Seven Crowns

On February 18, 2009, the entire Hoffenheim team flew to Poland to prepare for the game against the Polish Premier League Leclopsner.

At 18:00 on February 19th, the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup 1/16 final Hoffenheim away game against Leke Pusner officially started.

In order to ensure the safety of the back line, Ralph still sent a 442 balanced formation in this game, and it was not a diamond stance, but a parallel stance.

In front of Compel, the midfielders Gustavo and Volsa both started to protect him. The other two midfielders were Salihovic and Eduardo on each side. The forward line was still Lu Wenbin and center Pal. Gitch.

After a few days of adaptive training and the help of two defensive midfielders, Compel's performance on the back line was much better than the previous game.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lekpusner's strength is not as good as Leverkusen.

Even so, Compel was the weakest link in Hoffenheim's backline and the weakest point in the opponent's key attack.

In general, Hoffenheim's back line has not been as stable as in the first half of the season, and even against teams in the Polish league, it is still easy to concede goals.

The attacking line in the frontcourt has also dropped a lot due to the absence of Ibisevic and the change of formation, the reduction in the number of attackers, and the decline in tacit understanding.

In the 9th minute, Pargic got a pass from Salihovic on the left side of the frontcourt, and Lu Wenbin stepped forward in time to try to go offside to receive Pargic's pass and shoot.

As a result, Pargic didn't think about going with Lu Wenbin, and his reaction was a step slower.

When he reacted and shoved the ball straight in front of Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin was offside and missed a shot.

In the 17th minute, Lu Wenbin received a pass from Eduardo in the penalty area and kicked the goal. As a result, the opponent's goalkeeper played bravely and even saved the shot from the bottom line.

Hoffenheim's corner kick did not pose any threat and was cleared by the opposing defender.

After a continuous attack, Hoffenheim finally scored in the 22nd minute.

Lu Wenbin, who was closely guarded by the opponents, received a pass from Salihovic at the front of the penalty area and falsified a shot. Instead of forcing a shot, he faked a real pass and passed the ball to Eduardo who was inserted in the back row.

Eduardo slammed the ball into the opponent's goal, and Hoffenheim led Lekpusner 1-0 away and scored an away goal.

However, Lekpusner, who is playing at home and ranks first in the Polish Premier League standings, is not a soft persimmon. They also want to win and advance to the top 16.

By constantly attacking this weakness of Compel, in the 33rd minute, Lekpusner scored an equalizing goal by their No. 8 striker Duleski, and the two sides scored 1-1.

Then, both sides fell into anxiety.

Lu Wenbin took a few shots but failed to score under the interference of the opponent's two people's personal marking. Lekpusner was also a little bit unlucky. He failed to break Hoffenheim's goal a few times. The score of -1 went into halftime.

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

In the 48th minute, Salihovic hit the crossbar with an inside shot after a breakthrough from the wing, causing Lecpusner's home fans in the stands to exclaim.

In the 56th minute, Lekpusner got a corner kick, and central defender Kigut jumped high and grabbed the first point to shake his head. The header was shot out, and then was cleared by Campel, causing a sigh from the home fans.

The two sides have come and gone, and Hoffenheim has not reduced the demeanor of offensive football despite the reduction in the number of attackers.

And Lecpusner, who is playing at home, will not shrink his defense in the face of Hoffenheim, who has loopholes in the back line.

In the 67th minute, Lu Wenbin was about to take a long shot after receiving the ball in the big penalty area, but was pushed down from behind by the opponent's defensive midfielder Tajivis.

A free kick awarded by the referee.

Lu Wenbin, who had already used up his system skills in the first half, took the penalty himself this time, but he was lucky. A standard arc shot kicked the ball into the dead corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper couldn't keep up and could only watch the ball go into the net.

However, Lekpusner, who knew that the away game in the second round was fierce and could only expect a home win, did not give up. They continued to attack Hoffenheim, who had an unstable defense.

Finally, more than ten minutes later, in the 82nd minute, Lekpusner's attack paid off, with their midfielder Muroski scoring a long-range goal to tie the score at 2-2 again. .

Adding stoppage time, there are only about 10 minutes left until the end of the game.

The result of the draw is acceptable to Hoffenheim's head coach Ralf. made money.

However, Lu Wenbin will not give up the pursuit of victory.

Because of the draw, he will not get the winning prize, and the winning prize of the UEFA Cup is 80,000, and a top Bundesliga 4 games.

For Lu Wenbin, every victory in the UEFA Cup is precious now that upgrading is becoming more and more difficult.

What's more, if the away game wins, then the second leg at home will be easier.

Therefore, even if there are only 10 minutes left, Lu Wenbin will not stop attacking, and he will greet his teammates to continue attacking.

Lu Wenbin's own achievements now have a high prestige in the team, and with his own leadership halo, he has a great influence on his teammates.

Therefore, under the leadership of Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim continued to attack.

And Lekpusner, who is playing at home, will naturally not shrink defenses, and they also want to win.

If they can't win at home, there's not much hope of going away in the second leg.

In the last 10 minutes, the two teams who both wanted to score a lore and win the game continued to play offensive football, and it was up to which side scored first.

In the 85th minute, Lekpusner once hit the goal post in the penalty area to grab a shot, which scared Lu Wenbin's teammates and hundreds of away fans who were traveling with the team in the stands into a cold sweat.

But Lu Wenbin didn't care so much, he continued to greet everyone to attack.

Finally, in the 89th minute, Salihovic made a pass from the wing, and Pargic grabbed the first point and shook his head to attack the goal.

As a result, the ball was saved by Lecpusner's goalkeeper Durina.

Just when the home fans and players breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Wenbin appeared like a ghost in front of the ball in the penalty area, stretched out his foot and stabbed the ball into the empty goal where the goalkeeper had fallen to the ground.

Lu Wenbin's 19/19 run without the ball, even if two people are closely marking, there are still times when he is negligent and finds opportunities for him.

This time, Lu Wenbin found the first spot of the ball that was saved by the goalkeeper based on his own feeling, finished the shot first and scored the goal.