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Hamburger hits 3 past Dortmund

Hamburger SV ended its seven-game losing streak in the Bundesliga by beating Borussia Dortmund 3-0 on new coach Mirko Slomka’s debut on Saturday.

Pierre Michel Lasogga set up Petr Jiracek’s 42nd-minute headed opener and scored in the 58th. Hakan Calhanoglu completed the win with an improbable 45-meter free kick in injury time.

Slomka took over last Monday from Bert van Marwijk, who was fired after the side lost its previous eight games in all competitions.

“The result is a bit flattering,” Slomka said. “But we did well in defense over long periods and the team can be proud of these points. Today was one of 13 (remaining) games and we’ll never stop working.”

Hamburg climbed one spot into the relegation playoff place, overtaking Freiburg, which lost 2-4 at home to Augsburg.

Sandro Wagner scored late for Hertha Berlin to win 2-1 at Stuttgart, which has lost seven in succession.

Hoffenheim came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Borussia Moenchengladbach, and 10-man Nuremberg beat Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 in a game that featured three missed penalties.

Second-place Bayer Leverkusen’s alarming slump continued in the late game with a 1-3 defeat at Wolfsburg, which stretched its winning run to four games.

In Italy, Hellas Verona almost squandered a three-goal lead but held on to win 3-2 at relegation-threatened Livorno in Serie A yesterday.

Verona broke the deadlock 11 minutes from halftime when Luca Toni allowed Bosko Jankovic’s cross to fly past him and into the net, wrongfooting Livorno goalkeeper Francesco Bardi. Romulo doubled Verona’s tally and Toni appeared to seal the win with his 12th goal of the season.

 




 

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