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22.10.2001
Coulibaly shines for Freiburg, but all eyes are on Bayern
BERLIN,
Mali midfielder Soumaila Coulibaly led the charge against Borussia Dortmund Sunday as lowly Freiburg put the early season Bundesliga leaders to the sword with a 2-0 home defeat.
Coulibaly opened the scoring for Freiburg in the 44th minute, with defender Sebastian Kehl adding a second on the stroke of full-time to hand Freiburg only their third win of the season.
In Sunday`s other match VfL Wolfsburg went down 1-0 at home to visitors SV Hamburg, but that encounter had no bearing on the battle taking place at the top of the table.
After Saturday`s round of matches, all eyes are on defending champions Bayern Munich, who took control of the league with a convincing 4-1 win over Kaiserslautern.
The Bavarians now sit top with a one-point advantage over Bayer Leverkusen and Kaiserslautern, who are both on 24 with Leverkusen ahead on goal difference.
Dortmund, meanwhile, remain in fourth after failing to use home advantage against Freiburg, who are now in 11th spot.
Bayern, who were without a host of top name stars, went into the lead through Paraguay international forward Roque Santa Cruz in the 16th minute.
Only six minutes later, Bosnian international Hasan Salihamidzic came through to score Bayern`s second, and he was on target again on 29 minutes when the hosts were awarded a penalty.
After the break, Kaiserslautern rallied but were given few opportunities by a Munich side determined to notch up their seventh successive league win of the season.
It was not until the 82nd minute that Kaiserslautern defender Harry Koch stepped up to convert a late penalty - the first league goal conceded by Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn at home in the Olympic Stadium this season.
However, Bayern hammered the nail home in the last minute of regulation time, with another conversion from the spot kick, this time from Peruvian international forward Claudio Pizarro.
Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said: "Everything`s going well for us at the moment and I`m really satisfied with the way the week has unfolded."
His opposite number, Andreas Brehme, said: "Mistakes by individual players were invitations to score and Bayern used them clinically."
Bayer Leverkusen waited until the second half to complete an identical 4-1 result over Stuttgart.
Leverkusen were stung by an early goal from the visitors` Romanian international forward Viorel Ganea in the ninth minute, but from there on in it was all one-way traffic.
The hosts opened their account through Brazilian Ze Roberto on 24 minutes but had to wait until after the break, and the 60th minute, for Croatian international defender Boris Zivkovic to put the hosts in front.
Brazilian international defender Lucio put the game beyond Stuttgart`s reach only four minutes later, with Bulgarian international forward Dimitar Berbatov scoring Leverkusen`s fourth only four minutes from time.
Borussia Dortmund, who sit fourth, play lowly Freiburg Sunday but are riding high after last week`s 2-1 league victory over Moenchengladbach and their 2-1 midweek win over Champions League opponents Boavista.
Newcomers St Pauli, who had occupied bottom spot after managing just four draws and five losses, jumped up to third from bottom with a convincing 4-0 win over Energie Cottbus for their first win of the season.
Schalke moved up two places into fifth spot with a 1-0 home win over 1860 Munich.
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