12th round: "Wolfsburg" crushed © EuroFootball.com

The twelfth round of the Bundesliga started. On Saturday, seven matches were played. The sensation was presented by the "Nürnberg" club, who crushed the league leaders "Wolfsburg" 4-0 at home. Marek Mintal scored three goals in this match. The leader's failure can be enjoyed by one of the league's favorites, Munich's "Bayern", who defeated the visitors from Hanover 3-0 at home and reduced the gap to a minimum. The goals for the Bavarians were scored by Roy Makaay and Paolo Guerrero. Defending champions Bremen's "Werder" were close to victory in Berlin against "Hertha", but A.Madlung snatched a point in the last minute. The matches between "Mainz" and "Gladbach" as well as "Bochum" and "Kaiserslautern" ended in a draw. In other matches, the players of the "Bayer" club demonstrated a strong character and won against "Freiburg" 4-1, despite conceding the first goal. Meanwhile, Dortmund's "Borussia" club, defeated by "Arminia" in the table, dropped one position. Standings All Saturday match results 1 - 1 80' [0 - 1] Angelos Charisteas 90' [1 - 1] Alexander Madlung 1 - 0 8' Delron Buckley 4 - 0 1' [1 - 0] Marek Mintal 28' [2 - 0] Marek Mintal 45' [3 - 0] Markus Schroth 49' [4 - 0] Marek Mintal 1 - 1 13' [0 - 1] Vaclav Sverkos 58' [1 - 1] Nikolce Noveski 1 - 1 26' [0 - 1] Herve Nzelo-Lembi 62' [1 - 1] Vratislav Lokvenc 4 - 1 29' [0 - 1] Soumaila Coulibaly 48' [1 - 1] Paul Freier 53' [2 - 1] Jacek Krzynowek 88' [3 - 1] Paul Freier 89' [4 - 1] Andrey Voronin 3 - 0 3' [1 - 0] Claudio Pizarro 80' [2 - 0] Roy Makaay 90' [3 - 0] Paolo Guerrero