Luca Toni amd Miroslav Klose were both on the scoresheet as Bayern Munchen started their Bundesliga campaign with a solid 3-0 triumph over newly-promoted Hansa Rostock on Saturday.
The Italian, Toni, an €11 million summer signing from Fiorentina, opened his account on 14 minutes. Klose, a €12 million purchase from Werder Bremen, added a 2nd on 66 to settle home nerves. The former Kaiserslautern forward headed a 3rd with 5 minutes remaining to have completed the win.
In the day's other games, Werder Bremen were held to a 2-2 draw at VfL Bochum, Hamburger SV beat Hannover 96 1-0 at he Niedersachsenstadion, and Eintracht Frankfurt beat Hertha BSC 1-0 in front of 46,000 fans at the Waldstadion.
Felix Magath got off to a terrible start as Wolfsburg coach when his side slumped 3-1 at home to Arminia Bielefeld. Meanwhile, Energie Cottbus forced a scoreless draw at Bayer Leverkusen.
Champions Stuttgart drew 2-2 with last season's runners up Schalke 04 last night. In tomorrow's games, newly-promoted MSV Duisburg and Karlsruher SC take on Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Nurnberg, respectively.
06 August 2007
Cameroon's caretaker coach Jules Frederic Nyongha has recalled FC Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o for this month's friendly in Japan.
Eto'o was on club duty when Cameroon played their last fixture in June, an African Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda.
Hamburg defender Timothe Atouba and Valladolid midfielder Daniel Ngom Kome were also brought back into the team Monday.
Defenders Bill Tchato, Justice Wamfor and Jean Bilayi Ateba and midfielders Armand Deumi, Alioum Saidou and Achille Emana were dropped for the August 22 game in Kyushu.
Squad:
Goalkeepers, Idriss Carlos Kameni (Espanyol), Souleymanou Hamidou (Denizlispor)
Defenders, Rigobert Song (Galatasaray), Timothe Atouba (Hamburg), Eric Matoukou (Racing Genk), Geremi (Newcastle United), Stephane Bikey (Reading)
Midfielders, Jean Makoun (Lille), Modeste Mbami (Olympique Marseille), Stephane Mbia (Stade Rennes), Daniel Ngom Kome (Valladolid), Guy Feutchine (St Gallen), Landry Nguemo (Nancy)
PSV Eindhoven forward Arouna Kone would miss the start of the Eredivisie season after being diagnosed with malaria.
With the new Dutch campaign less than 3 weeks away, 23 year old Kone is in hospital and will not travel to Moscow, where PSV are participating in a pre season tournament.
"That is difficult to assess," responded coach Ronald Koeman when asked how long Kone could be absent for following Saturday night's 2-1 defeat to MSV Duisburg.
"We hope that he can go home Monday. After that we must wait and see when he can join the group again. However, he will not join us for our trip to Moscow, that is for sure."
Kone has already missed out several pre season preparations after returning to Holland late from his holidays after making a mistake about when he was due back.
(reopens) Meanwhile, Koeman has informed Mika Vayrynen and Csaba Feher that they can look for another club.
The return to Eindhoven of Otman Bakkal and Ismail Aissati following loan stints at FC Twente last season, coupled with a fit-again John de Jong and the signing of Tommie van der Leegte, means the duo are unlikely to see much playing time.
"It will get difficult for Vayrynen and Feher," Koeman informed De Telegraaf. "In principle they can look for a new club. The others get their chance."
Vayrynen has a contract until June 2009, whilst Feher's deal runs until 2008.
07 July 2007
PFC CSKA Sofia have continued their recruitment programme by signing defender Quido Lanzaat on a free transfer from newly-promoted Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg.
The German club confirm the 27 year old centre-back, who helped his side earn promotion in May, signed a 2 year contract with CSKA, keeping him at the Bulgarian club until 2009 after Duisburg decided against renewing his contract.
Lanzaat, who was restricted to only 8 appearances in his only season at the club, had enjoyed spells with VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSV Alemannia Aachen and TSV 1860 Munchen having started his career with AFC Ajax in his native Netherlands before moving to Mönchengladbach in 1999/00.
Lanzaat's signing follows swiftly on the heels of those of Panamanian forward Jose Luis Garces and Montenegrin U21 international Nikola Vujadinović as CSKA step up their preparations for the UEFA Cup, which they will enter in the 2nd qualifying round next month.
02 July 2007
Turkish champions Fenerbahce SK have turned to relegated Antalyaspor to sign right sided midfielder Ali Bilgin on a 3 year deal.
Bilgin, 25, was born in Germany and played for SC Rot-Weiss Essen and MSV Duisburg before moving to Turkey last summer, playing 29 Super Lig games and scoring 6 goals.
Fenerbahce enter the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round.
08 June 2007
Cameroon have spared Samuel Eto'o from their African Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda on June 17 to allow the forward to concentrate on FC Barcelona's defence of the Spanish league title.
Eto'o, 3 times African Player of the Year, scored the winning goal in Cameroon's 2-1 triumph over Liberia on June 3 to keep the West African nation top of Group 5 with a maximum 12 points.
Cameroon will play Rwanda in the northern town of Garoua where a draw will be enough to secure their place in the finals in Ghana next year.
Caretaker coach Jules Nyongha has recalled Sedan forward Joseph Desire Job, Beerschot forward Justice Wamfor and midfielders Achille Emana of Toulouse and Alioum Saidou of Nantes.
Squad:
Goalkeepers, Idriss Carlos Kameni (Espanyol), Souleymanou Hamidou (Denizlispor)
Defenders, Rigobert Song (Galatasaray), Armand Deumi (FC Thun), Jean Bilayi Ateba (Chateauroux), Bill Tchato (Qatar SC), Eric Matoukou (Racing Genk), Geremi Njitap (Chelsea)
Midfielders, Jean Makoun (Lille), Modeste Mbami (Olympique Marseille), Stephane Mbia (Stade Rennes), Daniel Ngom Kome (Real Valladolid), Guy Feutchine (St Gallen), Achille Emana (Toulouse), Alioum Saidou (Nantes)
