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fish eel said:Hey, welcome JF - this makes three of us on here
Good away win this morning.
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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
Bundesliga 07/08 Rd.7
FC BAYERN MUNCHEN 5
(Klose 59 75 89, Demichelis 63, Toni 69)
FC ENERGIE COTTBUS 0
Bayern-Cottbus 5-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ8k54pZWXE (English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03cXrgdziIA (Deutsch)
JF
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Klose bags hat-trick as Bayern rout Cottbus
by Ryland James
September 26, 2007
BERLIN (AFP) - Miroslav Klose bagged a hat-trick
to take
his tally of Bundesliga goals to eight as Bayern
Munich
opened up a three-point lead at the top of the
table with a
4-0 win over bottom-side Energie Cottbus on
Tuesday.
Klose, the top scorer at last year's World Cup,
struck in
the 59th and 75th minutes after Cottbus put up a
spirited
fight for the first hour before the flood-gates
opened.
Argentinian defender Martin Demichelis scored
with a header
on 63 minutes as Bayern took control at Munich's
Allianz
Arena ground before Italian World Cup winner Luca
Toni
bagged his fifth goal of the season.
His 69th minute strike and Klose's pair means
that Bayern's
first-choice strikers have now scored 13 league
goals in
just seven games to more than justify the 23
million euros
spent on the pair last summer.
Bayer Leverkusen are up to second-place thanks to
their 2-1
win over Nuremberg.
The home side took the lead when German striker
Stefan
Kiessling fired them into a 40th minute lead
before
Slovakian midfielder Marek Mintal equalised with
a
second-half penalty.
But Bayer's Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta
sealed the
win with a 76th minute goal.
VfB Stuttgart picked up a much-needed win after
they took a
1-0 lead at VfL Bochum thanks to Roberto
Hilbert's
second-half strike, which lifts them up to ninth.
Ten-man Karlsruhe managed a 1-0 win at Eintracht
Frankfurt
while Hanover enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 win at
Arminia
Bielefeld.
On Tuesday night, Schalke 04 strikers Kevin
Kuranyi and
Halil Altintop fired the Royal Blues to a 2-0 win
over
Duisburg which leaves them third.
And despite taking an early lead at home to Hansa
Rostock,
Hertha Berlin went 3-1 down as Rostock picked up
their
second consecutive win and their fortunes have
certainly
improved after losing all of their first five
games.
And Hamburg are up to third in the table as they
had no
problems at Borussia Dortmund as they dominated
their hosts
in a 3-0 romp while Werder Bremen and VfL
Wolfsburg managed
a 1-1 draw.
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Klose scores three as Bayern crush Cottbus 5-0
By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Miroslav Klose scored
a
hat-trick in the final half hour to lead Bayern
Munich to a
5-0 home win over bottom-of-the-table Energie
Cottbus on
Wednesday and raise his tally to eight goals in
his six
Bundesliga games.
Martin Demichelis and Luca Toni also scored in
the last
half hour for Bayern, who moved three points
clear at the
top of the table with 17 points from seven games.
Bayer
Leverkusen moved into second place after beating
Nuremberg
2-1 away.
Averaging three goals per match, the new-look
Bayern lead
the way in the Bundesliga scoring stakes with 21
goals and
at this pace could surpass their 2006/07 total of
55 goals
by the mid-season Christmas break.
Klose broke a tense stalemate in the 59th minute,
pouncing
on a blunder by Cottbus goalkeeper Tomislav
Piplica. Martin
Demichelis doubled the lead four minutes later
before Toni
got his fifth goal of the season in the 69th
minute.
Klose, the league's top scorer, claimed his
second in the
75th minute, chesting down a cross from
17-year-old prodigy
Toni Kroos and beating Piplica with a fine shot
into the
left corner.
Klose, who came from Werder Bremen in the close
season,
completed the scoring one minute from time,
heading in
another fine cross from Kroos, in a match played
under a
steady drizzle and watched by a crowd of 69,000.
MISSED CHANCES
"I don't know what happened," Klose told Premiere
television. "At halftime the coach said we had to
be
patient. We had chances in the first half but
didn't use
them. In the second half we had a good run.
Everyone plays
better then."
The Germany striker leads the scoring table with
eight
goals; Toni is joiny second with five. But Klose,
who
clearly plays well with the Italy striker and new
arrival,
said he did not want to discuss their
understanding on the
pitch.
"Let's not talk too much about it," Klose said.
"Otherwise
it'll be ruined."
But Klose was happy to talk about Kroos, who
played the
final 28 minutes in his debut for Bayern. The
young
midfielder was recently voted Germany's best
under-20
player.
"He's a world-class player, even though he's
still so
young," said Klose. "He's a great talent."
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Klose encounter for Cottbus in Bundesliga
September 26, 2007
MUNICH (TICKER) -- Bayern Munich extended their
advantage
at the Bundesliga summit to three points with a
5-0
thumping of crisis-hit Energie Cottbus on
Wednesday, while
German champions Stuttgart got their campaign
back on track
with a 1-0 win over Bochum.
