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On Saturday, in the XXXI round of the German "Bundesliga" championship, the Dortmund "Borussia" football players suffered an unexpected defeat.
The charismatic Jurgen Klopp's team, who were leading the championship, were defeated away by the absolute underdogs of the league, the "Gladbach" team, with a minimal score of 1-0.
The Leverkusen "Bayer" team, currently in second place in the tournament standings, took advantage of this and reduced the gap to 5 points from the "Borussia" club by defeating the "Hoffenheim" team at home 2-1.
The match between Frankfurt's "Eintracht" and Munich's "Bayern" ended in a 1-1 draw.
With only one point earned, the 'Bavarians' gave up the third position guaranteeing a spot in next year's UEFA Champions League tournament to the "Hannover" players.
There are three rounds left until the end of the championship.
Results:
Leverkusen "Bayer" 2 - 1 "Hoffenheim" 28' [0 - 1] G. Sigurdsson 40' [1 - 1] V. Kadlec 51' [2 - 1] A. Vidal
Frankfurt "Eintracht" 1 - 1 Munich "Bayern" 54' [1 - 0] S. Rode 89' [1 - 1] M. Gomez (penalty)
Gelzenkirchen "Schalke" 0 - 1 "Kaiserslautern" 41' [0 - 1] S. Lakic
Hamburg "St. Pauli" 1 - 3 Bremen "Werder" 29' [1 - 0] F. Bartels 50' [1 - 1] M. Thorandt (own goal) 73' [1 - 2] C. Pizarro 75' [1 - 3] C. Pizarro
Stuttgart 3 - 0 Hamburg 6' [1 - 0] Cacau 79' [2 - 0] C. Gentner 88' [3 - 0] Cacau
"Gladbach" 1 - 0 Dortmund "Borussia" 35' [1 - 0] M. Idrissou
