In the German "Bundesliga" championship, the matches of the 26th round were played on Saturday.
The Dortmund "Borussia" footballers secured an important victory at home, defeating "Hannover" eleven with a score of 2-3 after a tumultuous battle.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang led the "yellow-blacks" ahead in the 19th minute, but Lars Stindl equalized the score after 12 minutes.
However, in the second half, "Borussia" demonstrated dominance and in the 61st minute gained a two-goal advantage, with Shinji Kagawa and the same P. Aubameyang scoring once again.
In the 82nd minute, "Hannover" reduced the deficit to a minimum, but they failed to reach a draw and "Borussia" remains in tenth place after the victory in the German championship.
Also, victories were achieved by the clubs "Freiburg" and "Stuttgart", while the matches between "Paderborn" - "Hoffenheim" and "Koln" - "Werder" ended in draws.
In the last evening match, Gelzenkirchen's "Schalke" lost by a minimal margin to Leverkusen's "Bayer" eleven. The decisive goal was scored by Karim Bellarabi for the winners.
Results:
"Hannover" 2 - 3 "Borussia"
19' [0 - 1] P. Aubameyang
31' [1 - 1] L. Stindl
58' [1 - 2] S. Kagawa
61' [1 - 3] P. Aubameyang
82' [2 - 3] L. Stindl
"Freiburg" 2 - 0 "Augsburg"
71' [1 - 0] J. Schmid
84' [2 - 0] N. Petersen
"Koln" 1 - 1 "Werder"
27' [0 - 1] D. Selke
88' [1 - 1] N. Lehmann (11m. penalty)
"Paderborn" 0 - 0 "Hoffenheim"
65' E. Bicakcic ("Hoffenheim") sent off from the field
"Stuttgart" 3 - 1 "Eintracht"
51' [0 - 1] H. Seferović
63' [1 - 1] D. Ginczek
66' [2 - 1] D. Ginczek
81' [3 - 1] A. Maxim
"Schalke" 0 - 1 "Bayer"
35' [0 - 1] K. Bellarabi
League table:
