FC Hansa Rostock - VfL Wolfsburg 0:1
Karlsruher SC - FC Schalke 04 0:0
1. FC Nürnberg - Bayern München 1:1
VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 3:3
Hamburger SV - Arminia Bielefeld 1:1
Bayer Leverkusen - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:2
Werder Bremen - MSV Duisburg 1:2
Hannover 96 - VfB Stuttgart 0:0
FC Energie Cottbus - Hertha BSC Berlin 2:1
There were quite a few surprises this weekend but in the end there was no change whatsoever in the table. Although top teams like Bayern and Hamburg drew or others like Bremen and Leverkusen lost, nothing really happened. This must have been especially frustrating for teams at the bottom threatened by relegation. Usually Nürnberg would be happy to draw against Bayern, especially because it's a very important derby. But with Cottbus and Duisburg both winning their matches it didn't bring them any advantage in their quest to stay in the Bundesliga. Nürnberg, by the way, is the only team which got relegated after winning the championship 1968. Maybe they are trying to celebrate this by going down to the 2nd Bundesliga after winning the German Cup competition, the DFB-Pokal.
The finalists for this year's competition are Bayern and Borussia Dortmund and Dortmund look like they are completely concentrating on getting their ticket for European cup competition this way. They went down 0-2 early against Bochum, recovered, went down again and then equalised. This might sound like a team with a lot of will and moral, but against a team of no names like Bochum you have to play better. I don't think they will to well in the cup final.
Finally another bad boy emerged this weekend. HSV midfielder David Jarolim was known for taking a dive quite often anyway, but this weekend he got thrown off the pitch after reaching to the crotch of one of his opponents. This might be some relief for Maik Franz who was in the spotlight for similar actions the weeks before.
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