Berlin: Second placed Borussia Dortmund earned a morale boosting 2-1 win at home to VfL Wolf sburg in the Bundesliga, ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quartefinal, second leg at home to Real Madrid.
After Croatia’s Ivica Olic gave Wolves an early lead, a Robert Lewandowski header put Dortmund level before Germany winger Marco Reus hit the 77th minute winner. Borussia face a near impossible task of overturning a 0-3 defeat from the first leg against Real to reach the Champions League’s semifinals.
Schalke 04 are now three points adrift of Dortmund in third as they came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen. Bremen took the lead when Argentina striker Franco di Santo netted after 15 minutes before Schalke teenager Leon Goretzka levelled on 33 minutes.
At the other end of the table, VfB Stuttgart improved their chances of avoiding relegation with a 2-0 win at home to Freiburg to escape the bottom three with goals by Romania’s Alexandru Maxim and Austria’s Martin Harnik. Nuremberg drop into the bottom three after their 0-2 loss at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, who moved up to fourth
