Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League on the last day of the Bundesliga on Saturday, leaving Freburg to be content with the European League.
Dortmund secured fourth place and the last one for the qualification of the Champions League after a 3-0 house victory over Holstein Kiel already relegated, which played with 10 men after less than 10 minutes.
It is a remarkable change under coach Niko Kovač, who took over February when Dortmund was languishing In the 11th place. Dortmund won his last five Bundesliga games.
Frankfurt was third with a 3-1 victory in Freiburg, which fell to the fifth as a result, two points behind Dortmund. Friburg needed to win to qualify for the Champions League instead of Frankfurt.
Mainz exceeded three goals not allowed and attracted with Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 to qualify for the league of the conference in sixth place, a point ahead of Leipzig, which lost the European qualification after losing at home against Stuttgart 3-2.
Stuttgart then faces Arminia Bielefeld in the German Cup final next weekend.
Bayern Munich, which He assured the title With two rounds, a 4-0 winner in Hoffenheim ended the season in the last game of Thomas Müller’s Bundesliga for the club. It was his 503º.
Harry Kane replaced Müller during the last half hour and established Serge Gnabry for Bayern’s third goal before completing the scoreboard with his 26th leader in the league.
It is the second consecutive year that Kane has ended as the best scorer of the Bundesliga.
While Mainz played for the European qualification, Leverkusen was thinking about the future in the last game for the club for coach Xabi Alonso and some players.
Mainz had two discarded early goals for offside and then another discarded through VAR before Anthony Caci finally gave the local team a well -deserved advantage.
But Leverkusen emerged a different side after the break. Patrik Schick scored twice to endanger the European place of Mainz.
A penalty of Jonathan Burkardt kept Mainz ahead of Leipzig, who wasted twice an advantage against Stuttgart.
It was the number 34 of Leverkusen without defeat, a new record of the Bundesliga.
Heidenheim stayed in the place of the descent playoffs after losing at home against Werder Bremen 4-1. Frank Schmidt’s team then faces a two -legged playoff against the team that ends third in the Second Division to determine what he plays in the Bundesliga next season.
Bottom Club Bochum, relegated last weekend, signed with a 2-0 victory in St. Pauli for his first victory since he beat Bayern 3-2 in early March.
Wolfsburg won in Borussia Mönchenggabach 1-0 and Union Berlin won in Augsburg 2-1.
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