{"id":20775,"date":"2023-04-23T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T19:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T19:50:22","slug":"soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Union squeeze past Gladbach 1-0 to hold on to third place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN (Reuters) &#8211;     Union Berlin secured a 1-0 victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday courtesy of a sumptuous Sheraldo Becker volley to remain in third place and stay on course for a Champions League-qualifying spot with five matches remaining. <\/p>\n<p>The visitors, having their best ever season, had the upper hand for an hour but could not break the deadlock until Jerome Roussillon floated a perfectly-timed left-foot cross into the path of charging Becker and the Suriname winger volleyed home.<\/p>\n<p>Gladbach tried to bounce back but Marcus Thuram and Manu Kone could not beat goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow.<\/p>\n<p>Union stay third on 55 points with Borussia Dortmund leading the title race on 60. Bayern Munich dropped to second place with 59 following Saturday&#8217;s 3-1 loss at Mainz 05.<\/p>\n<p>Freiburg moved up to fourth spot, two points behind Union, after their 4-0 demolition of Schalke 04 earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig dropped to fifth on 51 after their 2-0 loss to in-form Bayer Leverkusen, who climbed to sixth on 47 and stretched their unbeaten run to eight league games.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/bundesliga-borussia-moenchengladbach-v-1-fc-union-berlin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M08Y-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M08Y-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/bundesliga-borussia-moenchengladbach-v-1-fc-union-berlin-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M08Z-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M08Z-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/bundesliga-borussia-moenchengladbach-v-1-fc-union-berlin-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M090-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M090-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/bundesliga-borussia-moenchengladbach-v-1-fc-union-berlin-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M091-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M091-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-union-squeeze-past-gladbach\/bundesliga-borussia-moenchengladbach-v-1-fc-union-berlin-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M092-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3M092-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN (Reuters) &#8211; Union Berlin secured a 1-0 victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday courtesy of a sumptuous Sheraldo Becker volley to remain in third place and stay on course for a Champions League-qualifying spot with five matches remaining. 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