BERLIN — Goals from Borussia Dortmund's Neven Subotic and Mario Goetze gave the Bundesliga champion a 2-0 win at Freiburg during a heavy snowfall Saturday to close the gap to the top spots. Ruhr valley rival Schalke 04 leapfrogged into second place with a 1-0 win over Nuremberg courtesy of a Jefferson Farfan goal to complete a memorable seven days for it during which it also beat Dortmund as well as Arsenal in the Champions League. Dortmund, which defeated nine-time European champion Real Madrid in the competition Wednesday, was bullied by the host for much of the first half before bouncing back. After missing a string of early chances following the break, including Mario Goetze's point-blank effort, Subotic, with his back to the goal, headed in a curled Marco Reus free-kick for the lead. Goetze made amends in the 84th minute, picking up a Robert Lewandowski pass to slot the visitor's second goal and lift them to 15 points in fourth place with Schalke on 20. VfL Wolfsburg, which sacked coach Felix Magath Thursday, got its first win after eight games to move off the bottom under interim coach Lorenz Guenther Koestner with a 4-1 demolition of Fortuna Dusseldorf. A hat trick by Hungary international Adam Szalai — his first in the Bundesliga — steered Mainz 05 to a 3-0 victory over troubled Hoffenheim to move into fifth place, a point behind Dortmund. Leader Bayern Munich, on a maximum 21 points after winning all eight games so far, hosts Bayer Leverkusen Sunday. Eintracht Frankfurt, on 19, can reclaim second spot with victory at VfB Stuttgart. Lippi lifts Guangzhou to title World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi added the Chinese Super League title to his long list of honors after a late goal by Gao Lin meant Guangzhou Evergrande became the first side to retain the title. The Chinese international striker scored in stoppage time as Lippi's big-spending side defeated Liaoning Whowin 1-0 away to leave it five points ahead of second-placed Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty with only the 30th and last match to come. Lippi, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, was appointed coach of Guangzhou in May, after controversially replacing highly successful South Korean Lee Jang-soo. The well-paid Italian, who won numerous trophies with Serie A giant Juventus, could make it a league and cup double in his first season in charge with Guangzhou taking on Guizhou Moutaiwas in the two-legged final of the China's Football Association Cup next month. — Agencies
