© EuroFootball.com
In two Sunday Bundesliga matches, the favorites secured victories - "Stuttgart" returned to the path of victories and won their first victory under the new coach Armin Veh, while "Hamburger" won away and reduced the gap from the leader "Bayern" Munich to eight points.
On Saturday, preparing for Champions League battles, the Bavarian club narrowly avoided defeat against "Hannover" and snatched a point only thanks to a late goal by Michael Ballack, so the opportunity to return to the fight for the first place and slightly reduce the gap was given to "Hamburger" who lost points in the last round and occupies the second position.
Hamburger took advantage of this opportunity - although Alexander Meier from "Eintracht" Frankfurt rightfully equalized with a goal at the end of the first half after Piotr Trochowski's goal in the 20th minute, after the break defender Daniel Van Buyten scored a winning goal for the visitors.
The first victory was achieved by Armin Veh, who replaced the famous Giovanni Trapattoni in the position of "Stuttgart" coach on February 10, and his team, defeated the "Mainz" team at home. In the 7th minute, Serbian Daniel Ljuboja put the hosts ahead after a pass from Andreas Hinkel, but just before the end of the first half, Antonio da Silva equalized with a strong shot from the penalty area.
However, with less than 20 minutes remaining, Jonas Dahl Tomasson overcame the offside trap and passed the ball to Christian Tiffert, who had only to score the decisive goal. "Stuttgart" won and recovered from their failures in the league and UEFA Cup, jumping up to sixth place.
Sunday match statistics:
1 - 2
20` [0 - 1] Piotr Trochowski
42` [1 - 1] Alexander Meier
53` [1 - 2] Daniel van Buyten
2 - 1
7` [1 - 0] Daniel Ljuboja
25` [1 - 1] Antonio da Silva
71` [2 - 1] Christian Tiffert
Tournament table
