freiburg vs leverkusen all neil's pages and verses leon bailey both men in a rich vein of form peterson and jani cabrera were denied by burned leno early on. the other end lucas a larry i went also close fell a vicar's and. it was end to end as tim kleindienst forced leno into action again the second half a similar pattern freiburg looking dangerous but unable to find a way through. the match ended in a goal list draw. shelter were hungry to reclaim second in the table a solid home record this season combined with just one defeat in their last fourteen games at domenica to discuss team housing in the champions league spots their rivals bremen are having a starkly different season they haven't won any of their last five games and they have a rather poor record on the road could set a surprise their hosts are would shell to stay true to form let's find out. two coaches fighting at opposite ends of the table florian k. phelps braman of only one three chinese in the league this season their lowest ever tally at this stage when you're struggling to catch a victory at least you can hope for i

capitalise on leverkusen slip with nico kovacs in his eintracht site they lead one nil at the break but really sprang to life after simone serota levelled from the spot for bottom club cologne. first market risk glanced in ahead to the first entrant defender to score this season for another free kick and another defender caused more problems for the visitors seem on from that scooping up the rebounds marius both kept to see per minute style for the hosts. pulled one back for cologne for goals were more than enough i'm tracked. over and dortmund meanwhile they thought they were taking on hamburg but let's be real here as soon as the team sheets were released this turned into the welcome back marco show dortmund superstar aka royce he has been out of action ever since tearing his a.c.l. in the german cup final at the end of last season on saturday in front of eighty thousand plus fans at the vet's fallen study and he well let's find out what he did . two hundred fifty nine days after he last played for dortmund marco rice made his comeback in a game that was also michibata to ease home de

old rivals buyer leverkusen coast sheltered in a clash that could prove crucial in their quest to secure a champions league spot. i've seen posted cologne the red bulls were right to crush the billy goat his dreams of dragging themselves up the bundesliga table and into so. now the early game on sunday pitted two teams against each other battling for a champions league spot next season leverkusen and shell the host spire have. to beat on home turf and they hold a better record against the royal blues in recent encounters the hosts of also had no problem scoring this season to have been impressing since the beginning of the campaign but twenty eight hundred has been a little weaker a fairly even much the fair was predicted. to ambitious teams battling for the champions league play because in coach heiko hair lish looked skeptical at the start of the match he may have suspected the visitors were poised to pounce a long ball and vito books the other just red sauce. one deal for shaka in the eleventh minute. the austrian made it look easy and served up a perfect finish. laverick goes in need

again that turned out to be a real doozy we're going to show you that in just a moment but first leverkusen were in action with a chance to rest second place back from live sick all they had to do was beat head to berlin a team that hadn't won and later since two thousand and eight that's gets the action. even without the rest of leon bailey laver couzin still possess plenty of firepower so it was a shock when has it to really just before halftime three valentino lazaro ji sing at home finish for his first step up in this league echo. bailey's number was called after the restart but to no avail as had immediately doubled the lead salamone kalu pouncing on some slack defending i paid events or two efforts blocked from his close range free kick kevin fall and can score either the entire head to team on the goal line the mischances summing up laver couzens afternoon they've now gone two games without a win and without a gold cup success taking its toll. it was certainly a match where we were missing some fitness but think we saw that with a few players in and i'm not just talking about freshne

for that result gave leverkusen the chance to extend their lead in second if they could beat in form freiburg but first let's take a look at by and the spite a string of injuries munich were expected to make light work of hosts minds a club teetering dangerously close to the dreaded drop zone with fans growing frustrated could they deliver a shock victory. fine sandro wagner started for the first time since his winter move the hose mines have the best of the year the chances alexandra maxine curling wide by and the pressure of a corner half an hour in frank river murray fired them into the lead river the second of the season. minds behind it got worse before halftime and there's rodriquez with some fine control in the finish to boot doubling byron's advantage if the rampant varian's are on the march to another title. while minds are very much heading in the wrong direction. was. never in the relegation places but it doesn't change much for us we've got to win games and that is how we've got to move forward irrespective of where we are in the table from week to week. with. freiburg vs

