Less than 30 minutes were played, when Werder Bremen already led with three goals against desolate Cologne. Yuya Osako (22 minutes) took the lead first when he placed the ball at an angle. Just five minutes later, Milot Rashica (27.) tried it from close range, the ball flew through the legs of the unfortunate FC goalkeeper Timo Horn. And shortly afterwards, flanker Marco Friedel and the head-in Niclas Füllkrug (29th) were faster than the FC back team after an alleged handball in the Cologne penalty area.
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It took ten minutes after the break, then Werder continued his mission to improve his goal difference. First Rashica marched unchecked through the Cologne half and came free to shoot from 20 meters, then Davy Klaassen (55.) was the only one to respond to the ball rebounding from the post and scored the fourth goal. Three minutes later, Osako was free after a cross from Theodor Gebre Selassie in the FC penalty area and scored his second goal (58.). Dominick Drexler (62.) was able to use an accident back pass from Rashica for a Cologne goal, then substitute Joshua Sargent (68.) restored the old gap.
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The fact that one victory was enough for the Bremen team to move into the relegation was due to Union Berlin’s committed performance in the parallel game against Fortuna Düsseldorf. The team of coach Urs Fischer fended off the first two good opportunities for the offensive Fortuna, in the 26th minute the hosts struck – as so often this season according to a standard. First Joshua Mees tried a volley after a corner from Christopher Trimmel, then the blocked shot brought the Anthony Ujah over the line.
It was the ex-Bremen player who sent his team-mate Christian Gentner (54.) on the trip after a poor header from Kaan Ayhan, who increased to 2: 0. Fortuna tried everything again, Union successfully countered and even scored the third goal from Suleiman Abdullahi (90th).
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Borussia Mönchengladbach will play in the Champions League next season, Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League. Borussia defended fourth place in the table by beating Hertha BSC.
Breel Embolo dropped after a duel in the penalty area for Jonas Hofmann, who scored early Gladbacher leadership (7th). Thereafter, Borussia remained the game-determining team, the Gladbachers had 13 finishes until the break. Hertha shot on goal for the first time in the second half and hardly put Gladbach in danger. Then Embolo made everything clear: On the presentation of Hofmann, the striker pushed to the deciding 2-0. Herthas Vedad Ibisevic only made the connection in added time (90. + 2).
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After only two minutes, a close remote duel had actually begun for the premier class: Bayers Florian Wirtz won the ball on the wing, Nadiem Amiri released Kevin Volland and he met the Leverkusen lead against Mainz (2nd). Volland also scored the supposed 2-0, which referee Benjamin Cortus did not count according to the television pictures because of a previous foul.
A Leverkusen victory with a simultaneous defeat in Gladbach would have meant moving into the premier class. Leverkusen did just that last season. This time, however, nothing came of it because Borussia made no mistakes.
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Andrej Kramaric shot TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Europa League. On the last match day, TSG overtook VfL Wolfsburg, who has to be seventh in the Europa League qualification. Kramaric scored all four goals in TSG’s 4-0 win over Borussia Dortmund.
The Hoffenheim team started out more enthusiastically than BVB, who had already secured second place. Kramaric scored from distance to the Hoffenheim leadership (8th) and after half an hour also made it 2-0 (30th). After the break, BVB remained weak. After a quick attack, Kramaric pushed in 3-0 (48th), shortly afterwards he scored a 4-0 (50th). Mats Hummels fouled Munas Dabbur in the penalty area.
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FC Bayern Munich has had their eighth German championship in a row for a long time. Against VfL Wolfsburg, the Bavarians did not want to be said to lack motivation or even distortion of competition. With the first attack Kingsley Coman put the Munich in the lead (4th). Mickaël Cuisance celebrated his first Bundesliga goal shortly before the break, the 20-year-old scored from 2-0 away (37.).
In the second half, Wolfsburg captain Josuha Guilavogui was sent off after his second yellow card and a foul on Cuisance also caused a penalty. Robert Lewandowski made it 3-0 (72nd). A little later, Thomas Müller made it 4-0 (79th). For Bayern it was the 100th goal of the season. They had only scored more in the 1971/72 season, when they scored 101 goals.
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With two goals against Augsburg, Timo Werner said goodbye to the Bundesliga and ensured that Leipzig finished third in the season. After his lead in the 28th minute and equalization by Ruben Vargas (71st) after the break, national team RB shot to victory in the 80th minute. Werner ends the season in second place with 26 goals, but is still significantly behind Robert Lewandowski, who scored 33 goals.
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