BERLIN. — Bayern Munich playmaker Franck Ribery scored in his first game this season as the German soccer champions moved joint top of the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Shinji Kagawa also enjoyed a goalscoring return as Borussia Dortmund saw off Freiburg.Mario Goetze put the defending champions ahead before Ribery came off the bench to seal a routine 2-0 win over VfB Stuttgart at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern are now equal on seven points with Bayer Leverkusen who were held 3-3 by Werder Bremen on Friday night and lead on goal difference after three games.
The Bavarians broke the stalemate on 27 minutes when Goetze drove a shot through a crowd of players after a free-kick was partially cleared. — AFP.



