Inside The German Bundesliga

Mario Gotzeput Bayern in frontbefore Thomas Muller added a second for Pep Guardiola's men. Gotzeraised that tothree beforeHakan Calhanoglu netteda consolation for Mirko Slomka's men, who concededonce again when Claudio Pizarro wrapped up Bayern's win beforeJerome Boateng earneda late red card.
Hamburg go into the last weekend of the season needing to do betterthanbothNurnberg and Eintracht Braunschweig in order to earn a play-off for survival with theside which finishesthird in the2. Bundesliga.
Robert Lewandowski waved farewell to Borussia Dortmund fans in his last homematch for the club in a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim.
The Polish striker will move to rivals Bayern Munich in the summer, but Lewandowski was given a standing ovation before kick-off and presentedwith some commemorative gifts.
Despitegoing behind to RobertoFirmino's early goal, Dortmund prevailed thanksto goals fromKevin Grosskreutz,Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lukasz Piszczek, while Hoffenheim scoreda second throughNiklas Sule.
Schalke sealed their place in nextseason's Champions League atthe very same venue where theyaccomplished the feat last term, following a 2-0 win over Freiburg.
Kaan Ayhan and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar earnedJens Keller's men thewin which meansthey cannotfinish any lower thanfourth, although they will have toplay theirfinal gameof the season without Felipe Santana, who picked up a red card.
Freiburg were also happy enoughcome thefinal whistle of their final homegameof the season, having securedtheirtop-flight statusa weekago.
Bayer Leverkusen remain on coursefor a place in the Champions League next season afterbeating Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 at the CommerzbankArena.
Goals from Gonzalo Castro and EmreCan earnedSascha Lewandowski's side a crucial three points, considering their rivals for fourth Wolfsburg and Borussia Monchengladbach also won on the penultimateweekend of the Bundesliga season.
Borussia Monchengladbach ensuredthey remain in the huntfor fourth spot for the last weekend of the season aftera 3-1 win over Mainz.
Goals from Martin Stranzl, Max Kruseand Christoph Kramer helpedstrengthenthe Foals' push for the last Champions League place. Thatspot continues to be occupiedby Bayer Leverkusen, who have a one-point lead over Wolfsburg and three between them and Gladbach.
Mainz cut the deficit temporarily in the 64th minute throughEric-Maxim Choupo-Moting. The Carnival Club themselvesare still in pole position to secureEuropean football next season.
Ivica Olic kept Wolfsburg's hopes of playing Champions League football next season alive as hestruck late toearn his side a 2-1 win atStuttgart.
Kevin De Bruyne had given the Wolves thelead but Christian Gentnerlevelled for Huub Stevens' men, who needed a point to becertain of preserving theirplace in the Bundesliga next season.
With Hamburg and Nurnberg bothlosing, that point was not ultimately necessary, and Olic's late goal did not do too much harm to Stuttgart, although it could proveto be pricelessfor DieterHecking's men as they now trail fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusenby just a point going into the final weekend of the season.
Nurnberg's survival hangs on a final day showdown at Schalke following a 2-0 homedefeatto Hannover.
Szabolcs Husztiand Manuel Schmiedebach scoredeitherside of thehalf-time breakto condemn the homeside toa sixth straight league loss.
Hannover, safefrom the threatof relegation, dampened the mood in the stadium aftersix minuteswith ArtjomsRudnevs unselfishly assistingHungarian attackerHuszti for his eighth goal of the season. Hannover doubled theiradvantage six minutes into the second half, as Schmiedebach charged throughthe heart of Nurnberg's defenceto tuck the ball past Raphael Schafer.
Aaron Hunt scoreda second-half brace in a 2-0 victoryover HerthaBerlin to bring an emotional end toa 13-year association with Werder Bremen.
The 27-year-old midfielder confirmedhe will leave for pastures new at the end of the season, but he left Bremen fans with one final memory in theirfinal homematch, nettingjust after the breakand in the final momentsof this Bundesliga clash.
In a gameof little significance to the table, Bremen tested Thomas Kraft for the first time after 23 minutes, but Zlatko Junuzovic's20-yard piledriver was punched clear by the Hertha goalkeeper.
Raul Bobadilla scoreddeep into stoppage time to keep Augsburg's hopes alive of qualifying for Europe next season with a 1-0 win, while leaving Eintracht Braunschweig at the foot of thetable.
The Argentinian came off the bench 10 minutes from theend of a tenseencounter toscore thedecisive goal with practically the last kickof the game.
With Hamburg and Nurnberg also losing on thepenultimate weekend of theseason, bottom-placed Braunschweig do still have thechance of avoiding automaticrelegation on the final day, although to do that they will need to reversea four-game losing streak at Hoffenheim. by Akintunde Akindamola