Hoffenheim - Hoffenheim secure a ticket to next season's Champions League group stage. 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund who led Hoffenheim to grab it.
While undergoing the final game of the German League 2017/2018 at Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Saturday (5/12/2018), Hoffenheim needed a win to keep the chance to qualify for the Champions League. Julian Nagelsmann's team was getting an additional three numbers with no easy.
Hoffenheim went ahead thanks to a goal from Andrej Kramari in the 26th minute. He used the mistake of Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki to register his name on the scoreboard.
Dortmund can only equalize in the 59th minute. The goal was recorded in the name of Marco Reus. He maximized feedback from Raphael Guerreiro to break down the home team's goal.
The position of the draw did not last long. Adam Szalai again brought the home team ahead. Kramari breakthrough bait successfully completed by Szalai with sniper in the 63rd minute.
Hoffenheim lock victory thanks to Pavel Kaderabek goal in the 73rd minute. He scored a goal that continued a chaos in the face of Dortmund's goal. Goal was to be the last in the match Hoffenheim also won 3-1.
With the addition of these three points, Hoffenheim scored 55 points. Raihan Hoffenheim figures are the same as Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
Hoffenheim deserves third place with a better goal difference. They recorded +18, while Dortmund in fourth position booked +17. While Bayer Leverkusen, who is in fifth position, has a goal difference of +14.
With this achievement, Hoffenheim was for the first time getting tickets directly in the group phase round.