Seven Crowns

In the second half, after Lu Wenbin was replaced, Zenit St. Petersburg launched a Jedi counterattack.

After all, it is Zenit's home ground, and they are more familiar with the game on this pitch. Therefore, in the 75th minute, Zenit scored a goal through the cooperation of the frontcourt.

Since then, neither side has made any achievements.

Although Zenit scored a goal in the second half and won the game with a score of 2-1, the aggregate score of 5-2 in the two rounds still made Zenit a big loss to Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim knocked out defending champion Zenit St. Petersburg to advance to the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Cup.

In this UEFA Cup, because the team lost, Lu Wenbin only received a reward of 40,000 experience points for one goal, and the experience rose to 166,000/2 million at level 16.

That night, the UEFA Cup 1/8 finals were all over, and all three Bundesliga teams advanced to the top 8.

Hoffenheim's promotion was expected. Hamburg was drawn 1-1 at home by Galatasaray in the first round, and in the second round went to the Galatasaray Devils in Istanbul, Turkey to play 3 away games at home. -2 defeated the opponent and advanced with a 4-3 aggregate score.

And Werder Bremen beat Saint-Etienne 1-0 at home in the first round and drew 2-2 away in the second round, and also advanced with a total score of 3-2.

In this way, the Bundesliga teams occupy three seats in the top 8, and it is also the league with the most teams in the five major leagues. It seems that the probability of the German team winning the championship this season is really not small.

However, after the draw for the UEFA Cup top 8 the next day, the German media let out a sigh.

Because the UEFA Cup in addition to the group stage, only two draws for the knockout stage. The first time is the knockout round of the top 32, which will determine the 1/16 finals and 1/8 finals at the same time, so the teams from the same country will avoid the draw.

However, in the second top 8 draw, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be decided at the same time, so there is no rule for teams from the same country to avoid the draw.

So, unfortunately, Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, who are also Bundesliga teams, were drawn together, and only one team will be able to advance to the semi-finals.

And, unfortunately, Hamburg is also divided into the same half as Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen. Even if Hamburg wins, they will meet Hoffenheim and Werder in the semi-finals. The winner of Lemei, the Bundesliga will definitely not be able to take the championship and runner-up.

This made some German media have to wonder if UEFA deliberately arranged it.

However, whether it is intentional or not, the match table has been released and cannot be changed. Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, and Hamburg can only strive to defeat their opponents and win tickets for the finals for themselves.

As for the honor of German football, who can control so much at this time.

Just three days after the UEFA Cup match with Zenit St. Petersburg, Hoffenheim ushered in the 25th round of the Bundesliga with Hannover 96.

Fortunately, this is the home of Hoffenheim, and after this round of the league will usher in the FIFA match day, the national teams of various countries should fight for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Although Hoffenheim currently ranks first in the Bundesliga, it is generally believed that Lu Wenbin is the role.

Therefore, there are not many international players in the Hoffenheim team. Ibisevic, Aubasi, Nelson and others who should have been called by the national team are still recovering from injuries.

After this round of the league, most of the players in the team, including Lu Wenbin, who have no national team assignments, can take a good rest.

So, at 15:30 pm on March 22nd, in the 25th round of the Bundesliga at home against Hannover 96, Hoffenheim played the main force, and currently ranked 13th in the Bundesliga, and wanted to take advantage of Hoffenheim’s defensive loopholes to get away. The victorious Hannover 96 came to a confrontation battle.

In the second minute of the game, Hannover 96 took advantage of the instability of the Hoffenheim backline to score a goal, making the entire Rhein-Neckar Arena silent, and the home fans were a little stunned. Only more than a thousand away fans were there. The crazy cheers and screams.

But just a few minutes later, Lu Wenbin equalized the score with a lob from outside the penalty area, igniting the enthusiasm of the home fans.

Afterwards, the two sides were at a stalemate throughout the first half. Lu Wenbin got a few shots and failed to score due to the opponent's double-marking interference. Hannover 96 also failed to score Hoffenheim's goal.

After the 15-minute intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Shortly after the start of the second half, in the 53rd minute, in a corner kick from Hoffenheim, central defender Jankel jumped high in the penalty area and headed Salihovic's corner kick into the opponent's goal, Hoffenheim. Tom overtook the score.

However, in the 76th minute, Hannover 96 used a counterattack to send the ball into Hoffenheim's goal to equalize the score.

But within 3 minutes of the Hannover 96 players being happy, Lu Wenbin passed the ball to Eduardo after attracting the attention of two or three opponents. The assist ended the suspension and the restarted Eduardo scored a long shot. Hoffen scored a long shot. Heim regained the lead.

The score was deadlocked to the end. After the referee blew the final whistle, the score on the big screen was 3-2, with the home team Hoffenheim in front and the visiting team Hannover 96 behind.

Hannover 96 did take advantage of Hoffenheim's defensive instability to score 2 goals, but Hoffenheim scored 3 goals.

Among them, Lu Wenbin scored a goal and assisted Eduardo to score a long shot, and another goal was scored by central defender Yanker in a corner kick.

Hoffenheim once again took all three points with a small victory, and it was a narrow victory, but it made the competitors even more annoyed, and felt that Hoffenheim was really lucky.

In this game, Lu Wenbin got 1 assist of 5000 + 1 goal of 10,000 + 20,000 wins, a total of 35,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to 201,000/2 million at level 16.

After this round of the Bundesliga is over, Hoffenheim continues to top the standings with 61 points, followed by Hertha Berlin and Wolfsburg.

Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga goals have also reached 38, getting closer and closer to the bomber Gerd Muller's single-season record of 40 goals.

If you are lucky, Lu Wenbin will be able to tie with a brace in the next round of the league and surpass it with a hat-trick.

However, it will take more than ten days to see the next round of the league. Everyone has to wait for the national team's World Preliminaries to finish before talking.

During the truce of the league, players without national team assignments continued to train at the training base to enhance cooperation and save physical energy.

After a truce for more than ten days, on April 4, the league reignited the war, and Hoffenheim played away to Hamburg.

Considering that the next game is the UEFA Cup quarter-final with Werder Bremen, and it is away.

Therefore, in this league, Ralph did not play the main force, but a half-main and half-substitute lineup.

Although Lu Wenbin wanted to score a goal and lead the team to win, but the away game plus shooting luck was a bit poor, and the substitute teammates were also a little weak. In the end, Lu Wenbin did not score a goal, and the team also lost to Hamburg on the road with a score of 0-1. .

Fortunately, second-ranked Hertha Berlin also lost, and Hoffenheim continued to lead the second group with 61 points.

With fewer and fewer leagues remaining, Hoffenheim's 10-point margin over the second group will become more and more advantageous.

The better news is that Aubasi is back, in recovery training, and looking good.

If Obasi's muscle strain does not recur, Hoffenheim's offensive line strength is still guaranteed.

Next, is the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Hoffenheim is going away to Werder Bremen.