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The Sunday match in the Bundesliga ended in a draw - Berlin's "Hertha" managed to avoid defeat against "Kaiserslautern", while in a dramatic match "Nürnberg" and "Borussia" shared a point.
1 - 1
50' [0 - 1] Lucien Mettomo
85' [1 - 1] Alexander Madlung
At the beginning of the match, "Kaiserslautern" had the initiative, and even though they later lost it, it was the visitors who scored first when L.Mettomo scored from a corner in the 50th minute. Then the hosts pressed the opponents and once Mettomo himself cleared the ball from the goal line, while two goals were disallowed due to offside.
However, the "Hertha" team managed to equalize - A.Madlung scored a header in the 85th minute. After these draws for the third place, which grants an opportunity to participate in the Champions League, the "Hertha" team lost their fourth position before the round, but is only three points behind "Werder" and is two points behind "Stuttgart".
2 - 2
62' [0 - 1] Christian Worns
76' [1 - 1] Marek Mintal
86' [1 - 2] Tomas Rosicky (pen.)
88' [2 - 2] Robert Vittek (pen.)
86' Mario Cantaluppi ("Nürnberg") sent off
The match in Nürnberg unfolded particularly dramatically, where for over an hour the teams were unable to break through the opponent's defense, but later managed to score four times - C.Worns sent the ball into the net in the 62nd minute, and although three minutes later the home player M.Mintal missed the penalty, he corrected his mistake with a goal in the 76th minute.
The main actor in the end of the match was the referee, who awarded two penalties and showed a red card. In the 86th minute, after a controversial penalty, "Borussia" defender T.Rosicky converted it, and M.Cantaluppi was sent off the field for protests. However, soon the referee decided to award a penalty to the home team, and R.Vittek took advantage of the opportunity to equalize the result.
