Historically, Berlin was a divided city in many ways. But this isn’t a story about the Cold War, the Americans and the Soviet Union. But rather a different Union.Union Berlin fans are having a splendid day indeed. Their 3-2 win over Bochum on the final day of the Bundesliga season sealed their place in next season’s UEFA Europa League. It’s a remarkable achievement for the East Berlin club to qualify for European competition two years in a row, especially when you consider the fact that they were a second-tier team not so long ago. In the end, the Iron Union finished just a point below RB Leipzig, who make the Champions League with a fourth-place finish.EUROPA FUCKING LEAGUE! 👋— 1. FC Union Berlin (@fcunion_en) May 14, 2022
There will be a party in Berlin, that’s for sure – but not in the entire German capital. The blue and white half of the city has had a pretty terrible time on their trip to Dortmund.Going into the final matchday, Hertha needed either not to lose or Stuttgart not to win to stay in 15th place and avoid playing further matches to secure their Bundesliga status. However, they failed spectacularly.
Even though they had the lead in Dortmund, they ended up on the losing side while Stuttgart scored an injury-time winner to reach safety and make the blue and whites sweat about their future.Come to mention Dortmund, this was the day when Westfallenstadio said goodbye to their Manchester-bound striker Erling Haaland. The Norwegian converted a penalty to go out with a bang.
Today was also the final sight of Robert Lewandowski in a Bayern shirt. Of course, the Polis goalscorer marked the occasion with a fine header in a 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg.BUNDESLIGA – Round 34SaturdayArminia Bielefeld – RB Leipzig 1-1 (0-0)/Serra 70 – Orban 90+3/Augsburg – Greuter Furth 2-1 (1-1)/Caligiuri 11, Gregoritsch 84 – Ngankam 24/Monchengladbach – Hoffenheim 5-1 (3-1)/Stindl 26, Plea 44 pen, Hoffman 45+1, 68, Embolo 53 – Kramaric 3/Bayer Leverkusen – Freiburg 2-1 (0-0)/Alario 54 pen, Palacios 90+7 – Haberer 88/Dortmund – Hertha 2-1 (0-1)/Haaland 68 pen, Moukoko 84 – Belfodil 18 pen/Mainz – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 (1-2)/Ingvartsen 10, 49 – Tuta 26, Borre 35/Sttutgart – Koln 2-1 (1-0)/Kalajdzic 12, Endo 90+2 – Modeste 59/Union Berlin – Bochum 3-2 (2-0)/Promel 5, Awoniyi 25 pen, 88 – Zoller 55, Lowen 79/Wolfsburg – Bayern 2-2 (1-2)/Wind 45, Kruse 58 – Stanisic 17, Lewandowski 40/