Hoffenheim is going to play the semi-finals of the German Cup! If you win, you will enter the finals!!!! The game has not yet started, and the entire Huo Village and even the entire city of Sinsheim are ecstatic, this is a rare happy event in a century, it is indeed a hundred years, to be precise, 107 years. In 1899, a great Barcelona was born in world football, in fact, there was also a club in Germany, that is, Hoffenheim, but he was too small for anyone to know. In the more than 100-year history of this small club, Hoffenheim has been following the tide in the amateur league, like an unenterprising prodigal, and their greatest achievement is to win the Baden State Cup, which is equivalent to the championship of amateur competitions such as the Mayor's Cup held by a prefecture-level city in China, and it is estimated that the trophy is either copper-plated or aluminum-alloyed.

Unlike country clubs such as Waldorf and Sandhausen, which are still in the regional leagues, Hoffenheim has produced a great tycoon, Dietmar. Hoppe, who provided the country club with the money they needed to enter modern professional football, and Hoffenheim began his miracle journey, and 17 years later, Hoffenheim became the favourites to qualify for the Bundesliga, a professional team that could compete with Bundesliga teams for a ticket to the German Cup final.

During the three days of preparation at Hoffenheim, many people from Sinsheim drove to Hoffenheim to watch training. At least half of the people in Hoffenheim go to the stadium every day to watch the players train and cheer them on, at noon the tavern owner Chahead brought the players Turkish barbecue and fresh coffee for free, and guests from the far east also come to this remote village from time to time to see what kind of team their hero Li Huan is staying in. Many Chinese fans even think that Li Huan is here like eastern China to go to the central and western regions to support construction.

Stimulated by money, honour and fans, the enthusiasm of the Hoffenheim players was aroused, and they almost all competed for the first place in training, almost all of them played as if they were official games, in order to get a chance to start, because the bonuses of the main team and the substitutes in the German Cup are very different, and if they can really reach the final and win the championship, they will definitely receive a higher bonus than the annual salary of most players.

The German media have also built momentum for the semi-finals of the German Cup, among the four semi-final teams, Hoffenheim is the only German B team, and it is also the most legendary team, the media pays the most attention to them, German pay TV 2 specially invited Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick and Li Huan to do football programs, this is an honor for Hoffenheim, pay TV 2 has never been so favored by a German B team.

In this program, Rangnick talked about the reason and process of his joining Hoffenheim, and pointed out what his ideal Hoffenheim is like, Rangnick said: "Some people say that our style of play is too arrogant, which is good, because we play offensive football, but our attack is different from Barcelona, not because the quality of our players is not as good as Barcelona, but our offensive philosophy is different from Barcelona, Barcelona's philosophy is to control the ball and pass, my philosophy is to pass and press, it should be said that our style of play is very similar to Manchester United, It's simple, it's quick and straightforward, but it's not the same with Manchester United because we rarely pass long balls. We want to keep the ball at our feet more, which is physically demanding, so we train with the most intensity of any German team. However, in today's training is becoming more and more scientific, this style of play is the trend of football development, don't look at Italy won the World Cup last year, their style of play has fallen behind, do not change they will be more uncompetitive, and although the German team only won the third place, but Klinsmann's team's style of play is eye-catching, such a German team is the direction of the future development of German football......"

Here Rangnick is talking seriously and seriously about the future of football, while his henchman over there is openly with the beautiful anchor Lily in front of the TV audience. Holendel**, in fact, it's no wonder Li Huan. Originally, most of the TV hosts were dignified and elegant, and the other two hosts of pay TV station 2 were dressed very seriously and solemnly, but Hörendel, who was selected by the audience as the most beautiful sports hostess, was dressed very openly, and when April in Germany was still cold in spring, Hörendel appeared in a close-fitting long sweater and ultra-short hot pants. Li Huan couldn't turn his head to look elsewhere, it was needless to say that this embarrassment and awkwardness were at the beginning, but Li Huan was also a lewd person, seeing that the hostess had a good impression of him, and the meaning in his eyebrows was deep when he spoke, he calmly admired Horendel's thighs, anyway, he didn't look at it in vain.

This beautiful host is a supporter of Bayern and Cottages, she asked Li Huan about the German Cup and the league much, but asked Li Huan how he thought of Bayern Club's good impression of him, and whether she had a good relationship with Cottage Bush's Shao Jia, seeing that she meant a lot of things for Bayern and Cottages as a lobbyist.

Li Huan said that now he will not consider transferring, he wants to win the league championship for Hoffenheim, he and Shao Jia are friends, everyone is Chinese, used to eat together, Shao Jia went to Cottage after the distance is far, the time to get together is short.

Holendel didn't know if it was brainless or deliberate, and then asked Li Huan whether China or Germany was better, and after living in Germany for almost two years, Li Huan had any thoughts of joining German citizenship.

This is a very difficult question to answer, just like asking a man whether he loves his wife or his wife more, of course it is easy to answer behind the scenes, but it is difficult to answer in public. If Germany is good, the Chinese will definitely scold him for forgetting his ancestors, saying that China is good, and the Germans will definitely say that he takes Germany's salary but does not know gratitude.

