Arminia Pick Up a Point at Bayer in Their Efforts to Beat the Bundesliga Drop

Bayer Leverkusen 2 - Arminia Bielefeld 2 (Bundesliga, May 8, 2009) Stefan Kiessling headed Leverkusen into the lead after 21 minutes, Radim Kucera brought relegation threatened Arminia level with a header from a set-play sixty seconds later. Bayer then fell behind after again failing to deal with a free-kick, Robert Tesche scoring the third header of the match in the 39th minute. (First half highlights here.) Patrick Helmes earned Bayer a share of the spoils with a 79th minute equaliser.

Vitoria Guimaraes 0 - Rio Ave 1 (Superliga, May 8, 2009) Coentrao’s penalty minutes before the break was the difference between the sides.

Lechia Gdansk 3 - Jagiellonia Bialystok 1 (Ekstraklasa, May 8, 2009) Peter Cvirik headed Lechia into the lead on the half hour, Thiago Cionek bringing the visitors level two minutes later with a looping header before the goalscorer was then sent off (second yellow) for his post goal celebrations. Unbelievably poor defending from the visitors allowed Karol Piatekto score just before the break, Lukasz Surma crashing home the third at the start of the second half.

Tampere United 0 - TPS Turku 2 (Veikkausliiga, May 8, 2009) Christian Andreasen gave Turku the lead in the 29th minute, Englishman and Fulham loanee Wayne Brown wrapping up the match with the second five minutes from time. Turku moved into second in the league.