Germany striker Miroslav Klose was the chief
architect of
the visitors' downfall with a second-half
hat-trick.
Martin Demichelis and Luca Toni also notched
after the
interval following a goalless first period.
Over the weekend Cottbus, bottom of the league
with just
two points, sacked popular head coach Petrik
Sander - a
move that prompted furious fan protests aimed at
controversial club president Ulrich Lepsch.
Sander's assistant Thomas Hossmang was asked to
take the
helm for the game in Munich, but refused due to
his close
ties with the departed coach.
Amateur team coach Heiko Weber took temporary
charge, but
could not prevent the league leaders romping to a
comfortable win.
Roberto Hilbert grabbed the only goal of the game
as
Stuttgart, who managed just two victories from
their first
six games, picked up a much-needed three points.
Hilbert
struck five minutes into the second half to move
Armin
Veh's team up four places to ninth in the
standings.
Elsewhere, Bundesliga new boys Karlsruhe
registered an
impressive 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. Maik
Franz
grabbed the crucial goal six minutes after the
interval.
Karlsruhe were reduced to 10 men two minutes from
the end
when Andreas Gorlitz saw red, but the points were
already
safe.
Bayer Leverkusen moved up to second spot by
triumphing 2-1
at Nurnberg, who remain in the relegation zone.
Steffan Kiessling gave the visitors the lead six
minutes
before half-time and, although a 73rd-minute
penalty from
Marek Mintal briefly restored parity, Tranquillo
Barnetta's
goal three minutes later sealed the points.
Finally on Wednesday, Hannover were 2-0 winners
at Arminia
Bielefeld. Szabolcs Huszti broke the deadlock
from the spot
nine minutes after the restart and Sergio Pinto
made the
game safe five minutes from time.
On Tuesday, Hertha Berlin were on the receiving
end of a
shock 3-1 home defeat by Hansa Rostock, missing
the chance
to reclaim top spot.
Marko Pantelic gave the capital club an early
lead but
Rostock equalised before the break through
Christian Rahn.
Sebastian Hahnge and substitute Regis Dorn sealed
the win
after the interval.
It confirmed that Rostock's season is now up and
running
with two consecutive wins after opening their
campaign with
five defeats.
Goals from Halil Altintop and Kevin Kuranyi
earned Schalke
a 2-0 win at Duisburg while Hamburg claimed a 3-0
win at
Borussia Dortmund.
Jose Paulo Guerrero and Rafael van der Vaart had
already
made it 2-0 to Hamburg by the time Florian Kringe
was sent
off for Dortmund and then Ivica Olic made it 3-0.
Werder Bremen dropped two more points at
Wolfsburg who
equalised through Josue after Diego had opened
the scoring
for the northerners.
http://www.soccernet.com
Updated: Sep. 26, 2007
Bundesliga: Kuranyi on target again for Schalke
BERLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Kevin Kuranyi scored
his fourth
goal of the season to help Schalke 04 to a 2-0
win at MSV
Duisburg which put his team second in the
Bundesliga on
Tuesday.
Hamburg SV also won away, humbling Borussia
Dortmund 3-0 to
go third, level with Schalke on 13 points and one
behind
leaders Bayern Munich who host bottom club
Energie Cottbus
on Wednesday.
Hertha Berlin missed a chance to go top as Hansa
Rostock
came from behind to win 3-1 at the Olympic
Stadium while
Brazilian midfielder Diego netted in Werder
Bremen's 1-1
draw at VfL Wolfsburg.
Tom Starke was at fault for Schalke's
third-minute opener.
The Duisburg keeper failed to collect on the edge
of the
area and striker Halil Altintop spun on the loose
ball to
fire into the empty net.
Peter Lovenkrands then broke down the left in the
75th
minute and Kuranyi collected the Dane's pass
before
powering a right-foot shot beyond Starke from the
edge of
the box.
'We played some very good football tonight,'
Altintop said.
'We could have scored two or three more.'
Hamburg took the lead in the seventh minute at
Dortmund
when David Jarolim headed a weak clearance by
keeper Roman
Weidenfeller into space for Peruvian Jose
Guerrero to scuff
his shot into the bottom right corner.
Guerrero turned provider in the 42nd, bursting
into the box
and squaring for Rafael van der Vaart to tap in
his fifth
goal of the season.
Dortmund's Florian Kringe was sent off in the
51st before
Hamburg striker Ivica Olic robbed Markus Brzenska
on the
edge of the box and beat Weidenfeller with a low
shot.
'When you win 3-0 at Dortmund you have to be
satisfied,'
Hamburg coach Huub Stevens said.
Diego put Bremen 1-0 up at Wolfsburg when he
poked in his
third goal of the season. But Josue equalised 18
minutes
later by beating Tim Wiese with a shot high to
the Bremen
keeper's right.
Champions VfB Stuttgart, struggling in 13th place
with
seven points from six matches, entertain VfL
Bochum on
Wednesday while fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen
travel to
Nuremberg.
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Hansa Rostock surprise winner in Bundesliga
September 25, 2007
MUNICH (Ticker) - Hertha Berlin were on the
receiving end
of a shock 3-1 home defeat by Hansa Rostock on
Tuesday,
missing the chance to reclaim top spot in the
Bundesliga.
