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Bayer thrash Frankfurt
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Published 07/08/2005 at 20:40 GMT+1
Bayer Leverkusen crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 away on Sunday on the opening weekend of Bundesliga action. Promoted Frankfurt went ahead in the seventh minute through Aleksandar Vasoski but Bayer never looked back after drawing level on 24 minutes throu
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Three goals in 12 minutes in the second half from Andriy Voronin, Bernd Schneider and Jacek Krzynowek settled the issue.
Voronin nodded in the first back off the bar, before setting up Schneider and Kryznowek.
Coach Klaus Augenthaler said the result set Bayer up to meet champions Bayern next Saturday. "We're leaving with a 4-1 result...and we're meeting them at home. Bayern are not unbeatable," he said.
Schalke, playing at home, dominated Kaiserslautern but struggled to match a Halil Altintop goal in the 33rd minute, despite the visitors later losing Altintop and Carsten Jancker through injury.
A 79th minute left foot tap-in from new signing Soren Larsen on his Bundesliga debut, four minutes after coming on to replace Zlatan Bajramovic, saved the League Cup holders from embarrassment. Mladen Krstajic grabbed the Schalke winner three minutes later.
"We had six chances in the first half an hour and should have gone ahead," said Schalke manager Ralf Rangnick. "But we showed we could work hard and I think the victory was well deserved."
Werder, one of six teams on three points, top the standings after one round of matches thanks to their 5-2 defeat of Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday. Bayern Munich beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0 on Friday.
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