points for leverkusen and then on loki in berlin for against against mines of course on sunday we've got two games. against and then again storm and and then on monday something that we're not used to seeing frankfurt will be hosting leipsic that in fact is the first time the bundesliga has scheduled a match on a monday officially scheduled a match on a monday and now it's time to take a look at what those results mean on the table with six of the nine matches this weekend all ready played and as you can see no surprise there at the top of course byron munich still up there with fifty nine points leverkusen back up to where they really want to belong which is in seconds but of course they're playing on monday so dormant shell can move up frankfurt moved and there is a lot of movement there for look at them moving up almost within and whisker of those european spots and hoffenheim move down and then the other end of the table. no movement at the bottom cologne still bottom there with just fourteen points minds also in those awful spots down at the bottom of the table but of course we

on sunday pitted two teams against each other battling for a champions league spot next season leverkusen and shout the host spire have been tough to pique to beat on home turf and they hold a better record against the royal blues in recent encounters the hosts also had no problem scoring this season to have been impressing since the beginning of the campaign but twenty eighteen has been a little weaker a fairly even much the fair was predicted. to ambitious teams battling for the champions league play because in coach heiko hair lish looked skeptical at the start of the match he may have suspected the visitors were poised to pounce along. books the other be panicky artist red sauce. one deal for shaka in the eleventh minute. the austrian made it look easy and served. a perfect finish. laverick goes in needed some time to bounce back liam bailey with a good chance after twenty minutes. both teams went all out labor couzens dominic or going a bit too far here a second yellow card and the hosts were a man down the back after the restart shaka dug in at the back and threatened on the counter

fourth place leverkusen host shall co who live just one point behind in six. this is a huge game for both sides as they chase a spot in next season's champions league dropping points especially to each other will undoubtedly damage those aspirations is another as you're always a risk to go of course it's even more important that we win at home because we have not won a home against the top six us experts and against brian lights a go dormant by and by to quarter draw so i think three points would be a big step forward for us no reason should not on. a step forward would be great. leverkusen have recently stagnated taking two steps forward and then one step back how do they get out of this rut leon bailey was. certainly have to play a part he made his debut against shock in september and has lit up the league ever since. he can definitely make the difference but he's not alone with forty three goals liberties in have the third best attack in the league but fortunately they're struggling to find the consistency needed to stake a claim to one of those champions l

things weren't so balanced on paper between freiburg in a three times richer leverkusen side but the underdog started off better. unstoppable coach said his team up fantastically well in the minnows also had luck on their side. this game wasn't always pretty. my go her legs leverkusen didn't threaten enough and freiburg almost meet in the winter but the final score match the game. back in two thousand and five vertebrae then was still a big deal and now it was a key part of it since again they qualified for the champions league four years strikes and then the german cup victory. there for measure with the first step for me is that so i'm alone and it means a lot that i played there for seven years is it is it was seven. have been on the spot as even thought. one supreme and hero now he leads their opponents shaka. may employ beautiful attacking football just as but he used to shall have only lost once and that last fourteen games. that sets them apart from bremen and coach florian felt that biting off relegation. last five games without a win i'm not supposed to change against the mi

my go her legs leverkusen didn't threaten enough and freiburg almost meet in the winter but the final score match the game medal know. back in two thousand and five vertebrae then was still in the deal and now it was a key part of instigator they qualified for the champions league for his strengths and a german cup victory. for me as it were the first step for me so i'm alone and it means a lot that i played there for seven years is that is it was seven. going on as even thought. once a brave and hero now he leads their opponents shaka. may employ beautiful attacking football just as but he used to choke on the last ones in the last fourteen games. that sets them apart from the frame and coach florrie and co felt that fighting off relegation. last five games without a win i'm not surprised to change against the mighty shocker. they need heroes but end up with just the opposite. they keep a year ipad blanka fumbles given cannot be anchor makes it one nil to shout. you've really got to catch those who will punch them where. no heroics no well to win it was a forgettable half a brain and

they're just a scant eighteen points behind in second now dortmund and frankfurt they leapfrog leverkusen with their wins later because now back in fifth shelter rounding out the european places down at the other end of the table almost no movement at all falling down to tenth but otherwise everyone staying there alone hamburg rooted to the bottom and braman stuttgart and vote for all looking to move on up in their games on sunday it's time now to present our play of the day as voted for you on twitter and who else could it be a whopping seventy six percent of you thought it should be. a christian policy quipping in that cross will try to slide in the celebrated in some style. some call this a backflip but when he does it it's called a backflip apologies to i was a pretty star of course that is the kind of celebration that gets coaches a bit nervous here's. a bird's eye view. all right that's about it for us on this edition of the bundesliga do sit back and enjoy these images from the best option this weekend for me and the rest the team here in berlin business so like somalia. flogs your

