Bundesliga: Day Six - Up and down

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

This time of the year the German media usually tries to compare German football to other big nations on the continent. The main device to evaluate the position of German football in the world are the European cup competitions. And because of the poor performance of the German teams during this week it seems that the world will crumble eventually. At least that's the feeling you get when you read the newspapers. In the Champions League Stuttgart (1-2 against Glasgow Rangers) and Bremen (1-2 against Real Madrid) both delivered strong persomances on away matches against strong teams. Schalke was disappointing at home against FC Valencia (0-1). In the UEFA Cup all German teams had their share of the game. Hamburg played miserably but won (vs Litex Lovetch 1-0) just as Bayern did (vs Belenenses Lissabon 1-0). Nuremburg failed to score at home (vs Rapid Bukarest 0-0) and only Leverkusen seems to have a comfortable lead over their opponents (vs Uniao Leiria 3-1). But things look dim if you believe what you read in the press.

It seems that all the ups and downs that so many teams in the Bundesliga experienced last season came back to haunt then this time around again. Teams lose, teams win, and it's all very much on one level. Except for Bayern of course, who stormed to a comfortable win against Karlsruhe today. The Karlsruhe goal came from a mistake by Oliver Kahn though. It's really time he steps back and makes way for another goalkeeper at Bayern.
Bremen crushed champions Stuttgart sending them deep down the table (13) while Brmen themselves climb up. Schalke stopped Bielefeld sending them home with a 3-0 defeat. Dortmund lost to Hertha 2-3 who at least for one day climbed on top of the table after the lost their first two matches in the season.
Deep down it looks like the east of football Germany is going down to the 2nd division together. Both Rostock and Cottbus just can't seem to find their pace.