Seven Crowns

In the 23rd round of the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen, in addition to Obasi's re-injury, Eduardo was also shown a yellow card in this game and will be suspended for the next league game with Frankfurt due to accumulated yellow cards. one.

The road to the triple crown that Lu Wenbin insists on is indeed a hell-level difficulty.

Fortunately, although it was difficult to win, it finally won and got 3 points.

After this round of the league, Hoffenheim continued to top the Bundesliga standings with 55 points, followed by Hertha Berlin, who also won with 46 points, and Wolfsburg and Hamburg with 42 points. , Bayern Munich dropped to fifth with 40 points.

Hoffenheim continues to lead the second place by nine points, and the championship seems to be getting closer with fewer and fewer league rounds.

However, after this round of the league, there is still a UEFA Cup 1/8 final first leg between Hoffenheim and the next round of the league.

This game is a game where Lu Wenbin may be promoted to level 16.

In the match against Werder Bremen, Lu Wenbin got 1 assist of 5000 + 20,000 wins, a total of 25,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to 886,000/1 million at level 15, only 120,000 experience can be upgraded to level 16 .

In the UEFA Cup, the winning is 80,000, and the goal is 40,000. As long as Lu Wenbin scores a goal and leads the team to victory, he can upgrade to get skill point rewards, which can be used to increase physique attributes.

At that time, Lu Wenbin's physical fitness, confrontation, etc. can all go to a higher level, and he can stick to the end of the season without rotation.

The first leg of the UEFA Cup 1/8 final is at home, and the schedule is relatively unfavorable.

On March 11, when Zenit St. Petersburg arrived in Rhine-Neckar County, head coach Ed Walker expressed his confidence in knocking out Hoffenheim to advance to the quarter-finals when he attended the pre-match press conference.

Advocat's confidence is manifold.

First of all, Zenit St. Petersburg was last season's UEFA Cup champion, and in the semi-finals, they eliminated Bayern Munich by a big score of 5-1 in two rounds to advance to the final, which was regarded as a shame by Bayern in the European war.

At that time, Bayern Munich was also No. 1 in the Bundesliga, and the coach was also Ed Walker. He could lead his team to defeat Bayern by a large score to advance to the final and finally win the championship.

Later, Ed Walker led Zenit to beat the Champions League champions Manchester United in the European Super Cup, which was even more impressive.

Therefore, Advocat's confidence in defeating Hoffenheim, the first in the Bundesliga, to advance to the top 8 of the UEFA Cup has a source.

Coupled with the continuous injuries of Hoffenheim's main players, Ralph's remarks about giving up the UEFA Cup, Aubasi returning to a game and getting injured again, and the more favorable schedule for Zenit, it's no wonder. Advocat was full of confidence.

Ralph just took advantage of Ed Walkart's remarks, and hurriedly explained a few words while pretending to be unhappy, and walked away without even announcing the starting list.

It was not until an hour before the game started that the starting list had to be submitted to UEFA for the live broadcast agency to broadcast the game and the official website of the UEFA Cup to announce that Ralph had lied.

In this game, all the main players of Hoffenheim, including Lu Wenbin, Dengbaba, Eduardo, Baker, and Gustavo, all played, how could they give up the UEFA Cup?

The reporters who support Hoffenheim are naturally worried. They are afraid that Hoffenheim will insist on the third-line operation under the current situation, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the whole line, and the four are empty.

The media and fans who support other Bundesliga teams are schadenfreude, wishing that Hoffenheim would focus on the UEFA Cup, it would be better to cause the Bundesliga to collapse and lose the championship.

In particular, the media and fans of Hertha Berlin, Wolfsburg, Hamburg, and Bayern Munich, who are in the second tier of the standings, are most eager to see Hoffenheim collapse. of.

As for Zenit St. Petersburg, they were really surprised after getting the starting roster for Hoffenheim, and there was no time to make targeted tactical changes.

However, they were not intimidated.

Because they also beat Bundesliga No. 1 Bayern Munich last season, and there are some objective deficiencies in Hoffenheim that cannot be solved by Ralph lying.

For example, the cooperation between Compel and the defensive line, the cooperation between Pargic and the attacking line in the frontcourt, etc., are all objective deficiencies and cannot lie.

Therefore, Ed Walkat told his players not to be afraid of Hoffenheim, Zenit is the defending champion, and no one should be afraid.

The players just seize the weakness of Compel and bombard them indiscriminately, try their best to get away goals, and it would be better if they can win away at the end.

At 21:00 on March 12, local time in Germany, with the whistle of the referee, the first round of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup 1/8 final match between Hoffenheim at home VS Zenit St. Petersburg officially started.

Hoffenheim continued to play offensive football under the leadership of Lu Wenbin. Zenit St. Petersburg, who wanted to take advantage of Compel's weakness to score away goals, also played offensive football.

The two sides fought against each other at the Rhein-Neckar Arena, which was full of passion and excited the neutral fans.

After all, Hoffenheim is playing at home and has a greater advantage. It is the first to enter the game and score a goal.

In the 13th minute, fullback Baker stepped forward for an assist, cut inside about 20 meters from the bottom line, made a fake pass to Lu Wenbin, but passed the ball to Dengbaba.

Dembaba fired a long shot from outside the penalty area and pierced the goal guarded by Russian national goalkeeper Malafeev.

Hoffenheim took a 1-0 lead at home through Dembaba's goal.

However, Zenit did not panic, conceding away goals was within their expectations, and they still persevered to seize Compel's point and attack.

However, they have been unable to make much progress from Compel.

On the one hand, Compel has made great progress in the position of central defender, both in terms of personal ability and tacit understanding with his teammates. Chuuk and other core players have left the team to land in the five major leagues. Zenit’s attack power has dropped a lot compared to last season.

In the 21st minute, they had a single-handed shot after breaking through Compel, but the striker Pugn's shot was blocked by Ozjan's attack, causing the Hoffenheim fans in the stands to laugh. Voice.

It has to be said that Zenit's success last season was more dependent on the outstanding performance of the golden generation such as Arshavin.

After leaving these core players this season, it is really difficult for Ed Walkart to lead Zenit to defeat Hoffenheim, the number one player in the Bundesliga, and replicate the brilliant results of last season.

Even if Hoffenheim itself is not in good shape, it will be difficult for the Russian team to eliminate the Bundesliga first.