BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Lucas Piazon’s spectacular 90th-minute free kick gave Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory at Hamburg yesterday, as the former European champions remain rooted to the foot of the Bundesliga.
Haris Seferovic gave Frankfurt the lead in the 44th minute, striking home Timothy Chandler’s pass.
Hamburg finally found the back of the net for the first time this season in the 58th minute as Lewis Holtby crossed to Nicolai Mueller, who got his shot through the legs of Frankfurt keeper Felix Wiedwald.
Hamburg’s first goal came 508 minutes into the season, comfortably snapping VfL Bochum’s previous Bundesliga record of 475 minutes without a goal to start the 1979-80 season.
Hamburg looked like they would grab a point but 20-year-old Piazon unleashed a perfectly placed free kick into the upper right corner to secure the victory.
“He can do that,” said Frankfurt coach Thomas Schaaf.
Frankfurt jumped to seventh place on nine points, five off leaders Bayern Munich, while Hamburg, who were European champions way back in 1983, have just two points from six games.
Augsburg are eighth with nine points following a 1-0 home win over Hertha Berlin earlier yesterday.
Augsburg captain Paul Verhaegh hammered home a penalty in the 27th-minute after Hertha keeper Thomas Kraft had brought down Raul Bobadilla in the box.
“The victory was enormously important because we have two away matches coming up,” said Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl.
“We knew that Hertha would defend and not give us a lot of chances, so it was important that we got the win.”
Reigning champions Bayern Munich remained top on Saturday with a 2-0 win at FC Cologne.
Bayern kept a clean sheet for their fourth straight Bundesliga match to move to 14 points, two points clear of Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Pep Guardiola’s Munich opened the scoring on 19 minutes as Mario Goetze struck his third goal in the last two matches.
The visitors doubled the lead midway through the second half as Daniel Halfar put through his own net.
Gladbach won 2-1 at Paderborn thanks to early goals from Patrick Herrmann and Raffael, with Jens Wimmer getting one back for the promoted club, who had been top before losing at Bayern in midweek.
Gladbach’s win took them above Leverkusen, who had to play more than an hour with 10 men but held on for a 0-0 draw away at SC Freiburg.
Leverkusen defender Emir Spahic was sent off in the first half, although Freiburg also finished the game a man down after Pavel Krmas was dismissed.
The visitors might have won it but Karim Bellarabi and Son Heung-Min both hit the crossbar in the final 17 minutes.
In Gelsenkirchen, Schalke 04 picked up their second straight victory with a 2-1 win at home over bitter rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund’s recent defensive struggles continued as goals from Joel Matip and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting left them trailing 2-0 by the midway point in the first half.
Jurgen Klopp’s side did reduce the deficit shortly afterwards courtesy of a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang strike but they could not find an equaliser and have collected only seven points from six games this season, one fewer than Schalke.
Ivica Olic scored in the 57th minute to secure VfL Wolfsburg a 2-1 victory at home against Werder Bremen.
After Ricardo Rodriguez pushed Wolfsburg ahead in the 15th minute, Marnon Busch equalised for Bremen after 37 minutes.
Hanover 96 went down 1-0 at struggling VfB Stuttgart, Daniel Schwaab scoring his team’s first goal at home this season in the 69th minute, while Mainz and Hoffenheim played out a goalless draw on Friday.
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Piazon"s spectacular free kick gives Frankfurt victory in Bundesliga
