In the second half, after Lu Wenbin was replaced, Zenit St. Petersburg launched a Jedi counterattack.

After all, it is Zenit's home stadium, and they are more familiar with playing on this field. Therefore, in the 75th minute, Zenit still scored a goal through the cooperation of the front.

Since then, neither side has achieved anything.

Although Zenit scored one goal in each half to win the game with a score of 2-1, the aggregate score of 5-2 over the two legs still allowed Zenit to lose to Hoffenheim by a big score.

Hoffenheim knocked out defending champions Zenit St. Petersburg to advance to the last eight of this season's UEFA Cup.

In this League Cup, because the team lost, Lu Wenbin was only rewarded with 40,000 experience points for one goal, and the experience rose to 166,000 per 2 million at level 16.

That evening, the 1/8 finals of the League Cup were all over, and all three Bundesliga teams advanced to the top 8.

Hoffenheim's promotion was expected, Hamburg were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Galatasaray in the first leg, and Galatasaray Devils, who ran to Istanbul, Turkey, defeated their opponents 3-2 away in the second leg to win 4-3 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen, on the other hand, won 1-0 at home to Saint-Etienne in the first leg and drew 2-2 away in the second leg and advanced 3-2 on aggregate.

In this way, the Bundesliga team occupies three places in the top eight, which is still the league with the most teams among the five major leagues, and it seems that the probability of a German team winning the championship this season is really not small.

However, after the draw for the last eight of the League Cup the next day, the German media let out a sigh.

Because in addition to the group stage of the League Cup, only two draws were drawn in the knockout round. The first time is the round of 32 knockout rounds, which will determine the matchup situation of the 1/16 finals and the 1/8 finals at the same time, so the teams of the same country will avoid the draw.

However, in the second draw for the top 8, the matchups of the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals will be determined at the same time, so there is no rule for teams from the same country to avoid the draw.

Unfortunately, Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, both Bundesliga teams, were drawn together, and only one team will be sure to advance to the semi-finals.

And, more unfortunately, Hamburg is also in the same half as Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, even if Hamburg wins the opponent, it will meet the winner of Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen in the semi-finals, and the Bundesliga will definitely not be able to win the championship and runner-up.

This made some German media have to wonder if it was deliberately arranged by UEFA.

However, whether it is intentional or not, the matchup table has come out and cannot be changed, Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen and Hamburg can only try to beat their opponents and fight for themselves a ticket to the final.

As for the honor of German football, who can care so much at this time.

Just three days after the UEFA Cup match with Zenit St. Petersburg, Hoffenheim ushered in the 25th round of the Bundesliga against Hannover 96.

Fortunately, this is Hoffenheim's home stadium, and with the FIFA breakday coming up after this round of league games, it's time for the national teams to fight for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Although Hoffenheim is currently ranked first in the Bundesliga, it is widely believed that it is still the role of Lu Wenbin.

Therefore, there are not many internationals in the Hoffenheim team, and Ibisevic, Obasi, Nilsson and others, who should have been called up by the national team, are still recovering from injuries.

After this round of the league, most of the players in the team such as Lu Wenbin who do not have national team competition tasks can take a good rest.

So, at 15:30 on the afternoon of March 22, in the 25th round of the Bundesliga league with Hannover 96 at home, Hoffenheim played its main force and played an offensive battle with Hannover 96, which is currently ranked 13th in the Bundesliga and wants to take advantage of Hoffenheim's defensive loopholes to win away.

In the second minute of the opening game, Hannover 96 took advantage of the instability of the Hoffenheim back line to score a goal, which silenced the entire Rhein-Neckar Arena, and the home fans were a little stunned, only more than a thousand away fans cheered and screamed wildly.

But just a few minutes later, Lu Wenbin equalised with a hanging shot from outside the no-go zone, igniting the enthusiasm of the home fans.

Throughout the first half, the two sides were at a stalemate, with Lu Wenbin getting several shots but failing to score under the interference of the opponent's double marking, and Hannover 96 also failed to find the back of the net against Hoffenheim.

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

Shortly after the start of the second half, in the 53rd minute, in a corner kick from Hoffenheim, central defender Jankel jumped high in the forbidden area to head a corner kick from Salihovic into the opponent's goal, and Hoffenheim took the lead.

However, in the 76th minute, Hannover 96 equalized with another counter-attack and sent the ball into Hoffenheim's goal.

But the Hannover 96 players were happy for less than three minutes, Lu Wenbin attracted the attention of two or three players of the opponent and passed the ball to Eduardo, who assisted Eduardo, who returned to the starting line after the suspension and scored a long-range shot, Hoffenheim regained the lead.

The score was deadlocked until the end, and after the referee blew the final whistle, the score was 3-2 on the big screen, with Hoffenheim in front and Hannover 96 in the back.

Hannover 96 did take advantage of Hoffenheim's defensive instability to score 2 goals, but Hoffenheim scored 3 goals.

Among them, Lu Wenbin scored a goal and assisted Eduardo to score a long-range shot, and another goal was headed in by central defender Yankel in a corner.

Hoffenheim once again won all three points with a narrow one-goal victory, which made the rivals even more annoyed, thinking that Hoffenheim was really lucky.

In this game, Lu Wenbin got 1 assist, 5000 + 1 goal, 10,000 + 20,000 wins, a total of 35,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to level 16 201,000/2 million.

After all this round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim remain at the top of the table with 61 points, followed by Hertha Berlin and Wolfsburg.

Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga goals have also reached 38, and he is getting closer and closer to bomber Gerd Muller's record of 40 goals in a single season.

If you are lucky, Lu Wenbin will be able to tie with a brace in the next round of the league, and surpass it with a hat trick.

However, to see the next round of the league, we have to wait for more than ten days, and we have to wait for the end of the national team's world preliminaries.

During the league break, players who do not have national team assignments continue to train at the training base to enhance their coordination and save energy.

After a break of more than 10 days, on April 4, the league resumed with Hoffenheim away to Hamburg.

Considering that the next game is the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Werder Bremen, and it is also away.

Therefore, Ralph did not play the full main team in this league, but a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup.

Although Lu Wenbin wanted to score a goal to lead the team to win, but the away game and shooting luck were a little worse, and the substitute teammates were also a little weak, and in the end Lu Wenbin did not score a goal, and the team also lost to Hamburg with a score of 0-1 away.

Fortunately, second-placed Hertha Berlin also lost, and Hoffenheim continued to lead the second group with 61 points.

With fewer leagues remaining, Hoffenheim will have an advantage of about 10 points above the second group.

The even better news is that Obasi has returned to restorative training and looks to be doing well.

If Obasi's muscle strain does not recur, Hoffenheim's attacking line is still guaranteed.

Next, it is the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, and Hoffenheim will go to challenge Werder Bremen away.