Bundesliga: Day One - Worth The Wait

VfL Bochum - SV Werder Bremen 2:2
Hannover 96 - Hamburger SV 0:1
FC Bayern München - FC Hansa Rostock 3:0
Bayer Leverkusen - FC Energie Cottbus 0:0
VfL Wolfsburg - Arminia Bielefeld 1:3
Eintracht Frankfurt - Hertha BSC Berlin 1:0
VfB Stuttgart - FC Schalke 04 2:2
1.FC Nürnberg - Karlsruher SC 0:2
Borussia Dortmund - MSV Duisburg 1:3
Finally, the waiting is over. Today the new season of the German Bundesliga started. Lots of money has been spent on new players, in fact the most ever in the history of the Bundesliga, so it will be interesting to see if the quality of the games will improve. A lot of articles have been published, lots of talking about who is the favourite and who will get relegated, but today it's all back to normal. It's on the pitch. We're on our way!
Somehow I realized how much I really missed the radio coverage. Listening to the broadcasts every Saturday afternoon has become a common pasttime for me over the past few years. I don't really see the need for a Pay TV contract, because I love to listen to the radio. Wonderful.

No surprises on the first day. Bayern won in style against Rostock, Schalke and Stuttgart both scored twice in the inaugural match of the season, but were both not convincing. One result might cause some concern, Wolfsburg lost to Bielefeld. Wolfsburg having named Felix Magath, the former Bayern coach, their new coach and manager, went into the season with high hopes of getting into international competitions. They aimed for the UEFA cup or the Champions League but seem to have a long way ahead of them.
Berlin will have to struggle through this season. They lost a lot of players over the summer and it seems they can't compensate their loss. On the other hand a lot of people do not think that Frankfurt will escape relegation, but they came to a good start today.
Hamburg will look to forget the past season when they were almost relegated. A win against north German rivals Hannover will be one step in the right direction.
Bremen were a bit disappointing only achieving a draw against Bochum who lost their top scorer Theophanis Gekas to Leverkusen. Leverkusen only drew against against Cottbus, a team a lot of people think will go down to the 2nd division after this season.
On Sunday Dortmund and Nürnberg both lost to teams who were promoted from the 2nd division. In both cases this has to be seen as a setback since both clubs had high aspirations before the season. Dortmund lost at home to MSV Duisburg while Nürnberg were defeated by Karlsruher SC, also at home.

So it's only the first round, but already everybody is sucked into the fascination of the new season!