Berlin: Stuttgart were relegated on the final day of the Bundesliga after losing at Wolfsburg 3-1, while Werder Bremen clinched survival with a late 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Papy Djilobodji prodded the ball over the line after a goalmouth scramble in the 88th minute for Bremen to overtake Frankfurt.
Now Frankfurt face a two-leg playoff against Nuremberg – third in the second division – to determine which side plays top-tier football next season. “The team will have to show another face on Thursday,” Frankfurt coach Niko Kovac said of the first leg in Frankfurt.
Stuttgart, who finished three points below Frankfurt, joined already-relegated Hannover in the second tier.
