Chapter 237: The Devil's Schedule (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
In the 89th minute, Lu Wenbin scored a brace in the supplementary shot, helping Hoffenheim lead the home team Leekpusner 3-2 away and scoring three away goals.
After scoring the goal, Lu Wenbin and his teammates celebrated fiercely, on the one hand, it was indeed worth celebrating to take the lead away and score three goals, and on the other hand, it was deliberately delaying time.
It took almost half a minute of celebration before the referee asked the Hoffenheim players to end their celebrations and return to their own half to kick off the game after a protest from the Lekpusner players.
However, after Lekpusner opened the circle and the game restarted, Ralph began his substitution plan again.
Tebel replaces Eduardo, Demba Ba replaces Lu Wenbin, and Jaisler replaces Baker.
In the three minutes of stoppage time, Ralph began to make substitutions whenever there was a dead ball, using up all three places.
Lecpsner almost threatened with a quick free-kick in the 92nd minute, but the referee blew the whistle to stop it.
Because Ralph was shouting for a substitution on the sidelines, he interrupted Lekpusner's fast free-kick attack alive, causing their players and coaches to glare at Ralph angrily.
The Leek Poolner home fans at the scene also booed.
But Ralph doesn't care about the boos of the opposition fans, he only cares about his team winning.
After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Hoffenheim managed to keep the score 3-2 until the end, winning the first leg of the 1/16 final of the UEFA Cup and scoring three away goals.
According to the statistical law of the two legs of the European knockout round, the probability of advancing after returning home with an away win will be as high as 95%.
As long as Hoffenheim does not take the opponent lightly and does not kill himself, then the promotion to the round of 16 after returning to home in the second leg is basically a certainty.
In this game, Lu Wenbin got 1 assist of 20,000 + 2 goals of 80,000 + the team won 80,000 goals, a total of 180,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to level 15 733,000/1 million.
After all the matches in this round of the UEFA Cup, everything was as expected by the German media, Hoffenheim narrowly beat Lecpzner by one goal away and Hamburg beat Nijmegen 3-0 away, both of which are almost certain to advance to the next round.
Stuttgart, on the other hand, was a 2-1 defeat by the opponent as a guest to the cold Zenit St. Petersburg.
A small defeat of one goal and an away goal cannot be said to be bad, but being behind on aggregate is always dangerous and uncertain.
Werder Bremen was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Serie A giants AC Milan, and it was a blessing not to lose, and the second leg to the away San Siro Stadium was almost unlucky.
VfL Wolfsburg were beaten 2-0 by Paris Saint-Germain and were in a bad situation, with little hope of advancing even if they return to home.
The German media's plan to meet in the final and win the championship and runner-up seems to be aborted.
Of course, the German media's imagination is none of Hoffenheim's business, they just need to qualify.
Because of the problem of third-line operations, starting from the first leg of the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup, Hoffenheim will face a devil's schedule of two matches a week for a long time.
Just three days after the match with Lekpussner, Hoffenheim will take on Stuttgart away in the league after the match.
The match against Stuttgart is also only three days away, and the second leg of the UEFA Cup 1/16 final against Lekpusner will be ushered in.
Although the away win was 3-2, it was not a big win like Hamburg's 3-0 Nijmegen, and no one could guarantee that there would be no surprises when they returned to their home stadium in the second leg.
For example, Hoffenheim himself lost at home in the first leg of the third round of the League Cup qualification, and defeated Udinese away in the second leg to advance and complete the comeback.
Therefore, Hoffenheim still can't be careless.
Coupled with the fact that the main players of the team have been injured one after another, it is really difficult to arrange the troops.
Therefore, the 21st round of the Bundesliga away to Stuttgart was strategically abandoned by Ralph.
From the front court to the backfield, and even to the goalkeeper, almost half of the rotation was made by Ralph.
Although Lu Wenbin was taken away, he was on the bench, and the starting forwards were Demba Ba and Paljic.
The two defenders were Copado and Weiss, with Eduardo and Salihovic also on the bench.
Gustavo, the main defender who could not move, was rotated by third substitute Bindernagel, with Bindernagar and Volsa partnering in the back.
Goalkeeper Ozcan wasn't even taken away, starting with Daniel Haas and Hildebrand sitting on the bench.
Lu Wenbin didn't get a minute of substitute time in the whole game, and sat on the bench for 90 minutes.
However, Hoffenheim did not lose because they were almost all substitutes, and the 5-4 comeback win against Bayer Leverkusen gave the whole team a lot of fighting spirit and energy.
Although the instability at the back led to Stuttgart's opening up for three goals, Hoffenheim also scored a goal each from Copado, Demba Ba and Baker to make it 3-3.
Hoffenheim, who played mostly as substitutes, picked up a 3-3 draw away from Stuttgart, disappointing many rival fans and media.
After 21 rounds of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim continues to top the standings with 51 points, followed by Hamburg, Hertha Berlin and Bayern Munich.
Three days after the league match with Stuttgart, Hoffenheim host the second leg of the UEFA Cup 1/16 final against Lekpusner.
In this game, Hoffenheim played the main force, and easily beat the opponent 2-0 in the first half, and Lu Wenbin scored a long shot from outside the forbidden area in the first half.
After the aggregate score changed to Hoffenheim 5-2 Lekpusna, there was no concern, and Ralph replaced Lu Wenbin with Demba Ba at half-time to rest him for the next tough league game away to Dortmund.
After Lu Wenbin left the field, Lekpusner finally didn't have to be careful to use two people to specifically guard him, and he could invest more troops to launch a Jedi counterattack.
However, there is too little time left for them, it is still away, and the difference in quality is not to score goals if you want to.
Lekpussner scored a goal in the second half, but substitute Demba Ba also scored a goal as Hoffenheim comfortably beat Lekpusner 3-1 at home to qualify for the last 16 of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup with a 6-3 score over two legs.
In this League Cup game, Lu Wenbin won 1 goal of 40,000 + the team won 80,000 goals, a total of 120,000 experience in a single game reward, and the experience rose to level 15 853,000/1 million, not far from being promoted to 16 levels.