Cacau on target for Stuttgart; Wins for Bremen and Wolfsburg
(CNN) -- The first full day of the new Bundesliga season kicked-off Saturday with some promising wins for teams that struggled in last year's campaign.
Stuttgart opened their account with a 3-0 win over Schalke at the Mercedes Benz Arena on Saturday.
Brazilian striker Cacau opened the scoring with a header in the 37th minute, before Austrian striker Martin Harnik doubled the lead 11 minutes into the second half.
Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki netted with a superb strike moments from the end to send last season's Champions League semi-finalists to a crushing opening-day defeat.
Hanover 96 also got off on the right foot beating Hoffenheim 2-1.
A free-kick from former German international Jan Schlaudraff gave last year's fourth-placed side the lead after 15 minutes.
But their advantage was short-lived as Hoffenheim hit back three minutes later when Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Sejad Salihovic converted from the penalty spot.
Hanover were awarded a penalty of their own 12 minutes later when Schlauddraff was brought down. Norwegian striker Mohammed Abdellaoue stepped up to score what proved to be the winner.
Champions Dortmund open Bundesliga season with win
A second-half brace from Swedish striker Markus Rosenberg sealed a 2-0 win for Werder Bremen over Kaiserslautern , while 2009 champions, Wolfsburg -- who finished last term in 15th place -- also bagged three points with victory at Cologne .
Two goals from former German striker Patrick Helmes and one from Marcel Schaefer (recently stripped of the captaincy by coach Felix Magath) sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory.
Newly-promoted Augsburg earned a 2-2 draw at home to Freiburg thanks to two second-half goals from striker Sascha Molders.
But last year's second division champions Hertha Berlin went down to a 1-0 defeat at home to Nuremberg in the late kick-off -- 22-year-old Czech striker Tomas Pekhart scoring the decisive goal ten minutes from time.
Bayern Munich open their league campaign on Sunday at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach while last year's runners-up Bayer Leverkusen travel to Mainz .
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By soccernet staff Werder Bremen have revealed they will consider "serious offers" for reported Arsenal target Per Mertesacker. Arsenal are still yet to sign a centre-back this summer, despite being linked with Everton's Phil Jagielka,
A free-kick from former German international Jan Schlaudraff gave last year's fourth-placed side the lead after 15 minutes. But their advantage was short-lived as Hoffenheim hit back three minutes later when Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Sejad
It is rumoured that the German international is looking for a new challenge and that he could leave the Bundesliga side before the transfer window closes. Allofs revealed Bremen's policy that no player, not even the star centre-back, is safe in their
For the second successive year Everton's penultimate pre-season fixture ended in defeat in Germany, as the Blues were beaten 1-0 by 2009 UEFA Cup finalists Werder Bremen. Former German Under-21 international Sandro Wagner scored a first half goal to
11.17 Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs on Per Mertesacker in the People: "We are willing to discuss a transfer for Per. We have promised him we will listen to serious offers." 11.05 This is sure to irk Arsenal fans.
The German international centre-back Liverpool should consider for ...
Liverpool continue to be linked with a move for a new centre-back this summer. The likes of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill continue to be targets as these two tie in with FSG’s policy of buying British talent. But I feel we should look at breaking this policy and sign Werder Bremen’s captain Per Mertesacker.
The 26-year-old German international centre-back is being made available by the club for a fee thought to be £6million as he is now in the final year of his contract and there is very little chance that he will want to stay at Werder Bremen as the club is a ‘sinking ship’. They just got dumped out of the German Cup in the first round by a lower league team.
Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs is quoted as saying in The People : “We are willing to discuss a transfer for Per.
“We have promised him we will listen to serious offers.”
Arsenal are also reportedly interested in Mertesacker as they too are also in need of a new centre-back. Liverpool would have to move quickly if we are to make a move for him. What are your thoughts on Mertesacker? Do you think he would be the rights signing for Liverpool?
LFC should sign Enrique,Cahill and Dann.We should get rid of some players like Kiriakos,Insua,Poulsen,El-Hazar……please,leave us alone.
I have not been pleased with Henry so far since he has invested only 50 million so far from his pocket.We need to spend another 30 million to challenge for trophies.Be wise please MR HENRY.
IN KING KENNY , WE TRUST.
I agree. Mr Henry has done nothing but support KK…so sit back and let the professionals handle the transfer market. It is obvious that we a looking at the signings before we bring them in and they turn out to be shit like poulsen…Cole….and many more that are leeching our wages…..have faith because we will be back at the top very soon.
If it’s German then it should be Hummels, even at double price than Per. Par M’ker is good, but might struggle for fitness in EPL for his height & lanky structure.
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