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In the German football championships, the battles of the 24th round began. On Saturday, seven matches were played. The hosts won five victories, while the guests triumphed in the other two matches. The "Bayern" and "Schalke" clubs continue to stay at the top of the tournament table. The current champions, the Bremen "Werder" club, did not take advantage of the opportunity to get closer to the leaders, losing 1-0 to "Bayern" as guests. This was the first failure for the Bremen team after five consecutive victories. In other matches, the "Bayer" club lost 1-0 to the "Hamburger" team as guests and dropped down to seventh position. Perhaps the most successful round was for the "Stuttgart" club. They defeated the league newcomer "Arminia" 2-1 at home and rose to the fourth place. This round was also successful for the "Schalke" team - the Gelsenkirchen footballers defeated the "Bochum" team 2-0 as guests. Ailton and Lincoln stood out among the winners. The biggest victory was achieved by the "Mainz" team, who crushed one of the outsiders, the "Freiburg" club, at home with a score of 5-0. Meanwhile, the other outsider "Hansa" defeated "Hannover" 0-1 as guests and rose to the second to last position in the league. All Saturday results: 5 - 0 21' [1 - 0] Fabian Gerber 26' [2 - 0] Manuel Friedrich 43' [3 - 0] Christoph Babatz (11m.) 70' [4 - 0] Antonio Da Silva 81' [5 - 0] Michael Thurk 0 - 1 27' [0 - 1] Rade Prica 2 - 1 48' [1 - 0] Zvonimir Soldo 75' [2 - 0] Jeronimo Baretto Cacau 78' [2 - 1] Isaac Boakye 1 - 0 86' [1 - 0] Vaclav Sverkos 0 - 2 30' [0 - 1] Goncalves Ailton 77' [0 - 2] Cassio Lincoln 1 - 0 21' [1 - 0] Daniel Van Buyten 1 - 0 7' [1 - 0] Michael Ballack
