BERLIN, Aug 29, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Former Bayern and Dortmund forward Mario 
Goetze scored as Eintracht Frankfurt picked up their first Bundesliga win of 
the season with a 4-3 victory away at Bremen.

The goal was the 2014 World Cup winner's first Bundesliga goal in 982 days 
and his first for Frankfurt since moving from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the 
summer.

"After such a long time, it was very nice (to score again)" Goetze told DAZN 
after the match.

"It was an important goal for us - it feels good."

Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who this week rejected an offer to move to 
Manchester United in order to play in Eintracht's first ever Champions League 
campaign, joked after the game "finally Mario took a shot at goal".

Bremen captain Marco Friedl lamented his side letting their first-half lead 
slip.

"We completely messed it up in the first half," Friedl said.

"We made far too many mistakes."

Goetze's goal was the first of five in a seesawing first half.

Bremen regained the lead, before the visitors snatched it back again to go 
into the break 3-2 up.

Djibril Sow drilled in a shot after 48 minutes to put Frankfurt 4-2 up and on 
track for what looked like a comfortable victory, before Bremen's Niclas 
Fuellkrug converted a penalty in second-half injury time.

Bremen's Scottish striker Oliver Burke, who secured the home side a win and a 
draw in their past two fixtures with injury-time goals, was unable to conjure 
another late Werder escape.

The defeat was Bremen's first since being promoted back to the Bundesliga 
this season.

- 'Point gained' -

Stuttgart managed a 0-0 draw away at Cologne on Sunday despite second-half 
red cards for Luca Pfeiffer, in his first start for the club, and American 
manager Pellegrino Matarazzo.

Both sides had chances to score in a fiery encounter dominated by acrobatic 
goalkeeping performances.

Stuttgart narrowly edged the opening period, with Silas Katompa Mvumpa 
spurning several opportunities to open the scoring for the visitors.

Pfeiffer saw red in the 52nd minute after sinking his studs into Timo 
Huebers' ankle.

Matarazzo picked up a second yellow in the 72nd minute for admonishing the 
match officials and spent the remainder of the game on his mobile phone, 
coaching from the stands.

Cologne's Jan Thielmann had a chance to win the game deep into second-half 
injury time for the home side when he struck a spiralling bullet towards goal 
but the effort was palmed away by Stuttgart 'keeper Florian Mueller.

Matarazzo told AFP subsidiary SID he was proud of his side's resilience.

"The second half was dominated by the red card. I have to compliment my team 
on the way they continued to play as a unit."

"All in all, we are satisfied."

Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart echoed the sentiment of his Stuttgart 
counterpart, saying the draw was "a good result".

"We should be satisfied," Baumgart told DAZN.

"It's more a point gained than a point lost."

The result was the third draw for each side in four matches this season.

Cologne missed the presence and goal smarts of Anthony Modeste, who departed 
for Dortmund one game into the season.

Stuttgart lacked the penetration usually provided by striker Sasa Kalajdzic, 
who was left out of the squad ahead of a potential move to the Premier 
League.