Schalke Held In Six-Goal Thriller

[Folami David]

Schalke 04 and Hamburg shared the points in a 3-3 thriller on Sunday as new-signings grabbed the limelight on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season.
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Both defending champions Bayern Munich, who beat Moenchengladbach 3-1 on Friday, and Borussia Dortmund, who won 4-0 at Augsburg on Saturday, picked up wins on the opening weekend of the new season.
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Schalke's new-signing Adam Szalai scored the Royal Blues' crucial third goal to share the points with Hamburg while Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang marked his Dortmund debut with a hat-trick.
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Mainz's Shinji Okazaki of Japan and Leverkusen's South Korea star Son Heung-Min both also scored on their respective debuts for their new clubs.
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Schalke took the lead at home to Hamburg when Holland striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar struck after just 84 seconds before compatriot Rafael van der Vaart netted a 12th-minute penalty to level for the guests.
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Striker Maximilian Beister produced a bullet header on 24 minutes to put Hamburg in front before Huntelaar levelled right at the end of the first half making it 2-2 at the break.
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Ex-Dortmund defender Lasse Sobiech then headed the hosts ahead just after halftime before Hungary's Szalai, who joined Schalke from Mainz in the summer, pounced on a mistake by Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler on 72 minutes to share the points.
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Earlier, fellow new-boy Okazaki netted in Mainz 05's 3-2 home win over his ex-club VfB Stuttgart – who he left last month.
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Mainz picked up three points when Germany midfielder Nicolai Mueller netted goals either side of Okazaki's 65th-minute strike.
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Mueller scored his first after just 14 minutes, but Bosnia striker Vedad Ibisevic levelled just two minutes later for Stuttgart.
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Okazaki, who joined Mainz on July 1 in a three-year deal after two years at Stuttgart, and slotted home his team's second when he converted a cross from Czech Republic defender Zdenek Pospech before Meuller made it 3-1, 12 minutes from time. Stuttgart's Martin Harnik gave his side hope with eight minutes left to make it 3-2, but hosts Mainz hung on.

[Shola Sholaz]

I love the matches that produce a lot of goals because it makes me happy to see players score goals. Very great one.