Bundesliga Round 1

You should have been 2 or 3:0 up!

Hannover always get wings when they have to play against us. Hmpf, come on Bremen, we need the points...

Don't like our defence and defensive midfield today. We let them way too much space, we lack aggressiveness.

Borowski was really disappointing today, so I understand why Schaaf took him off. Hopefully, Jensen will do better. But more importantly, we really need to be more aggressive.

Alright, now I'm REALLY pissed. I knew that this was going to happen, I knew it! 2:1 Hannover!

HUGO ALMEIDA FUSSBALLGOTT!!!

Now that's what I call a great first Bundesliga match. Almeida been on the pitch for 2-3 minutes, and he scores!

Jesus, how could Diego miss that one. Unbelievable.

KLOSE FUSSBALLGOTT ICH LIEBE DICH!


hahaha...3:2 Werder! What a game!

What a beautiful assist by Diego, what a great finish by Klose. Brilliant.

Werder completely dominating the match now. Chances galore.

Diego almost scores! Unbelievable!

Diego clearly MOTM.

JENSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN! And another assist by Diego! Werder - Hannover 4:2! YES!

That was pure class by Jensen, what a finish!

Congrats to Thomas Schaaf as well. Both of his subs, Almeida and Jensen, scored.

Hannover - Werder Bremen 2:4 final score.


The last 25-30 minutes were great, no doubt. Some beautiful goals, great attacking football. But we really lacked aggressiveness in the defence and defensive midfield today, Schaaf definitely has to fix that.

Diego was just brilliant today. A great goal, and two assists. Clearly MOTM.

Wolfsburg and Hertha played 0:0 btw.

@ blutgraetsche

Diego a good addition to the squad, then

I'm worried for HSV..

Hooray! What a match, great entertainment...

blutgraetsche wrote:Wolfsburg and Hertha played 0:0 btw.

Surprise, surprise... Well, I predicted a boring 1-1 though...

These are the complete results of the first round:

Hannover - Bremen 2:4 (1:1)
Wolfsburg - Hertha 0:0 (0:0)
Mainz - Bochum 2:1 (1:0)
Gladbach - Cottbus 2:0 (0:0)
Schalke - Frankfurt 1:1 (1:0)
Leverkusen - Aachen 3:0 (2:0)
Hamburg - Bielefeld 1:1 (0:1)
Stuttgart - Nürnberg 0:3 (0:2)
Bayern - Dortmund 2:0 (1:0)

Pl. Team Matches w. d. l. goals diff. Points
1 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3:0 3 3
1. FC Nürnberg 1 1 0 0 3:0 3 3
3 Werder Bremen 1 1 0 0 4:2 2 3
4 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 2:0 2 3
Borussia M'gladbach 1 1 0 0 2:0 2 3
6 1. FSV Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2:1 1 3
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 1 0 1:1 0 1
FC Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 1:1 0 1
Hamburger SV 1 0 1 0 1:1 0 1
Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 1 0 1:1 0 1
11 VfL Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 0:0 0 1
Hertha BSC 1 0 1 0 0:0 0 1
13 VfL Bochum 1 0 0 1 1:2 -1 0
14 Hannover 96 1 0 0 1 2:4 -2 0
15 Energie Cottbus 1 0 0 1 0:2 -2 0
Borussia Dortmund 1 0 0 1 0:2 -2 0
17 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 0 1 0:3 -3 0
Alemannia Aachen 1 0 0 1 0:3 -3 0

blutgraetsche wrote:But we really lacked aggressiveness in the defence and defensive midfield today, Schaaf definitely has to fix that.

I guess Fahrenhorst is missing for the moment, hopefully Merte will be fit again soon...

rai Mihawk wrote:@ blutgraetsche

Diego a good addition to the squad, then

I'm worried for HSV..

Yes, Diego shining for us, earlier than expected tbh. Truly a great match for him today. He was great in the match against Bayern as well (Ligapokal).

You should be worried indeed.
HSV really need a class striker. For the sake of the Bundesliga, I hope that they somehow manage to beat Osasuna at home, and qualify for the Champions League. They need the Champions League money to afford a class striker.

blutgraetsche wrote:

rai Mihawk wrote:@ blutgraetsche

Diego a good addition to the squad, then

I'm worried for HSV..

Yes, Diego shining for us, earlier than expected tbh. Truly a great match for him today. He was great in the match against Bayern as well (Ligapokal).

You should be worried indeed.
HSV really need a class striker. For the sake of the Bundesliga, I hope that they somehow manage to beat Osasuna at home, and qualify for the Champions League. They need the Champions League money to afford a class striker.

Ajax please loan HSV Huntelaar for the greater good!

chrissicross wrote:
I guess Fahrenhorst is missing for the moment, hopefully Merte will be fit again soon...

Yes, that will definitely help, although Merte and Naldo will have to gel first. But I didn't like our defensive midfield today either. And Borowski clearly lacked match fitness today.

But no reason to be pessimistic, nothing Schaaf can't fix in the next weeks.

P.S.: Fahrenhorst's first match for Hannover and they conceded 4 goals. A great start for a defender.

Haha......chrissi, check this out:


"Ich habe allmählich keine Lust mehr gegen Werder zu spielen. Nach dem 2:1 schien es schon so, als ob wir gewinnen. Und dann bekommen die Bremer durch den Ausgleich plötzlich wieder Oberwasser", haderte 96-Keeper Robert Enke.

Diego was always class going forward, but Co didn't like him. He didn't fit into his tactical setup.

He never really did shine (that much) in Portugal, but only because he didn't get his full share of opportunities. His talent was never in question and he did put in good performances.

Good to see Almeida getting in on the action. Was his goal a header? (And yes, a fit and on form Almeida will def help Portugal)

Diego will be looking to get back into the Brazil squad...maybe he can do it at Bremen.

Yes, Almeida's goal was a header. A very important goal for us as well, as he equalised the 2:1 lead of Hannover just 3 minutes after he came on the pitch. He had another good chance (header again) right after.

Seriously, although I don't like labels, but Diego was world class today. An unbelievable match by him. Carlos Dunga watch out, this guy is going to be a true great if he continues like this.

blutgraetsche wrote:Haha......chrissi, check this out:


"Ich habe allmählich keine Lust mehr gegen Werder zu spielen. Nach dem 2:1 schien es schon so, als ob wir gewinnen. Und dann bekommen die Bremer durch den Ausgleich plötzlich wieder Oberwasser", haderte 96-Keeper Robert Enke.

Yeah, just read it on Spiegel.de. But I don't know what they want - last time they played that well against us they lost 5-0 in the end...so I guess, after all, he can be pretty happy today...

Btw within two years we'll have a second Kaka in Bremen, maybe even better...Diego FUSSBALLGOTT...