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BERLIN, May 20-- Bayern Munich crushed Freiburg 4-1 in Philipp Lahm's and Xabi Alonso's farewell game while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Dortmund to beat Werder Bremen 4-3 at the 34th and last round of the Bundesliga 2016/2017 season on Saturday. The "Bavarians", who already sealed their 27th Bundesliga title on April 29, rounded off the end of the season with a 4-1 victory over Freiburg as Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso cap off their careers. Freiburg were still in the race for a berth in the Europa League but Bayern destroyed the hopes with an early goal as retiring Alonso passed into the path of Arjen Robben, who overcame goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow into the far post corner with four minutes played. Bayern controlled the proceedings on the pitch but lacked in penetration to extend the lead before the break. Freiburg almost punished the hosts before the break but Janik Haberer failed to slot home from promising position. The German record champions continued powerful play after the restart. They yet had to wait until the 73rd minute before Arturo Vidal capitalized on Robben's square pass to tap home the 2-0 lead. Freiburg responded and reduced the arrears through Nils Petersen, who made the most of Vincenzo Grifo's build-up work three minutes later. Carlo Ancelotti's men remained unimpressed and piled on the pressure to score another two goals in the closing period to leave no doubt. | 
