Leipzig seal Champions League berth in Bundesliga

BERLIN: RB Leipzig sealed Champions League qualification with a comfortable 2-1 win over St. Pauli on Saturday on a dramatic day in the Bundesliga’s race for Europe.
Goals from Xaver Schlager and Willi Orban saw Leipzig secure third place with a game to spare and plunge St.

Pauli deeper into the relegation mire.
“We were under a lot of pressure this season, but we are a great group and we rose to it,” Leipzig’s captain David Raum said in a speech in front of the fans.
“We have achieved our goal now, so let’s all have a drink and party all night long,” he added.
The Hamburg side had scored just four goals in their previous eight games, and they were left to rue missed chances yet again in Leipzig.
The visitors squandered several chances on the counter-attack before Schlager hooked the ball in at a corner to give Leipzig the lead just before half time.
Orban doubled the lead with a brilliant header after the break, before Abdoulie Ceesay grabbed a late consolation for the visitors.
Defeat keeps St. Pauli second from bottom, setting up a winner-takes-all clash with fellow strugglers Wolfsburg on the final day of the season next weekend.
“We have to go about the last game like it’s a war,” St.