BERLIN — League leader Bayern Munich demolished Hamburg SV 9-2 with four goals from striker Claudio Pizarro and two from Arjen Robben Saturday to put one hand on the Bundesliga trophy with seven games to play. With a dazzling performance that will act as a warning to Italy's Juventus ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal, Bayern, resting several key players, could have celebrated its 23rd German league title were it not for Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski. The Poland striker scored a late winner earlier Saturday to give the champion a narrow 2-1 victory at VfB Stuttgart and put Bayern's title party on hold for at least another week. With a 20-point lead over second-placed Dortmund, however, the Bavarians look set to lift their 22nd Bundesliga trophy. On Sunday, Eintracht Frankfurt held on to win 3-2 at bottom side Greuther Fuerth to end its six game winless run in the Bundesliga. Schalke and Frankfurt are level on 42. Earlier, Nuremberg fought from two goals down and draw 2-2 at his new side Wolfsburg. Napoli wins thriller Napoli's Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani proved to be its hero again Saturday when he came off the bench to strike twice in the last six minutes and secure a 5-3 win at Torino in Serie A. On any other day Blerim Dzemaili's sublime hat trick for second-placed Napoli would have grabbed all the headlines but Cavani was the big story after a turbulent last few days. The forward returned late from international duty and was dropped to the bench for the match, which Napoli had to win to stay within range of Juve. Jet-lag looked to have got the better of Cavani when he needlessly gave away a penalty with a silly handball with 16 minutes to go and his side looking good for its 2-1 lead. But he showed his class by completing an incredible comeback with a stunning free kick and got a pure striker's goal in added time, vindicating manager Walter Mazzari's to put him on the bench. — Agencies
