Germany: Bayern lead back to five after comeback


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2006-05-03 22:26:14

Bayern striker Roque Santa Cruz (Allsport)
  Bayern striker Roque Santa Cruz (Allsport)
MUNICH, May 3 (SW) - Bayern Munich are one victory away from clinching the Bundesliga title after coming from a goal behind to defeat Stuttgart at Allianz Arena on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich - Stuttgart 3-1

Newly-signed Danijel Lujboja stunned the home crowd in Munich by giving Stuttgart the lead after just six minutes, but Roque Santa Cruz needed only five minutes to snatch an equalizer for the home side.

Claudio Pizarro then gave Bayern the lead two minutes before the half-time whistle blew, and German international Bastian Schweinsteiger secured the three points with a goal just seconds after the restart.

Duisburg - Werder Bremen 3-5

It was quite a shootout at the MSV Arena on Wednesday, but Werder Bremen emerged from the madness as victors, although Duisburg made it quite difficult for them.

Johan Micoud looked to have ended the match after scoring twice within the first 15 minutes for Bremen, and Miroslav Klose's goal on the half-hour made it 3-0, but then Duisburg made a charge at the end of the first half.

Korea Republic striker Jung-hwan Ahn pulled a goal back on 40 minutes and Abdelaziz Ahanfouf cut the lead to 3-2 just before the interval.

It was a nervy second half, but Bremen struck next as Klose bagged his second in the 75th minute, but Ahanfouf yanked it back to within 4-3 for Duisburg less than a minute later. Ivan Klasnic, though, put the stamp on the match with four minutes to play for Bremen.

Schalke - Arminia Bielefeld 3-1

German striker Gerald Asamoah gave Schalke the lead five minutes before half-time, but Bielefeld weren't going to roll over, Marco Kuntzel equalizing in the 50th minute.

Schalke would leave it late, as Danish starlet Søren Larsen gave the home side the lead with 10 minutes to play and Hamit Altintop made it 3-1 on 88 minutes.

Eintracht Frankfurt - Kaiserslautern 2-2

Despite fielding a very inexperienced side in a match they needed in their fight against relegation, Kaiserslautern earned a draw away to UEFA Cup qualifiers Eintracht Frankfurt.

Sebastian Reinert gave the visitors a 16th-minute lead before second-half goals by Benjamin Kohler and Ioannis Amanatidis put Frankfurt in front 2-1.

Heading for the win, Kaiserslautern snatch a point at the death with an injury-time equalizer through Marcel Ziemer.

Wolfsburg - Mainz 0-3

Mainz put themselves three points clear of the bottom three after thrashing fellow relegation candidates Wolfsburg on Wednesday.

Michael Thurk gave the home side the lead after just five minutes before a late double by Benjamin Auer clinched the victory.




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