Berlin (AFP)

Bayern, already crowned champions, Leipzig, Dortmund and Wolfsburg will represent Germany next year in the Champions League, after the qualifications of Borussia and the "Wolves" on Sunday on the 33rd and penultimate day.

Wolfsburg saved a 2-2 draw on the lawn of second Leipzig, after leading 2-0, and Dortmund easily won 3-1 in Mainz, three days after winning the German Cup by sweeping the same Leipzig in the final. (4-1).

Behind Munich (75 pts) and Leipzig (65 pts), assured of the first two places, Dortmund is for the moment on the podium with 61 points like Wolfsburg, but with two lengths in advance on goal difference (+27 against + 25).

Behind, the fifth Frankfurt has only 57 points and will no longer be able to pick up the top-4, qualifying for the queen competition, on the last day next Saturday.

- Haaland ferryman -

The two 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund stars, Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland, did not score, but they offered the goals to their partners: the young Englishman with the false air of Neymar first served the former Lorient Raphaël Guerreiro (1-0, 23rd) then his captain Marco Reus (2-0, 42nd).

At the end of the match, the Norwegian prodigy Haaland launched the international Julian Brandt in depth for the third goal (3-0, 80th).

This qualification torn off on the penultimate day is a huge satisfaction for the Ruhr club, which has come a long way this season, after having been up to seven points behind fourth place at the beginning of April.

Frankfurt, the only team that still threatened Borussia, lost Saturday against all odds 4-3 on the lawn of Schalke, red lantern and already relegated.

Under the leadership of young interim coach Edin Terzic, who had a difficult start this winter after replacing at short notice Lucien Favre, sacked, the BVB ended the season with a cannonball: counting his impressive victory Thursday in the final of the cut, the club remains on seven consecutive successes.

"Before the final in Berlin we promised each other that we would win the cup and then take the six points that were left in the Bundesliga," said Terzic, "we had a great home straight, I'm very proud of these guys" .

According to the agreement reached with the club, Terzic must become assistant coach again next season, and leave the keys to Marco Rose, the current coach of Mönchengladbach.

- Leipzig reverses the match -

But today's bargain came from Wolfsburg, who went for a draw in Leipzig.

Former German international Maximilian Philipp scored twice before the break.

He first placed a sumptuous shot in the skylight of 18 m, almost without momentum (1-0, 12th), then he took back a cross from the right (2-0, 45th + 2) taking advantage of a bad marking of the French central defender of Leipzig Ibrahima Konaté, which the German media announce in advanced negotiations with Liverpool for the next season.

But RB boss Julian Nagelsmann made two changes at the break, bringing in Angelino and Haidara, and Leipzig were clearly the better team in the second half.

Justin Kluivert first reduced the gap (2-1, 50th) before Marcel Sabitzer transformed a penalty decided after intervention of the VAR (2-2, 78th).

The title and the places in the Champions League awarded, the suspense of the last day will therefore relate to the bottom of the table.

While Schalke, 18th and last, has long been condemned, three teams (Bielefeld, 32 pts, Bremen, 31 pts, and Cologne, 30 pts) will fight to avoid 17th place, synonymous with direct descent, and 16th, which gives access to the jump-off against the third of D2.

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