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Wolfsburg battles back for draw

Wolfsburg battles back for draw

25/08/2008 12:16 PM

Wolfsburg came from two goals down to clinch a 2-2 draw away at Bochum and ensure it is one of six unbeaten teams in the Bundesliga after two games.

Stanislav Sestak recorded Bochum's first goal of the season in the 12th minute and Christoph Dabrowski doubled its lead five minutes into the second half.

However, Ricardo Costa gave Wolfsburg hope a minute later and Mahir Saglik completed the comeback in the 69th minute.

Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt claimed their first points of the season as they drew 1-1 at the Mungersdorfer Stadion.

Before the match, Cologne coach Christoph Daum has called on his players to turn their home ground 'into a fortress', and things appeared to be going to plan thanks to Milivoje Novakovic's 33rd-minute strike.

But the hosts failed to add to their lead when Roda Antar missed from the penalty spot, and Eintracht spoilt the party with Martin Fenin popping up nine minutes from time to snatch a point for the visitors.

Bundesliga new boys Hoffenheim picked up its second successive win on Saturday to claim top spot in the standings while champion Bayern Munich remains winless after a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund.

Newly-promoted Hoffenheim continued its fine start to its maiden top-flight campaign with a 1-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

After overcoming Energie Cottbus 3-0 last weekend, Vedad Ibisevic's goal just after the half-hour mark was enough to earn Ralf Rangnick's side another three points on Saturday.

Champion Bayern, which drew 2-2 at home to Hamburg in their opener, had to play for three quarters of its second match with only 10 men after captain Mark van Bommel picked up two yellow cards in the first 23 minutes.

Jakub Blaszczykowski had already put the hosts 1-0 up by that point, but Tim Borowski levelled matters for Jurgen Klinsmann's team 16 minutes from time.

Last season's runner-up, Werder Bremen, could also only manage a 1-1 draw as Heiko Westermann salvaged a late point for Schalke after Torsten Frings had opened the scoring for the home team.

Hamburg picked up its first Bundesliga victory under Martin Jol with a 2-1 triumph over Karlsruhe.

The match looked to be petering out into a draw after Sebastian Freis' equaliser midway through the second period had cancelled out an own goal by Tim Sebastian, but Joris Mathijsen struck on the stroke of full-time to win it for the hosts.

Bayer Leverkusen also picked up its first win of the campaign with goals from Patrick Helmes and substitute Theofanis Gekas earning a 2-0 win at Stuttgart.

In Saturday's other game, Hertha Berlin and Arminia Bielefeld shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

Both goals came in the first half, with Marko Pantelic putting the home team ahead after 32 minutes only for Artur Wichniarek restoring parity five minutes later.

Hannover and Cottbus remain winless after battling out an uninspiring draw on Friday night in a match which saw the visitors reduced to 10 men by the dismissal of Daniel Ziebig six minutes from time.

German Bundesliga

FC Cologne 1
(Novakovic 33)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1
(Fenin 81)

Bochum 2
(Sestak 12, Dabrowski 50)
Wolfsburg 2
(Costa 52, Saglik 69)

 
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