A winning farewell

May 25, 2015 01:20 am | Updated 01:20 am IST - Berlin:

EMOTIONAL FAREWELL: Supporters hold up banners reading 'Thanks Jurgen' to express their gratitude to Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp before the game against Werder Bremen.

EMOTIONAL FAREWELL: Supporters hold up banners reading 'Thanks Jurgen' to express their gratitude to Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp before the game against Werder Bremen.

Borussia Dortmund earned the chance of a Europa League place next season as coach Jurgen Klopp signed off his final home game with a 3-2 win over Werder Bremen.

Dortmund finishes seventh to go into the qualifiers for the Europa League, but can claim a direct place in the group stages if it beats Wolfsburg in next Saturday’s German Cup final in Berlin in Klopp’s final match as Borussia boss.

“It was a great game, we had a good system and options galore, but I have no complaints, seventh place is the best we could have hoped for,” said Klopp, whose side was bottom of the table in February. “It was an outstanding display, but the game summed up our season: we started really well, but lost our way and made things hard for ourselves.”

A five-minute long, pre-recorded video message from Klopp to Dortmund fans was screened at the Westfalenstadion after the final whistle.

CL place for Valencia Valencia sealed its place in next season’s Champions League as Eibar and Almeria were relegated on a dramatic final day of the La Liga season.

The results: Bundesliga: Bayern Munich 2 (Lewandowski 25-pen, Schweinsteiger 48) bt Mainz 0; Borussia Dortmund 3 (Kagawa 15, Aubameyang 17, Mkhitaryan 42) bt Werder Bremen 2 (Oztunali 26, Gebre Selassie 85); Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Raffael 36) lost to Augsburg 2 (Hojbjerg 72, Matavz 77); Hoffenheim 2 (Modeste 8, Roberto Firmino 80) bt Hertha Berlin 1 (Beerens 72); Hanover 96 2 (Kiyotake 3, Krmas 84-og) bt Freiburg 1 (Petersen 90+2); Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Seferovic 4, Madlung 39) bt Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Bellarabi 6); Hamburg 2 (Olic 49, Rajkovic 58) bt Schalke 04 0; Cologne 2 (Osako 3, Peszko 61) drew with VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Luiz Gustavo 8, Perisic 15); Paderborn 1 (Vucinovic 4) lost to VfB Stuttgart 2 (Didavi 36, Ginczek 72).

La Liga: Real Madrid 7 (Ronaldo 13, 32, 34-pen, Hernandez 47, Rodriguez 51, Jese 71, Marcelo 90) Getafe 3 (Escudero 23, Diego Castro 26, Lacen 42); Barcelona2 (Messi 5, 59) drew with Deportivo Coruna 2(Lucas 67,Salomao 76); Levante 0 drew with Elche 0; Malaga 2 (Guerra 67, 90+2) lost to Sevilla 3 (Reyes 52, Banega 55, Vidal 62); Athletic Club 4 (Aduriz 25-pen, 60; Iraola 28, Benat 36) bt Villarreal 0; Granada CF 0 drew with Atletico Madrid 0; Rayo Vallecano 2 (Bueno 42, Morcillo 64) lost to Real Sociedad 4 (Vela 19, Castro 21, Agirretxe 73, Elustondo 75); Eibar 3 (Arruabarrena 6, Navas 11, Capa 34) bt Cordoba 0; Celta Vigo 3 (Mallo 38, Cabral 58, Nolito 77) bt Espanyol 2 (Garcia 23-pen, Stuani 48); Almeria 2 (Thomas 9, Soriano 37) lost to Valencia 3 (Otamendi 28, Feghouli 45, 80).

Serie A: On Sunday: Empoli 1 (Pucciarelli 57) drew with Sampdoria 1 (Eto’o 90+1); Cesena 0 lost to Cagliari 1 (Sau 90+1); Chievo 1 (Pellissier 88) drew with Atalanta 1 (Gomez 48); Palermo 2 (Jajalo 26, Rigoni 69) lost to Fiorentina 3 (Iicic 23, Gilardino 33, Alonso 78); Parma 2 (Nocerino 21, Varela 36) drew with Verona 2 (Toni 42, 80-pen); Udinese 0 lost to Sassuolo 1 (Magnanelli 70).

On Saturday: Juventus 3 (Pereyra 13, Sturaro 77, Pepe 90+3-pen) bt Napoli 1 (Lopez 50).

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