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Article: Bremen to spend Christmas top of Bundesliga
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- December 18, 2006
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Hamburg, Dec 18 -- Werder Bremen will spend Christmas at the top of the Bundesliga after a late wonder-strike from Naldo secured a 2-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg in the final round of matches before the winter break.
In the day's other match, Borussia Dortmund's indifferent season continued with a feeble 2-1 loss at home to Bayer Leverkusen.
Schalke got a late 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld Saturday to move clear at the top with 36 points but Bremen move ahead of Mirko Slomka's side on goal difference thanks to the win against Wolfsburg.
Defending champions Bayern Munich let it be known they intend to play a major part in proceedings in the New Year with a 4-0 rout of Mainz 05 to move on to 33 ...