Germany's largest air station and railway hub, the largest financial center, the hometown of the Elector and the birthplace of Barbarossa the Redbeard, welcomes Hoffenheim, the most remote, richest and most arrogant of the German Second Division, who will face the winner of the semi-final of the German Cup, and the winner will go to the final against the winner of Wolfsburg and Stuttgart at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on May 26.

Although Frankfurt is still in a state of relegation, but the fans are still full of enthusiasm for the German Cup, even when Hoffenheim trained, hundreds of fans and many reporters came to the commercial arena to watch, many Frankfurt fans in order to see the most popular student in the German B, the most awesome free kick genius Li Huan's demeanor, sent away the first Chinese player Yang Chen who played in Frankfurt, Frankfurt fans have an unusually good impression of the Chinese players in Germany, At the beginning of the season, there were fans who fantasized that they could buy this Chinese star, but with the resurgence of Li Huan, they no longer have the courage to YY, because they are poor in the financial center.

Li Huan enjoyed the feeling of being at home during training, and from time to time he played a few fancy moves with Eduardo to entertain the fans. The fans of the commercial arena were very enthusiastic about him, not only the Chinese fans, but also the German fans could clearly call his name without the slightest feeling of enemy. In the stands, his friends Liu Yang and Uncle Wang also came to the stadium, although today is Tuesday, but in order to witness him as the first Chinese to reach the final, they took leave to come to the stadium, far away from other fans, there is also a girl Takahara Jundai, who nominally came to Frankfurt to support her brother, but actually wanted to come to tryst with her lover. Among the Hoffenheim fans who traveled with the team, Wana was also there, her younger brother Streve entered the squad for the game, and she specially asked for leave to cheer for her younger brother, but considering that Strelve's possible surname on the field is very small, she may have a much larger surname to support Li Huan. Even though Li Huan is a prodigal son who is merciful everywhere, this German girl still can't let him go.

After the end of training, Li Huan attended the regular pre-game press conference with the head coach Rangnick, because Li Huan is older and more famous among the main players, and can easily deal with the difficulties of reporters, Rangnick almost takes him with him when he attends this kind of public occasion, a few days ago Rangnick also proposed to let Li Huan be the team's vice-president, but this honorary title was irresponsibly rejected by Li Huan, so that the whole team felt that the thinking of this Chinese genius was indeed unimaginable.

At the press conference, Rangnick and Li Huan once again expressed their determination to reach the final, and Rangnick said without modesty: "We have only one goal, which is to reach the final and win the championship." “

Li Huan also said with a smile: "Hoffenheim needs a championship as a gift for promotion to the Bundesliga. And we're just going to get him for the fans, we've found the code to win, no matter who our opponent is, winning is the only choice for us. ”

Compared with Hoffenheim's straightforward apprenticeship, vonkel was a lot more wordy, he complained to reporters, talked about the team's dilemma, talked about the fact that the players were very tired because of the League Cup, German Cup and the league, etc., and then said that Eintracht Frankfurt would do their best to reach the final for the second time.

Vonkel's attitude made some reporters who supported the German Cup very dissatisfied, they are all smart people, and they can naturally see Vonkel's prevarication before the game, and in the subsequent reporters' questions, they took turns to ask Vonkel, wondering how much energy he is ready to use to prepare for this German Cup. Vonkel, like their chairman, is also a coach with a surname and never compromises with anyone, leaving a sentence, "How much energy do I use, you go to see the starting lineup and the game." He turned around and left.

Two hours after the pre-match press conference, the match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Hoffenheim began, which was broadcast on German channels 1 and 2, Frankfurt TV, China's Imperial Court Sports and various local stations, because if Hoffenheim wins, it will be the first time that a Chinese player has reached the final of a cup competition.

Tao Wei, a commentator from the Imperial Court TV in the east, was briefing the fans in front of the TV about the scene, "The players are shaking hands, and we saw the Chinese player Li Huan, who is still wearing his favorite No. 13 jersey (is there still someone grabbing it?!). ）。 The fans gave him a warm round of applause (how do you know it's for Li Huan alone).

The referee of this match was Dress, a referee from the Bundesliga. He has always been known for his rigor in enforcement, which is good news for Eduardo and Li Huan, as Hoffenheim are likely to get more free-kicks. “

After Huang Jianxiang left, Tao Wei gradually emerged from the Bundesliga, known as Teacher Tao, recently can drink a pot with Han Qiaosheng and Duan Xuan, it is said that many fans adore him, saying that his ball is not very daring to play in the Chinese Super League, the initial Chinese level is not enough, can sit on the national TV station to explain to hundreds of millions of fans, this courage is very human, in addition, CCTV's courage to promote illiteracy is also rare in the world.

