Raul upstaged by Van Nistelrooy

The Dutch striker opened the scoring early in the second half and he sealed Hamburg's win in the 83rd minute after Schalke had threatened to steal a point with a goal against the run of play from Jefferson Farfan.

Raul's debut in a Schalke shirt ended after just over an hour when he was sacrificed after defender Benedikt Howedes was shown a red card.

Hoffenheimmade a perfect start to the Bundesliga season as they came from a goal down to trounce Werder Bremen 4-1 with all five goals coming in the first half.

Torsten Frings put the visitors ahead with a penalty after just three minutes but goals from Demba Ba, Peniel Mlapa, Vedad Ibisevic and Sejad Salihovic won the game for the hosts before half-time.

Newcomers Kaiserslautern enjoyed an impressive start to their top-flight return with a come-from-behind 3-1 win at 10-man Cologne.

After an opening 10 minutes which saw Youssef Mohamad sent off and Milivoje Novakovic score for the home team, Kaiserslautern roared back with Srdjan Lakic's brace and substitute Ivo Ilicevic's strike.

Defender Mohamad was sent off for a poor challenge on Erwin Hoffer. Mohamad was the last man as Hoffer bore down on goal but proceeded to launch a two-footed at the striker to incur an obvious red card.

St Pauli also made a dramatic return to the Bundesliga by scoring three times in the final seven minutes to earn a 3-1 victory over Freiburg at the Badenova-Stadion.

The Hamburg-based outfit, back in the top flight for the first time since the 2001/02 season, looked to be heading to defeat when Papiss Cisse opened the scoring in the 78th minute.

But Fabian Boll levelled in the 83rd minute before two goals in the last two minutes from substitutes Richard Sukuta-Pasu and Fin Bartels turned the match on its head.

Mohammadou Idrissou marked his Borussia Monchengladbach debut with a goal but it was not enough as his could only draw 1-1 against Nurnberg in front of 42,202 expectant fans.

The Cameroon forward, signed in the summer from Freiburg, equalised after half an hour's play after Jens Hegeler put the Bavarian side ahead in the 15th minute.

Didier Konan netted a second-half winner as Hannover opened their campaign with a 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Hannover were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in the first round last weekend by a fourth division side, leading many to suggest relegation would again threaten the club this season.

However, after Benjamin Kohler had netted for the visitors to cancel out Konstantin Rausch's opener, Konan headed in Sergio Pinto's 75th-minute cross to secure three points.

Two of Germany's World Cup heroes earned Bayern Munich a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Steve McClaren's Wolfsburg on Friday.

Bastian Schweinsteiger slid home an injury-time winner to condemn the former England boss to defeat in his first league game in charge.

Edin Dzeko had earlier cancelled out Thomas Muller's excellent ninth-minute opener.

Source: sportinglife.com