well that results gave leverkusen the chance to extend their lead in second if they could be informed freiburg but first let's take a look at bae and the spite a string of injuries munich were expected to make light work of hosts months a club teetering dangerously close to the dreaded drop zone with fans growing frustrated could they deliver a shock victory. find sandro wagner started for the first time since his winter move the hosts minds have the best of the year the chances alexandra marks in curling wide buying up the pressure of a corner half an hour in front grigori fired them into the lead river a second of the season. minds behind it got worse before half time comments rodrigue as with some fine control in the finish to boot doubling byron's advantage . the rampant varians are on the march to another title. well mine's a very much heading in the wrong direction. so we're really got to. know in the relegation places but it doesn't change much for us we've got to win games and that is how we've got to move forward irrespective of where we are in the table from week to week. fr

the shop home to see put it dented leverkusen chances are the despondent faces spoke volumes. may not have the most potent striking force in the league but that berlin wall is looking impervious so how did the other teams with dreams of europe their. cup. the champions league the biggest prize in club football even for those who don't win it. in the race to qualify in the bundesliga has never been sung tight. with twelve games to go it's still very much up for grabs. frankfurt have the second best away record in the league but going into this game where the fourth worst side at home but the hosts got off to a promising start and have rabid concluding a smart move with a tap in after a quarter of an hour a clumsy challenge by makoto has saving early in the second half they come on a penalty which is the moment at all they converted for the equaliser. frankfurt responded with a devastating seven minute spell markov was not at home for the second simone's let grab the third after some shocking seppi still pending by cologne. and the celebration kept going. marvelous both made up

day as voted by you on twitter and the winner with fifty six percent of the vote is leon bailey leverkusen winner took advantage of a defensive mistake by hamburg look at that fancy bit of work that helped fire to victory. is your play of the day. lovely stuff now that's all for us here at the bundesliga sit back and enjoy these images from the weekend's action so far for me and the rest of the team here in berlin owns our feet as him. how to cover more than just one reality. where i come from. have a transatlantic way of looking at things that's because my father is from germany my mother is from the united states of america and so i realized fairly early that it makes sense to explain different realities. and now here at the heart of the european union in brussels we have twenty eight different realities and so i think people are really looking for any journalist they can trust for them to make sense of. pride in his box office i work at the w. . we make up of what we watch as a caucus that found out that if we are the civil service or. the want to shape the continent's future. to be par

leverkusen winner took advantage of a defensive mistake by hamburg look at that fancy bit of work to help fire to victory. is your play of the day. lovely stuff now that's all for us here at the bundesliga sit back and enjoy these images from the weekend's action so far so for me and the rest of the team here in berlin. in the arctic the battle for natural resources is well underway. when neighboring states discover new resources and they take action to exploit them in the hopes of making a huge project souffle but international conflicts are looming on the horizon play because many more hours in the arctic region are not clearly defined place the fight for the arctic news to offer d.-w. . no alcohol health conscious cocktail party trendy. no fast food creations of aspiring self yet whole dad. you're a. sixteen year. old. pizza all about the moments that. it's all about the stove lives in sutler. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us is sponsored by distinctive instagram or there's at g.w. stories the topics each week on instagram. ea

i could leverkusen this recent renaissance just be a result of their own self defense. but why hold back against terror to berlin given their distinctly average goal scoring record. just before half time flooding here to read up put through valentino lazaro has stayed just onside to tuck away his first goal in the bundesliga i told he knew was coming i. guess it was wasn't it. was no secret i was looking forward to my first goal plus it's my mom's birthday today and i promised her i'd score so everything's perfect i don't you just can't let down your mom can you or of course your coach i. live in prison meanwhile seem to be lacking a bit of orientation. and when someone tell you burst through just after the restart the ivorian striker slotted away to double headers as lead. jonathan todd the culprit having gifted the ball to color. and as for that sequence of misses later on that takes skill by as did joe pa john polos had her over from point blank range maybe this is why leverkusen get again surrendered second spot for something that they've been up there two or three

leverkusen once again took it. unwanted step back in. the game now played right into shelters hands. sitting back and killing games on the counterattack and we sent weeks this is the tactics they've mastered and they did so again here winning an opiate controversial penalty. the. now bill bennett who led d. made it to mail from the spots the i'm sure the globe is for the we deserve the win today we lived up to it and really gave the ball away and things didn't go to the cusins way but they did for us we had an extra man for much of the game and that helped us along titus adams even joined the company. in the end it is shellcode who have taken a huge step forward following this when they leap frog their opponents to end the weekend in a healthy third place because some have lost ground in the race for those all important champions league places and must improve quickly if they want to turn their objective into reality. is that. we'll have a look at the table in more detail in a moment but first let's enjoy the best goal of the weekend. th

