Saturday, February 10, 2007

Schalke 04 Tighten Grip On Top Of Standings

Six games were played Saturday in the German Bundesliga:

At Gelsenkirchen:

Second-half goals from Kevin Kuranyi (64') and Peter Lovenkrands (75') lifted FC Schalke 04 to a 2-0 home victory over Hertha Berlin, thus allowing the Royal Blues to stretch their Bundesliga lead over Werder Bremen (who lost to VfB Stuttgart) to six points.

At Stuttgart:

Four different goal scorers lifted third-place VfB Stuttgart to within one point of second place as the hosts smothered Werder Bremen 4-1.

At Leverkusen:

Bayer Leverkusen was able to salvage a 2-2 home draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, thanks to Stefan Kiessling's equalizer during second-half stoppage time.

At Mochengladbach:

In a battle that saw both teams now sitting in the drop zone, Alemania Aaachen and homestanding Borussia Mochengladbach battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Hamburg:

Basement-dwelling Hamburg SV picked up their first home league win of the season (and first league overall since late last October), whitewashing Borussia Dortmund 3-0. Rafael van der Vaart (PK-11'), Collin Benjamin (39'), and Mehdi Mahdavikia (90') provided the scoring for HSV.

At Mainz:

Mohamed Zidan's hat trick (22', PK-39', 60') helped lift Mainz to a decisive 4-1 win over visiting Energie Cottbus which lifted the hosts out of the relegation zone.

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