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On Saturday, in the 17th round of the Germany "Bundesliga" championship matches, Gelzenkirchen's "Schalke" veteran Raul reminded everyone of himself.
Led by the Spaniard, the team crushed Bremen's "Werder" eleven in front of their own audience with a score of 5-0, and the striker scored the first three team goals.
The defending champions, Borussia Dortmund, also secured a confident victory, proving their superiority away with a 4-1 win against the "Freiburg" team.
Meanwhile, at home, Leverkusen's "Bayer" unexpectedly lost 0-3 to the "Nurnberg" club, which is currently in fifteenth place on the tournament table.
It remains to be seen whether the hosts of the matches were negatively affected by the news they learned on Friday that they will have to face the Barcelona footballers defending the title of the best team in Europe in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
Results:
Leverkusen "Bayer" 0 - 3 "Nurnberg" 8' [0 - 1] D. Didavi 22' [0 - 2] J. Hegeler 73' [0 - 3] T. Pekhart
Freiburg 1 - 4 Borussia Dortmund 7' [0 - 1] R. Lewandowski 34' [1 - 1] J. Rosenthal 44' [1 - 2] I. Gundogan 59' [1 - 3] K. Grosskreutz 70' [1 - 4] R. Lewandowski
Hamburger 1 - 1 Augsburg 63' [0 - 1] T. Oehrl 67' [1 - 1] J.P. Guerrero
Hoffenheim 1 - 1 Hertha Berlin 21' [1 - 0] S. Salihovic 90' [1 - 1] R. Hubnik Raffael sent off the field in the 31st minute (Hertha) I. Vorsah sent off the field in the 63rd minute (Hoffenheim)
Wolfsburg 1 - 0 Stuttgart 74' [1 - 0] S. Polter
Schalke 5 - 0 Werder Bremen 16' [1 - 0] Raul 20' [2 - 0] Raul 63' [3 - 0] Raul 67' [4 - 0] K. Papadopoulos 70' [5 - 0] K.J. Huntelaar