Marko Pantelic gave the capital club an early
lead but
Rostock equalized before the break through
Christian Rahn
before Sebastian Hahnge and substitute Regis Dorn
sealed
the win after the break.
It confirmed that Rostock's season is now up and
running
with two consecutive wins after opening their
campaign with
five defeats.
Leaders Bayern Munich, who play on Wednesday, now
look
likely to stay top regardless of the outcome of
their game
with Energie Cottbus.
Goals from Halil Altintop and Kevin Kuranyi
earned Schalke
a 2-0 win at Duisburg while Hamburg claimed a 3-0
win at
Borussia Dortmund.
Jose Paulo Guerrero and Rafael van der Vaart had
already
made it 2-0 to Hamburg by the time Florian Kringe
was sent
off for Dortmund and then Ivica Olic made it 3-0.
Werder Bremen dropped two more points at
Wolfsburg who
equalised through Josue after Diego had opened
the scoring
for the northerners.
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Bundesliga match reports
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Brief reports of
Bundesliga
matches played on Wednesday:
BAYERN MUNICH 5
ENERGIE COTTBUS 0
Miroslav Klose got his fourth career hat-trick,
raising his
season's total to eight in six matches, while
Martin
Demichelis and Luca Toni added a goal each.
Bayern got all
five goals in the final half hour. They are
averaging three
per match.
The match in wet conditions also featured the
debut of
17-year-old prodigy Toni Kroos, a highly regarded
midfielder from Greifswald who came on for the
final 28
minutes and played a big part in two goals with
pinpoint
crosses to Klose.
- - - -
ARMINIA BIELEFELD 0
HANOVER 96 2
Arminia Bielefeld, surprise side of the start of
the
season, lost their second match in a row, which
plunged
them from second to 10th in the span of five days
ahead of
difficult matches at Werder Bremen and at home to
Hamburg
SV.
Hungary's Szabolcs Huszti converted a penalty in
the 54th
minute and Sergio Pinto made it 2-0 five minutes
from time.
- - - -
VFB STUTTGART 1
VFL BOCHUM 0
Roberto Hilbert helped defending champions
Stuttgart bounce
back from their 4-1 loss at Werder Bremen on
Saturday by
scoring the match-winner five minutes after the
break.
The victory lifted struggling Stuttgart, who
entertain
Barcelona in a Champions League match next week,
to ninth
place with 10 points from seven matches.
- - - -
NUREMBERG 1
BAYER LEVERKUSEN 2
Bayer Leverkusen jumped into second place with
their third
straight victory, setting up a showdown at home
against
leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Stefan Kiessling beat two defenders five minutes
before the
interval to give Leverkusen the lead but Marek
Mintal
equalised in the 73rd minute with a penalty.
Switerland's
Tranquillo Barnetta scored the winner three
minutes later.
- - - -
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 0
KARLSRUHE SC 1
Newly promoted Karlsruhe claimed their third away
victory
of the season, moving up to sixth place from 10th
with 12
points from their seven matches.
Defender Maik Franz scored the only goal of the
match in
the 51st minute, tapping in a loose ball from a
corner.
Karlsruhe were down to 10 men for the final four
minutes
after Andreas Goerlitz was sent off with a second
yellow
card for unsporting conduct.
- - - -
Played on Tuesday:
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 0
HAMBURG SV 3
Hamburg took the lead in the seventh minute
through
Peruvian Jose Guerrero after a weak clearance by
Dortmund
keeper Roman Weidenfeller.
Guerrero turned provider in the 42nd, bursting
into the box
before squaring for Rafael van der Vaart to tap
in his
fifth goal of the season. Ivica Olic robbed
Markus Brzenska
to make it 3-0 in the 64th.
Dortmund's Florian Kringe was sent off in the
51st minute.
- - - -
HERTHA BERLIN 1
HANSA ROSTOCK 3
Marco Pantelic headed his fifth goal of the
season to put
Hertha in front in the second minute.
Midfielder Christian Rahn nodded in the equaliser
five
minutes before the break and Sebastian Haehnge
sent a
backward header past Jaroslav Drobny to give
Rostock the
lead.
With 16 minutes left, Regis Dorn rounded Drobny
to slot in
the third and give struggling Rostock their
second win of
the season.
- - - -
MSV DUISBURG 0
SCHALKE 04 2
Duisburg keeper Tom Starke failed to collect on
the edge of
the area and Schalke striker Halil Altintop spun
on the
loose ball to fire into the empty net after three
minutes.
Peter Lovenkrands broke down the right in the
75th before
Kevin Kuranyi collected his pass to power his
fourth goal
of the season beyond Starke.
- - - -
VFL WOLFSBURG 1
WERDER BREMEN 1
Bremen went in front when keeper Simon Jentzsch
parried
Diego's first attempt at goal before the
Brazilian
midfielder poked in the rebound in the 48th
minute.
Josue levelled 18 minutes later, beating Tim
Wiese with a
shot high to the Bremen keeper's right.
Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
