That was it: good old Mario Gómez (34) played his last game for VfB Stuttgart! Those Swabians seized promotion to the Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon, Gómez – once the tormentor of the Orange squad at the 2012 European Championship – waved a hit against SV Darmstadt 98 and received a modest public change and praise from Koert Westerman.
Stuttgart lost 1-3 at home, but could still breathe a sigh of relief: champion Arminia Bielefeld did his sporting duty against number three 1. FC Heidenheim. The same Heidenheim may play play-offs against Werder Bremen, because number 4 Hamburger SV also did not give at home: The red pants lost at home with no less than 1-5 from SV Sandhausen.
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