Borussia Dortmund clinched the Bundesliga title this weekend with a 2-0 home win over Borussia Monchengladbach. Shinji Kagawa scored the second goal, with a neat finish around Marc-Andre ter Stegen. His goal set off rapturous celebrations around the Westfalenstadion, with Jurgen Klopp running all the way from the technical area to be the first person to greet him. It was a fantastic scene, and it was good to see a great team finally break Bayern’s biennial tradition of being champions. Kagawa now has thirteen league goals, and should be a contender for Bundesliga Player of the Year. Highlights.
Stuttgart drew 1-1 away at Koln. Gotoku Sakai played the entire match, and Shinji Okazaki came on in the 69th minute for Martin Harnik. They remain in fifth place, six points off of Gladbach and Champions League qualification.
Vitesse drew 1-1 away at Heerenveen. Michihiro Yasuda played the entire match, and Mike Havenaar came on and scored a pretty equalizer. It was Mike’s fifth goal of the season since moving to the Eredivisie over the winter break. Vitesse remain in seventh and in a Europa League playoff spot. Video.
Inter could only muster a goalless draw away at Fiorentina on Sunday. Nagatomo came on in the second half for Javier Zanetti. Things got better on Wednesday, as they beat Udinese 3-1 away. Nagatomo played the entire match. The result brought Inter level on points with Udinese.
Takashi Usami played the entire match for Bayern Munich in a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen. It was nice to see Usami playing, but overall it’s been a shame to watch him on the bench. Maybe he’ll continue to get playing time in the Bundesliga and will earn a spot among the Champions League final substitutes.
No comments:
Post a Comment