Chapter 369: Opening Three Plate Axes

Losing the game and not scoring a single away goal, Hoffenheim was depressed.

Bayern Munich's overall level and individual strength of the players are indeed much stronger than Lyon, and when they pulled down their faces to fight back and counterattacked, even Lu Wenbin lost his effect.

However, Hoffenheim is not comfortable, and Bayern Munich is not much easier.

According to historical statistics, the Champions League knockout round has a small defeat away by one goal, and the chance of a home comeback in the second leg is almost half.

In other words, although Hoffenheim lost the first leg, it was only a small one-goal loss, and the probability of advancing after they returned to their home stadium in the second leg is still very high, close to 50%.

Naturally, Bayern Munich will not have an easy time.

The difference between home and away still has a great impact on the overall performance of the team.

In this game, Bayern's backline and goalkeeper played so well, and the successful clean sheet against Lu Wenbin also had a lot to do with their Allianz game.

In the next round, go to the Rhein Neckar Arena to play, and the identities of both sides will be dropped.

In his post-match press conference, Ralph also reiterated the point, claiming that losing away from home is not the end of the world and that Hoffenheim will definitely beat Bayern Munich at home in the second leg to reach the final.

Lu Wenbin also received the focus of reporters, asking him whether he was in a decline in form if he did not score a goal in this game, and whether he was confident that Hoffenheim could advance in the second leg.

Lu Wenbin first satirized Bayern Munich's bus tactics in this game, and then said that he would definitely score and lead the team to defeat Bayern after returning to home in the second leg.

Back at home, Hoffenheim put in the thick of training in preparation for the second leg semi-final.

Although I thought that Bayern might play a defensive counterattack, I didn't expect that Bayern's identity and status would be so thorough.

Therefore, Hoffenheim in the semi-finals of the first leg did not come up with any way to break the dense defense.

After Lu Wenbin's dribbling breakthrough and free kick were dumbfounded, Hoffenheim did not score a goal and lost away from home.

Therefore, before the second leg, Ralph had to come up with a set of tactics to break down the dense defense and do a lot of training to familiarize his players with the new tactics.

In addition to running, dribbling, and breakthroughs, Lu Wenbin's header battles, passing assists, etc., have all become part of Hoffenheim's training during this time.

Lu Wenbin's header and passing attributes are both 13/13, which is certainly not excellent, but occasionally playing extraordinarily may not be able to help Hoffenheim break through Bayern Munich's goal.

Naturally, you have to practice well.

Having lost the first leg, Hoffenheim was indeed cornered.

Fortunately, they have already won the Bundesliga ahead of schedule and can devote all their energy to preparing for the Champions League.

Bayern Munich, on the other hand, will compete with Schalke 04 for second place in the league.

Because although the Bundesliga has three Champions League places, the third place will play in the play-offs, and Bayern Munich naturally wants to take the second place to play directly in the main match instead of playing the play-offs.

Therefore, they can't give up the league and go all out to prepare for the 32nd round of the league after playing the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Hoffenheim were much more relaxed, with Ralph keeping the vast majority of the main players who were ready to start the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at the training base, with only the majority of the substitutes and a few key players to the 32nd round of the league.

On April 23, in the 32nd round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim, who played most of the substitute lineup, drew 1-1 with Hamburg at home, and the league points increased by only one point.

However, for Hoffenheim, who have already won the title, it doesn't matter if they win or lose, the fans don't care, and the home stands aren't even full.

Lu Wenbin came off the bench near the 80th minute of the second half to find the feeling of the game and failed to score.

After this league game, Hoffenheim really entered the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

At 19:45 on the evening of April 27, with more than 30,000 fans cheering at home, the second leg of the 2009/2010 Champions League semi-finals Hoffenheim home vs Bayern Munich officially began at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.

Louis van Gaal is a well-known coach, and after the surprise use of counter-attacking tactics in the last game, this game used a surprising attacking move.

Hoffenheim thought that Bayern Munich, who had kept a clean sheet in the last game and were leading on aggregate, would continue to fight back in this game.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich actively attacked and almost let Hoffenheim, who was caught off guard, lose the goal.

In the 4th minute, Robben, who had a fresh move and ate all over the world, hit a beautiful curling ball after breaking through the inside cut on the side and went straight to the far corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Ozjan had already surrendered, but Robben's shot bounced off the post with a "bang" and bounced back into the no-go zone, which was kicked off the touchline by centre-back Nelsson.

Bayern Munich almost scored in the opening kick-off of the away game, scaring everyone at Hoffenheim.

Actually, it's also very understandable.

For Bayern Munich, although they kept a clean sheet against Lu Wenbin in their last game, Lu Wenbin's personal ability is too perverted, and they are not sure that they can continue to keep a clean sheet against Lu Wenbin in this game.

So, their 1-0 aggregate score is not safe.

Because they didn't allow Hoffenheim to score away in their last game, if they can score a goal in this game, it will be a top two away goal.

As long as they score one goal, Hoffenheim will have to score at least three goals to outscore them on aggregate.

Therefore, Bayern Munich's opening attack was a matter of course.

Thankfully, Arjen Robben was out of luck and Ozcan did well, making two consecutive saves from Ribery in the immediate aftermath to keep the net in the back of the net.

After the opening fifteen minutes of the three-board axe failed to work, Bayern Munich quickly retracted their own half and began to strengthen their defense, resuming the first leg between the two sides.

Hoffenheim was finally able to press aggressively.

This time, not only Lu Wenbin, but also Hoffenheim others have stepped up the number of long-range shots and low crosses.

In the 12th minute, Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point of Salihovic's bottom cross in the forbidden area and almost headed the ball into the goal.

In the 18th minute, Eduardo drew the attention of two players on the edge of the big ban zone and sent the ball to the other side, but Ibisevic's long-range shot flew high over the crossbar.

In the 23rd minute, Lu Wenbin's own long-range shot from outside the forbidden area almost penetrated Bayern's goal.

Had it not been for Bout's brilliant performance and the save on the ball, Hoffenheim would have scored.

However, even if there is no goal yet, if it continues like this, Hoffenheim will score sooner or later.

After all, this is their home stadium and have been training for a week against Bayern's dense defence.

It will be difficult for Bayern Munich to hold on to the 1-0 score until the end of the game by defending and counterattacking.

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