The boys from Munich totally dismantled Werder Bremen 4-0 on the road at the Weserstadion, warning the rest of the German steadies that this will be a season of maulings.

A Franck Ribery penalty (awarded for a foul on Luca Toni) before the break was followed by total annihilation in the second half. Involved in the buildup of the penalty, Toni added the second as the Italian target man settled fellow new-signing, Hamit Altintop’s cross and swept home in the box.

Ribery and Altintop linked up for the third goal as Altintop finished from the edge of the penalty area, and substitute midfielder Andreas Ottl added the bubbly as his thunder-strike from distance added insult to injury for the Bremen faithful.

The only other team to remain undefeated through the second weekend of the Bundesliga is Hamburg SV, who defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 on Sunday.

Hamburg will encounter 5th place VfL Bochum in an important early game this Friday while Bayern will match up against 11th place Hannover 96 on Saturday at home.

Unfortunately, German striker Klose will be out (also for the International friendly against England in the midweek) due to an injury sustained during his return to the Weserstadion against his old club, but with the power of Bayern, I don’t think that he will be sorely missed in this one.

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