The long wait is finally over – the Bundesliga is back! The action returns with a bang as reigning champions FC Bayern taken on Bremen in the curtain raiser. The visitors may no longer be the force they once were when winning the league title themselves in 2004, but Viktor Skripnik's men can nevertheless be expected to provide a stern test for Ancelotti on his Bundesliga debut.
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The Italian tactician has already sampled – and won – the Supercup and the first round of the DFB Cup, but it is the Bundesliga where the club's objectives lie. "Our priority is to win the league," Ancelotti stated upon his arrival this summer, and putting the first three points on the board on Friday night is nothing short of an obligation. Bremen will be counting once again on former Bayern star and the league's most prolific foreign goalscorer Claudio Pizarro as they bid to cause an upset similar to the one they were on the wrong side of last weekend, with elimination from the Cup in the first round.
Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping his Bayern side get off to a winning start this weekend.
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Ancelotti becomes the fourth Italian to coach in the Bundesliga, after Giovanni Trapattoni, Nevio Scala und Roberto Di Matteo.
Pizarro is the Bundesliga's most prolific foreign goalscorer with 190 goals - 103 for Bremen, 87 for Bayern.
Robert Lewandowski finished as top scorer in the Bundesliga last term with 30 goal.
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