Bundesliga Roundup, Bayern Munich Loses
Posted March 15, 2008 Posted Under: German: Bundesliga
Last-place Energie Cottbus stunned leader Bayern Munich with a 2-0 win on Saturday, throwing the Bundesliga title race wide open again.
Branko Jelic scored in the 18th and 38th minutes against a Bayern team that looked like it believed the pundits who said the title was secured last week. Bremen's 6-3 loss against Stuttgart put it seven points clear heading into the weekend.
Hamburger SV closed to within five points with a 1-0 win over Dortmund. Werder Bremen could chop the lead to four when it plays Wolfsburg Sunday and Leverkkusen would only be six back if it beats Nuremberg the same day.
Hamburg recovered from a UEFA Cup knockout at the hands of Leverkusen three days ago when Paolo Guerrero scored in the 63rd minute against Dortmund. Hamburg ran its league unbeaten streak to nine matches, and was helped when no Dortmund defender was close enough to stop Guerrero from putting his foot on Ivica Olic's cross right in front of the goal.
VfB Stuttgart's four-game winning streak was stopped by a 1-1 draw against VfL Bochum.
Thomas Hitzlsperger equalized in the 47th after Christoph Dabrowski's 20-minute goal for Duisburg. The draw set back Stuttgart's hopes of playing internationally next season, keeping it in sixth place.
In other games, it was: Karlsruhe 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1; Hannover 2, Bielefeld 2; and Hansa Rostock 0, Berlin 0. On Friday, Schalke beat MSV Duisburg 2-1.