Chapter 175: The Last League Cup
Karl Benz Stadium, in the 78th minute, Demba Ba's shot was saved by Stuttgart goalkeeper Levin and fell right in front of Lu Wenbin, who ran to the point.
It was a follow-up shot less than 10 meters from the goal, which was too simple for Lu Wenbin.
Before defender Bolaruz, who hurriedly fell to the ground to tackle the ball and tried to destroy, tackled the ball, Lu Wenbin poked his toe and easily kicked the ball into the goal.
Then, Lu Wenbin was brought to the ground by Bolaruz who tackled. However, he was unscathed.
Seeing the ball into the goal, Lu Wenbin turned over and got up, rushed to the stands where Hoffenheim fans gathered, raised his hands and waved his fists in celebration, causing the fans in the stands to scream with excitement.
Lu Wenbin has more and more fans among the fans, and his influence is getting bigger and bigger, and his every move can affect the hearts of many people!
Commentator Custer excitedly shouted: "Toooooooooor, Lu scored again, he scored another brace, it's amazing." You must know that this is the Bundesliga, not the Bundesliga, Lu Wenbin's goal efficiency is really terrifying. However, as a Hoffenheim fan, I hope that the more terrifying Lu is, the better! ”
The Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV also cheered and echoed: "Yes, the more terrifying Lu is, the better!" ”
After Lu Wenbin's goal, Hoffenheim led Stuttgart 3-0 and it was not long before the end of the game.
Therefore, there is no longer any problem in winning this game.
So, Ralph replaced Lu Wenbin with Weiss and played 442 instead.
Hoffenheim slowed down the tempo and tightened up their defence, and Stuttgart tried to score a goal, but in the end it didn't work out.
The final result was Hoffenheim's 3-0 home win over Stuttgart, with Lu Wenbin continuing to score a brace and Andres Baker scoring his first competitive goal since joining Hoffenheim.
In this game, Lu Wenbin got 2 goals of 20,000 + the team won 20,000 points, a total of 40,000 experience points reward, and the level of experience rose to level 13 148212/200,000.
The next day, after the last two league games, Hoffenheim continued to sit at the top of the Bundesliga standings with 12 points from four wins, while Hamburg was second with 10 points from three wins and one draw.
The third place was a bit of a surprise and turned out to be Bayern Munich.
After two consecutive draws in the first two league games, Bayern ushered in two consecutive wins, and because of goal difference, they overtook Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, who also have eight points, and ranked third.
Bayern really has a deep foundation and caught up in just a few games.
However, after this round of the league, everyone can't take care of the domestic league.
Even if Bayern recovers and soars to third place in the rankings, the promoted Maho Village continues to dominate the top of the standings, and Lu Wenbin's league goals have reached 9, it has not attracted large-scale coverage from the German media.
Because, all eyes are on the European competition between the fourth and fifth rounds of the league.
This season's European battlefields, especially in the UEFA Cup, Germany have not had many teams participating.
Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen were the top two teams in the Bundesliga last season and qualified directly for this season's Champions League group stage.
Schalke 04 finished third in the Bundesliga last season and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Champions League.
However, they were eliminated from the tournament after losing 4-1 on aggregate to Atletico Madrid over two legs in their qualifying match against La Liga Madrid.
According to the European format of the 2008/2009 season, Schalke 04 was relegated to the third round of the UEFA Cup qualifying round but did not go home completely, but was relegated to the third round of qualifying in the UEFA Cup.
Then, Hamburg and Wolfsburg, who finished fourth and fifth in the Bundesliga last season, went straight to the qualifying round of the third round of the UEFA Cup.
Hoffenheim won last season's DFB Cup and therefore qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup for the new season.
As mentioned earlier, Stuttgart finished sixth in the Bundesliga last season and although they did not qualify directly for the UEFA Cup, they qualified for the Toto Cup.
In the summer Toto Cup, Stuttgart managed to break through and reach the second round of qualification for the new season's UEFA Cup.
In the two legs of the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Cup, Stuttgart comfortably eliminated Giori FC from the Hungarian First Division with an aggregate score of 6-2 to advance to the third round of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
The Bundesliga now has two teams in the group stage of the Champions League and five teams in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
But that's not all.
Because UEFA also has a way to qualify for the first round of the UEFA Cup through the Fair Play Award.
Germany qualified for a UEFA Cup because of their overall civility, fewer fouls, fewer clashes and one of the highest Fair Play points in all of last season's European leagues.
And this qualification was awarded to Hertha Berlin with the highest fair play points in addition to the above-mentioned teams that have qualified for Europe.
Hertha Berlin then advanced to the second round with an aggregate score of 8-1 over two legs in the first round of the UEFA Cup qualifiers by beating Ortais FC from the Republic of Moldova First Division.
In the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Cup, Hertha Berlin advanced to the third round with a comfortable 3-0 win over Slovenian First Division side Interbrog over two legs.
In this way, in the European time between the fourth and fifth rounds of the league, in addition to Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen participating in the Champions League group stage, Germany has Schalke 04, Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim, Stuttgart, Hertha Berlin A total of six teams participated in the third round of the League Cup qualifying, which is the league with the most teams participating in the League Cup among all European countries, which is simply a mighty league.
The Champions League is full of strong teams, and the competition is too fierce, and no one dares to amplify words easily.
However, in this last edition of the League Cup, the lineup of as many as six teams in the Bundesliga made some German media even proudly shout the slogan of meeting the finals and winning the last League Cup.
Of course, this is only the third round of qualifying, and they have not yet reached the group stage, and the big media such as Bild and kickers will not shout like this, and it is the small media that shout these slogans.
But even the serious big media are extremely optimistic about the prospects of the Bundesliga team in this UEFA Cup.
It was in this atmosphere that on 16 September, the first three matches of the first leg of the third round of the League Cup qualifying round began at the same time.
After 90 minutes of play, Schalke 04 unsurprisingly beat Atletico Greeks in the Cypriot First Division 4-1 away, and Hertha Berlin also beat St Patrick from the Irish Premier League 2-0 at home to take the initiative in the second leg.
The rest of the games will not start until September 18, the next day.