Bayern humiliate Hamburg

Bayern Munich striker Claudio Pizarro (2nd from L) celebrates one of his four goals with teammates during their Bundesliga encounter against Hamburg in Munich on Sunday. Photo:
AFP

Bayern Munich must wait another week before wrapping up the Bundesliga title, but even though the champagne remained on ice, the team were fizzing Saturday as a sparkling showing brought a 9-2 humbling of Hamburg.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 at Stuttgart to delay the inevitable but Bayern rammed home their superiority by swamping a Hamburg side which had surrendered by half-time, at which point the northerners were 5-0 down.
One point from their remaining seven matches and the Bavarians -- who have managed 10n wins on a roll -- will be crowned champions, ending two years of Dortmund domination.
Bayern refused to show their one-time great rivals -- Hamburg were European champions in 1983 but have since slumped into mediocrity -- any mercy after the interval, slamming home another four goals as veteran Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro helped himself to a personal tally of four.
Swiss midfielder Kherdan Shaqiri bagged the first with a precise strike on five minutes before Bastian Schweinsteiger headed home a Shaqiri cross after 19 minutes.
Pizarro then snatched his first from close range on the half hour before a one-two with Arjen Robben saw the Dutch flier make it four on 33 minutes.
On the stroke of half-time, Pizarro picked up the pieces after Shaqiri had hit the post to leave Hamburg punch drunk.
Eight minutes after the restart, Pizarro was at it again with a neat flick to make it six and he then fed Robben, who gratefully accepted number seven.

RESULTS

Bayern Munich 9 (Shaqiri 5, Schweinsteiger 19, Pizarro 30, 45, 53, 68, Robben 33, 54, Ribery 76) Hamburg 2 (Bruma 75, Westermann 86)
VfB Stuttgart 1 (Maxim 63) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Piszczek 29, Lewandowski 82)
SC Freiburg 2 (Kruse 69, 90+2) Borussia Moenchengladbach 0
Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Schwaab 41-og) Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Kiessling 22-pen, 88,
Schuerrle 62, 84)
FC Augsburg 0 Hannover 2 (Rausch 61, 90+1)
Mainz 05 1 (Szalai 1) Werder Bremen 1 (Hunt 69)
Schalke 04 3 (Hoeger 71, Rafael 79, Pukki 83) Hoffenheim 0