"Hoffenheim's lineup is almost the same as the league, it is still a 433 formation, goalkeeper No. 1 Haas, left-back No. 4 Loew, central defender No. 5 Seitz and No. 3 Jaisler, right-back No. 13 Li Huan, three midfielders are No. 33 Eduardo, No. 23 Saarihovic and No. 10 Teber, due to the authentic defender Tzellar cold, captain Tebel took his place. Youngster Weiss was a substitute. In the forward line, No. 19 Ibisevic replaced Copado, No. 9 Demba Ba, and No. 20 Obasi formed a triple arrow. Eintracht Frankfurt is their accustomed 442 formation, goalkeeper: No. 1 Preer, defenders: No. 2 Oakes, No. 3 Kirgiakos, No. 5 Vasowski, No. 16 Spiel, midfielders: No. 22 Stewright, No. 13 Jones, No. 7 Meyer, No. 8 Koehler. Forwards: No. 19 Naotai Takahara, No. 10 Amanaditis. Tao Wei calmly narrated the lineups of the two sides, in addition to Mandarin, reading the player number is the best skill of the court commentator, and it is generally not wrong.

After the start of the game, Hoffenheim was not afraid that Eintracht Frankfurt was a Bundesliga team, and attacked Eintracht Frankfurt from the first minute as if they were their Bundesliga opponents, with the forwards and midfielders all pressing and pressing Frankfurt all over the field. Ibisevic started again in high spirits and was determined to prove himself in front of the fans, and he ran more aggressively up front than Demba Ba and Obasi, forcing the Eintracht Frankfurt defenders to be embarrassed and could only open their feet frequently. Hoffenheim's midfield is not conservative, they actively follow the frontcourt players to press up, grab the ball and pass through quickly. Launch a second wave of attacks in the fastest way.

Hoffenheim's fast, direct and physical attacking style of pressing all over the field made the Frankfurt players very uncomfortable, they have never faced such an opponent in the Bundesliga, even Bremen, which is known for its attack, is not as fierce and fast as Hoffenheim. It's breathless.

Tao Wei breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "It's been ten minutes since the opening, we haven't even seen where Hoffenheim's penalty area is, the ball is only active in Frankfurt's half, Frankfurt's players are a little stunned, they have never seen such a team that can grab, and they have never seen a team that plays so fast, now from the scene, Frankfurt is not like a relegation team in the Bundesliga, but like a relegation team in the Bundesliga." ”

Coach Funkel's face was almost green when he looked at it from the sidelines, he didn't watch the Hoffenheim game video, he thought it was the opponent of the Bundesliga who was too weak, and his team would not be so embarrassed when facing this Hoffenheim team, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back. But after the game started, he was desperate to find that his team's performance was not even as good as those Bundesliga teams, and the players were going to put up a rack for the Bundesliga players, but a feint was not done, and the four players were already surrounded by them, not to mention people, and there was no line to pass the ball.

In the opening fifteen minutes, there was no shot, no one hit the opponent's 30-meter area, let Vonkel shout through his voice, Frankfurt could not keep up with the rhythm of Hoffenheim, and could only be under the opponent's crazy pressing, clear the siege and clear the siege, and finally even the striker was forced to come back to defend, and the opponent's right-back Li Huan became the permanent ambassador on the left side of the Frankfurt penalty area, and the full-back was undoubted, constantly tearing Frankfurt's defense from the side, and most of the attacks were launched from this side. Vonkel didn't believe Hoffenheim could keep pressing for 90 minutes like this, "Thirty minutes at most, as long as we can hold up the ......," vonkel comforted himself.

Tao Wei kept exclaiming, "Ibisevic shot!" Got pounced! Demba Ba header! Saved again, Prell was brilliant today, and he had already saved four shots in the first fifteen minutes. Oh my God, Hoffenheim had nine shots on goal in the first fifteen minutes. And Eintracht Frankfurt didn't even have a shot on goal. Who is the Bundesliga team and who is the Bundesliga team? ”

Rangnick looked relaxed on the sidelines, and the players faithfully executed his tactical arrangement, opening with the most violent blow to Eintracht Frankfurt, but Eintracht Frankfurt deserved to be a Bundesliga team, and did not collapse under such a fierce blow, and Prell also played his nervous side today, saving two must-score goals. However, he was not worried, he believed that Vonkel would surrender sooner or later.

(To be continued)