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On Friday night, there was heavy snowfall in Duisburg and on Saturday morning the German Football Commission, after evaluating the condition of the field, decided to postpone the match. The new date for the "Duisburg" and "Koln" competition should be set for Monday.
The "Bayern" club, defending the title of league champions, continued to successfully play. This time, the "Bavarians" won 2-1 at home against "Mainz," securing their twelfth victory in the Bundesliga championship. Both goals for the winners were scored by C.Pizarro, who has been showing good athletic form lately.
Another interesting match took place in Gelsenkirchen, between the local "Schalke" and "Werder" clubs. Playing at home, the "Schalke" footballers did not disappoint the 62,000 fans at the stadium and secured a victory with a score of 2-1.
"Schalke" took the lead already in the second minute of the match, after "Werder" defender Naldo tried to pass the ball back to his goalkeeper but made a weak pass. "Schalke's" attacking leader K.Kuranyi easily beat "Werder" goalkeeper A.Reinke to the ball. Shortly after the break, N.Valdez managed to reduce the score, but K.Kuranyi, in the 64th minute, once again defeated the opponents' goalkeeper.
It is worth mentioning that in this match, the "Werder" club played without their attacking leader and the Bundesliga's top goalscorer M.Kloses. After this victory, "Schalke" maintained the fourth position, trailing the Bremen club by four points.
The "Hamburger" team also won a difficult victory after their defeat in the UEFA Cup, defeating "Beyer" 1-0 away. The victory was secured for the "Hamburger" club by the only goal of D.Jarolimo in the 82nd minute. With their ninth victory in the Bundesliga, the coastal city club capitalized on the misfortune of "Werder" and moved up to the second position.
The "Kaiserslautern" footballers continue to demonstrate tragically terrible play, losing 1-5 away to the "Hannover" team and remaining in the last place on the league table.
In the last eleven matches of the Bundesliga, the "Kaiserslautern" team managed to earn just 3 points, and the taste of victory in the league matches was last felt at the end of the summer. Meanwhile, the victorious "Hannover" club slightly improved their position and moved up to eleventh place.
After their defeat in the thirteenth round, the "Nurnberg" footballers and fans were disappointed this weekend - playing at home, the "Nurnberg" team had to admit defeat to the "Borussia" team with a score of 1-2.
At the beginning of the match, the guests were led by D.Odonkor, and at the end of the first half, the score was doubled by the young N.Sahin, who scored the first goal in the "Borussia" team. Nuri Sahin scored this goal at the age of just 17 years and 3 months, becoming the youngest player to score a goal in the history of the league.
At the end of the match, the player of the German youth national team and one of the leaders of the "Nurnberg" team, S.Kiessling, managed to reduce the gap. After the victory, "Borussia" rose to the fifth position, while the "Nurnberg" players remained at the bottom of the table.
