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And the German football championship continues. On Saturday, seven matches of the ninth round were played, with the remaining two to be played on Sunday.
In this season, the first failure was experienced and the "Hamburger" club fell to third place. Up until then, the "Hamburger" footballers who had been demonstrating excellent play at home lost by a minimal margin to the "Wolfsburg" club. The only goal, which determined the end of the match, was scored by D. Klimowicius in the 19th minute. By the way, this was the first victory for the "Wolfsburg" team in Hamburg since 1997. Just after the final whistle, there was a scuffle on the field involving about 20 players and officials. After calming the tensions, the referee consulted with his assistant and "awarded" the leader of the home team, R. van der Vaart, and the "Wolfsburg" player M. Franz with red cards.
The coastal club was unable to take advantage of the stumble of the defending champions, "Bayern", playing 1-1 against the "Schalke" team as visitors. It is worth mentioning that the forward of the Gelsenkirchen team, S. Larsen, equalized the score in the last minute of regular time.
The "Werder" footballers achieved another stunning victory, crushing the "Nurnberg" team 6-2 at home. The unstoppable M. Klose scored three goals for the winners. After this victory, "Werder" has 22 points and shares first and second place with "Bayern".
"Stuttgart" footballers continue to struggle. This time they played 1-1 at home against the "Gladbach" eleven. "Gladbach" dominated almost the entire match, but in the 89th minute of the game, J. Strasser scored an own goal, "gifting" a point to the "Stuttgart" club. After these draws, "Stuttgart" occupies the ninth place, while the "Gladbach" footballers are fifth.
Another interesting match took place in Kaiserslauterne, between the local "Kaiserslautern" and "Borussia" clubs. In this match, two footballers stood out - the home team's attacking leader H. Altintop and the "Borussia" forward E. Smolarek. Both players scored three goals each, and the match ended in a 3-3 draw.
