Weekend Action In Germany

Here now is a recap of the Saturday and Sunday German Bundesliga action starting with the six Saturday contests:

At Nuremberg:

Goals from Ivan Saenko (25') , Vrastislav Gresko (50') , and Markus Schroth (69') helped power FC Nurnberg to an impressive 4-1 home win over VfB Stuttgart.

At Frankfurt:

Kevin Kuranyi's double (70', 90') played a key rule in FC Schalke 04's 3-1 road win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

At Bielefeld:

Marcio Borges' equalizer at 89 minutes lifted Arminia Bielefeld to a 1-1 home draw with relegation-threatened Hamburg.

At Bochum:

Thanks to Marco Rose's goal (38'), basement occupants Mainz picked up a 1-0 road win at VfL Bochum's expense.

At Cottbus:

Sergiu Radu's double (33', 39') was a key ingredient of a 3-1 home win for Energie Cottbus over Borussia Mochengladbach.

At Berlin:

Marko Pantelic's successful penalty kick (86') was the game winner for Hertha Berlin as the hosts topped VfL Wolfsburg 2-1.

Two games were played on Sunday:

At Aachen:

Bernd Schnieder's twin killing (44', 57') helped enable Bayer Leverkusen to overcome a 2-0 deficit to defeat hosts Alemania Aachen 3-2. Andrej Voronin also scored (54') for The Lions.

At Bremen:

Tim Borowski (5'), Hugo Almeida (67'), and Per Mertesacker (74') provided the goals as Werder Bremen delivered a 3-0 fistbeating on guests Hannover 96 to move into first place in the Bundesliga standings.