day as voted by you on twitter and the winner with fifty six percent of the vote is leon bailey leverkusen winner took advantage of a defensive mistake by hamburg look at that fancy bit of work that helped prior to victory. is your play of the day. lovely stuff and that's all for us here at the bundesliga sit back and enjoy these images from the weekend's action so far for me and the rest of the team here in berlin owns our feet as in. powerful film and our. hearts twenty one. teaching courageous production. and can't stand there is. the marilyn international film festival. i'm in and perspectives. on official estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. won't return to swallow. to visit friends is that i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. bearing witness global news that matters. made for mines. climate change first. waste. pollution. time for good. eco africa people and projects that are changing the ones aren't for the better it's up to us to make a difference he could

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i mean braman came on very very strong at the beginning and leverkusen the defense looked overwhelmed at times they committed a very very foolish foul to give a penalty in the early going aaron johansson then chip the keeper to make it two no after eight minutes but leverkusen kept their cool and that's mostly because they just have so much often so firepower that a to no deficits not that big of a deal for them we are barely has been getting it done in the league it was you who got it done in the cup last night he scored two goals and then actually it was the coach heiko hamlisch who kind of had the master stroke of the night bringing in carmelo robbie in extra time after they had held on and with his first touch of the ball he scored the winning goal so you can't do any better than that for this gerry oppressor and they're not well let's look ahead to tonight's action shaka play your walls work both teams are coming off the back of disappointing results on the weekend let's take a look at who might bounce back. the royal blues hope saturday was a one off riding high at one nil up wi

tuesday's other cup clash also featured six goals as leverkusen down bremen four two after extra time the guest a took a fast two goal lead but leverkusen yulian punt level the game with a true first half goals below robbie and have it scored for the hosts deep into extra time to secure leverkusen their semifinal berth. we're not coleman has been appointed as head coach of the netherlands national team he's the seventh manager in eight years for the dutch coleman has been out of work since being dismissed by everton last october after a poor run of form in the premier league he has been tasked with resurrecting dutch football after the one successful team failed to qualify for the last european championship and at the upcoming world cup in brush. a reminder now of our top stories at this hour germany's two biggest parties have struck a deal on forming a coalition government these are pictures here from outside anglo-american conservative headquarters we are expecting to hear an announcement from them the social democrat rank and file still have to ratify an agreement extending for ano

and tuesday's other cup clash also featured six goals as leverkusen down bremen four two after extra time the guests took a fast two goal lead but leverkusen julien plan to level the game with the two first half goals bellow robbie and halford scored for the hosts deep into extra time to secure leverkusen their semifinal berth. now ronald koeman has been appointed as head coach of the netherlands national team he is the seventh manager in eight years for the dutch coleman has been out of work since being dismissed by everton last october after a poor run of form in the premier league he has been tasked with resurrecting dutch football after the once successful team failed to qualify for the last european championship and the upcoming world cup in russia. and returning to our top story now or germany's a biggest political groups are reaching an agreement on a coalition government and our political correspondent melinda crane is standing by outside of the c.d.u. party headquarters that's a conservative party for us a melinda what has been going on well at the moment we're seeing a numb

i would say so after a six know when they're now looking at the other match mat leverkusen recovered from two goals down to win in extra time for two what did you make of the action on the field there this was an absolutely wild match i mean in the first ten minutes of this game play vertues and we're just playing defense in a totally desperate fashion they had they gave a penalty on a very dumb foul. you know are and johansson chipped leverkusen keeper in great style they were down to nil after ten minutes but you know later coups and have a lot of confidence right now and that mostly comes from the fact that they have a lot of offensive weapons mainly on bailey had been getting it done in the league for them last night it was yulian plant who scored the first goal sort of about thirty minutes into the game scored another goal in the second half to bring things level they held on to extra time and you know i call him the coach for labor because it had a master stroke he brought on current in extra time and literally on his first touch since entering the game scored the goal to make

