After two weeks of recovery training and several warm-up matches, Hoffenheim's first game of 2008~2009 was played on August 10, 2008. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The info Olympics kicked off on 8 August, but Beta had no time to pay attention to the event and travelled with his team to Chemnitz in Saxony.

The opponent is the Chemnitz club. This is a team that is currently in the fourth division (the regional league after the establishment of the Bundesliga). It is in a modest state, but it has a long history, having won the 1976 East German Football League title in Chemnitz.

They also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in the 89/90 season, losing to Juventus.

Of course, Chemnitz, like many East German teams, has sunk after the merger. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the stadium is not luxurious, but it can also accommodate nearly 20,000 spectators, which is bigger than Hoffenheim!

Coming to the pitch before the game and walking on the field, Beta heard Salihovic's teasing laughter with Gustavo: "Envy, right? ”

"Of course envy, we are going to play in the Bundesliga team anyway, and the stadium is not as good as the fourth-tier team." Gustavo muttered.

"When our new stadium is built next year, we can also have a better stadium, bigger than this!" Beta laughed.

They were relaxed because Rangnick had spoken to the players.

This season, they won't be putting too much effort into the German Cup. If you can win a few rounds, you can win a few rounds, and if you can't win, you don't have to fight hard. Even if he can't lose, Rangnick will selectively give up and send a substitute directly to the game.

Because their lineup is so weak!

The two-line battle is enough, plus the EU Cup, the third-line battle will definitely make Hoffenheim's players tired, which will bury a lot of hidden dangers!

So Rangnick has to make a choice between the German Cup and the Europa League!

Of course, he would rather give up both if he could...... Concentrate on one game and Hoffenheim may be able to perform even better!

But no, no team wants to give up in a major tournament like Europe - otherwise, why would they fight for a high place even if they can't win the Bundesliga?

The Champions League and Europa League are both large-scale events, and the broadcast of the event is a considerable amount of income for a team!

What's more, the players also need these tournaments to gain experience and see the style of foreign teams.

In this way, the German Cup was selectively abandoned by Rangnick. After all, they have won the German Cup, and even if the fans have some complaints, they will not care too much.

This is not good news for Beta. The German Cup is a good "copy" for him to farm skill points and cards. If he could, the energetic Beta would be willing to fight for either title!

But Rangnick has made a decision, and he can only listen to orders.

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In the match against Chemnitz, because Obasi had not returned to the Olympic Games, Ibisevic took the opportunity to move to the position of striker, and the other striker was Demba Ba.

For the sake of training, the midfield combination is Eduardo's front midfield, Weiss and Copado's wings, and Gustavo's midfield. At the back, Beta formed a new backline with Compaq, Ibertsberg and newcomer Baker.

The goalkeeper is still Ozcan, and Hildebrand is on the bench.

Speaking of which, Ozcan has been estranged from Beta a lot lately, perhaps because Beta has become closer to Hildebrand. After all, he competed with Hildebrand for the starting position, and Hildebrand has been famous for a long time and is a huge threat to him!

Chemnitz also had a 4-4-2 lineup, but they set up a bus directly in their own half, and both strikers only cruised in the midfield and did not cross the half easily!

Everyone knows the ferocity of the last German Cup champions, in this case, they dare not play against Hoffenheim, and can only hope to find opportunities to counterattack in the continuous defense.

But Hoffenheim's desire to win is not high, they are not in a hurry or impatient, they keep pouring their feet in the midfield, trying to attack, and they didn't score on either side in the first half!

Hoffenheim had 70 percent possession, but the scene was not pretty, and the nearly 7,000 spectators in the audience wanted to sleep!

Is the game going to extra time and then a penalty shootout?

Chemnitz would like to see such a situation, fight for penalties, and the weak team will also have a chance to turn the tables!

But Hoffenheim stepped up their attack in the second half, and the pressure on Chemnitz increased exponentially, and their movement increased.

Chemnitz used fouls to block Hoffenheim's attack, and the anger of the Hoffenheim players was also rising. The referee saw that the situation was not good, and blew the whistle and took out the cards again and again, but he couldn't stop the hot atmosphere.

"Clean them up, shovel them!" The Chemnitz crowd finally stopped dozing off, shouting, just like their own team.

Gustavo had a fiery temper and stood up for his team-mates and also received a yellow card.

But Hoffenheim's strength is still much stronger, and in the 70th minute, Eduardo assisted Ibisevic to take the lead!

"Beautiful!" Beta hugged her friend excitedly.

After the goal, Ibisevic was so excited that he climbed onto Beta's back and raised his arms high in cheers.

The presence of Obbasi and Demba Ba in the team weighed on him like two mountains, and it was a rare game for him to start as a striker. Now that Obasi is going to the Olympics, if he can seize the opportunity and take the opportunity to perform more, he may not be able to replace Obasi as a stable starter!

Hoffenheim opened the scoring and Chemnitz coach Schedriz sighed and walked to the sidelines, shouting for his players to attack.

Both horizontally and vertically are going to lose, so simply in front of the hometown fans, kick the bloody!

But within ten minutes, Chemnitz had bad news again, captain Mike Bowman tackled the replacement Tebelian with the ball, the yellow card was still a small thing, but they gave Hoffenheim a good free kick opportunity!

Eduardo took the penalty and Beta also left his own half and came to the Chemnitz penalty area!

"Keep an eye on him!" Nervous, Sedlizi shouted as he pointed at Beta.

Hoffenheim has a top header that everyone knows, and since Berta beat Klose in the German Cup final, he has made a name for himself!

But Beta still jumped up in the sea of people and rubbed his header!

Beta had a chance to hit the door on his own, but in the end he hesitated. Ibisevic's longing eyes appeared in his mind!

Eventually, Beta headed the ball back and sent it to Ibisevic almost like a babysitter.

The opposing goalkeepers all saved, what reason did Ibisevic have not scored in the face of the empty goal?

2:0, Hoffenheim finally defeated the opponent in the first round, and Ibisevic also ushered in his own brace!