Li Huan didn't answer positively, he smiled and said: "There is a place where I sometimes don't like it, sometimes I hate it, and sometimes I even hate and scold it, but when I think about where you want to go most when you get old, the place that comes to my mind must be it." That's China, I like to be free, I don't want to stay anywhere for the rest of my life, including China, but I will definitely go back to China when I'm old, Germany is very good, but most of everything here has nothing to do with me. ”

Li Huan's words made Holendel stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "What Mr. Li Huan said is amazing, Oriental thinking is always very strange, but I think that after Mr. Li Huan joins the German nationality, isn't it very good to represent the German team in the World Cup?" The German team always has more hope of winning the championship than the Chinese team, Podolski and Klose, they were originally Poles, but they all joined the German team. With all due respect, Mr. Li Huan has been refusing the call of the Chinese team, isn't it to join the German team? ”

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Miss Holendel, you think too much, for example, my rejection of Miss Lisa (another host) does not mean that I like you, Miss Holendel." ”

Holendel smiled amorous and said with a pun: "Is it because my charm is not enough?" ”

Li Huan laughed and said, "Where, it was Miss Holendel who made me ashamed of myself. ”

At this time, the other two hosts also saw that Holendel's interview looked a little ambiguous, and there happened to be a fan activity program, so they called Li Huan and Holendel over, which dispelled the more in-depth communication between the two people.

After the show was broadcast, Hoffenheim and the TV station didn't take it seriously, but soon some viewers complained that the female host was dressed too revealingly, and there was a suspicion of seducing stars, most of these people were Li Huan's female fans, they saw that Hörendel actually seduced his beloved star on public TV, and the vinegar jar suddenly overturned the ground, and there was a crusade on the Internet forum. However, there are also those who think that the protest audience and netizens are too petty, and that there is no need to make a fuss about it when it is cool and pleasing to the eye.

After this TV program was transmitted to China, Chinese female fans were also indignant, scolding German women for being shameless and daring to say such ambiguous words on TV stations. Holendel, who was originally okay, was spoiled by Chinese female fans and turned into a prodigal host like Cheryl.

Li Huan didn't have peace before going to Frankfurt to play, because the topic of the national team was very sensitive, he originally just played an analogy, and Holendel also meant to imply, isn't the German team good enough, but he didn't expect to make a storm in the city, several of his women called him to scold and warn, and even the gentle and considerate Gao Yuan Jundai called to say that he was a football star, and that pickled girls should not be soaked in public, so that Li Huan hated to hit his head against the wall.

Although the media in Frankfurt were not as enthusiastic about this important match as the Rheinneckar Zeitung, they also did a lot of related reports, but the main thing was to discuss whether Frankfurt should go all out in this game. The league has entered a critical time, the physical fitness of the players is almost to the limit, after playing a German Cup game in midweek, whether the players can ensure that the next league game still has full fitness, this no one dares to say, but the German Cup is such a game, after winning can wait until the end of the league and another opponent to compete for the championship, for 18 years without tasting the championship Frankfurt, this is a painful ordeal.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Frankfurter Neue Zeitung are some of the most influential newspapers in the region. Just like at home, there is competition between foreign news outlets, and this is also true when it comes to reporting on Eintracht Frankfurt. Ahead of the German Cup semi-final clash between Eintracht Frankfurt and Hoffenheim, both newspapers devoted considerable space to coverage.

"Eintracht Frankfurter News" believes that Hoffenheim has just achieved a crazy 22-game winning streak in the Bundesliga, and the strength has far surpassed the teams of the same level, and they must not be regarded as Bundesliga teams, but should be regarded as teams above the middle of the Bundesliga, and in order to prepare for the semifinals of the German Cup, Rangnick's team actually lost to Andahges away from home, which shows that they are determined to win this German Cup. There are only two results in this game, win or lose, and if you win, it is good, although the physical strength is not good, and it may be possible to win the next relegation battle with Bochum with this excitement. If you lose, your physical strength will decline, your fighting spirit will be worn out, and you are likely to be defeated. It's better to use a substitute to reach the final, but it's not bad to make it to the final and prepare for the league with all your might.

The Frankfurter Reviewer must disagree with the opponent, the reporter of the Frankfurter Reviewer believes that Frankfurt reached the final of the German Cup last season, and in the end it was also relegated, and now it is one step away from the final but gave up, if the league loses again, it is not to be empty-handed, Frankfurt has twice stood in front of the threshold of the final, this time there is only one giant team in the top four, Stuttgart, but Stuttgart will also win the championship, and it is likely to be eliminated by Wolfsburg, the proverb says, good things are not double, God allowed Eintracht Frankfurt to win the title, and Vonkel should play with all his squad and beat Hoffenheim with the advantage of home field.

The two newspapers each hold one end, attack each other, and also give advice to Frankfurt, but Frankfurt's head coach von Kel has already planned, as Rangnick said, von Kel is a pragmatist, survival is his first concern, as for the team 18 years or 28 years without a championship has nothing to do with him, as far as Frankfurt's lineup, it is impossible to win the championship if anyone is replaced, Mourinho is awesome, let him try, 10 million transfer funds a season, even second-rate stars have to bargain, What to count on to build a championship squad. To be able to survive in the Bundesliga, get more TV broadcasts, more fans to watch the game, and pull a few more rich sponsors, this is the way to survive, it is an honor to win the German Cup, but what to do after relegation. So vonkel's goal is simple, league-based, cup-based? Rush to the main lineup first, just do it, don't change the substitute, and never fight with Hoffenheim. And in this way, winning or losing can explain the past to the fans, and lose! It's not that we don't work hard, it's that the opponent is too strong, winning 22 games in a row, almost five rounds in advance to lock up the promotion place, and losing to them is not ugly. If you win, everyone will be happy, and you will fight to win the championship after the league is over.

Vonkel's plan is very good, but he doesn't know that in the Chinese art of war, it is said that the courage of the husband is also, one is the first rat at both ends, and the other is a battle, and the victory or defeat has been almost decided before the game, and the pragmatists sometimes tend to lose to the idealists.

(To be continued)