On Friday evening, the teams of Bayern and Hoffenheim from Munich kicked off the Bundesliga championship, and today the first round is gaining momentum.
The teams of Wolfsburg and Schalke managed to offer a fierce battle. However, the latter played with ten men from the 65th minute and had to admit the advantage of the Wolfsburg team with a score of 1:2.
Wolfsburg took the lead in the 33rd minute, with a goal from John Brooks.
Ultimately, after playing for more than an hour, Matija Nastasičius received a red card.
Just when it seemed that the match would end calmly, in the 85th minute, Nabil Bentaleb converted a penalty kick and equalized the score.
However, in extra time, Daniel Ginczek expanded Wolfsburg's lead and did not give Schalke time to respond.
Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen had a painful start to the season. Bayer was no match for Borussia Monchengladbach and lost 0:2.
Leverkuzen's team fell apart in the second half. In the 55th minute, Jonas Hofmann converted a penalty kick, and three minutes later Fabian Johnson doubled the score.
In the remaining half-hour, Bayer's team failed to recover.
The Hertha team also started the championship with a victory, defeating Nurnberg 1:0. Augsburg achieved a 2:1 victory over Fortuna, and Eintracht won 2:0 against Freiburg.
The first draw of the Bundesliga season was recorded between Werder Bremen and Hannover, who played to a 1:1 draw.
Wolfsburg 2:1 Schalke
33‘ [1-0] J. Brooks
85‘ [1-1] N. Bentaleb (penalty kick)
90+4‘ [2-1] D. Ginczek
65‘ M. Nastasič (Schalke) red card
Hertha 1:0 Nurnberg
27‘ [1-0] V. Ibiševič
Werder 1:1 Hannover
76‘ [0-1] H. Weydandt
85‘ [1-1] T. Selassie
Fortuna 1:2 Augsburg
39‘ [1-0] B. Raman
57‘ [1-1] M. Hinteregger
76‘ [1-2] A. Hahn
Freiburg 0:2 Eintracht
10‘ [0-1] N. Muller
82‘ [0-2] S. Haller
Monchengladbach 2:0 Bayer
55‘ [1-0] J. Hofmann (penalty kick)
58‘ [2-0] F. Johnson
