FC Bayern inflicts first defeat on Freiburg – Bochum keeper Riemann fails from the point

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The district eleven, who had been very restrained for a long time, defeated TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in a furious final sprint 2-0 (0-0) and thus improved to 12th place in the table. The away weak Hoffenheim, however, missed the connection to the international starting places. In the past 14 Bundesliga games abroad, the Kraichgauer won only one. In front of 19,600 spectators in the Ruhrstadion, the recently substituted Soma Novothny (66th minute) and Milos Pantovic from their own half scored the goals in the orphaned Hoffenheim goal (90th + 7th). VfL goalkeeper Riemann missed the penalty kick in the 76th minute.

Hard piece of work: Bayern slow down Freiburg in the top game

With hard work instead of casual football art, FC Bayern maintained its supremacy in the Bundesliga in the top game against a fearless SC Freiburg. The German series champion had to invest a lot on Saturday at 2-1 (1-0) to inflict the first defeat of the season on third in the table from Breisgau.

National player Leon Goretzka (30th minute) and striker Robert Lewandowski (75th) scored with his 13th goal of the season in the Allianz Arena, which was full for the first time in a year and a half with 75,000 spectators, against the best defense in the league. Substitute Janik Haberer shortened stoppage time for the guests.

Bayern go into the international break as the league leader. Freiburg were unsuccessful in their 22nd attempt in Munich (19 defeats, three draws). Nevertheless, the well-organized and stable team from southern Baden showed why they are on a Champions League pitch after eleven match days.

Arminia Bielefeld takes first win of the season against weak VfB

Arminia Bielefeld celebrated her first win of the season in the Bundesliga and pulled VfB Stuttgart deeper into the relegation zone. In the heavily weakened Swabians, the East Westphalia won 1-0 (1-0) on matchday 11. Masaya Okugawa (19th minute) shot the Arminia in front of 33,550 spectators on Saturday up to two points at the disappointing VfB.

The success is also balm for the criticized coach Frank Kramer. The club officials had already expressed their trust in him in advance, regardless of the result of this worry duel and may (for the time being) feel confirmed. After the excruciatingly long wait for the first success, the return to the Mercedes-Benz Arena turned out to be a good omen for the Bielefeld team. On the 34th matchday of the previous season, the club had made perfect relegation thanks to a 2-0 win at VfB. It was the last victory that happened in the Bundesliga until Saturday.

Coach Pellegrino Matarazzo’s VfB, on the other hand, lost the next key game a week after the clear 1: 4 in Augsburg. The home side left the pitch as a deserved loser and could have been defeated higher in view of several aluminum hits from the guests. The Swabians will long for the significant personnel problems to disappear during the international break.

Thanks to new international Nmecha: Kohfeldt continues to win with Wolfsburg

Third game, third win: Thanks to new national player Lukas Nmecha, Florian Kohfeldt remains unbeaten as coach of VfL Wolfsburg. Four days after the 2-1 win against RB Salzburg in the Champions League, Lower Saxony won 1-0 (1-0) in the Bundesliga against FC Augsburg on Saturday and improved to fourth place in the table for at least one night. FC Augsburg, on the other hand, missed a week after the 4-1 win against VfB Stuttgart to move out of the relegation zone.

Kohfeldt saw his team perform well for only one half, but in the end had to tremble for the three. Because his new team was wasting their chances before the break, which almost took revenge. But in the end, in front of 16,095 spectators in the Volkswagen Arena, Nmecha’s header (14th minute) was enough to win. The offensive player was nominated for the first time for the DFB-Elf on Friday by national coach Hansi Flick.