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German Bundesliga News :: Bremen and Schalke keep their faint Bundesliga hopes alive

Posted on 2008-04-26 by Gooner

Werder Bremen and Schalke kept alive their slim hopes of catching Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday.

An 86th-minute equaliser from Boubacar Sanogo gave Bremen a dramatic 3-3 draw at Karlsruhe to hold on to second place on 54 points while Schalke, third also with 54, beat Hamburg SV 1-0.

Bayern lead the table with 63 points with five matches remaining and play VfB Stuttgart at home on Sunday. Bayern could have clinched their 21st German championship against Stuttgart if Werder had lost and Schalke had not won.

Bremen came from behind twice to snatch a crucial point in Karlsruhe and stay ahead of Schalke on goal difference in the second-place battle for direct Champions League qualification.

Sebastian Freis beat the Bremen offside trap to put mid-table Karlsruhe in front after 15 minutes before Diego fired in a deflected equaliser seven minutes later.

Midfielder Mesut Oezil scored his first Bremen goal in the 29th minute but Freis got his second just before the hour, outsprinting Naldo, then beating Germany defender Per Mertesacker to make it 2-2.

Eight minutes later Albania striker Edmond Kapllani put the hosts back in front only for Sanogo to rescue a point for Bremen four minutes from time.

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Sourced From : Reuters

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