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FRANKFURT - Ciro Immobile scored a late equalizer as Borussia Dortmund came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Wednesday. Padres Jerseys 2020 .Stuttgarts point in an encouraging display lifted the team from the bottom of the standings only hours after the club fired director of sports Fredi Bobic.Bayer Leverkusen rose to second by edging Augsburg 1-0 in a match that was interrupted for seven minutes in the first half by a heavy storm.Elsewhere, Hannover continued its best start to a season by beating Cologne 1-0 and Borussia Moenchengladbach sent Hamburger SV back to the bottom of the table with a 1-0 victory. Hertha Berlin notched its first win of the season by beating Wolfsburg 1-0.Bayern Munich went top of the standings by defeating Paderborn 4-0 on Tuesday. Bayern has 11 points, while Leverkusen and Hannover are both on 10, with Leverkusen ahead on goal difference.Daniel Didavi pounced on mistakes by Dortmunds defence in either half to put the visiting team 2-0 up.But the speedy Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded Stuttgart goalkeeper Sven Ulreich in the 73rd to pull one back for Dortmund and Immobile equalized in the 86th after Ulreichs mistimed exit.When you are up two goals, you should go home as the winner, Stuttgart coach Armin Veh said.Shinji Kagawa had Dortmunds best chances. In the first half, he controlled the ball with his chest before hooking a shot past Ulreich in one fluid motion but the ball hit the top of the crossbar. Kagawas header in the second half narrowly missed the target.Dortmund is now eighth, four points behind Bayern, and has already conceded nine goals a€” way too many, according to defender Mats Hummels.In Leverkusen, Son Heung-min scored the only goal in the 33rd minute, before the match was interrupted by the storm five minutes later.Max Kruse found the net for Moenchengladbach in the 25th, while Hamburg still has not scored a goal in its five league matches this season. The club slipped below Stuttgart in the standings, with both teams on two points.Hamburg held Bayern to a 0-0 draw four days ago and was hoping for its first win under new coach Joe Zinnbauer.Striker Joselu scored in the sixth minute for Hannover to hand Cologne its first defeat of the season.Newly arrived Salomon Kalou scored in his first start for Hertha Berlin, driving home a powerful header in the 35th. Andy Benes Jersey . Jamies number grades given are out of five, with five being the best mark. 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The Henry Burris-led squad finished second in the East Division before advancing to the Grey Cup where they ultimately fell to the home field advantage wielding Saskatchewan Roughriders.MILAN - Roma has been in something of a free fall since the start of 2015 and is slowly seeing its title dreams fade away.After kicking off the year with a highly controversial win at Udinese and cutting the gap to Serie A leader Juventus to one point, Roma drew the next three matches to slip seven points behind the defending champion.Rudi Garcias team now faces relegation-threatened Empoli, which will also be motivated by revenge after a hotly debatable penalty saw it lose 2-1 at Roma in the Italian Cup, after taking the capital side to extra time.Roma also has somewhat of a crisis in midfield with Daniele De Rossi and Kevin Strootman joining the list of injury absentees and Seydou Keita away at the African Cup of Nations, along with star striker Gervinho.Strootman had only recently returned to full fitness after a serious knee injury which forced him to miss the World Cup and sidelined him for several months, but took a blow to the same knee last weekend and has flown to Holland for tests.Empoli come into Saturdays match desperate for points, as it sits just one above the bottom three and knows that each point could mean the difference between safety and relegation.It has drawn six of its past eight league matches.Here are some of the things to know about this weekends games:___JUVE EYEING A TREBLEJuventus could be on course for an incredible treble according to their players.While even the most ardent Juventus fan would struggle to believe its side has a realistic chance of beating the likes of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to the Champions League trophy, a domestic double of the Italian Cup and a fourth successive league title is very much on the cards.Juventus has a seven-point advantage in the league over Roma, which it could also face in the cup semifinals after it beat Parma 1-0 on Wednesday to progress.Roma plays Fiorentina next week in its quarterfinal.We want to win every competition were involved in and I think weve got what it takes to do so, said Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, who scored the late winner.Juventus visits Udinese on Sunday. Roberto Alomar Jersey. __CRISIS MEETS CRISISAt Christmas, AC Milan appeared to be realistic contenders for the final Champions League place but a sudden slump has sent it tumbling down the table.Since the start of the year, Milan has lost three of its four league matches and slipped to 11th in Serie A, 10 points off third spot.Filippo Inzaghis team suffered its third successive defeat midweek as it crashed out of the Italian Cup, losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Lazio.However, Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has said that unless there is a catastrophe of biblical proportions Inzaghi will remain in charge until the end of the season and then well see.Galliani made these comments when he was caught out by a prank phone call from a radio station with someone imitating Sampdoria President Massimo Ferrero.Milan hosts Parma on Sunday night and defeat to the leagues bottom side could very well be considered a catastrophe, especially as it would be the sides third straight loss at San Siro.Milan will be boosted by the signing of Mattia Destro on loan from Roma, and the Italy forward could go straight into the starting lineup.Parma is in turmoil on and off the pitch. A last-minute goal saw it lose 2-1 to Cesena last weekend in a relegation battle, with Cesena moving three points above it in the bottom three.Star striker Antonio Cassano terminated his contract by mutual consent on Monday after receiving no wages for six months.___SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR INTER AGAIN?Sassuolo must be dreading hosting Inter Milan on Sunday.Just a point separates the two sides, but in two of their last three meetings, Sassuolo lost 7-0 — including back in September.You can get a thrashing like that once in life, but we got two, Sassuolo defender Paolo Cannavaro said. Of course there is a desire for revenge, but we must not think only of the 7-0 because sometimes when you are too charged up in the build up to the match you risk a drop before the start.Sassuolo has also never scored against Inter in its two seasons in the top flight, losing the other match 1-0. ' ' '
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