In Germany - victories of the teams "Borussia" and "Schalke" (VIDEO OF ALL MATCHES) © EuroFootball.com

On Friday and Saturday, the 9th round of matches took place in the German "Bundesliga" championship.

Defending champions Dortmund's "Borussia" footballers defeated the local "Freiburg" team 2-0 in snowy Freiburg, reducing the gap from the leading Munich "Bayern" club in the championship to 9 points.

However, the "Bavarians" will play their round match on Sunday.

At least for one day, the Gelzenkirchen "Schalke" team moved up to second place in the tournament table by defeating "Nurnberg" 1-0 in front of their own fans.

The Friday game between "Augsburg" and "Hamburger" ended with a 2-0 victory for the guests.

Results / Table / Video:

"Augsburg" 0 - 2 "Hamburger":

"Fortuna" 1 - 4 "Wolfsburg":

"Schalke" 1 - 0 "Nurnberg":

"Mainz" 3 - 0 "Hoffenheim":

"Greuther" 1 - 1 "Werder":

"Freiburg" 0 - 2 "Borussia":