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On Saturday, the 23rd round of the German Championship began. Seven matches were played, in which seventeen goals were scored, and the favorites secured victories.
After this day's matches, Bayern Munich club leads the Bundesliga table with 47 points. Second-placed Schalke team is three points behind, but has played one less game and will play tomorrow against Hannover.
Bayern team, playing away, narrowly defeated the league's underdog Freiburg club 1-0. Sebastian Deisler scored the goal for the Bavarians and helped secure the fourteenth victory of the season.
In another match, recovering from their loss in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, defending champions Werder Bremen defeated Bochum team at home by a stunning 4-0, remaining in third place in the league table.
A successful round was also for the Hertha club. The capital's team defeated Hamburger 4-1 and rose to fourth place. Meanwhile, struggling financially Borussia Dortmund, as usual in front of 74 thousand fans, won 3-0 against Mainz club and further distanced themselves from the bottom-placed teams.
Meanwhile, the matches between Hansa and Gladbach, as well as Kaiserslautern and Wolfsburg clubs, ended in goalless draws. Interestingly, this was the first such result for Wolfsburg this season, as they previously either won or lost in all matches.
Table of the Tournament
Statistics from Saturday's matches
0 - 1
52' [0 - 1] Sebastian Deisler
4 - 0
45' [1 - 0] Valerien Ismael
49' [2 - 0] Frank Baumann
53' [3 - 0] Nelson Valdez
73' [4 - 0] Johan Micoud
3 - 0
28' [1 - 0] Ebi Smolarek
54' [2 - 0] Jan Koller
74' [3 - 0] Lars Ricken
0 - 0
3 - 1
6' [1 - 0] Delron Buckley
19' [2 - 0] Patrick Owomoyela
30' [2 - 1] Marek Mintal
72' [3 - 1] Roberto Pinto
0 - 0
4 - 1
4' [1 - 0] Giuseppe Reina
16' [2 - 0] Gilberto
31' [3 - 0] Marcelinho
78' [3 - 1] Sergej Barbarez
81' [4 - 1] Gilberto
