie A soccer match. —AP er Marc-Oliver Kempf had put hosts the hosts, then set up their second for Fin Freiburg 2-0 up at their Schwarzwald Bartels. Stadium before Hanover scored twice in Second-placed Wolfsburg fought back the last 10 minutes to claim a point. to claim a 2-1 home win against mid-table Sampdoria hold Udinese Midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt struck Cologne which trimmed Bayern Munich’s on 83 minutes before their Spanish star lead at the top back to 11 points. Joselu netted in the third minute of added Defender Dominic Maroh gave Cologne MILAN: Italy striker Manolo Gabbiadini con- were feeling the effects of those demands. brace of goals in a precious 2-1 home win over time to deny Freiburg their first win since a shock lead after just 11 minutes before firmed he could quit Sampdoria in the January “All the clubs welcome this break: footballers Genoa which secured just their fourth win of the the start of November. Dutch striker Bas Dost equalised five min- transfer window after heading a late equaliser to aren’t machines, they can’t go ten months non- campaign. “It was a very important victory for Earlier yesterday, Hertha Berlin defender utes later. secure a share of the spoils in a 2-2 home draw stop without resting,” said Garcia. us,” said Glik, who bundled the ball past Eugenio John Brooks gave away his side’s first two Brazil defender Naldo then headed the with Udinese yesterday. Gabbiadini has been “I hope the guys come back from the holidays Lamanna at the back post to level Falque Iago’s goals in their 5-0 thrashing at home by winner from a corner 12 minutes from time. linked with a move to Napoli and the highly-rat- utterly determined and with the same hunger 42nd minute opener before hitting the winner Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen stay third after coming ed 23-year-old told Sky Sport after the game: “I we’ve shown up till now.” Milan coach Filippo just after the hour. The USA international turned the ball from behind for a 1-1 draw at home to don’t know if this will be my last goal in a Inzaghi was so delighted with the point he said “We didn’t change anything for the second into his own net on 23 minutes at Berlin’s Eintracht Frankfurt. Sampdoria shirt, I always honour the shirt that Milan should be aiming higher than just qualifi- half, we were just determined to get the three Olympic Stadium, then gave away a penal- Eintracht captain Alexander Meier, the I’m wearing.” cation for the Champions League. “We are Milan, points and succeeded. “We left everything out ty three minutes later. league’s leading scorer, converted a penalty It was Sampdoria’s ninth draw of the cam- we shouldn’t be fighting to finish third. We there, that’s why we deserved this win.” Bosnia midfielder Sejad Salihovic drilled to take him to 13 goals in 16 games this paign but Sinisa Mihajlovic’s men were left should be gunning for the title,” said the Milan Argentinian striker German Denis, mean- home the spot-kick and things went from season, before Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi lamenting a missed chance to leapfrog Napoli handler. while, struck a brace including a late leveller as bad to worse for Hertha. Brooks’ team-mate equalised. into provisional third place ahead of Lazio’s visit Elsewhere yesterday, Chievo and Torino were Atalanta fought back to claim a point from a 3-3 Nico Schulz was unlucky to concede a Roberto di Matteo’s Schalke 04 stay fifth to Inter Milan in yesterday’s late game. the only two teams celebrating ending the year draw with visitors Palermo. penalty after nudging Hoffenheim captain after being held to a goalless draw at home Spanish midfielder Pedro Obiang gave the with a win. Alberto Paloschi struck late to secure Fiorentina were sent on their way towards a Andreas Beck on 39 minutes and Salihovic to Hamburg, while Stuttgart remain above hosts a great start with a 15th minute opener at the points as Chievo beat Verona 1-0 in the city seventh win of the campaign after Juan Manuel converted his second spot-kick. the bottom three places after their goalless the Luigi Ferraris stadium, firing into the empty derby to give them some breathing space in the Vargas struck on the stroke of half-time, only for Hertha capitulated in the second half as draw at home to Paderborn. net after a blunder by visiting ‘keeper Orestis battle for relegation. Lorenzo Tonelli to level just before the hour to Sven Schipplock added to the hosts’ misery Meanwhile, Augsburg fought back for a Karnezis. Torino had defender Kamil Glik to thank for a secure a point for visiting Empoli.—AFP when he walked the ball into an empty net 2-1 win at home to fourth-placed Borussia But Udinese took a 2-1 half-time lead follow- on 74 minutes after a Hoffenheim counter- Moenchengladbach to go sixth. ing quick-fire goals from Alexandre Geijo and attack. Germany international Sebastian On Friday, Bayern broke more league Danilo in the space of three minutes. Italian League/standings Rudy then came off the Hoffenheim bench records as Bastian Schweinsteiger and Gabbiadini, who secured a share of the points to grab their fifth goal. Arjen Robben scored in their 2-1 comeback for Samp in a 1-1 draw away to Juventus last Verona 0 Chievo 1 (Paloschi 81); Atalanta 3 (Denis 40-pen, 76, Moralez 55) Palermo 3 (Rigoni 6, win at Mainz after Colombia midfielder week, rescued the hosts again when he headed Vazquez 1, 45+1); Fiorentina 1 (Vargas 44) Empoli 1 (Tonelli 57); Sampdoria 2 (Obiang 15, ‘BLACK DAY’ Elkin Soto had given the hosts’ a shock first- Lorenzo Di Silvestri’s cross past Karnezis on the Gabbiadini 60) Udinese 2 (Geijo 31, Danilo 34); Torino 2 (Glik 52, 63) Genoa 1 (Iago 42). “It was a black day for us,” admitted half lead. The Mainz result saw Bayern claim hour. “We’ve shown we’re a great side, not just Schulz, while Hertha coach Jos Luhukay new records for the fewest goals conceded for what we did today but what we’ve been Playing later said his side had contributed to their own in the first half of a Bundesliga season and doing all season. Our league position says it all,” Inter Milan v Lazio downfall. their 11-point lead after 17 games is also a said Gabbiadini. “We really helped them, you only have new best mark.—AFP Mihajlovic told Sky Sport he had no com- Played Saturday plaints.”Both teams tried to play to win, we had a Sassuolo 1 (Zaza 76-pen) Cesena 1 (Ze Eduardo 90+4); Roma 0 AC Milan 0 black-out for about three minutes and conceded two goals,” said the coach. Italian Serie A table ahead of yesterday’s late game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals “I told the lads not to change a thing, we against, points): went back out looking for the equaliser and in the end it was the right result.” Sampdoria are 12 Juventus 16 12 3 1 34 7 39 Sassuolo 16 4 8 4 17 21 20 points behind Juventus, who will face Napoli in Roma 16 11 3 2 28 11 36 Empoli 16 3 8 5 17 22 17 the Italian Super Cup final in Doha today with a Napoli 16 7 6 3 28 20 27 Torino 16 4 5 7 12 18 17 chance for a double Christmas celebration after Sampdoria 16 6 9 1 22 14 27 Verona 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 the latest slip-up by title challengers.