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Despite “Schalke”'s recent poor results (only two points in four matches), the team leaders showed trust in the coach and extended the contract with Mirko Slomka until the summer of 2009.
On Saturday, the club finally returned to the path of victories, narrowly defeating the struggling “Stuttgart” team. The winning goal at the end of the match was scored by M. Krstajic. Winning the match increased “Schalke”'s advantage over “Werder”, but the latter team will be able to reduce the six-point deficit in Sunday's showdown against “Mainz”.
“Bayern” from Munich's loss against “Eintracht” once again confirmed that the German superclub finds it very difficult to "bite" at Frankfurt's home - this was already the 17th “Bayern”'s failure in this city, with even worse results only in Bremen, where the team lost 19 times.
This time, “Bayern” lost by a narrow score, and the match was decided in the 77th minute by a fantastic goal by C. Preuss from an incredible position. After the failure, the Munich club still remains outside the top three, trailing by two points from the third position. Meanwhile, the “Eintracht” team was able to jump from 16th to 12th place with three points.
After four consecutive victories, it seems that the “Hamburger” club has run out of steam, finishing two weekends in a row with drawn games. This time the port city footballers played peacefully with the “Hannover” club.
The match between “Nurnberg” and “Borussia” in Dortmund also ended without goals. It is time for the latter team to start collecting points, as after this match, “Borussia” found itself right next to the relegation zone. “Borussia” is the worst-performing club in the second half of the season, collecting only six points in nine matches.
Wins were also achieved by the league's newcomers to improve their position. “Aachen” defeated “Arminia” 2-0 at home, with the team's leaders - J. Schlaudraff (8 goals in the championship) and A. Reghecampf (7 goals) - shining.
In Friday's match, “Hertha” hosting usually solidly at home was defeated 1-0 by “Cottbus”, another league debutant. The decisive goal at the beginning of the second half was scored by the most effective player of the club S.Radu, who, after a very accurate pass from his teammate from the side, only had to direct the ball into the net. For the Berlin team, this was the fourth failure in their last five matches.
Friday 0 - 1 47' [0 - 1] Sergiu Marian Radu
Saturday 2 - 0 71' [1 - 0] Jan Schlaudraff 76' [2 - 0] Laurentin Reghecampf (penalty) 0 - 0 1 - 0 77' [1 - 0] Christoph Preuss 3 - 1 22' [1 - 0] Isaac Boakye 26' [2 - 0] Alexander Madlung 66' [2 - 1] Theofanis Gekas 83' [3 - 1] Marcelo dos Santos Marcelinho 0 - 0 1 - 0 77' [1 - 0] Mladen Krstajic
League Table: [table=1][/table]
