Want to do yours do they have their future. G. W. Dot com for their grocery bill making it. Clear cut or. Mash a 17 brings the 1st half of the season to an end with 2 sides in the running to finish top lives the top in their own hands and almost guaranteed to finish the bundesliga number one side with a win against alex but. Coming in hearts they start the match day level on points and if they had one wish they had a Christmas Gift that their wives trip up and they regain top spots. And they may be out of the running but they shouldnt be overlooked by the season has seen ups and downs. Which is why they want to end the year with a bang. Welcome to the final match day saturday of the on the bundesliga here on the mechanics line now lets start with abi lives if the clubs goal is to win the bundesliga title as soon as possible heading into the midseason break the bulls were in pole position to finish the a top of the table and when they have my session off as its known here in germany it would be in the set a step in the right direction if they did the 1st theyd have to navigate their way around a tricky side to unbeaten in their last 6 matches. How spork coach Martin Schmidt managed to smile as he greeted his counterparts in leonardos mon. Against leipzig of all teams philip max would have to sit out the match with a sore throat leaving it all up to his strike partner flossy i need election now. And he rose to the occasion opening the scoring for the visitors with their 1st chance in just the 8th minute of about the 8th goal of the season for the summer newcomer my checking video replay for a possible offside took 2 and a half minutes which is better to feel the fire for opponents of the system who say it kills the mood when after that leipzig woke up of a but they couldnt capitalise on any of their 1st half chances of a b. But that changed in the 68 minutes when conrad lima got hold of the ball. The austrian netting the long overdue equaliser by it was like 6 sixteenths shot in the game and they finally managed to take advantage of one. But save wanted to make sure they went into the winter break top of the table and that was guaranteed 12 minutes later when patrick shit i shipped off felix. And headed in to make it to what i heard. Might sic played a clever game the rest of the way t. Mo berna stepped on the gas and set up substitute use of pulse and 5 to tap in and round out the 31. 00 scoreline in the final minutes. Its all very tight all the top teams are there in the mix be a lot of big things happening for us in spring. And. Fall like this next year and thats. In the summer months but 1st leipsic will be having a Merry Christmas at the top of the table. Now unless a 14 goals against an inform has a bell inside the haps my special is life is in life 6 hands and although they knew its unlikely they could catch the bulls and at least record their most successful start to a season since their title winning campaigns of 197077. Petra bird in season has brightened up of late they were looking to spoil black box christmas with a 3rd straight victory to pulling his best 1st off chance came from a free kick when this counterattack ended in a foul on davies. Move and stepped up. His effort crashed off the crossbar much to the relief of a stranded yams zama in the club back. At the other end the photos were inaccurate markers to round was denied by rooney yosh time and offside florrie annoyed house squandered the rebound and the schools stage left. Marco was a side not performing like credible contenders for the title. 2 direct posses in the 2nd half gave got back the best chance of the game but only sad play are fighting to make it count another simple save for yosh. Still time to squander one more opportunity before the whistle but he is good to his misuse shoulder swipe symbolic of gladbach struggle in front of the head to go marco ruses disappointment is your going cleans mans part for reward while glad back now full 2 points behind lights head to head into the winter break unbeaten in 4 league games. Think their for a while the by i wouldnt be making a genuine challenge to the top after the turbulent season theyve had so far its not surprising really if you take a closer look at the squad have had ahead of their clash against both they only had 11 healthy outfield players at their disposal the rest all from the youth team but maybe thats just the fresh impetus they needed. But i am down to the bare bones a midfielder and a full would help make up the back line as wolfsburg came prowling for points the midfielder in question having martinez was forced to limp off in the 1st half to an out of sorts jerome but saying his replacement at the back fire on top threw out of philly could seem almost scoring with the stunning strike in the 51st minute couldnt catch steals with a miraculous save to keep things level. Another example of defensive heroics or jerome russo alone pick chalmers millers pocket at the back post soon after the frenchman out of nowhere to save the day. The wolves they went close themselves might see arnold shot deflecting just wide of the post all of a class not knew that this was his sides best chance of stealing all 3 points. 