leverkusen once again took it unwanted step back . the game now played right into shall cause hands. sitting back and killing games on the counter-attack and we. some weeks this is the tactics they've mastered and they did so again here winning an opiate controversial penalty. not bill bennett a lead dealy made it to mail from the spots the bombs were to go before we deserve the winter day we lived up to it and really gave the ball away things didn't go to the cusins way but they did for us we had an extra man for much of the game and that helped us along side us happens even in the competition in the end it is shellcode who have taken a huge step forward following this when they lead from their opponents to end the weekend in a healthy third place because some have lost ground in the race for those all important champions league places and must improve quickly if they want to turn their objective into reality. quite a special match day although there weren't many goals to show. katz's draw in munich victory at leipzig which you think

their opponents however are in an altogether healthier physician with leverkusen and with a shot of qualifying for next season's champions league. why such a big difference between them. what separates the good and the bad sides. let's start with hamburg second from bottom the worst form in the league despite a change of manager and no women knowing their biggest problem scoring abide with just seventeen goals they have unsurprisingly the bundesliga is worst attack striker bobby wood has gone nineteen hours without finding the net. what do you do when you lose own cohesion when nothing is going your way because. well you've simply have to work with what you've got. that's gotta hurt. them for a while it hurt their opponents and they certainly did. just by that so it was extra second half was very difficult it was too close to call it times but in the end we held strong and dealt with the pressure but again. it was definitely a game that will take an extra couple of days to recover from it are going to be. those in the main differences toughness and a little bit of individual class was that's.

considered for naturalization by the english national team his attacking threat has helped fuel leverkusen exciting form this season with forty three goals his side have the bundesliga third best offense especially impressing on the road. they haven't lost an away match since late september that run looks set to continue as kind of hot there it's made it to nil soon after the restart hebert's defense as so often the season was disoriented. another kick in the teeth for this fan. but the bundesliga was all this side put up a late rally with and they had making it to one with twenty minutes left to go to obtain the hope that kills. just by word and his team mates best efforts they were unable to grab the second goal and a valuable was above with fourteen defeats in twenty three matches their bundesliga status is under threat. thanks. wary but a kind of i'm not scared of you i knew what i was getting into and this is going to be a tough mission but i'm still convinced that we can do it. so it's clear that the last couple of years is still in the boys had said so and that's why i have to bring

leverkusen had just thirty five points from twenty one games the worst second place team ever at this point in the season. coach i clearly steel's misunderstood although it's not surprising. then we are now his will say we're up for second spock's right lots of off from what i said last week the we're not your typical second place team you can get the records show that since the introduction of three points for a win there's never been a team in second with so few points and so i think it's already so we're not really typical runners up kind of hit so i had to send a typical runners up and and he doesn't have his sights set on the champions league are the fans in a bad mood despite it being carnival season. perhaps a day on the coach would be more comfortable in the underdog role with less pressure. i could deliver cousens recent renaissance just be a result of their own self defense. but why hold back against terror to berlin given their distinctly average goal scoring record. just before half time flooding here to read up put through valentino lazaro who stayed just onside to tuck a

a man or the fight for a ticket to the champions league mullins built another war this time in leverkusen . but. the fight for europe who will fall and who will write its all here kickoff takes a look a you fit for the champions league. the picturesque the varian town of sport soon be hosting the luminary likes of barcelona or real madrid. in the friday evening game the away side had the chance to go fifth and were only four points off second place. expectations have been growing recently something we've been discussing a lot. else work had scored just one goal less than one think the season could they rectify that by actually beating them. skid in you as you saw last week against frankfurt and every game there's an action animals. in the same can't be said about their support so just three hundred made the journey to like tick what if they were playing against. barcelona man city or rail much red. dreams aside old sport were given a taste of reality in the seventeenth minute when dale mccann had it in a blocked acrobatic effort by team make use of force and. it was like six one hundred c

freiburg mines involves for a point each and of course on sunday we've got two games we've got leverkusen against shelter they'll be a juicy affair and then against cologne kind of course cologne pick up so much needed points and let's not forget that neither much is a monday monday we'll see dortmund take on now it's time to take a look at what those results mean on the table with six of the nine matches in the books no shock at the top bar in munich still up their twenty point difference with dortmund their second frankfurt no change really just stand here glad to house and i'm moved and the other end of the table which is where things are really getting quite interesting we'll see if there's a bit of movement there of course no change at the very bottom for cologne hamburg and minds volves moved braman move up freiburg up so plenty of worrying times there for those bottom. three teams now it's time to present the play all day today we've got a special moment from the second division gold. drink break in his side's game against england start the visitors were quick to restart play. goal