Bayern Munich extend lead in German Bundesliga
时间：2012-12-07 08:44:00
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BERLIN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich cruised to a comfortable 2-0 win over ten men Freiburg while Leverkusen outclassed Bremen 4-1 owing to the brace1 by Gonzalo Castro to close the 14th round of Bundesliga on Wednesday.
League leaders Bayern Munich extended their lead to leave the rivals ten points behind.
The Bavarians caught a bright start, as they were able to open the scoring with 12 minutes played. Freiburg's Oliver Sorg touched the ball with his hand inside the box following a tackle. Thomas Mueller stepped up and converted the awarded penalty into the top left.
Things went from bad to worse for the hosts as Fallou Diagne was sent off with a straight red card following a professional as last man, at the 18th minute.The visitors controlled the
proceedings2 on the pitch, as they seemed content with the neat lead.
Nonetheless ten men Freiburg staged a
dedicated3 performance and they nearly got rewarded at the 63rd minute when Max Kruse used a build up play to force a parry by Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Instead, clinical Bayern smoothed the way for the win at the 79th minute when Anatoliy Tymoshtchuck capitalized on a through ball by Lahm to round Freiburg goalkeeper Oliver Baumann for the 2- 0 victory.
Thus Bayern Munich overwinters on top of the Bundesliga standings. "Its very difficult to play against Freiburg but we have done well," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said.
Leverkusen's midfielder Gonzalo Castro introduced Bremen's 4-1 loss to ensure second position of the standings.
After kick off both sides exchanged offensive actions with
promising4 opportunities.
It were the visitors that broke the
deadlock5 with 31 minutes played as Gonzalo Castro exploited a
rebound6 from very close range.
Nonetheless Bremen's Aaron Hunt and Nils Petersen failed to grasp their chances before the break.
Instead, Leverkusen doubled the lead at the 52nd minute when Castro
shrugged7 off four
defenders8 to beat Bremen goalkeeper Sebastian Mielitz.
Only two minutes Bremen reduced the lead to 2-1 as Petersen headed home an Aaron Hunt cross.
Nevertheless, Leverkusen remained unimpressed as Simon Rolfes and Jens Hegler increased the lead to 4-1.
"That was a powerful performance by my team, in all aspects," Leverkusen coach Sascha Lewandowski said.
Elsewhere, Stuttgart overcame Ausgburg 2-1, Monchengladbach edged Wofslburg 2-0 whereas struggling Hoffenheim lost 4-2 to Nuremberg at the bottom match.
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