The next day, the Hoffenheim team flew back to Germany.

At Frankfurt Airport, when captains Salihovic and Lu Wenbin walked out of the airport with the Bertoni Cup, they were cheered by thousands of Hoffenheim fans who greeted the team at the airport.

The team then returned to Sinsheim on the team's bus to celebrate the UEFA Cup at the Town Square, where the Bundesliga title was celebrated last time.

The bus was followed by hundreds of fans and dozens of domestic and foreign media interviews.

The fans drove from Frankfurt to Sinsheim with the Hoffenheim flag on their cars, honking their horns to celebrate along the way, which was the envy of the Frankfurt fans.

Back in Sinsheim, 100,000 fans in the Municipal Square shouted "We are European champions" as Salihovic appeared on the balcony on the second floor of the Municipal Building with the Bertoni Cup in hand.

The Hoffenheim revelry lasted a whole day before it gradually dissipated.

Ralph then gave most of his main players, including Lu Wenbin, two days off before returning to training on May 24 for the final German Cup final of the season.

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It just so happens that May 23 is Lu Wenbin's birthday, and he should be 19 years old.

When there was no competition before, Kate drove Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui around to play, and when there was a game, she followed Kate to the scene to cheer for Lu Wenbin.

Now that Lu Wenbin is on vacation, Kate invited Lu Chongxin and his wife to her home as guests. At the same time, the two families also celebrated Lu Wenbin's birthday together.

It just so happened that Lu Chongxin and his wife were also full of curiosity about the Dietford town that their son had said.

So I accepted Kate's invitation, and on May 22, the family drove to Dietfort together to be a guest at Kate's house.

At Dietfort, Mr. and Mrs. Lu were warmly welcomed not only by Kate's parents, but also by all the citizens of the town.

Now everyone knows that Lu Wenbin is the boyfriend of Kate, the daughter of Mayor Dieterford, a professional player at Hoffenheim, and has just won the Bundesliga and League Cup doubles, and has also set many football records that are beyond reach.

Therefore, everyone admires Lu Wenbin very much, and naturally respects Lu Wenbin's parents.

What's more, the citizens of this town themselves are naturally full of affection for the Chinese.

After staying in Germany for more than ten days, the old couple could not speak German and English, and could not communicate with the Germans.

If it weren't for Kate's accompaniment, if it weren't for waiting to see their son win the triple crown, the old couple would have fled back to China long ago.

Now suddenly coming to a place where most people in the town can speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and use chopsticks, the old couple suddenly felt a little happy, and did not want to go back to their residence in Rhine Nekar County with Lu Wenbin.

In the end, everyone discussed, and let Lu Chongxin and his wife stay in Dietfort to play, Kate stayed with them, and Lu Wenbin went back to the club to participate in training by himself.

When the German Cup final began, Kate took the old couple to the scene with her parents and younger brother to cheer for Lu Wenbin and witness the treble of Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin!

Therefore, after his birthday at noon on May 23 and the two families ate Lu Wenbin's birthday banquet together, Lu Wenbin said goodbye to his parents and girlfriend in the afternoon and drove back to the club by himself.

It was also on May 23 that Ralph took on Schalke 04 away with a team composed of most of the substitutes and a few main players.

It was Hoffenheim's last Bundesliga game of the season.

Hoffenheim, who played with the majority of the substitutes, lost 1-2 away to Schalke 04 without a surprise and lost all three league games with 73 points from winning the championship three rounds in advance.

Of course, no one cares whether Hoffenheim wins or loses the last three rounds, and everyone knows that Hoffenheim's final game is focused on the UEFA Cup and German Cup finals.

Now, although the UEFA Cup is in hand, there is still a German Cup final, and Hoffenheim lost to Schalke 04 with most of the substitutes at all.

Because they want to keep the main players alive to play in the German Cup final.

In order to prevent tacit balls, all matches in the final round of the league started at the same time and ended almost at the same time.

In addition to Hoffenheim, who had already won the championship early and gave up the game, 10th-ranked Werder Bremen also gave up the game in order to participate in the German Cup final, losing 1-5 to Wolfsburg away, which was a big defeat.

However, there are no relegation worries anyway, and it is understandable that Bremen will abandon this away game and keep the main players for the German Cup match against Hoffenheim.

As a result, Wolfsburg secured second place in the league with a big win, two points ahead of third-placed Bayern Munich, and like Hoffenheim, they directly qualified for next season's Champions League group stage.

Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga hegemon, conceded too many points at the beginning of the first half of the season, and although they fought hard to catch up, they could only finish third and have to start from the play-offs.

Fortunately, with the strength of Bayern Munich, there is basically no need to worry about not being able to break through from the play-offs.

On the contrary, it is the teams of other leagues that will be unlucky if they meet Bayern in the play-offs.

Stuttgart and Hertha Berlin finished fourth and fifth, respectively, and qualified for the restructured Europa League.

There is also a Europa League qualification that was supposed to be allocated to the German Cup winners, but Hoffenheim, who played in the German Cup final, have already qualified for Europe through the league title.

So, regardless of whether the other team can beat Hoffenheim to win the German Cup, they will definitely qualify for the Europa League.

Of course, no one went to the final to finish runner-up.

Even if the outside world commented that Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim have a huge difference in strength, they will be stumbling with Hoffenheim in the German Cup final.

The league has come to an end, and the final of the German FA Cup is now the final of the German Football Association Cup, which will be played between Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen on May 30.

On 24 May, the Hoffenheim squad resumed training and began preparations for the German Cup final in preparation for their treble.

However, before Hoffenheim achieved their own minor treble, another team had already achieved their big treble.

On 27 May 2009, Barcelona won the 2008/2009 Champions League with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi beating defending champions Manchester United 2-0.

Coupled with the Copa del Rey and La Liga titles, Barcelona has become Spain's first "treble" team.

This is the supreme and most valuable treble in European football, and the treble that Hoffenheim wants to fight for can only be regarded as a small treble.

Because the gold content of the League Cup championship is too far from the Champions League!

So, in the next few days, the world was immersed in the discussion of Barcelona's treble and Dream Three Dynasty, and Hoffenheim's upcoming junior treble has been left in the corner by the media and fans.

This kind of treatment makes Lu Wenbin, who believes that he will definitely win the Champions League in the future, inevitably has feelings of envy and jealousy.

Fortunately, Hoffenheim will be able to play in the Champions League next season.

When the time comes, Lu Wenbin will definitely impress the world on the highest stage of European football!

Of course, it is only right to concentrate on preparing for the final of the German Cup and trying to win the small treble that Hoffenheim can currently achieve.