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Colombian John Córdoba scored the fourth goal for his new team, Hertha Berlin, today in a clear 1-4 away win against Werder Bremen on matchday one of the Bundesliga. Córdoba started the game on the bench, which was to be expected since he had barely been able to train with his new team.
The game got off to a relatively even start but in the 22nd minute, with a shot from close range, Pekaric opened the scoring for Hertha with a shot from close range to the center of Mittelstadt and Bremen seemed to break down The second, scored by Dodi Lukebakio, he arrived in the 45th minute. For the second half, Córdoba came in for Piantek and participated with a steal in Hertha’s third goal, scored by Vladimir Darrida in the 62nd before completing the win in the 90th minute.
Hoffenheim, meanwhile, managed a 2-3 away win against Cologne thanks to three goals from André Kramaric, who had already shown last season that he is one of the fittest forwards in the Bundesliga. Kramaric opened by taking advantage of a blunder by the Cologne captain, Jonas Hector, who handed the ball to the opposing striker as he tried to play with goalkeeper Timo Horn. Kramaric had no problems defining inside the area and then Hoffenheim had several good chances to increase the score and Cologne could only stay in the game thanks to good reactions from Horn
However, in the 22nd the partial tie came with a header from Swede Sebastian Andersson. The second for Hoffenheim came through a penalty, also converted by Kramaric, who had sanctioned the VAR after a foul on Baumgartner. Cologne drew again, with a goal from Drexler in 87, but when the tie seemed sealed, Kramaric scored the winning goal for Hoffenheim in 93 with a shot from close range.
Freiburg, meanwhile, prevailed 2-3 against newly promoted Stuttgart, who had a great reaction in the second half after being three goals behind on the scoreboard Niels Petersen opened the scoring for Freiburg with a header. Roland Sallai’s cross in the 9th minute and in the 22nd minute Sallai himself scored the second, taking advantage of a rebound after a free-kick. What seemed like the sentence came in 48 with a shot inside the Vincenzo Grifo area that brought the third.
However, in the second half came the reaction from Stuttgart. Kajadzic in 72 and Wawamgituka in 83 closed the gap and in the final minutes Freiburg were locked in their own half with Stuttgart trying to reach the area by all means. Shortly before the final whistle there was even a confusing play on a foul for which the Stuttgart players claimed foul. The VAR reviewed the situation and ruled out the maximum penalty. Augsburg beat Union Berlin 1-3, and Eintracht Frankfurt and Arminia Bielfeld drew 1 goal. Again, as in the final stretch of the previous season, most of the visiting teams have prevailed.
The only victory for a local team has been – with three games to go – Bayern’s 8-0 win last night against Schalke. In most of the stadiums – the exceptions have been Munich and Cologne – there has been an audience although with clearly reduced capacity.
