European club football The Observer European roundup: Ribéry and Rodríguez help Bayern see off Mainz • Wingers score to send German champions 18 points clear
• Neymar free-kick helps Paris Saint-Germain to 3-0 win over Lille James Rodríguez (left) celebrates with Franck Ribéry (centre) after putting Bayern Munich 2-0 up against Mainz. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA
Bayern Munich, chasing a sixth successive Bundesliga title, won 2-0 at Mainz 05 to extend their lead at the top to 18 points. First-half goals from Franck Ribéry, who drove home from the edge of the area, and James Rodríguez, collecting a cross on his chest and volleying in, helped the champions towards their 10th successive win in all competitions.
Schalke 04 squandered the chance to go second when they conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 at home to lowly Werder Bremen on Saturday on a nightmare afternoon for the goalkeepers. Schalke went ahead when Jiri Pavlenka allowed a harmless shot from Yevhen Konoplyanka to slip through his hands. The game turned when the hosts had Matija Nastasic sent off for a second bookable offence in the 78th minute.
One minute later, Ludwig Augustinsson curled a weak free kick over the wall, Ralf Fäehrmann failed to hold the ball and Max Kruse scored amid a goalmouth scramble. Bremen won the game in stoppage time, Maximilian Eggestein slipping a shot through Fäehrmann’s legs and Zlatko Junuzovic sliding the ball home.
Mario Gómez scored his first goal since his return to VfB Stuttgart, turning home from close range, to earn a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg – the club he joined from in December, who went ahead through a superb curled finish from Divock Origi.
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen were held 0-0 at Freiburg. Borussia Dortmund stay third after their 3-2 win at Cologne on Friday. Hertha Berlin drew 1-1 at home to Hoffenheim in the other afternoon kickoff.
In Spain, Eibar hammered Vincenzo Montella’s Sevilla 5-1 to move within a point of their stunned opponents. The Basques needed just 38 seconds to take the lead, Kike García breaking away and rifling home at the near post.
Fabián Orellana doubled Eibar’s lead in the 17th minute before Pablo Sarabia pulled one back with a penalty. Iván Ramis restored the hosts’ two-goal lead with a towering header and Orellana grabbed his second after the break, Anaitz Arbilla completing the rout by curling home a fine free-kick.
In Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead at the top to 11 points with a 3-0 win over Lille. Yuri Berchiche and Giovani Lo Celso scored either side of a free-kick from Neymar, who whipped his strike into the top corner 13 minutes from time.
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