Hoffenheim opted for a change of formation for this game, abandoning their usual 4-4-2 formation in the first half of the game; Hoffenheim completely abandoned their midfield defence in this game, and they put on a jiashi from the start who wanted to fight Rostock at home.

Speaking of which Rostock is also anxious now, as the Bundesliga promotion horse, their goal this season is relegation, but now it seems that their relegation task is really quite stressful; After the end of the Bundesliga half-season, Rostock had a clean and defenseless five-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, although it was followed by a three-game winning streak that seemed to have some signs of a strong rebound, but the next two wins, two draws and five losses basically announced that they would fight for relegation this season; At the end of the half-time, Rostock has 17 points with five wins, two draws and ten losses, which is only better than Nuremberg and Duisburg, ranking third from the bottom of the standings!

It can be said that this German Cup has no meaning for Rostock at all, they are now trying their best to be relegated, where do they want to continue to entangle in the German Cup!

The goalkeeper is the 30-year-old veteran Wocht, and the back line is Tim Sebastian and Orest, but Marc Stern and Sebastian Pelzer are the rotation players; In midfield, midfielders Zafael Yellen and Tobias Ratgeb have also been regular this season, but 36-year-old veterans Stefan Beinrich and Rahn have been completely substitutes who have not made many appearances. Although Enrico Cohen, the main player in the forward line, partnered with center forward Victor Agali, who has not scored a goal this season, seems to be a little less threatening, because Enrico Cohen has not scored more than five goals this season!

Hoffenheim wanted to hone their new tactics in this game, so they fielded a 4-3-3 combination with almost the strongest attack; But although Rostock is only a relegation team in the Bundesliga, they still don't pay enough attention to the Bundesliga promotion, they are almost arranged in all positions to rotate players, although they do not intend to continue to entangle in the German Cup, but they still have enough confidence to beat Hoffenheim to advance to the quarterfinals of the German Cup!

Although they could feel the contempt of their opponents, the Hoffenheim players were not too excited; Rostock has reason to despise Hoffenheim, who are only relegated from the Bundesliga, but Hoffenheim are only a promoted polo team playing in the Bundesliga for the first time, although they are doing well now.

As a newcomer to the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim will be hoping to finish as high as possible in their first season in the Bundesliga, in addition to relegation. So they moved a lot in the transfer market, and this season the entire Bundesliga transfer market spent more than 38 million transfer funds, and Hoffenheim alone spent nearly 20 million euros, accounting for almost half of the share. The team's summer expansion was completed and a total of 18.1 million was spent to buy 10 players, and of course they also purged 10 players, not including Xiao Qing, who signed freely.

When the whole team started the new season on a high note, they found that it was impossible to bring results all at once with so many players who had been bought with money, and they had to adapt to it through more games. In the opening game of the new season, the team was beaten 2-3 by Wayne after leading by two goals at home, and the veteran Copado scored the team's first goal in the Bundesliga. Finally after a poor record of one draw and three losses in the first four rounds; The team won their first Bundesliga win at home to Osbruck.

The team then went on a 10-game unbeaten run until a home defeat to Cologne. But it was also from this game that the team fell into a slump, with three consecutive rounds without a win, and finally finished sixth in the Bundesliga at the end of the first half. Throughout the first half of the season, although the team has good attacking ability, the defense is very poor, conceding 27 goals in 17 games and ranking fifth from the bottom.

As a result, the team made some changes to the defence during the winter break, and the 1984 Austrian-born Turkish goalkeeper Ozcan was loaned out of the Austrian Liga Salzburg for €200,000 during the winter break. It was Hoffenheim's only move so far in the winter transfer market.

Hoffenheim means home in German, and in this small town of Sinsheim, which is hard to find even on a map, every game in Hoffenheim is now a new record for the team; As for this German Cup match, it still means a lot to the Hoffenheimns: this is their first time in the quarterfinals of the German Cup, and this is the first time they have faced opponents in the top flight!

Xiao Qing and his teammates are ready for a tough match, and they are likely to face their strongest opponent so far this season; But the Hoffenheim players are not the slightest bit timid, this is a young team, and the young Hoffenheim players are full of energy. Although they have just passed the winter break, and although Rostock is a top-flight team, the Hoffenheim players will still launch the most ferocious attack in this game, and they will open up a whole new situation for the second half of the team!

