In the final minutes, Hamburg had no intention of continuing to attack, and they were not confident that they would be able to score the back of the net.

As soon as stoppage time arrived, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the 17th round of the Bundesliga finally came to an end, with Karlsruhe taking three points after a 2-0 win over third-placed Hamburg before the winter break.

In this round of games, Bayern Munich drew away to Hertha Wooberlin and only won one point, and currently has 40 points. Karlsruhe, on the other hand, is second with 38 points, just two points away from Bayern.

Hamburg lost to Karlsruhe in the final round and still finished fourth with 33 points. Schalke 04 beat Nuremberg 2-1, and after winning three points, they currently have 34 points, one point ahead of Hamburg, and are in third place.

Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg also scored three points, with 30 and 28 points respectively, ranking fifth and sixth.

After the halfway, Bayern Munich is still in first place, but their advantage is not very large, and Karlsruhe is very close to catch up.

But none of this has anything to do with the players, and now that the league is halfway through, they can finally enjoy the winter break.

After so much hard work, this holiday season is the happiest time for them. The day after the game, the club gave the players bonuses for the half season, and then Becker announced a winter break.

Wu Feng and Zhang Cheng were very busy during this winter break, and Wu Feng spent the last winter break in training, so this time he can spend this Christmas while busy.

But before that, there was the League Cup draw before Christmas. The UEFA Cup is similar to the Champions League in that it is played in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA.

Karlsruhe club presidents Thaler and Becker rushed to UEFA headquarters on the afternoon of the second day of the tournament for the draw for the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup.

The draw conditions for the UEFA Cup are similar to those for the Champions League, and they also follow the principle that teams from the same country or region do not meet, and the top teams in the group stage do not meet.

Karlsruhe qualified for the round of 32 by finishing second in Group A in the group stage of several UEFA Cup games between September and December, with Everton topping the group.

In Group A, Everton won all but two draws with Karlsruhe, so they are in first place.

Karlsruhe, on the other hand, is a three-game draw, so he is slightly second in the qualifiers, which worries Coach Becker. Unexpectedly, although his team did not lose, it could only win the second place, and the strength of Everton in the Premier League is different, and Everton's strength in the Premier League is just average.

However, Becker would prefer to finish third in the group if possible, as they will face a third-placed team from the Champions League group stage in accordance with the draw for the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup.

Every earthling knows that even the team that plays in the Champions League is stronger than the team that plays in the League Cup, and to become third in the group, you only need to avoid the toughest.

If he becomes the second in the group, it will not be easy to draw the third place in the Champions League, and Becker can only pray that Karlsruhe can draw a weaker team. However, his wish is estimated to be in vain, with strength, Karlsruhe is almost the weakest, and to achieve the current results, most of them rely on Wu Feng's magical performance.

Now which team in Europe doesn't know, Karlsruhe mainly relies on Wu Feng's strong goalkeeping skills. Most of the rest of the players are only second-rate in the world, and as long as they break through Wu Feng's goal, Karlsruhe will basically lose.

However, when Karlsruhe's opponents came out, the club's presidents, Thaler and Becker, changed their faces, what were they afraid of, what to come, Karlsruhe's opponent in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup was Benfica.

Benfica FC has been around for more than 100 years and has had a great run of results over the past 100 years. Benfica has the largest number of fans in Portugal and the highest number of members in the Portuguese Super League, with almost all Portuguese cities having "Benfica House".

On November 10 last year, Benfica was considered the club with the most paying members in the world with more than 160,000 paying members, and they were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records!

As of the summer of 2007, they have won 31 Portuguese top-flight titles, 27 Portuguese Cups, 2 UEFA Champions Leagues and 2 UEFA Champions League runners-up.

Although Benfica has gradually declined since 2000, it is not something that a small team like Karlsruhe can compete against.

So when the round of 32 opponents in the League Cup came out, there was no choice but Becker's disappointed face. At this moment, almost all fans in Karlsruhe are feeling disappointed, and at this moment almost all fans are watching tonight's draw.

Soon the opponents of the top 32 were drawn this time, and then the opponents of the top 16. Karlsruhe and Benfica are in Group 16 and they have been drawn to the third group, which means that either Karlsruhe or Benfica will win the match, they will face the winner of Group 3.

At this time, the opponents of several teams in the Bundesliga also came out, Bayer Leverkusen was in the second group, and the opponent was Galatasaray. Werder Bremen are in Group 5 against Braga. Bayern Munich are in Group 11 against Aberdeen FC. Hamburg are in Group 12 against FC Zurich.

Of the few Bundesliga teams, only Karlsruhe's opponent is sad, which makes Wu Feng feel helpless, and luck is really hard to say.

"Brother Feng, is this the end? What is our opponent in the UEFA Cup next year? Is the opponent powerful? Zhang Cheng felt that this draw was not a big deal, it was a little different from what he thought, and he didn't remember the name of his opponent Benfica.

Wu Feng rolled his eyes helplessly when he heard this, and was speechless at Zhang Cheng, a simple-minded guy, and said, "It's Benfica!" The opponent was the strongest team in the Portuguese league and was once one of the best clubs in the world. It's just that it has gradually declined over the years, after all, the competitiveness of the Portuguese league is not as good as the Bundesliga, the Premier League, and La Liga. As a result, their competitiveness has also diminished. ”

However, he understood Zhang Cheng's personality and continued: "Don't get carried away, you kid, you won this time, and Van der Vaart in the Hamburg team is just an ordinary genius. In Benfica, there are still many players, not weaker than Van der Vaart, if you are careless and cause you to lose, I will not spare you. ”