In response to the media and fans unanimously saying that Hoffenheim is about to be eliminated from the competition, Ralph Rangnick said in an interview that those are nonsense.

Ralph Rangnick, a former coach of the Bundesliga, will never admit defeat in advance, even if he is currently in charge of the Bundesliga team, even if he faces the world's most famous Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

Ralph said Hoffenheim would definitely give Dortmund a glimpse of Hoffenheim's attacking firepower at the Wester.

If the head coach is like this, his players will naturally not be afraid before fighting.

Especially Lu Wenbin, in order to complete the system task of winning the league and cup doubles, open the hidden skill of "injury tendency", even if the opponent is the Bundesliga giants Dortmund, he has to fight for the last game and strive to win.

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

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

In the minds of all the media and fans, these statements are nothing more than Hoffenheim's dying throes before they die!

A country team ranked fifth in the Bundesliga, facing Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund away at the West** Stadium, is not a big loss to be considered what they can do.

However, the coaches and players within Hoffenheim's squad did not see it that way.

After a big deal from Dietmar Hoppe in the summer of 2007, Hoffenheim's strength on paper this season should actually be the best in the Bundesliga.

It's just that because there are too many reinforcements 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 began to exert their strength.

Hoffenheim have won five consecutive German Cup quarter-finals and four Bundesliga games in the second half of the season after the winter break.

Winning all five games, scoring 16 goals and conceding only three, the attacking firepower is fierce.

Hoffenheim are now only fifth in the Bundesliga standings, but they are only two points behind second-placed Mainz, and the whole team, including the manager, has absolute confidence that they will finish in the top three at the end of the season and get promoted to the first division.

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

Hoffenheim currently participates in only the German Cup, in addition to the Bundesliga.

Not to mention the champions, if Hoffenheim can reach the final of the German Cup, and the champions qualify for Europe through the Bundesliga, then the German Cup runners-up can qualify for next season's UEFA Cup.

At that time, Hoffenheim could qualify for the UEFA Cup in their first season in the Bundesliga.

When the time comes, you can not only play in the Bundesliga, but also in the UEFA Cup, which is really desirable!

Especially for some of the veteran players who were still playing in the Bundesliga last season, European competition is really tempting for them, and there are definitely plenty of reasons to go all out.

After all, there are only three games left in the German Cup. If you give it your all, Hoffenheim still have a chance to make it to the final.

Therefore, when the media and other fans thought that it was best to give up if Hoffenheim knew each other and left their energy in the Bundesliga to ensure promotion was the best choice, the whole Hoffenheim team was ready to go to Dortmund away.

The only thing that is more frustrating is that the main striker and captain Salihovic was injured in training and was unable to play in the crucial German Cup quarter-finals.

Salihovic is quite comprehensive in terms of organising attacks, intercepting and defending, assists, free kicks, penalties, etc.

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

However, this does not change the determination of Ralph and the team to play a game against Dortmund at the West** Stadium and go all out to win.

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

The two matches on February 26 will be Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund vs Bundesliga side Hoffenheim and the other Bundesliga side Stuttgart vs Bundesliga side Jena.

On 25 February, the Hoffenheim team arrived in Dortmund, more than 300 kilometres away, a day ahead of schedule.

After a day's rest, at 7 p.m. on the evening of February 26, with the referee's whistle, the 2007/2008 DFB Cup quarter-final Dortmund vs Hoffenheim match officially began.

Facing the Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund, Ralph Rangnick did not stick to his 433 attacking formation in this game, and changed to a more balanced 442 formation.

Among them, four midfielders played a diamond position.

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

Lu Wenbin and Ibisevic partnered with two strikers, Ibisevic mainly played for Lu Wenbin and created opportunities for Lu Wenbin to shoot, and Lu Wenbin was responsible for the final blow in the penalty area.

However, at Wester, Hoffenheim were in a passive situation for the first ten minutes.

In this German Cup match against the "weak team" Hoffenheim in the German Second Division, Dortmund also came to more than 60,000 fans. In addition to the corner seats, more than 60,000 fans almost filled the West** 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 gathered there stood the whole time and gave the home team a huge cheer with their best physical strength, and also sent a huge boo to the away team.

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

Because when people are standing, they are more energetic and powerful than when they are sitting, and the applause, screams, boos, and noises are louder and longer.

With a full 25,000 fans standing the whole time, they alone were enough to terrify the away players who had never been to the stadium.

Coupled with the cooperation of tens of thousands of fans in the other stands, there is a real possibility that the timid players will not be able to walk in this stadium.

Hoffenheim, of course, no one can't walk, but in the targeted boos and noise of tens of thousands of fans on the other side, it is inevitable that the technical movements will be deformed and the strength will not be played well within the first ten minutes.

So, in the 11th minute, Hoffenheim had not yet had a chance to shoot, and Dortmund had already scored a goal through No. 9 striker Nelson Valdés, and Dortmund led Hoffenheim 1-0.

The moment Valdés scored, the entire Westfield exploded.

The applause, screams, and cheers from tens of thousands of Dort's fans soared into the sky, making people awe-inspired.

PS: The list of Dortmund's 07/08 season squad has been checked for two days and has not been found, and finally found in a post on the bar, and it is necessary to comprehensively speculate on the starting list of Dortmund in the German Cup 1/4 game at that time according to various information, which made me a little dizzy. Plus the plot is also a bit of a cardin.,So I didn't write it out to update it until now.,I'm just updating this chapter today.,I'm sorry everyone.。