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Germany: Bundesliga match reports [Thu Sep 22nd, 2005]
Frankfurt (Reuters) - Reports of matches played in the Bundesliga:
HANNOVER 96 2 VfL WOLFSBURG 4
Mike Hanke scored twice on the break to set Wolfsburg up for a comfortable win. Miroslav Karhan supplied the pass for the first in the 10th minute, with Andres d'Alessandro the provider for the second four minutes later.
Diego Klimowicz chipped the keeper to put Wolfsburg 3-0 up in the 27th minute before Hanover responded, Thomas Brdaric heading in a cross from Jiri Stajner on the half-hour mark.
D'Alessandro scored the best goal of the night four minutes later, blasting in a free kick from a tight angle. With the game over as a contest, Brdaric got his second for Hanover a minute from time.
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EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 0 BAYERN MUNICH 1
Paolo Guerrero reprised his supersub role for Bayern from last season, striking six minutes after coming off the bench to head in the only goal in the 72nd minute.
Bayern, missing the injured Michael Ballack, had been poor before the introduction of Mehmet Scholl and Guerrero gave them a lift.
Scholl ran to the byline on the left and crossed beyond the back post, where Ali Karimi headed the ball back across for Guerrero to convert.
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BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH 2 WERDER BREMEN 1
An own goal from captain Frank Baumann consigned Werder Bremen to a defeat that saw them drift five points behind leaders Bayern.
Jelle van Damme headed in a cross from the right from Torsten Frings to put Bremen ahead in the 21st minute and the visitors had plenty of chances to make the game safe in the first half.
Gladbach improved after the break and Thomas Broich hooked in for the equaliser eight minutes after the restart. Baumann's bizarre own goal, a side-foot past his keeper when he was under no pressure, settled the match.
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BORUSSIA DORTMUND 2 ARMINIA BIELEFELD 0
Dortmund claimed a second win in three matches as their improvement continued. Jan Koller chested a long ball down and accepted a pass from Lars Ricken before slotting in the first in the 26th minute. Ebi Smolarek's second clinched victory seven minutes from time.
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Playing on Wednesday (kickoffs 1800 GMT):
Kaiserslautern v Mainz
Nuremberg v Schalke 04
Bayer Leverkusen v Cologne
Hertha Berlin v MSV Duisburg
VfB Stuttgart v Hamburg SV
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