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| Cardiff and Fulham relegated from Premier League Posted: 03 May 2014 08:58 AM PDT Sunderland's 1-0 victory at Manchester United and Cardiff's 3-0 drubbing at Newcastle means the Welsh club's first top flight season since 1962 will end in relegation. Fulham, members of the Premier League since 2001, were beaten 4-1 by Stoke – leaving them with no escape. With one game remaining Cardiff have 30 points and Fulham 31, with Sunderland one place above the bottom three on 35. Norwich City (32) will be effectively condemned to second tier football tomorrow if they lose at Chelsea. – Reuters, May 3, 2014 |
| Goetze brace helps Bayern crush struggling Hamburg Posted: 03 May 2014 08:52 AM PDT It took a long time for the Bundesliga champions to get started with Bayern needing more than half an hour to carve out their first chance against the battling hosts. That was, however, all Goetze needed to score after he played a quick one-two with Arjen Robben, charged into the box and slotted in for the lead in the 32nd minute. The Germany international, who was not in the starting lineup in their Champions League defeat to the Spaniards, played a part in the second goal early in the second half with Thomas Mueller getting the last touch. Goetze struck again in the 70th minute, rifling in from a Mueller header. Hakan Calhanoglu pulled one back for the hosts with a low drive from 18 metres in the 72nd but substitute Claudio Pizarro quickly restored order with a bicycle kick three minutes later. Bayern were left with ten men when defender Jerome Boateng was sent off for headbutting Hamburg's Kemel Demirbay. The result leaves Hamburg anchored in the relegation playoff spot with one game left. Former European champions Hamburg, who are the only team never to have played in the second division since the creation of the Bundesliga in 1963, have 27 points in 16th place with Nuremberg, who lost 2-0 to Hanover 96, on 26. Eintracht Braunschweig lost 1-0 at Augsburg thanks to a stoppage time chip by Raul Bobadilla to remain in last place with 25 points. Schalke 04 took a big step towards securing automatic qualification to the Champions League, easing past Freiburg 2-0 with goals from defender Kaan Ayhan and forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to move up to 61 points, three ahead of Bayer Leverkusen in fourth. Borussia Dortmund, who have long secured a second spot finish, edged past Hoffenheim 3-2 but with Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski, moving to rivals Bayern next season, failing to score in his last home game despite the crowd urnging him on. VfB Stuttgart conceded a stoppage time Ivica Olic goal to lose 2-1 to VfL Wolfsburg but still secured another year in the top division, staying five points away from the playoff spot. Wolfsburg moved to within a point of Leverkusen and can now challenge for a Champions League qualifying round spot and a fourth place finish. Borussia Moenchengladbach made sure they would be playing in Europe next season with a 3-1 win over rivals Mainz 05. Gladbach moved up to sixth place on 55, with Mainz in seventh on 50. – Reuters, May 3, 2014 |
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