{"id":118775,"date":"2015-05-24T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=118775"},"modified":"2015-05-24T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:03:39","slug":"dortmund-through-to-europa-league-in-klopps-final-home-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=118775","title":{"rendered":"Dortmund through to Europa league in Klopp&#8217;s final home game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Borussia Dortmund secured a place in the Europa League with a victory over Werder Bremen in Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s final home game in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp, 47, announced he would leave the Bundesliga club last monthand his last game in charge will be next weekend&#8217;s German Cup final with Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n<p>Shinji Kagawa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Dortmund two up but Levin Oztunali pulled one back.<\/p>\n<p>Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 3-1 before Theodor Gebre Selassie&#8217;s late goal.<\/p>\n<p>With Wolfsburg having already qualified for the Champions League, Dortmund&#8217;s seventh-placed finish means they have secured the Europa League spot awarded for the German Cup irrespective of whether they win or lose in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Augsburg <\/strong>also confirmed their place in the Europa League with a 3-1 win at <strong>Borussia Monchengladbach, <\/strong>while Bundesliga runners-up <strong>Wolfsburg <\/strong>played out a 2-2 draw with <strong>Cologne.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Third-placed <strong>Bayer Leverkusen <\/strong>ended their season with a 2-1 defeat at<strong>Eintracht Frankfurt <\/strong>as <strong>Hoffenheim <\/strong>finished ninth after a 2-1 win over<strong>Hertha Berlin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/83188000\/jpg\/_83188671_dortmundfans1getty.jpg\" alt=\"Jurgen Klopp banner\" width=\"624\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Borussia Dortmund fans unveiled a tribute to outgoing coach Jurgen Klopp before kick-off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/83188000\/jpg\/_83188676_kloppafp.jpg\" alt=\"Jurgen Klopp \" width=\"624\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Jurgen Klopp has been in charge at the Westfalenstadion since 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/83188000\/jpg\/_83188674_dortmundfans2getty.jpg\" alt=\"Dortmund fans\" width=\"624\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Klopp&#8217;s last game in charge of Dortmund will be the German Cup final against Wolfsburg in Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/83189000\/jpg\/_83189115_kehlgetty.jpg\" alt=\"Sebastian Kehl \" width=\"624\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sebastian Kehl also played his final home game for Dortmund before retiring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/83189000\/jpg\/_83189111_dortmundfans3getty.jpg\" alt=\"Dortmund fans\" width=\"624\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Klopp has been linked with a number of clubs since he announced he would be leaving Dortmund at the end of the season<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borussia Dortmund secured a place in the Europa League with a victory over Werder Bremen in Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s final home game in charge. Klopp, 47, announced he would leave the Bundesliga club last monthand his last game in charge will be next weekend&#8217;s German Cup final with Wolfsburg. 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