Berlin (AFP)

Leipzig, semi-finalist of the Champions League, temporarily took the lead of the Bundesliga on Saturday by atomizing Schalke 4-0.

Hoffenheim, previous leader, gave in to Frankfurt (2-1) despite Andrej Kramaric, author of his sixth goal in three league matches.

Only Augsburg (6 pts) can return to the lead before the end of this third day, in the event of victory on Sunday in Wolfsburg.

Bayern Munich (3 pts) receives Hertha Berlin (6:00 p.m.).

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Leipzig is already rolling out

RB Leipzig, semi-finalist of the Champions League against Paris SG (0-3), pushed Schalke a little more and demonstrated that there is life after Timo Werner, with already eight goals in three days.

The international center forward has gone to Chelsea, but the young RB collective is running at full speed.

"Timo has not been replaced one for one. Obviously it is difficult to lose a player who scored 28 goals last season," admitted club boss Oliver Mintzlaff, "but we will get there collectively."

“Our team has grown together for a few years, and our philosophy is crowned with success,” he added.

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Dortmund awakens

Dortmund and its teens!

17-year-old American prodigy Giovanni Reyna provided three assists, and 20-year-old Norwegian serial scorer Erling Haaland scored twice (plus an assist) in the 4-0 home win over Freiburg.

The 11,500 Borussia fans did not make up for the absence of the 24,000 berserk "Yellow Wall", but the mood has returned to Signal Iduna Park all the same.

With six points, Black and Yellow are provisionally third, one length behind the leaders.

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Kramaric top scorer

Six goals in three league games, plus a cup double.

At 29, Croatian vice-world champion Andrej Kramaric is having his best start to the season.

During the week, an insistent rumor claimed that Bayern Munich would try to debauch him before the end of the transfer window on Monday to serve as a lining for Robert Lewandowski.

But the same daily Bild who had mentioned his possible transfer now claims that Munich has given up paying 40 million euros for a player who would probably not have started.

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M'Gladbach comes out of the hole

After a very bad start (a defeat and a draw), Borussia Mönchengladbach of Alassane Pléa and Marcus Thuram reacted by going to win 3-1 in the Rhine derby in Cologne, in a quasi-closed session (300 spectators ).

Pléa opened fire: free of any marking, he placed a ball out of reach of the goalkeeper from 16 meters (1-0, 14th), for his first goal of the season.

After Stefan Laimer's second goal (2-0, 16th), Lars Stindl converted a penalty obtained by Marcus Thuram (3-0, 56th).

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Schalke in perdition

The nightmare continues for the Ruhr club, swept 4-0 in Leipzig.

New coach Manuel Baum, appointed Wednesday to replace David Wagner, was unable to prevent a 19th consecutive game without a win in the league.

The start of the season has ended with three defeats, a single goal scored and 15 conceded.

Unworthy of the second club in Germany by the number of members (158,000, behind Bayern but ahead of Dortmund), structured to play at the top of the table in the Bundesliga.

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