In the first half, Hoffenheim led Schalke 04 2-0 at home with Lu Wenbin's brace, occupying the opportunity to win and advance.

However, Schalke 04, who is unwilling to be eliminated, will not surrender and admit defeat, even if it is already 0-2 behind.

They also exploited the holes in Compel's and Jankel's new centre-back combination to attack and scored a goal in the 42nd minute to make it 2-1 with Hoffenheim one goal ahead.

The two sides then went into halftime with that scoreline.

In the second half, Lu Wenbin continued to run widely, but the forehead impact in the first half still affected Lu Wenbin's feeling of kicking.

In the 73rd minute, Lu Wenbin had a shot in the forbidden area, but although he dodged Neuer's save, he hit the post and bounced back into the forbidden area, and was cleared by the opponent's defender.

Lu Wenbin thought that he could score this goal, but he didn't expect it to deviate a little bit in the end, which made Lu Wenbin realize that the forehead injury still affected some of his shooting feelings.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin began to consciously bring the two Schalke defenders Ernst and Kelstajic who followed him to both sides, leaving a gap in the middle for Eduardo, Copado, Paljic, Demba Ba and others.

In the 84th minute, Lu Wenbin received the ball on the corner of the big forbidden area on the left side and made the appearance of breaking into the forbidden area, which attracted Ernst, who was marking Lu Wenbin, to rush into the forbidden area in advance to block it, but Lu Wenbin passed the ball to the top of the arc of the big forbidden area.

Eduardo received a pass from Lu Wenbin and made a shot on goal, which once again attracted the attention of most people, shaking Neuer and the Schalke defenders in the forbidden zone, leaving Demba Ba, who rushed into the forbidden zone on the other side, completely unguarded.

So, Eduardo, who faked the real pass, pushed the ball and passed the ball to the corner of the small forbidden area on the other side.

Demba Ba, who rushed into the forbidden zone from the right, volleyed the ball unguarded, and the ball went straight to the near end of the goal, and Neuer, who was shaken by Eduardo, reacted quickly and still pounced on the ball, but did not save.

Demba Ba's shot was fast and powerful, and although the ball was touched by Neuer's fingertips, it still rolled towards the goal.

The ball finally bounced off the inside post and rolled into the net.

In the 84th minute, Eduardo's assist and Demba Ba's goal helped Hoffenheim lead Schalke 04 3-1.

With a two-goal lead and little time left, Ralph replaced Lu Wenbin, who had a forehead injury, with Weiss, and switched to 442 to start balancing the defense.

Although there were no goals and no assists in the second half, the fans still gave Lu Wenbin a warm applause and paid tribute to the new captain who was slightly injured and could not get out of the firing line.

In the end, Hoffenheim managed to hold the score 3-1 to the end, beating Schalke 04 3-1 at home to advance to the semi-finals of the 2008/2009 German Cup.

Lu Wenbin also won 2 goals 4000+ wins 4000, a total of 8000 points of experience in the German Cup single-game reward, experience rose to level 15 861,000/1 million.

After the game, Lu Wenbin's injury touched the hearts of many Hoffenheim fans and his fans.

Fortunately, after a more detailed examination, it was confirmed that Lu Wenbin was only a skin injury, and there was nothing wrong, so everyone was relieved.

In addition to Lu Wenbin's injury, the outside media and fans are also concerned about Hoffenheim's situation in this game when the injured soldiers are still doing their best.

Is this a fight for the German Cup?

To this question, Ralph, who has already advanced to the semi-finals of the German Cup, gave an affirmative answer.

After the German Cup, where all matches are decided, there are only one semi-finals and one final left before the championship, how can any team say that they don't want to win the championship after advancing to the semi-finals?

That doesn't fool anyone.

After reaching the semi-finals of any game, it is impossible to talk about giving up, even if it is Ralph and others who were willing to give up.

After all, it is a championship title, even if the team won it last season, the coaching staff can only start to do their best to plan for the semi-finals and finals, and strive to win the championship in the end.

Therefore, for the German Cup, Ralph gave reporters an affirmative answer, Hoffenheim will definitely fight for the championship.

However, for the League Cup, Ralph put smoke bombs, claiming that Hoffenheim, who is now full of wounded soldiers, has no ability to go hand in hand on three fronts, so he can only give up the League Cup.

If you can numb the opponent in the next game, it will be the best.

What Ralph didn't know was that his remarks did deceive Zenit St. Petersburg, the opponent of the 1/8 finals.

After all, the UEFA Cup has only entered the 1/8 finals, and it is a home-and-away double round-robin, and it is indeed far from the championship.

Hoffenheim, who are full of injuries, now have to compete not only for the league title, but also for the German Cup, and it is impossible to say how to juggle the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, the coaches of Zenit St. Petersburg players who saw the news were overjoyed, thinking that they would pick up a bargain and easily advance to the last eight of this season's League Cup.

Although training and preparation are going on as usual, the coaches and players are indeed a little lax in their psychological attention.

Three days after the match with Schalke 04, Hoffenheim ushered in the 23rd round of the Bundesliga.

Because the next game is the first leg of the 1/8 final of the UEFA Cup, Ralph has rotated a lot of people in this league against Werder Bremen.

Centre forward Palgic was replaced by Sanogo, striker Demba Ba was replaced by the returning Obasi, forward Copado was replaced by Tebel, and defender Sotrau was replaced by Ibertsberg.

Only Lu Wenbin is still the main force that cannot be beaten.

With so many people in the midfield and midfield, it naturally reduced the team's attacking power.

Fortunately, Eduardo and Lu Wenbin, who cooperated the most tacitly, were still on the field, and with a small cooperation between the two in the 59th minute of the second half, Lu Wenbin assisted Eduardo to score Hoffenheim's only goal after faking a real pass.

And in this game, Comper played very well, withstood the attack of Werder Bremen, and did not let the opponent score a single goal with the help of his teammates.

Compel is getting better and better at centre-back.

In the end, Lu Wenbin only had one assist and did not score, and Hoffenheim only won a small 1-0 victory at home, but finally got three points.

However, even if the three-point goal victory is small, Hoffenheim will pay a lot of price.

Obasi, who started for the first time after his comeback, not only did not play, but also did not stick to the whole game, and suffered another muscle strain in the 74th minute, and was diagnosed after the game and needed to recuperate for at least a month.

That said, but his stubborn disease of repeated muscle strain, everyone has lost much hope, and it is estimated that like Ibisevic, he will not be able to contribute to the team by the end of the season.