FRANKFURT - Mario Gomez is back in the limelight, following a season of playing second fiddle to Mario Mandzukic. Gomez was wounded at the start of the summer season and Bayern Munich's new acquisition Mandzukic used the opportunity to determine himself at the center of Bayern's attack. Today, Bayern is taking a look at Gomez again because it accumulates to its Champions League seminal against Barcelona. Bayern and Borussia Dortmund are required to rest their leading players in the Bundesliga weekend in front of the Champions League semifinals. While Dortmund plays Real Madrid a day later Bayern hosts Barcelona on Tuesday. In the Bundesliga, Bayern moves to Hannover bolstered by still another big gain after significant past Wolfsburg 6-1 to advance to the closing of the German Cup. Dortmund hosts Mainz and is trying to all but seal 2nd position. Bayern applied a second-string line-up a week ago against Nuremberg and won easily 4-0. Coach Jupp Heynckes then went back to his regulars and rolled over Wolfsburg. Gomez scored three targets inside six minutes while paying significantly less than 15 minutes on the subject instead for Mandzukic. Xherdan Shaqiri, playing for the suspended Franck Ribery, scored a target and create three. That leaves Heynckes wondering if maybe the two could get into the staff for the Barcelona game. Gomez is likely to perform anyhow on Tuesday since Mandzukic is suspended. "I wasn't worried that Mandzukic can not play, because I have the 2nd best Champions category scorer from last period (Gomez )," Heynckes said. Some more match practice could be gained by gomez in Hannover. Also this week-end, Greuther Fuerth's relatively inevitable relegation could possibly be proved. The membership is nine points behind Hoffenheim and a decline at adjoining Nuremberg on Sunday would make it official. Higher up in the dining table, Schalke remains hoping to wrest away third place from Leverkusen, which is four points ahead. Schalke didn't gain ground on Leverkusen last week when it had to settle for a 2-2 draw at home and now travels to Eintracht Frankfurt, which will be wanting to keep a place in the Europa League. But Eintracht is in a deep recession, having won only one of its last nine games, and is four points behind Schalke and three points behind Freiburg in sixth. "It will be close right as much as the end," Schalke goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand said. The top three areas bring immediate slots in the Champions League, fourth place means qualifying. Places five and six mean Europa League. Freiburg did not secure a spot in the Europa League when it dropped 2-1 at Stuttgart on Wednesday in the German Cup semifinals. That place was earned by stuttgart by qualifying for the ultimate against Bayern, which will perform in the Champions League again whilst the Bundesliga winner. Schalke has not lost in 13 trips to Frankfurt. Eintracht's coach Armin Veh has extended his contract in Frankfurt however the team is struggling to score goals. As it attempts a crucial win Its top scorer Alex Meier is absent as a result of a foot injury and Frankfurt could experience dilemmas. Freiburg has been the surprise of the growing season having its no stars and young group. It was outplayed in Stuttgart in the glass sport and might make amends if the two sides meet again on Sunday in Stuttgart. Borussia Moenchengladbach could still achieve a location in the Europa League and moves Friday to Augsburg, that is three points away from security. On Thursday, Leverkusen hosts next-to-last Hoffenheim, Hamburg represents Fortuna Duesseldorf and Werder Bremen meets Wolfsburg. Neither Duesseldorf or Werder are safe. A Copyright 2013
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