Schalke 04 delay Bayerns title celebration
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schalke 04 beat 10-man freiburg 2-0 on saturday to delay bayern munichs title celebrations by at least another week and tighten their grip on second place with six games left of the season1 daniel caligiuris controversial 63rd-minute penalty put the hosts ahead and guido burgstaller slotted in their second goal 10 minutes later as schalke earned their sixth win in a row1 minutes earlier freiburgs nils petersen was sent off after a second booking and coach christian streich got his marching orders and a seat in the stands for dissent1 schalke are now 17 points behind leaders bayern who are on 69 after walloping third-placed borussia dortmund 6-0 on saturday1 but even a win would not be enough for them to secure their sixth straight league title this weekend1 rb leipzig worked their way back into champions league contention with a nervous 3-2 victory at hanover 961 the victory lifted them to 46 points and fourth place a point ahead of bayer leverkusen who managed only a goalless draw against augsburg1 the top four teams qualify automatically for the champions league group stage next season1