Dortmund seal Champs League berth

Aubameyang becomes top scorer

AFP, BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in Borussia Dortmund's 4-3 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday to finish as the Bundesliga's top-scorer and seal his side's direct Champions League place on a dramatic final day of the season.
Aubameyang finished with 31 goals, one more than Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, who failed to score in the champions' 4-1 home win over Freiburg.
There was drama at the bottom of the table as Hamburg guaranteed their survival with an 88th-minute goal to seal a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg.
Two minutes after coming on, Luca Waldschmidt's header, the day after his 21st birthday, sealed Hamburg's win which lifted them to 14th and dropped Wolfsburg to 16th.
With Darmstadt and Ingolstadt already relegated, the 2009 German champions, now face a two-legged relegation play-off to stay up.
There was drama in Dortmund's seven-goal thriller as Marco Reus and Aubameyang both converted second-half penalties to seal Borussia's comeback win.
Dortmund defender Marc Bartra made his first appearance since fracturing his right wrist in the April 11 bomb attack on the Borussia team bus.
Werder took the lead when Zlatko Junuzovic stabbed home from close range, but Reus equalised with half an hour gone.
Aubameyang scored his 30th league goal -- arguably his best this season -- with a superb volley from a deft chip to Ousmane Dembele over the Bremen defence on 42 minutes.
However, less than a minute into the second half, Fin Bartels slammed home after a great run from Max Kruse to make the score 2-2.
Despite his midweek snub for the Confederations Cup, Kruse showed Germany coach Joachim Loew what he is missing by chipping home Bremen's third goal on 68 minutes.

Dortmund seal Champs League berth

Aubameyang becomes top scorer

AFP, BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in Borussia Dortmunds 4-3 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday to finish as the Bundesligas top-scorer and seal his sides direct Champions League place on a dramatic final day of the season. Aubameyang finished with 31 goals, one more than Bayern Munichs Robert Lewandowski, who failed to score in the champions 4-1 home win over Freiburg. There was drama at the bottom of the table as Hamburg guaranteed their survival with an 88th-minute goal to seal a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg. Two minutes after coming on, Luca Waldschmidts header, the day after his 21st birthday, sealed Hamburgs win which lifted them to 14th and dropped Wolfsburg to 16th. With Darmstadt and Ingolstadt already relegated, the 2009 German champions, now face a two-legged relegation play-off to stay up. There was drama in Dortmunds seven-goal thriller as Marco Reus and Aubameyang both converted second-half penalties to seal Borussias comeback win. Dortmund defender Marc Bartra made his first appearance since fracturing his right wrist in the April 11 bomb attack on the Borussia team bus. Werder took the lead when Zlatko Junuzovic stabbed home from close range, but Reus equalised with half an hour gone. Aubameyang scored his 30th league goal -- arguably his best this season -- with a superb volley from a deft chip to Ousmane Dembele over the Bremen defence on 42 minutes. However, less than a minute into the second half, Fin Bartels slammed home after a great run from Max Kruse to make the score 2-2. Despite his midweek snub for the Confederations Cup, Kruse showed Germany coach Joachim Loew what he is missing by chipping home Bremens third goal on 68 minutes.