Bundesliga Beats Premier League to the Kick-Off

The 1. Bundesliga beat the English Premier League to the big kick-off today, opening with a Friday night game between Bayern Munich and Hamburg.

New Bayern boss Juergen Klinsmann must have thought he’d made the perfect start – even without the injured Luca Toni and Franck Ribery – when his team raced into 2-0 lead through Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski. But Martin Jol is new too, and his Hamburg side cameback with goals from José Paolo Guerrero and Piotr Trochowski to make it 2-2.

And if four goals in the opening game has whetted your appetite for some more German Fußball action, then read Jan’s 5 Things you need to know about the new Bundesliga Season, including a great image of the Bundesliga literally stealing the Premier League’s crown.

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