Eintracht Frankfurt climbed to second place in the Bundesliga after beating bottom club Schalke (3-0) this Saturday, with a goal from Colombian Rafael Santos Borré, also taking advantage of Freiburg’s resounding defeat.
The man from Barranquilla sealed the victory against Schalke with a goal at 84′, minutes before the Angolan Aurelio Buta rounded off the win in discount (90 + 1 ‘).
The path of triumph was opened by the Swede jesper lindstrom with a goal in the first half (22 ‘), to sink the Schalke, which closes the table with only 9 points in 16 days and is 6 points from the safety zone.
The current champion of the Europa League, thus, adds 30 points and is placed second. He is tied on points with union berlinwho defeated Hoffenheim 3-1, and the Freiburgwho left the podium after being thrashed 6-0 on his visit to Wolfsburg.
These three teams are 5 points behind the leader Bayern Munich, who drew 1-1 on Friday in their visit to RB Leipzig (5th with 29 points) in the resumption of the Bundesliga after the break for the World Cup and the traditional winter truce .
Wolfsburg thrash Freiburg
With these results, the Bavarian team is already assured of finishing as ‘winter champion’ for the 26th time in its historyan honorary title that in most cases (40 out of 59 in the Bundesliga) is synonymous with winning the championship.
bayern Y eintracht They will meet next week at the Allianz Arena in Munich in the star clash of the 18th round of the Bundesliga, which will allow us to measure whether the Frankfurt team is capable of standing up to the almighty ‘rekordmeister’ in the fight for the title.
In Wolfsburg, Patrick Wimmer (one’), Jonas Wind (27′ and 37′), Yannick Gerhardt (56′), Riddle Baku (81′), Gian Luca Waldschmidt (90 + 5 ‘penalty) were the authors of the goals for the local team, which in this way approaches the Champions League positions.
