Leroy Sane scored late for Bayern Munich to win 1-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, when fans, teams and officials all across the Bundesliga showed signs of solidarity with Ukraine. (More Football News)
Frankfurt prominently displayed “STOP IT, PUTIN!” in English all around its stadium before kickoff in the late꧙ game on Saturday, just one of several pointed messages against Russia's ongoing inva💖sion of its neighbor.
Sane’s 71st-minute goal was enough for a 1-0 win that stretched Bayern's lead tღo nine points before second-ꦐplace Borussia Dortmund visits Augsburg on Sunday.
Bayern controlled the match but f𝄹ound it difficult to break through a well-organized Frankfurt team that also had good opportunities through Filip Kostic and Evan Ndicka.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann sent Sané on in the 67th, four minutes before Joshua Kimmich played a through ball for the 26-year-old to finally beat Kevin T𒈔rapp in the Frankfurt goal. “We all know we have to play to our limits to get something against Bayern,” Trapp said.
The Frankfurt goalke🐷eper had done well to frustrate league top-scorer Robert Lewandowski, who captained Bayern in place of the injured Manuel Neuer and wore a blue and yellow captain's armband in support of Ukraine.
“We condemn the attack on Ukraine and on the lives and homes of innoc☂ent people,” the German soccer league said earlier Saturday as it suggested clubs observ🍎e a minute's silence before their games. “War is unacceptable in any form and incompatible with our values of sport.”
In Furth, visiting Cologne and the home team lined up behind a banner in blue and yellow – the colors of tꦜhe Ukrainian flag – with “STOP WAR” written in English and another message against the war in German.
One fan at Union Berlin's stadium held a sign showing a dove with the word “peace,” another at Leverkusen's game painted blood on her fa𝓰ce, and it seemed fans in all stadiums held Ukrainian flags or made some personal symbol against the war.
Second-division Schalke played its first game in 15 years without Russian energy giant Gazprom as the main🍨 sponsor on the team jerseys. The Gelsenkirchen-based club had a 1-1 draw at Karlsruher SC.
Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels produced a brilliant save in injury time ꦉto preserve his team's 2-2 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Gladbach also had a goal ruled out in injury time after VAR picked up on a foul before what would have been Matthias Ginter's late winner.
The home team g🌸ot off to a te🐟rrible start with Jonas Wind scoring in the sixth minute and Sebastiaan Bornauw making it 2-0 in the 33rd for Wolfsburg.
Marcus Thuram pulled one back before the break and was again involved when Wolfsburg defender Maxence Lacroix was sent off in the 70th for preventi💦ng the French forward's clear goal chance with his hand.
Alassane Plea crossed for Breel Embolo to equalize in the 82nd and Casteels prevented worse for Wolfsburg. Unio♊n Berlin bounced back from three games without a win or a goal since experienced forward Max ༒Kruse left for Wolfsburg – with a 3-1 win at home over Mainz.
But the home fans' patience was tested by a lengthy VAR check before Genki Haraguchi✱'s opener was allowed in the seventh minute.
Sheraldo Becker scored a brilliant curling effort inside the right post in the 56th, then set up Taiwo Awoniyi t💦o seal it in the 75th after Mainz had Dominik Kohr sent off on the hour-mark with his second yellow card in as many minutes. Delano Burgzorg scored a late consolation for the visitors.
City rival Hertha Berlin lost 3-0 at Freib🗹urg to continue its dismal start to the year. Bayer Leverkusen defeated Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 to consolidate third place, and last-place Fürth fought back to draw with Cologne 1-1.
