Saturdays Bundesliga Review: Schalke Remain Rooted In Relegation Zone

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Revenge Of The Sith: Novakovic Hits Three.

?The Bundesliga just gets crazier and crazier. Some really shocking results in the DFB Pokal in midweek where HSV, Mainz, Leverkusen, Werder Bremen, Freiburg and Dortmund were all knocked out have led to a mental Saturday afternoon of football. Things never seem to go as planned in the Bundesliga, and this weekend was no different. A state of normalcy in German football would be a state of anarchy anywhere else in Europe, thats for sure. Lets get to the results.

FC Koln 3 2 Hamburg SV

Wow. Frank Schaefer is certainly kicking it up a few notches at Koln. Zvonimir Soldo, the tyrant that he is, kept the animal that is Milivoje Novakovic locked up in the FC Koln dungeon for reasons unknown. The only explanation I can put together is that Novakovics fury and bouts of terror might have been too much for the tacticians liking. Frank Schaefer, however, obviously recognized the beasts potential, and unleashed him. Hamburg SV were hamstrung and then eaten alive by the towering Novakovic, who made the pitch his very own hunting ground. Novakovic took his first bite after just eleven minutes, but Hamburg forced him back through Mladen Petric and Heung Min-Son 25 minutes into this bloodbath. The visitors thought they had defeated the beast, but Novakovics might knows no bounds. He struck back wildly just before the half-hour mark, and killed his prey off with just six minutes left on the clock. If Frank Schaefer can keep this kind of form up at Koln, he may find himself thrust into the Bundesliga spotlight on a much more permanent basis. Next weekend, Koln take on Nurnberg at the EasyCredit Stadion and will be hoping for three easy points, while Hamburg host Hoffenheim.

Kaiserslautern! 3 0 Bo russia Monchengladbach

Whats happened here! This will surely cost Michael Frontzeck his job. Kaiserslautern returned from the grave to see off a Gladbach side who look to be condemned to eternal torture in the 2. Bundesliga unless they reverse their fortunes soon. Kaiserslautern tired their victims out until the final 20 minutes of the match, and then decapitated their exhausted opponents with three late slashes from Christian Tiffert, Adam Nemec and Srdjan Lakic. Kaiserslautern will visit Leverkusen next weekend, while Gladbach will host Bayern Munich.

St. Pauli 1 3 Eintracht Frankfurt

Theofanis Gekas howled at the moon and went werewolf on St. Pauli this Saturday. Gekas has been in scintillating form, obviously on account of the recent full moon. Gekas struck twice, and Caio, who is also a creature of the night, thrashed a hapless St. Pauli side, who provoked Frankfurts werewolves through Carlos Zambrano after just five minutes. I could only ever see Frankfurt winning this game, and they have done.

VfL Wolfsburg 2 0 Stuttgart

The sorcerer that is Steve McClaren conjured up a much-needed win here against what continues to be a hapless Stuttgart side. Not much magic was needed to blow over the disaster that Stuttgart has been so far this season, and even though they had their chances, Wolfsburg, in the end, were too much for their opponents. McClaren shields himself with an orb of invincibility from the board, but theres no telling how long it will last! Simon Kjaer and Edin Dzeko both netted from corner kicks.

Werder Bremen 2 3 Nurnberg

This is madness! No, THIS! IS! NURNBERG! Definitely a performance worthy of Spartan glory by Nurnberg here against Werder Bremen. The home sides hordes poured forward at every opportunity, but Nurnberg remained compact and determined and caught their opponents out on the break. Hugo Almeida drew first blood for the green-and-white horde, but Ilkay Gundogans brace and ! a Mehmet Ekici strike in between it cut the legs out from their opponents. One of the shocks of the weekend, and the pressure will continue to mount on Thomas Schaaf. Actually, that pressure may be just about ready to burst. Schaaf doesnt have too much longer to turn things around at Bremen.

Schalke 04 0 1 Bayer Leverkusen

Felix Magath is Gollum, and Sam Gamgee, our Jupp Heynckes, just kicked him into a volcanic pit. Its a huge understatement to say that the pressure is getting very intense around Schalke and Magath. As he cascades down the pit that is Mount Doom, hell hardly have time to think about where to play Jefferson Farfan and Jose Jurado, because its going to be getting very hot very soon for our favourite little cretin. This was a must-not-lose, and Schalke have gone and lost it. I dont see a way out of the volcano for Magath now!



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