Seven Crowns

Ralph Rangnick said in an interview that the media and fans were unanimous that Hoffenheim was about to be eliminated.

The famous coach Ralph Rangnick, who has coached the Bundesliga team, even if he is now a Bundesliga team, even if he is facing the world-famous Bundesliga giants Dortmund, he will never. Will admit defeat in advance.

Ralf said that Hoffenheim will definitely let Dortmund see Hoffenheim's offensive firepower at the Westfalenstadion.

The head coach is like this, and the players under him will naturally not be timid before the battle.

In particular, Lu Wenbin, in order to complete the systematic task of winning the league and cup doubles, and activate the hidden skill of "injury tendency", even if the opponent is the Bundesliga giant Dortmund, he has to fight the last game and fight for it with all his strength.

In an interview with reporters, Lu Wenbin said that although Dortmund is very strong, he will continue to pursue goals and do his best to help Hoffenheim beat Dortmund.

Of course, the remarks of Hoffenheim coaches and players, including Lu Wenbin, did not attract anyone's attention.

In the minds of all media and fans, these remarks are nothing but Hoffenheim's dying struggle!

A country team ranked fifth in the Bundesliga, facing the Bundesliga giants Dortmund away at the Westfalenstadion, they have the ability to lose a small score.

However, the coaches and players within the Hoffenheim team did not see it that way.

After Dittmar Hope's big signings during the summer transfer period of 2007, Hoffenheim's paper strength this season should actually be the first in the Bundesliga.

However, because there were too many signings in the summer transfer period, the team has not been able to run in place for a long time, and the tacit understanding is not good. Therefore, the results in the first half of the season were average, and it was only in the second half of the season that they started to exert their strength.

At present, Hoffenheim has achieved five consecutive victories in the German Cup 1/8 finals and four rounds of the Bundesliga in the second half of the season after the winter break.

Five games to maintain a complete victory, scoring 16 goals, only conceded 3 goals, the offensive firepower is extremely fierce.

Although Hoffenheim is only fifth in the Bundesliga standings, they are only 2 points behind Mainz in second place. The whole team, including the head coach, has absolute confidence to be in the top three at the end of the season. Get a promotion.

After the promotion of A is not a big problem, everyone naturally wants more honors.

And Hoffenheim is currently participating in the competition, in addition to the Bundesliga, only the German Cup.

Not to mention the championship, if Hoffenheim can reach the German Cup final, and the champion has qualified for the European competition through the Bundesliga, then the German Cup runner-up can qualify for the UEFA Cup next season.

At that time, Hoffenheim may qualify for the UEFA Cup in its first season in the Bundesliga.

At that time, not only can you play the Bundesliga, but also the UEFA Cup, which is really exciting!

Especially for some old players who were still playing in the Bundesliga last season, the European war is really tempting for them, and there are absolutely good reasons to go all out.

After all, there are only three games left in the German Cup. If they do their best, Hoffenheim still has a chance to reach the final.

Therefore, when the media and other fans think that Hoffenheim’s best choice is to give up and stay in the Bundesliga to ensure promotion to the Bundesliga, the entire Hoffenheim team has already Ready to go to the road and Dortmund to die.

The only thing that is more depressing is that the main attacking midfielder and captain Salihovic was injured in training and could not play in the crucial quarter-finals of the German Cup.

Whether it is organizing offense, intercepting defense, assisting, free kick, penalty kick, etc., Salihovic is quite comprehensive.

He couldn't participate in the competition, which undoubtedly lowered Hoffenheim's attack power by a level.

However, this does not change the determination of Ralf and the team to fight against Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion and fight for the victory with all their might.

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The four matches of the quarter-finals of the 2007/2008 DFB Cup were held on February 26 and February 27 respectively.

Two games on February 26, one is Bundesliga team Dortmund VS Bundesliga team Hoffenheim, and the other is Bundesliga team Stuttgart VS Bundesliga team Jena.

On February 25, the Hoffenheim team arrived in Dortmund, more than 300 kilometers away, one day earlier.

After a day's rest, at 19:00 on the evening of February 26, with the whistle of the referee, the match of Dortmund VS Hoffenheim in the quarter-finals of the 2007/2008 DFB Cup officially started.

Facing Bundesliga giants Dortmund, Ralf Rangnick no longer insisted on his 433 mad attack formation in this game, and changed to a more balanced 442 formation.

Among them, four midfielders are in diamond-shaped positions.

The single midfielder is No. 21 Luis Gustavo, the left midfielder is No. 11 Jochen Seitz, the right midfielder is No. 22 Francisco Coppado, and the single front midfielder is No. 33 Carlos Eduardo.

Lu Wenbin and Ibisevic partner with a double forward. Ibisevic mainly plays the ball for Lu Wenbin, creating opportunities for Lu Wenbin to shoot, and Lu Wenbin is responsible for the final blow in the penalty area.

However, at the Westfalenstadion, Hoffenheim was passively beaten in the first ten minutes.

In this German Cup match against Hoffenheim, the "underdog" of the Bundesliga, Dortmund also had more than 60,000 fans. Except for the corner seats, more than 60,000 fans almost filled the Westfalen Stadium.

Among them, the 25,000 seats in the South Stand are all standing seats, and there is not a single vacant seat.

The 25,000 Dortmund die-hard fans who gathered there stood all the way and used their most abundant physical strength to send out huge cheers to the home team and huge boos to the away team.

It is also these 25,000 standing seats that have created the title of Westfalen's most terrifying home in Europe.

Because when people are standing, they are mostly more energetic and powerful than sitting, and their applause, screams, boos, and noises are louder and more lasting.

There are 25,000 fans standing all the way, just relying on them is enough to make the visiting team players who have not been to this stadium tremble with fear.

Coupled with the cooperation of tens of thousands of fans in other stands, it is really possible for timid players to walk in this stadium.

Of course, no one in Hoffenheim couldn't walk, but amid the targeted boos and noises from the opponent's tens of thousands of fans, it was unavoidable that the technical movements were deformed and the performance of strength was poor within the first ten minutes.

So, in the 11th minute, before Hoffenheim had a chance to shoot, Dortmund had already scored a goal by No. 9 striker Nelson Valdes, and Dortmund led Hoffenheim 1-0. .

The moment Valdes scored, the entire Westfalenstadion exploded.

The applause, screams, and cheers from tens of thousands of Dortmund fans shot into the sky, which was awe-inspiring.

PS: Dortmund's lineup for the 2007/08 season has not been found for two days. It was only found in a post today. It is necessary to comprehensively speculate on the starting lineup of Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the German Cup based on various information. The list is dizzying. In addition, the plot is a bit lame, so I haven't written a chapter until now, and it's only this chapter today, I'm sorry everyone.