Saturday 18 August 2007

Bundesliga: Day Two - Horrible Results

Karlsruher SC - Hannover 96 1:2
FC Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund 4:1
Werder Bremen - FC Bayern München 0:4
Hertha BSC Berlin - VfB Stuttgart 3:1
Arminia Bielefeld - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:2
FC Hansa Rostock - 1.FC Nürnberg 1:2
MSV Duisburg - VfL Wolfsburg 1:3
Hamburger SV - Bayer Leverkusen -:- (Sunday)
FC Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum -:- (Sunday)

Horrible. Terrible. Disgusting. That's what's coming to my mind when I see the results of this day's matches. Dortmund lost to Schalke, Bayern won against Bremen, even Berlin had a win against last year's champions Stuttgart. Let's go into the details.
Dortmund will have a lot of problems in this season. They spent a lot of money before the season to get back to the places which grant you a place in the European Cup rounds, but losing the first two matches they won't be anywhere near those spots for a long time. On the other hand Schalke seem to be back on track after only drawing against Stuttgart in their first game.
Munich seem to be ahead of the pack by thrashing Bremen. And although Berlin had a lot of problems in the off-season with losing a lot of players to other clubs they seem to be getting back on their feet after a terrible loss to Frankfurt in their first match.
The big surprise is Bielefeld. They were on track to win both of their first two games and would have been in the second spot of the table. But Frankfurt made a late rally to score the equalizing goals in the closing minutes.

Verbandsliga Mittelrhein
SC Fortuna Köln - VfL Rheinbach 0:1

This just fits into the pattern of what happened last night when Fortuna Köln lost their second match against VfL Rheinbach in a 5th division match. Fortuna was dominant over the whole match but failed to capitalize on that. Rheinbach on the other hand had only one chance in the first half and that was when they scored. They lost a player shortly before half time, but Fortuna never came back. They had a lot of chances, hitting the post and the crossbar numerous times, but there was no goal. Still this match left us with hope for the future. The fan support was great and the team was playing well.

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