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.
31 July 2007
Bayer Leverkusen will be without Bosnia forward Sergej Barbarez for the 1st game of the new Bundesliga season.
The 35 year old injured his ankle in the friendly with Roma at the weekend and is definitely out of the meeting with Energie Cottbus on August 11.
Barbarez would miss further games with the problem, even though he has not torn ligaments.
28 June 2007
Bundesliga club FC Energie Cottbus sign Danish international forward Dennis Sørensen on a 4 year contract from UEFA Cup contenders FC Midtjylland.
The 26 year old, capped 3 times for Denmark, scored 11 goals in 30 league games for Midtjylland last season as they finished 2nd in the Danish Superliga.
"We were eager to sign him because his style of play with lots of runs and commitment fits the way we play," mentioned Cottbus GM Steffen Heidrich. Midtjylland will start their UEFA Cup campaign in the 1st qualifying round.
24 June 2007
Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart have mentioned goodbye to Swiss forward Marco Streller and German midfielder Daniel Bierofka, it was said Sunday.
Streller, 26, will rejoin his old club FC Basel, whilst Bierofka, 28, will also rejoin his former employers 1860 Munich. The former, who has won 22 caps for Switzerland, moved to Stuttgart from the Swiss top flight side in the 2003/04 season. In the recent title winning campaign he played 27 games, scoring 5 goals, and was in the starting line up that sealed the prize against Energie Cottbus on the last day of the season.
VfB team manager Horst Heldt said, "Marco really would like to return to FC Basel and requested to be released from his contract. We found a solution which suited everyone. We wish him all the best for his future and hope that he can avoid serious injury."
Bierofka joined Stuttgart in the summer of 2005. Due to injury the German international managed only 13 appearances in the Bundesliga.
Meanwhile, Streller's new club Basel, last season's runner up in the Swiss League, will play a friendly against Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on 14 July in Liechtenstein.
