Qatar tribune DPA Berlin Freiburg started life without long-serving coach Christian Streich with a 3-1 comeback win in their Bundesliga opener against last season’s runners-up VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. Coach Julian Schuster probably thought his debut wouldn’t go well when Ermedin Demirovic gave Stuttgart the lead with only two minutes played. But Lukas Kübler equalized in the 27th and Ritsu Doan in the 54th put Freiburg ahead to give Schuster a successful start in his new job.
Kübler completed a brace and put the game to bed with a header in the 61st. “We didn’t get off to a good start in the game, we definitely expected things to be different. The reaction was all the more pleasant,” Schuster said.
Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeness said that his team lost control of the game after Kubler’s equalizer and that his players “need to deal better with difficult phases.” RB Leipzig, meanwhile, will be happy to have signed Antonio Nusa this summer after the newcomer came from the bench and scored the winner in the 1-0 against VfL Bochum after less than four minutes on the pitch. Nusa fired the ball under the dive of Patrick Drewes in the 59th after Xavi had a shot blocked.
Substitute Jamie Gittens scored twice to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt as former player Nuri Sahin made his debut as coach in the league. In a tight game, Gittens broke the deadlock in the 72nd minute, whipping the ball into the top corner to score a beautiful.