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Bayern starts title celebrations as Schalke falls

BAYERN Munich effectively won the German Bundesliga yesterday when a Thomas Mueller hat-trick gave it a 3-1 win over VfL Bochum while rival Schalke 04 lost 0-2 at home to Werder Bremen.

The win took treble-chasing Bayern three points clear of Schalke with one game left and a 17-goal difference over its rival, making it all but impossible for it to be caught.

Louis van Gaal's team has also reached the final of the German Cup, where it faces Bremen, and the Champions League, where it plays Inter Milan.

Van Gaal has already won league titles with three clubs in two countries and Bayern will clinch its 22nd German title after last winning in 2007-8.

Mueller chested the ball home in the 18th minute and headed his second two minutes later against a Bochum team which fired coach Heiko Herrlich only 48 hours before the kickoff. He added the third midway through the second half before the visitors pulled one back through Christian Fuchs.

Mesut Ozil and Hugo Almeida scored second-half goals for Bremen in Gelsenkirchen to leave Schalke 04 contemplating its fourth second-place finish since 2001.

Elsewhere, it was: Borussia Dortmund 1, VfL Wolfsburg 1; Bayer Leverkusen 1, Berlin 1; Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Hoffenheim 2; Hannover 6, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1; Cologne 2, SC Freiburg 2; VfB Stuttgart 2, Mainz 2; and Hamburg 4, Nuremberg 0.

In France, leader Olympique Marseille moved closer to its first Ligue 1 title since 1992 by drawing 0-0 at second-placed AJ Auxerre on Friday.

The result left Marseille on 72 points. Auxerre trails by five points with three games remaining.

Marseille, which went into the encounter on a seven-match winning streak, will be crowned champion if it beats Stade Rennes on Wednesday and Auxerre fails to win at Olympique Lyon.


 

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