Chapter 264 - Advance to the League Cup Final (1600 plus change for the monthly pass)
Seeing Lu Wenbin's world wave flying into the goal, commentator Dickenson stood up from the commentary seat and roared long: "Tooooooo......"
After yelling for more than ten seconds, Dickenson stopped, changed his tone and continued to explain:
"In the 33rd minute, Lu successfully countered offside and scored a long-range goal from outside the no-go zone to equalize for Hoffenheim. And the aggregate score became 5-2, Hoffenheim continued to lead by 3 goals and erased 1 away goal from Hamburg, and it was already difficult for Hamburg to turn the tables! ”
Indeed, Lu Wenbin's goal made the Hamburgers feel desperate.
Next, even if Hamburg equalizes the aggregate score, it will only go to extra time. Moreover, Hoffenheim should not be allowed to score again.
If Hoffenheim had scored again, it would have been a top-two away goal, and Hamburg would have even less hope.
But the aggregate score of 2-5 left Hamburg with no choice.
They can only continue to increase their attacking intensity, and even De Jong sometimes leaves Lu Wenbin behind and runs to the midfield to participate in the assist.
In the 36th minute, Hamburg Olic had a close shot on the small no-go line, but the ball hit the corner of Ozcan and bounced off the bottom line, which made Olic hold his head and be annoyed.
In the 40th minute, Hamburg also had a one-on-one chance, but Guerreiro, who had already rushed into the forbidden area and was about to shoot with his feet, was tackled away by Nelsson from a sliding tackle next to him and brought Guerrero down.
The Hamburg players gathered around the referee for the penalty, but the referee shook his head firmly, saying that Nelsson's tackle was clean and that he had tackled the ball first, and there was no foul.
The Hamburg players could only continue the game with indignation and continue to attack.
However, Nelson's Hoffenheim backline was solid and did not make any low-level mistakes, and with the excellent play of goalkeeper Ozcan, Hamburg failed to score another goal until the end of the first half.
The two sides went into the break with a score of 1-1, with Hoffenheim with a relaxed expression and Hamburg with a heavy face.
At halftime, commentators, reporters and fans from various TV stations agreed that it was impossible for Hamburg to turn the tables.
Against Hoffenheim, who has a nuclear weapon like Lu Wenbin, it is almost impossible to score three goals of his own while not allowing Hoffenheim to score.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Hamburg still want to continue scoring goals to equalize, even if it is extra-time.
However, while trailing by three goals forced them to step up their attacking efforts, the backline also exposed more gaps and holes.
Hamburg attacked themselves for more than ten minutes without scoring, but Hoffenheim scored again.
In the 58th minute, Hoffenheim attacked, but Lu Wenbin did not participate, but took defender De Jong and central defender Boateng out of the forbidden area, leaving Eduardo with a gap in the middle.
Eduardo made a one-two with Paldic at the edge of the penalty zone and went into the zone, then made a fake shot and a real pass to shake off the rest of the defenders and goalkeeper before passing the ball into the corner of the small zone.
Buck, unmarked full-back, burst into the no-go-out zone and fired a furious shot into the corner of the six-bar zone to slot-in-the-back into the back of the net.
Goalkeeper Rost, who was shaken by Eduardo, was unable to save and could only watch in despair as the ball went into the net.
Then, the referee circled his finger and blew the whistle for the goal to be valid!
It was definitely a goal that killed the suspense of the game!
So when Baker kicked the ball into the goal, he turned and rushed to the sidelines in ecstasy, and came to a fierce kneeling celebration.
However, he didn't grasp his posture well, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground halfway through, and was pressed under him by Lu Wenbin and others who chased him over, and stacked Arhats to celebrate.
The commentators of the various TV stations in the commentary box announced the death sentence of the Hamburg team, and Hoffenheim must have advanced to the final.
After Hoffenheim scored their second away goal and Hamburg scored only one, there will be no extra-time and penalty shoot-outs in this semi-final, and it will certainly be decided in 90 minutes.
Even with stoppage time, there were only 30 minutes before the end of the game.
6-2 on aggregate, Hoffenheim led Hamburg by four goals, and Hoffenheim had two away goals, while Hamburg had one.
Therefore, Hamburg want to knock out Hoffenheim, and they will have to score five goals in the remaining 30 minutes to do so.
Hamburg may be able to play amateur teams, but Hoffenheim, who are the first in the Bundesliga, will certainly not be able to do so.
Looking at the score and the rest of the time, not only the reporters and commentators, but also the Hamburg team's own players and fans gave up.
The players stared blankly at the Hoffenheim players who were celebrating profusely, and did not stand up to protest that Hoffenheim had been celebrating for too long.
The Hamburg home fans in the stands were also silent, no boos or cheers, only thousands of Hoffenheim fans who came with the team jumped and jumped in the corner, as if it were a holiday.
In the end, the referee couldn't watch it anymore and stepped forward to remind the Hoffenheim players that it was time to end the celebration and start the game again, and Lu Wenbin and others returned to their own half to let the Hamburg team kick off again.
Beck's goal shattered everyone's hopes for Hamburg, and everyone became listless when the game resumed.
Even if he dribbled the ball to the front, he hurriedly ended the attack with a long-range shot, and he had no desire to organize the attack and equalize the score.
Seeing this, Ralph replaced both Lu Wenbin and Salihovic in preparation for the next league championship.
On the Hamburg side, head coach Joel also knows that even if he is dying and scoring two goals in the current situation, it is useless, so it is better to save his strength for the league.
As a result, Joel has also started to make substitutions, and has made two key players in a row to save the league for European qualification next season.
For the next few minutes, the Hamburg team had no desire to fight, and Hoffenheim didn't want to push people too far, so everyone tacitly dragged the time to the end of the 90 minutes.
Then, without giving a minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Hoffenheim defeated their rivals Hamburg 2-1 away and 6-2 on aggregate over two legs to qualify for the final of the last UEFA Cup.
Hoffenheim and Shakhtar Donetsk will face off on May 20 at the Turkish Super League's Fenerbahçe's home stadium at the Saraggio Stadium in Istanbul for the final UEFA Cup title.