Having spent a reported 69 million euros assembling a team of superstars over the summer, Bayern's bosses have already been rewarded with convincing cup wins over Werder Bremen and last season's German champions VfB Stuttgart.

Bayern now face Schalke 04 in Saturday's final, but for Hitzfeld, bigger prizes, like the UEFA Cup and the chance to be German champions for the 21st time, loom in the forthcoming season.

In particular, French midfielder Franck Ribery -- signed for 26 million euros from Marseille -- has been in stunning early form with three goals in two games and is forging a strong partnership with German star Bastian Schweinsteiger.

But despite Bayern's 4-1 win over Bremen last Saturday, and their 2-0 win at Stuttgart on Wednesday, Hitzfeld is keeping his feet on the ground ahead of Bayern's opening Bundesliga match against Hansa Rostock on August 11.

"We wanted to get a win in Stuttgart, that was for us an important victory," said the 58-year-old, who has won the Champions League trophy with both Borussia Dortmund and Bayern.

"We wanted to reach the final in Leipzig, and we wanted to set our marker down, but we can't get carried away with just two wins."

Having scored twice against Bremen, then netted the opening goal against Stuttgart, before setting up the second, Ribery is already looking like a star performer in Bayern's midfield.

"He is an attraction worth watching, for us as well as the whole Bundesliga," said Hitzfeld.

"Franck scores goals and is always looking to create something special.

"That shows the class of a player he is."

Hitzfeld admitted he was impressed with the form of 19-year-old striker Sandro Wagner who was promoted from Bayern's reserve team during the summer and scored the second goal in Stuttgart.

Wagner replaced Miroslav Klose, the top scorer at last year's World Cup, who dropped out of the Stuttgart game with a muscle strain, and Wagner took his chance with an impressive performance. "Sandro played well and made a lot of progress in the Stuttgart match, he held the ball up well and put in a good performance" said Hitzfeld, although Wagner faces stiff competition from Bayern's four international strikers competing for one of the two places up front.

But after Bayern endured their worst season for a decade by finishing fourth and missing out on a Champions League place, Hitzfeld is pleased with the chemistry in his squad.

"There is a good feeling in the squad," he said.

"It all depends on the type of players you have, but performers like Franck Ribery, (Brazilian forward) Ze Roberto and Bastian Schweinsteiger have real substance and I am looking forward to seeing combinations develop."