Schalke, Wolfsburg lose again
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August 30, 2010, Monday
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SCHALKE 04 slumped to its second defeat in two German Bundesliga games this season when it lost 1-2 at home to Hanover 96 on Saturday, another disappointing day for new Spanish signing Raul.
Hanover's Konstantin Rausch fired the visitors into the lead in the 31st minute and Mohammed Abdellaoue doubled it after the break as Schalke's once mighty defense was a shadow of its former self.
Jermaine Jones pulled one back with a well-taken header eight minutes from time but the hosts, runners-up last season, were unable to find the equalizer and will have to wait longer for their first points this season.
Schalke's defeat was preceded on Friday by another surprise when champion Bayern Munich lost 0-2 at promoted Kaiserslautern.
Kaiserslautern and Hoffenheim, which beat St Pauli 1-0, are joint top with six points from two games, ahead on goal difference of Mainz, Hamburger SV and Hanover
Ruud van Nistelrooy's third goal in two game fired Hamburg past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 while VfL Wolfsburg squandered a 3-0 lead to lose 3-4 to visiting Mainz.
Bosnian Edin Dzeko scored twice and new Brazilian signing Diego added another to give the 2009 champion a huge lead but Mainz pulled one back before the break and added two more early in the second half before Adam Szalai grabbed the winner six minutes from time.
"It is really hard to explain what happened today," said Wolfsburg coach Steve McClaren, whose team is without a point after also losing its opener to Bayern last week.
"I have never seen such a dramatic loss of quality," said the former England manager.
Werder Bremen, buoyed up by its Champions League group stage qualification in midweek, beat FC Cologne 4-2 while SC Freiburg won 2-1 away to FC Nuremberg.
Hanover's Konstantin Rausch fired the visitors into the lead in the 31st minute and Mohammed Abdellaoue doubled it after the break as Schalke's once mighty defense was a shadow of its former self.
Jermaine Jones pulled one back with a well-taken header eight minutes from time but the hosts, runners-up last season, were unable to find the equalizer and will have to wait longer for their first points this season.
Schalke's defeat was preceded on Friday by another surprise when champion Bayern Munich lost 0-2 at promoted Kaiserslautern.
Kaiserslautern and Hoffenheim, which beat St Pauli 1-0, are joint top with six points from two games, ahead on goal difference of Mainz, Hamburger SV and Hanover
Ruud van Nistelrooy's third goal in two game fired Hamburg past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 while VfL Wolfsburg squandered a 3-0 lead to lose 3-4 to visiting Mainz.
Bosnian Edin Dzeko scored twice and new Brazilian signing Diego added another to give the 2009 champion a huge lead but Mainz pulled one back before the break and added two more early in the second half before Adam Szalai grabbed the winner six minutes from time.
"It is really hard to explain what happened today," said Wolfsburg coach Steve McClaren, whose team is without a point after also losing its opener to Bayern last week.
"I have never seen such a dramatic loss of quality," said the former England manager.
Werder Bremen, buoyed up by its Champions League group stage qualification in midweek, beat FC Cologne 4-2 while SC Freiburg won 2-1 away to FC Nuremberg.
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