Bayern ensures Champions League spot
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May 9, 2011, Monday
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MARIO Gomez hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich sealed a spot in next season's Champions League qualifying round with an 8-1 rout of St Pauli on Saturday which sent the German Bundesliga's bottom club back to the second division.
Bundesliga top scorer Gomez took his league goal tally to 27 and Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben scored twice each as Bayern moved up to 62 points, three behind second-placed Bayer Leverkusen which drew 1-1 with Hamburg SV.
Bayern can still finish second to book an automatic group stage spot with a win this weekend if Leverkusen loses, due to a far better goal difference.
The top two Bundesliga teams gain automatic qualification for the Champions League group stage while the third team will play a qualifying round.
"We can enjoy our third place now," said interim coach Andries Jonker. "Maybe we will even get the chance to finish higher."
Fourth-placed Hanover 96 will have to settle for a Europa League spot after losing 1-2 at VfB Stuttgart to drop five points behind Bayern. Mainz 05 will also play in Europe, clinching fifth place with a fine 3-1 win at Schalke 04.
Champion Borussia Dortmund, which secured the title last week, sobered up with a 0-2 defeat to Werder Bremen, which made sure of its Bundesliga survival after climbing to safety and 12th place on 41 points.
It was only Dortmund's fifth loss of the season.
Borussia Moenchengladbach scored twice in the final minutes to beat SC Freiburg by the same score for its third straight win and keep its hopes of staying up alive after moving into the relegation playoff spot.
Eintracht Frankfurt dropped to 17th place following its 0-2 defeat to visiting Cologne with some 150 angry Frankfurt supporters storming briefly onto the pitch at the end of the game and police using tear gas to contain them and keep them away from players and coaching staff.
Bundesliga top scorer Gomez took his league goal tally to 27 and Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben scored twice each as Bayern moved up to 62 points, three behind second-placed Bayer Leverkusen which drew 1-1 with Hamburg SV.
Bayern can still finish second to book an automatic group stage spot with a win this weekend if Leverkusen loses, due to a far better goal difference.
The top two Bundesliga teams gain automatic qualification for the Champions League group stage while the third team will play a qualifying round.
"We can enjoy our third place now," said interim coach Andries Jonker. "Maybe we will even get the chance to finish higher."
Fourth-placed Hanover 96 will have to settle for a Europa League spot after losing 1-2 at VfB Stuttgart to drop five points behind Bayern. Mainz 05 will also play in Europe, clinching fifth place with a fine 3-1 win at Schalke 04.
Champion Borussia Dortmund, which secured the title last week, sobered up with a 0-2 defeat to Werder Bremen, which made sure of its Bundesliga survival after climbing to safety and 12th place on 41 points.
It was only Dortmund's fifth loss of the season.
Borussia Moenchengladbach scored twice in the final minutes to beat SC Freiburg by the same score for its third straight win and keep its hopes of staying up alive after moving into the relegation playoff spot.
Eintracht Frankfurt dropped to 17th place following its 0-2 defeat to visiting Cologne with some 150 angry Frankfurt supporters storming briefly onto the pitch at the end of the game and police using tear gas to contain them and keep them away from players and coaching staff.
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