Chapter 152: Bundesliga Round 30
After the German Cup final, there will be a week's rest before the 30th round of the Bundesliga match against Jena at home.
Therefore, Ralph gave the team a full three days off to give everyone a good rest, relax the nerves that have been tense after the winter break, and let the players enjoy the joy of winning the championship.
It wasn't until April 23 that the players returned to the training base and started their daily training.
The glory of the German Cup is a thing of the past, and fans can continue to indulge in the epic joy of winning the German Cup, but the team must calm down and prepare for the league.
Hoffenheim and Borussia Mönchengladbach now have 56 points, but Hoffenheim are top of the Bundesliga standings on goal difference.
If this ranking is maintained until the end of the season, Hoffenheim will win the Bundesliga and complete the league and cup double.
Although this league is not a first-class league, and the gold content of the double is much lower, it is still a rare honor.
Especially for a country club like Hoffenheim that has never even played in the second division before, let alone any championship honors, even if it is a second division champion, it is definitely worth the team's best to fight for.
Therefore, on the first day of training, Dietmar Hope made a rare appearance on the training ground to give a lecture, encouraging the players to keep up the good work, win the league title and complete the league and cup double.
Even Bayern Munich can beat them, and these opponents in the second division are naturally even more problematic.
What Hoffenheim had to overcome was the mentality of the team itself.
Hoffenheim, who have been fully integrated and cooperated tacitly, as long as they are not careless and arrogant, there is no doubt that they will win the second division championship.
In addition to verbal encouragement, Hope, who is not bad for money, naturally has a more realistic championship bonus to motivate everyone.
After the German Cup, everyone in the team had a large bonus on their salary cards.
This time, Hope promised a higher prize money for the Bundesliga 2 title than the German Cup.
Because, after this championship is won, it is not only a league championship, but also a double championship, promotion and other incidental honors and benefits.
After the boss left, the whole team enthusiastically devoted themselves to training.
In fact, even if Hope doesn't come to lecture, everyone's enthusiasm will not be low.
Although these players at Hoffenheim are all good, none of them have any decent honors.
The closest to honour is probably Obasi, who reached the final of the World Junior Championships in the Netherlands with Nigeria in 2005.
However, it is a pity that Nigeria met Argentina with Messi in the final, and lost to the opponent without surprise, only finishing second.
Against this backdrop, Hoffenheim's players are naturally hungry for glory, and a German Cup winner will not satisfy them.
What's more, there are good bonus incentives.
Lu Wenbin, who felt a sense of belonging to Hoffenheim at the Sinsheim Municipal Square and kissed the team emblem, was no exception and trained actively.
After winning the German Cup, Lu Wenbin received 1,000 points of 1,000 assists + 4,000 points + 4,000 points of winning for 1 assist, 2 goals + 4,000 points of winning, a total of 9,000 points of experience, and the level of experience rose to level 11 10,212/100,000.
At the same time, after winning the championship, Lu Wenbin also completed the task of winning the German Cup, obtaining a reward of 20,000 experience points and 10 skill points, the level experience rose to 30,212/100,000, and the balance of skill points increased to 11 points.
After spending 9 skill points to add 13/13 off-ball runs to 16/16, Lu Wenbin continued to keep the remaining 2 skill points.
If you upgrade to another level and get 10 skill points, Lu Wenbin will have 12 skill points, and then you can directly increase your off-ball running to the full value of 20/20.
When the time comes, the 20/20 off-ball run and the 20/20 shot on goal will definitely be the king of the penalty area, and Inzaghi and Van Nistelrooy will have to kneel in front of his two full attributes.
Even if it is not yet at full value, it is now just a 16/16 run without the ball, which has already surprised the coaches and teammates in training.
During the training match, it was already difficult for the team's substitute defenders to guard against Lu Wenbin, even if they were close to the defense, it was useless.
Because Lu Wenbin's insight into gaps is more powerful, using acceleration, deceleration, sudden turnback and running, etc., it is easy to pull out a short gap to catch the ball and shoot.
As long as the teammates who pass the ball can see Lu Wenbin's running position and cooperate to the point, Lu Wenbin's scoring five or six goals in a training match is as simple as eating and drinking.
Even if Lu Wenbin is replaced by a substitute lineup, his teammates are replaced by substitutes, and the defenders who defend him are replaced by the main lineup, Lu Wenbin can still run a lot of opportunities to shoot successfully.
Like in the German Cup final, Bayern Munich defender Otter and the back line were completely stared at, and the helplessness of the whole game could only rely on a surprise midfield hanging shot and a free kick to score a goal, and it was impossible for Lu Wenbin to appear.
Such a rate of progress made Hoffenheim's teammates and coaches simply cry out for perversion.
At the same time, everyone is more confident in winning the Bundesliga championship and winning the double.
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A few days later, on April 27, 2008, in the 30th round of the 2007/2008 Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim played Jena at home.
Hoffenheim, who had just won the German Cup, not only did all the villagers of Hoffenheim come out, the number of local fans in Sinsheim increased greatly, but also fans from nearby cities flocked to Hoffenheim like a pilgrimage to watch Hoffenheim's home games.
Therefore, the Hope Stadium, which has a capacity of only more than 5,000 people, cannot be installed at all, and fans who come late and have no tickets can only linger, unable to enter and enter, and reluctant to leave.
Fortunately, the city government was prepared, dispatched police to maintain order, and installed several loudspeakers outside, which were received by the on-site commentator, so that fans outside could also hear the commentator's live broadcast.
With the momentum of beating Bayern Munich to win the German Cup, Hoffenheim launched an unreasonable attack on Jena, who finished second from the bottom and lost 1-5 to Hoffenheim in the semi-finals of the German Cup, cheered on by nearly 20,000 fans inside and outside the stadium.
I had a week off, and I was full of strength, and my physical strength was very long.
Coupled with the confidence and strength that winning the German Cup brought to the players, and the lure of the double, Hoffenheim's attacking power in this game has been almost a notch higher than before.
The teammates are strong, and Lu Wenbin, who is already strong, and now he has risen by 3 points without the ball, is even more unstoppable.