Tziolis bags a brace on Bremen debut, Gekas finally grabs a goal

Alexandros Tziolis made his presence felt in grand style on Tuesday, as the Greece international kicked off his six-month loan with Werder Bremen with a two-goal performance against Polish outfit Lech Poznan.

Joining the Weserstadion side in the early weeks of the transfer window, after Panathinaikos and Bremen agreed to a six-month loan deal, Tziolis performance on Tuesday looks to foreshadow a very successful stay for the 23-year-old.

While the newest Greek in the Bundesliga got off to a fast start, the prior Greek arrival in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen’s Theofanis Gekas, returned to the scoring charts for the first time since October 24^th, 2008. On that ight he scored a late penalty goal against Bundesliga rivals FC Köln.

On Wednesday, Gekas struck the lone goal on eighty-five minutes in Leverkusen’s slim 1-0 win over FC Koblenz.