10 minutes to go continue just result c. On the 18 year old repeat wednesdays match winning debut heroics just 2 minutes later the youngster turned home a mother of course to win i 2nd consecutive game for by munich said in every pushed aside now thats confidence but can every put the game to bed late tom slotting home of the robert leaven the ski team up for a simple finish. Off cycles waved away as has the flip side graft another victory but what of the interim coach future. Hell be our man to some or at least well see how things develop but hes doing a good job were very happy with the development of the squad and were very satisfied with him and with the way hes conducted himself in public since that suspension boy wonder does it again as boy get the points. As the top 3 so is it now time for the chasing pack these next teams need to deliver if they are to stay within touching distance were kicking off our summary with against freiburg. A win against schreiber. Woodsy shall spend the winter break ahead of their arch rivals dortmund. Added motivation for the home side who took the lead with half an hour gone. Through it set out with the go after a cheeky pass from police around. After the break freiburg got a penalty after lucas turner was brought down in the box near paris and stepped up to score is a 3rd goal for the club making him freiburg joint top goalscorer with germany coach you want. Schreiber where ordered another penalty after a foul on kuantan hoon percent so great for the taker this time around and tried to turn the game in their favor i would chuck a managed to salvage a point. In the a. T. F. Minutes but not enough to overtake dont mind in the standings. Sometimes you just have to take it even if you dont get what you deserve we deserved to win today but we didnt because of acceptation time carry on and i think its. The video assistant referee was busy in the game between minds and leverkusen 1st a goal from adam shall i was ruled out for off site. After the break kevin fall and look to have given laver coups in the late but after a v. A. R. Check it was also called back for handball in the build up wendell 2nd yellow card on the other hand was less controversial leverkusen had to play the last 20 minutes with 10 men but they still managed to get the winner substitute lucas allow rio and 11 in the fortunate away when. Munsey to us we are even with 10 men we had 45 or 6 players in front of a goal i think in the end we deserved to win. After 2 bonus legal losses in a row leverkusen go into the winter break with a win. And last but not least cologne against braman is a class that would decide who spends the midseason break in the dreaded bottom 3. There was just one goal in this match and it went to cologne in the 39th minute john cordova sealing the win for the home side and as weve seen so often this season really poor defending their from braman. After failing to win the 1st 3 games of his tenure mark is just outside when their 3rd on the bounce thereby condemning braman to the relegation zone for the mid season break. Lets have a look at all the results from match day 17 so far lifes a win big glop a stumble and by an end the year on a high as a points piece of shout and Freiburg Leverkusen 3 points and feel like 6 lets be honest for cologne as they down braman dont last friday and the last 2 games of 2019 arent just of the off and out of born and lets take a quick look at the table as well its the 1st time since december 2009 that a team other than by an endorsement are top going into the middle of midseason break and is likely congratulations to them and down the bottom half is still plenty to play for on sunday but only when will do for just love born if thats a rain in their rivals you know so at 6 e is the winner of this weeks play of the day with 58 percent of the vote. The 18 year olds repeated wednesdays match winning winning heroics turning home its almost been a cross to break the deadlock against. 2 goals in 2 matches thats quite a start for the young dutchman it was what sixtys mature finish is your play of the day. Writes leipsic have reason to celebrate as they head into the new year top of the pile is this a big step towards their 1st ever bundesliga title the next 17 days will tell us here in the been listening to this we will be back on sunday to bring you the highlights from just off and had a born and wrap up the 1st half of the season until then for me and the rest of the team here in berlin thank you and goodbye i. Owe. To. Oh. I. See on. Oscar winning director carlin and. Her films go straight to viewers heart because she shows the true childrens eyes. Kind joy cummins in society not to children its coming sunday. Spotlight on our alina. An interview. On. 60 years ago he fled to india the dalai lama. 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