European roundup: Dortmund top after Bayern are shocked at Mainz | European club football

Bayern Munich slumped to a 3-1 loss at Mainz, conceding all three targets in a span of 14 minutes, to drop to second place within the Bundesliga, behind Borussia Dortmund, with 5 video games left within the season.

The Bavarian aspect, who kicked off two factors away from Borussia Dortmund, couldn’t have imagined their destiny after going 1-0 up courtesy of Sadio Mané’s Twenty ninth-minute header. Bayern, chasing an eleventh straight league crown, are on 59 factors, one behind Dortmund, who crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 to take management of the title race.

Despite having greater than 70% of possession for greater than an hour, Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern, who’ve now gained simply two of their final seven matches below the previous Mainz coach, have been unable to carve out any extra probabilities.

“We don’t feel any energy any more,” Tuchel mentioned. “Too much has happened to this team and it struggles to bounce back when things don’t go its way. It is brutally difficult to develop a spirit as a team to fight back. We struggle to win matches. We had the game under control but did not score a second goal. We are not focused enough.”

They have been punished for sloppy defending within the sixty fifth minute after failing to clear the ball repeatedly and the goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, punched it straight on to the top of Ludovic Ajorque, who had solely to nod in for the equaliser.

Another defensive error by Josip Stanisic allowed Leandro Barreiro to fit in and put the hosts in entrance because the Bayern club hierarchy appeared on in full shock from the stands.

The hosts, nevertheless, weren’t completed but as Aaron Martin rifled of their third purpose within the 79th to make it 10 video games with out defeat for Mainz, who are now sixth and in rivalry for European qualification.

The defeat piles extra stress on the embattled sports activities director, Hasan Salihamidzic, and the CEO, Oliver Kahn, who had been criticised for sacking Julian Nagelsmann in late March and bringing in Tuchel.

“This was a disastrous second half. Who of the two teams here wants to be German champions?” Kahn mentioned. “With such an attitude it will be difficult to win the league. A season without a title would be a catastrophe for us. My only goal is to finish the season with the championship and attack next year again.”

Dortmund cruised previous Eintracht, with two targets coming from Donyell Malen. Jude Bellingham opened Dortmund’s account within the nineteenth minute after choosing up the ball at the sting of the field, turning and firing in.

Their second purpose, 5 minutes later, was far simpler, with keeper Gregor Kobel kicking the ball deep in to the Frankfurt half and Malen slotting in after the ball was headed on twice previous a clueless Frankfurt backline.

Mats Hummels made it 3-0 with a well-timed header from a Raphaël Guerreiro cross earlier than Karim Adeyemi’s solo effort arrange Malen for the Dutch striker’s second purpose of the night within the 66th minute.

In the opposite early video games, Wolfsburg gained 5-1 at Bochum, whereas Werder Bremen have been 4-2 victors at Hertha Berlin. Hoffenheim misplaced 3-1 at residence to Cologne.

In Italy, a first-half purpose by the midfielder Ivan Ilic secured Torino a shock 1-0 win at second-placed Lazio as Ivan Juric’s aspect returned to successful methods and into the top 10.

Torino, winless of their earlier 4 video games, moved up one place to tenth on 42 factors. Lazio, who stay in second on 61 factors, noticed their lead over the third spot shrink to 2 factors after Juventus returned to the top 4 when their 15-point deduction over the club’s switch dealings was scrapped on Thursday. Massimiliano Allegri’s aspect host the leaders, Napoli, on Sunday.

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