The Hoffenheim fans were enthusiastic, and although the team's record was quite sluggish at the beginning of the season, the next ten rounds of unbeaten games gave all Hoffenheim confidence, although the next three games without a win once again made Hoffenheim look a little dangerous, but fortunately they won strongly in the closing game of the first half of the season. After a winter break, Hoffenheim will embark on a new journey against top-flight relegation zone side Rostock!

Hoffenheim are looking forward to this game, and they all know that the team's goal is long-term, so they need a yardstick now; And Rostock is undoubtedly a pretty good yardstick, they are a relegation team in the Bundesliga, maybe one game doesn't tell everything, but it is enough to say something.

"Shaw! Resemble! Resemble! "In the seventh minute of the game, there was still a little noisy Dimat. Suddenly there was a neat chant at Hope Stadium, and the fans of Hoffenheim, who could help the team score goals, naturally liked it, especially since this guy still seemed to be a little mysterious.

To be honest, Xiao Qing was indeed a little surprised, he just took the ball and began to break through, and this is not a chance to break through, but the Hoffenheim fans have begun to chant his name in unison at this time, it seems that these fans still remember Xiao Qing's hat trick in the closing game of the first half of the game, they remember Xiao Qing's nine goals in the eleven rounds of the league and the fastest goal and hat trick in the German Cup.

Although this attack failed, Xiao Qing still smiled and applauded the Hoffenheim fans in the stands; Xiao Qing enjoys the current treatment, although this is only a small stadium with 5,000 people, but to be able to get the cheers of the fans in the stadium, this is enough to be exciting, although Xiao Qing knows that his goal is not only to conquer a small stadium with only 5,000 people, at least now Xiao Qing has begun to make a lot of progress, at least now in Hoffenheim he has basically been recognized by all the fans.

Although Rostock is only a team in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, their strength is still quite good; Although Hoffenheim's mad dog tactical pressing caught Rostock off guard, although Xiao Qing worked very hard in the game, although Ibisevic and Edu were also constantly playing for him, Xiao Qing, who was under a lot of pressure, was still difficult to find more opportunities, because it was the Bundesliga-level defender who defended him.

It was difficult for Xiao Qing to break through the defensive line set up by Tim Sebastian and Orest, and the current Xiao Qing was indeed not enough to tear apart their defense on his own; But it doesn't matter, Xiao Qing is a smart person, and he knows strategic turns. This is not to retreat from the difficulty, but Xiao Qing knows to make a more Haode choice for the team and himself; So Xiao Qing's main attack direction began to slowly change, and he began to attack Stern and Pelzer, these two guys are Rostock's rotation players, the kind of soft persimmons that can be tried to pinch.

Hoffenheim's pressing tactics up front were effective, and in the fifteenth minute of the game, Sarihovic broke the ball in front; Looking up slightly at the front of the field, Sarihovic resolutely implemented the coach's tactics, and saw Xiao Qing who opened his hand to ask for the ball in front of the penalty area, and the Bosnian and Negro chose to pass the ball without hesitation.

This is a relatively slow pass close to the ground, which is not too much for stopping the ball Jishu Xiao Qing is a relatively more sure pass; It's just that at this time, there is still Perzer, a Rostock defensive player, by Xiao Qing's side.

Xiao Qing, who had his back to the goal, firmly clung to Perzer, and he didn't give Pelzer a chance to grab at all; Facing the ball rolling over, Xiao Qing's outstretched right foot suddenly slammed the ball towards the left side; Xiao Qing, who turned around, followed with his left foot and gently knocked the ball to the left again.

Dimat. The exclamations at Hope Stadium increased suddenly, although Hoffenheim fans knew that Xiao Qing's ability was good, and they also knew that Xiao Qing still had a decent dribble; Although Xiao Qing's handling of the ball this time is a little unsmooth, there is no doubt that this is a Marseille slalom that has begun to take shape! This is a Marseille slalom after receiving the ball, which is more difficult than a Marseille slalom during dribbling!

And suddenly, the exclamation turned into a wave of boos, and Rostock defender Perzer obviously didn't expect Xiao Qing to break through himself in such a way, so he was a little panicked and subconsciously pushed Xiao Qing down! And here is a little before the penalty area, almost a foul in the penalty area!