Borussia Dortmund delayed the surrender of its Bundesliga title by winning 2-1 against 10-man Stuttgart on Saturday. Robert Lewandowski obtained in his ninth consecutive game to close Dortmundas victory following the house part had dropped Gregor Niedermeier to a red card within an ill-tempered fit. Lewandowskias streak is next on the leagueas all-time record. Gerd Mueller scored in 16 straight games and Klaus Allofs in 10. Mueller also had a nine-game score streak. Italy sides France to retrieve top spot in qualifying; huge wins for Dutch, Germans Germany wary of rising expectations, complacency in front of Kazakhstan qualifier Former Canadian captain Paul Stalteri retires from football Had Dortmund didn't gain in Stuttgart, Bayern may have made the title with a success against Hamburger SV later Saturday. Bayern went into the weekend keeping a lead over Dortmund, the two-time defending champion. Dortmundas success strengthened its hang on 2nd place. Bayer Leverkusen remained third, four factors behind, by whipping Fortuna Duesseldorf 4-1 absent. Hannover won 2-0 in Augsburg, Schalke beat Hoffenheim 3-0, Freiburg beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 and Werder Bremen drew 1-1 in Mainz after conceding the fastest goal of the time 12 moments in to the fit. In Stuttgart, the home side had the first possibility but Ibrahima Traoreas effort was stopped by Dortmundas goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, while on the other side Marco Reus cracked over Sven Ulreich but narrowly missed the mark. Dortmund defense Marcel Schmelzer had to keep the game when he was expelled in the face accidentally by Martin Harnik in the 24th and was changed by Lukasz Piszczek. Piszczek won five full minutes after coming on, while Schmelzer was on the best way to a with a broken nose. He found the net with a glancing header off a totally free end by Reus. Stuttgart not quite equalized in the 59th. Religious Gentner struck the post, then Mario Goetze cleaned on the point from Antonio Ruedigeras follow-through. Its goal was got by the home team in the 63rd when Alexandru Maxim beat Goetze to a loose ball and slotted within the far post. But Stuttgart was reduced to 10 men when Niedermeier got his 2nd yellow card for a problem on Goetze. Ulreich produced exceptional saves to reject Piszczek, Neven Subotic and Lewandowski before conceding in the 82nd. Piszczek sent a perfectly timed move behind Stuttgartas protection and Lewandowski tapped the ball in. Dortmundas instructor, Juergen Klopp, was upset following the match. aIt was too difficult, there was too much violence. We got manhandled, sometimes I was worried about the healthiness of my players,a stated Klopp, whose staff moves to Malaga in a few days for the Champions League quarterfinal.
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