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Werder Bremen vs Bayern Munich

Werder Bremen is now at the top of the German Bundesliga, courtesy of their 3-1 win over Bayern Munich last Sunday.

From www.bundesliga.de/en:

The top-of-the-table clash brought Bremen a sold-out Weserstadion. 42,500 fans wanted to see leaders Werder take on second-placed Bayern, and the match was broadcasted live in 93 countries!

They witnessed a magnificient goal by Diego with eleven minutes gone. A good ball by Torsten Frings found Diego just outside the area, and the Brazilian dribbled round compatriot Lucio before unleashing a dipping shot that hit the cross-bar and went in, leaving Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn absolutely no chance.

Werder doubled their lead after 33 minutes. Pierre Wome fired home a 25-yard free-kick for his first ever Bundesliga goal. However, Bayern were back in the match just four minutes later when Roy Makaay artistically fired home from seven yards following a set-piece - Bayern's 3,000th goal in Bundesliga history.

The Green-Whites regained their two-goal advantage one minute after the hour mark. Lucio, surely not with his best of days, deflected a Wome cross from the left past his own keeper. Werder stay top of the table, Bayern drop down to fourth, now three points behind the pacesetters.

Thus Werder Bremen rose to the top (at 16 pts), while Bayern slids down one rank to #4 (at 13 pts). Looks like Werder has this year's league cup on sight. But there's still a long way to go before the games end; they'll have to keep up their fine form. And Klose, please score already, sheesh!

However, their positions are reversed in the Champions League. Bayern is on top of Group B, while Bremen is tied with Barcelona at 2nd/3rd place in Group A (since both won over Levski but lost to Chelsea). It seems that Bayern does better in away games than Bremen. I hope both will survive the group stages to give the Germans a shot at a European cup. :D

Speaking of, I hear Lukas Podolski scored a brace to clinch Germany's 4-1 win over Slovakia at the Euro '08 qualifiers. Of course, he had assists from Klose. Good job! :D

posted by steph @ 2:05 AM