Match Reports
Posted: Sunday December 13, 1998 05:26 PM
Brief reports of German first
division soccer matches:
Played on Sunday:
Bayern Munich 2, Bayer Leverkusen 0
Midfielder Michael Tarnat put Bayern ahead from inside the
penalty area after 20 minutes and Brazilian striker Elber scored
the home side's other goal 10 minutes later, also from close
range. The visitors were reduced to 10 men when Croatian
defender Robert Kovac was sent off for bringing down Elber just
outside the box in the 76th minute.
Played on Saturday:
VfL Wolfsburg 4, MSV Duisburg 2
Wolfsburg recaptured its winning habits after being
crushed 3-0 by Bayer Leverkusen last weekend, using two goals
from Polish striker Andrzej Juskowiak to tame MSV Duisburg.
Midfielders Detlev Dammeier and Charles Akonnor scored the home
side's other goals. The visitors were 2-0 down when they scored
through an own goal by Wolfsburg's Polish midfielder Krzysztof
Nowak in the 57th minute. They trailed 3-1 when midfielder Uwe
Spies scored their other goal in the 75th minute.
Schalke 04 2, TSV 1860 Munich 2
Striker Markus Schroth put the visitors in front just before
the break and Austrian midfielder Harald Cerny used a blunder
from Schalke defender Yves Eigenrauch to make it 2-0 four
minutes into the second half. Schalke fought back with a goal
from playmaker Sven Kmetsch in the 73rd minute and snatched a
draw with an own goal from TSV 1860 midfielder Marco Kurz in the
dying moments.
Werder Bremen 2, VfB Stuttgart 2
VfB Stuttgart led 1-0 at halftime thanks to a goal from
defender Thomas Schneider in the 21st minute. Bremen then scored
twice in three minutes, through Bernhard Trares and Marco Bode
in the 62nd and 65th minutes respectively, to build a 2-1 lead.
Striker Fredi Bobic equalized for the visitors in the 69th
minute.
SC Freiburg 1, Nuremberg 0
Georgian midfielder Levan Kobiaschwili scored the winner for
Freiburg in the 36th minute. Nuremberg was reduced to 10 men
when midfielder Heiko Gerber was sent off for a vicious tackle
in the 78th minute.
Hansa Rostock 3, VfL Bochum 0
Striker Neuville gave Rostock the lead in the 21st minute.
Bochum then lost defender Frank Fahrenhorst for a second
bookable offense in the 43rd minute. Pole Slawomir Majak put the
home side 2-0 up in the 78th minute before Neuville sealed their
victory four minutes from time.
Kaiserslautern 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1
A last-minute goal from Egyptian defender Hany Ramzy gave
Kaiserslautern its seventh win in succession. Midfielder
Michael Ballack opened the scoring for the champions in the
fourth minute. Yugoslav striker Damir Stojak leveled for the
visitors in the 74th minute.
Played on Friday:
Borussia Dortmund 1, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1
Russian midfielder Vladimir But put Dortmund in front after
18 minutes and Austrian striker Toni Polster equalized six
minutes later. Dortmund midfielder Thomas Haessler missed a
penalty in the 76th minutes. The visitors were reduced to 10 men
with one minute left when Croatian midfielder Zeljko Sopic was
sent off for a second bookable offense.
Hamburg SV 0, Hertha Berlin 4
Newcomer Piotr Reiss, who just joined from Polish first
division Lech Poznan, showed Hertha Berlin the way by opening
the scoring from close range in the 22nd minute. Playmaker
Dariusz Wosz made it 2-0 for the visitors from 16 metres five
minutes into the second half. Two late goals from midfielder
Rene Tretschok and striker Michael Preetz completed the
demolition.
Reut13:36 12-12-98
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