Bundesliga: Felix Magath is to save Hertha BSC – Florian Wirtz is seriously injured

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Felix Magath is to save Hertha BSC from relegation – Wirtz’s serious injury overshadows the Rhine summit

The report of the game day came later on Sunday evening. After another bankruptcy at Borussia Mönchengladbach (0: 2), Hertha BSC separated from his coach Tayfun Korkut. A prominent successor was quickly found: Felix Magath. The 68-year-old takes over the capital club, which has slipped to relegation place 17, until the end of the season. Magath is considered a coach who relies on discipline. He won the German championship three times with Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg.

Sportich, FC Bayern Munich again lost two points. A week after the 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen, the league leaders did not get more than 1-1 (1-1) at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the start of the 26th matchday. As a result, pursuers Borussia Dortmund were able to reduce the gap to seven points – but only with a difficult 1-0 win over Bielefeld.

There was a moment of shock in Leverkusen, where young national player Florian Wirtz had to be carried off the pitch with a serious injury. Cologne won the Rhine Summit 1-0.

SC Freiburg stayed within touching distance of the Champions League places with a 3-2 (2-0) win over VfL Wolfsburg – tied on points with Hoffenheim and Leipzig, who beat bottom-of-the-table Greuther Fürth 6-1 (4-1 ) dispatched. In the fight against relegation, VfB Stuttgart scored an important point with a 1-1 (0-1) win at Union Berlin. FC Augsburg’s game against 1. FSV Mainz 05 was postponed due to too many corona cases in Mainz.

Borussia Dortmund – Arminia Bielefeld 1:0 (1:0)

Borussia Dortmund has cemented second place in the Bundesliga with a difficult victory over Arminia Bielefeld. BVB won 1-0 (1-0) on matchday 26 on Sunday and was also able to celebrate the return of Erling Haaland after a seven-week injury break. The Norwegian, who has recovered from a muscle injury, came on as a substitute for the last half hour. Marius Wolf scored Dortmund’s winning goal in the 21st minute. BVB can reduce the gap to leaders Bayern Munich to four points with a win in the catch-up game in Mainz on Wednesday. Bielefeld remains in 15th place.

Bayer Leverkusen – 1.FC Cologne 0: 1 (0: 0)

Bayer Leverkusen suffered a setback in the hunt for a place in the Champions League in the Bundesliga. The Werkself lost the Rhein derby against 1. FC Köln on Sunday 0-1 (0-0). Substitute Kingsley Schindler scored for the guests in the 67th minute. In seventh place, coach Steffen Baumgart’s team can still hope for a ticket for the European Cup. The game was overshadowed by a serious injury to Bayer international Florian Wirtz, who was carried off in the 28th minute. The 18-year-old fell to the ground after a duel with Cologne’s Luca Kilian. He obviously got his left foot stuck in the grass and tore his cruciate ligament, as confirmed by Bayer Leverkusen after an MRI scan.

Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 2: 1 (0: 1)

Eintracht Frankfurt continued its upward trend with the first home win in the second half of the season. Despite being behind, coach Oliver Glasner’s team won 2-1 (0-1) against VfL Bochum. An own goal by Bochum’s Erhan Masovic (46th minute) and a goal by Daichi Kamada (52nd) in front of 24,000 spectators ensured Eintracht’s third success within a week after the 4-1 win at Hertha BSC and the 2-1 win in Europe League at Betis Sevilla. Striker Sebastian Polter (19th) had given the guests the lead. Due to the success, Frankfurt improved to ninth place, Bochum remains eleventh.

SpVgg Greuther Furth – RB Leipzig 1: 6 (1: 4)

RB Leipzig is in the Bundesliga after the end of the 26th match day on a Champions League place. Last year’s runners-up clearly won 6:1 (4:1) at the bottom of the table SpVgg Greuther Fürth and thus occupies fourth place. Although Fürth took the lead in the fourth minute through Jamie Leweling, Leipzig kept things clear until half-time. André Silva (17th), Emil Forsberg (32nd), Konrad Laimer (35th) and Benjamin Henrichs (45th) scored for the 4:1 lead. Mohamed Simakan (59th) and Christopher Nkunku (69th) increased in the second half for the guests from Saxony.

Borussia Mönchengladbach – Hertha BSC 2: 0 (1: 0)

After the next bankruptcy of Hertha BSC, Tayfun Korkut is rid of his job as head coach of the Bundesliga soccer club, which he only started at the end of November. In the evening, the Berliners presented a prominent successor in Felix Magath. The experienced coach takes over until the end of the season. The harmless Berliners, who were still without a win this year, lost 2-0 (0-1) at Borussia Mönchengladbach and thus fell back to a direct relegation zone. On Sunday, the capital club drew the consequences. A penalty converted by Alassane Plea (24th minute) and another goal by Matthias Ginter (59th) sealed the victory in the direct relegation battle, which was so important for Borussia, who had also been reeling recently. The first win in a month was particularly beneficial for the absent head coach Adi Hütter, who was infected with the corona virus. The Austrian was also criticized.

TSG Hoffenheim – Bayern Munich 1: 1 (1: 1)

In a gripping top-flight Bundesliga game and in glorious sunshine, FC Bayern Munich showed themselves to be in the best of moods – but for one thing they forgot to score and for another they were unlucky with three offside goals. The league leaders only drew 1-1 (1-1) at Champions League aspirants TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Saturday. Four days after the 7-1 win against RB Salzburg in the premier class, coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team at his former job failed when they had numerous chances. In front of 25,600 spectators in the sold-out Sinsheim stadium, Christoph Baumgartner even gave the Kraichgau team the lead (32nd minute). Robert Lewandowski equalized with his 29th goal of the season (45+3). In the table, the German champions are now ten points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who play Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday and still have the catch-up game in Mainz. For TSG, the series of four wins ended with a respectable draw against the defending champion.

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SC Freiburg – VfL Wolfsburg 3: 2 (2: 0)

Thanks to a strong Vincenzo Grifo and winning goal scorer Nico Schlotterbeck, SC Freiburg can hope more and more for the Champions League qualification. National defender Schlotterbeck scored the late goal to make it 3-2 (2-0) against VfL Wolfsburg and ensured success in the turbulent final phase (87th minute). After Max Kruse connected against his ex-club (52nd), Maximilian Arnold had only recently equalized for Lower Saxony, who had only improved in the second half (84th). At the beginning Grifo put the Breisgauer in the lead in the first game after coach Christian Streich renewed his contract with his first brace in the Bundesliga. In front of 25,000 spectators, the offensive player scored with a direct free kick (7th minute) and followed up with a direct acceptance (44th). Freiburg, weakened by the corona-related failures of regular players Philipp Lienhart and Maximilian Eggestein, initially moved up to fourth place.

Union Berlin – VfB Stuttgart 1: 1 (1: 0)

Sasa Kalajdzic gave VfB Stuttgart further hope in the relegation battle with a last-minute goal. The Austrian helped the Swabians to an important and flattering point win with his goal in the 90th minute to make it 1-1 (0-1) at 1. FC Union Berlin. Taiwo Awoniyi (41st minute) put the superior Irons in the lead with a hand penalty. But it wasn’t enough to win the 150th game under coach Urs Fischer in front of 16,509 spectators. Thanks to the defeat of Hertha BSC, VfB overtook the Berliners and left 17th place. Union thus also missed the symbolic mark of 40 points as the minimum target set by Fischer. The Berliners have 38 points to their credit.

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