The quarter-finals of the German Cup will be played on 27 February 2008 and will continue to be Hoffenheim's home turf because of Hoffenheim's big win over Rostock in the quarter-finals.

For the opponent in this lower league, Dortmund club manager Watzke did not look down on the opponent, but praised the opponent well; And he wasn't looked down on because of his low rank, at least that's what Watzke thought. 'It's a very strong club and if you look at their deep pockets and the stars in the squad, I think they have what it takes to play in the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga is also very competitive and Hoffenheim are at the top of the table, so I think they can eventually be promoted to the first division. The German Cup has proved their quality so far, but the victory will belong to Borussia Dortmund. ”

"If we get to the semi-finals against Hoffenheim, then my only hope is to get a home advantage. Of course, it's too early to think about this, and we have to be extra careful when facing Hoffenheim to prevent the gutter from capsizing. I know they're in pretty good form, especially that Shaw, who scored five goals in both German Cup games and now he's scored in six games in a row, so we have to take him seriously and we can't give him a chance. ”

Dortmund are an absolute formidable opponent, Dortmund was founded in 1909 and has six Bundesliga titles in 1957, 1959, 1963, 1995, 1996 and 2002. It was only in 1989 that he won the German Football Association Cup once. Won the league championship in the 1994~1995 season. In 1997, Borussia Dortmund went all the way to the European Cup, beating Juventus 3-1 in the final to win the European Cup, and then bagged the Toyota Cup. In recent seasons, the team has not been able to squeeze into the first group, after a big change, but this season their goal is still to go straight to the Bundesliga championship sand table!

It's just a pity that Dortmund's big change this season not only failed to achieve enough results, but even hurt some bones; With seven wins, four draws and ten defeats, and only 25 points, Dortmund are now only 13th in the middle and bottom of the Bundesliga standings, and they can be said to have failed outright this season; So the current German Cup is the only place they can save face, because they have no hope in the league at all.

Goalkeeper Mark. Ziegler, defenders Antonio Rukavina, Amedic, Robert Kovac and Matz. Hummels lined up; Delon Barkley and Tinga were on the wings, with Giovanni Federico in the middle; High strikers Diego Kolimowitz and Nelson Valdés and leading goalscorer Petrits, who were 1.9m up front, formed a 4-3-3 line-up with great attacking power.

It can be seen that although Dortmund have not performed well in the Bundesliga, they are still confident against Hoffenheim, the leader of the Bundesliga, and they still have enough reason to believe that they can win in Dimat. Hope Stadium keeps scoring goals.

As for this game, Hoffenheim was not polite, and they all understood the challenge of this game; Because Dortmund have no hope in the Bundesliga this season, they can only focus on the German Cup, and they can only hope to achieve excellent results in the German Cup at this time and try to reach the Europa League next season, after all, the German Cup winners still qualify for the German Cup.

goalkeeper Otskan, Seitz, Nilsson, Kampa, Loew in the back line; In midfield, Salihovic, Copado, Eduardo, Edu and Xiao Qing and Ibisevic up front. Hoffenheim didn't back down in any of this game, and they also put in a 4-3-3 pairing in the center of the game.

Although Hoffenheim are currently at the top of the Bundesliga table for the time being, the conservative view is that they can choose to abandon the German Cup at this time to prepare for the league in order to promote the Bundesliga, which is definitely the safest option, because even if they are at their best, they may not be able to beat Borussia Dortmund, as they are likely to suffer a defeat in this game.

But Hoffenheim did not choose to do so, although outsiders were not optimistic that they could continue to win against the Bundesliga team, but Hoffenheim did not see it that way. Hoffenheim are a very young team, their players are barely physically burdened, and they play almost once a week in the Bundesliga, so that means they have plenty of rest and they don't have to worry about fitness at all.

Perhaps, as Xiao Qing said before, what Hoffenheim need now is more high-level training, and they need to continue to improve in more high-level games. So even if the egg hits the stone, the Hoffenheim people hope to be able to play against Dortmund in this game, in fact, Dortmund's strength is not necessarily so terrifying, and Hoffenheim may not really have a chance.

Hoffenheim also attaches great importance to this game, although Dortmund has performed somewhat unsatisfactory in the Bundesliga this season, but their strength is still good; But even if it is difficult to achieve a surprise result in this game, as long as the players can accumulate more experience in high-level matches, as long as the Hoffenheim players can accumulate more confidence in the next Bundesliga match, then the result of this game is a satisfactory victory!

Xiao Qing and his teammates took this game very seriously, and even the Hoffenheim management took a game very seriously; In fact, in many European games, there may not be players leading caddies before the start, and more often in important games have such treatment. And in this game, Xiao Qing led a cute little caddy, and Hoffenheim showed his dedication to this game from the beginning.

When Xiao Qing and his teammates just walked out of the players' tunnel, they were shocked. Hope Field is a small course, and it can't be smaller; For only 5,000 fans, even if some temporary standing seats are actually about 6,000 people, but the current stadium is definitely the hottest home stadium in the German Second Division, the stadium is small, so the supply of tickets for each game is one thing, of course, the more important thing is the excellent record of Hoffenheim now, so every one of their home games will be of great concern to Hoffenheim fans, especially Hoffenheim has reached the top of the standings in the 21st round of the league that has just ended, So Hoffenheim's enthusiasm exploded completely.

"Our whole village is here!"

When the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel of the players, a huge banner in the stands made the players who had just come out of the game look sideways; Although Xiao Qing mentioned this incident in a previous interview, he definitely did not expect that Hoffenheim fans would give him such a surprise.

Hoffenheim is just a small village of just over 3,000 people in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany, and they are Hoffenheim fans themselves; Football has a good tradition in European football, the birthplace of modern football, and football has been developing for a long time. The football atmosphere is strong, and the football history is profound; With a huge fan base here, football has become an indispensable part of life for most Europeans. And the European football system is relatively perfect, they have top leagues, and even have enough leagues at all levels. Many times fans choose the home team because of the location, they are willing to support the hometown team, they pay attention to some inheritance, so it is normal for a family to be a fan of the same team for several generations.

Hoffenheim, on the other hand, have struggled in the lower regional leagues, but they are a team that belongs to the Hoffenheim people, so they have a certain fan base in their own right, although they are only a small town of 3,000 people. But when Hoffenheim's record became more and more eye-catching, even the fans of some of the surrounding towns were attracted because Hoffenheim's results were good, because Hoffenheim's games were good.

The 67-year-old played as a centre-forward at Hoffenheim as a young man before retiring as a retiring and co-founded the company and became a billionaire. Hoppe returned to Hoffenheim in the early '90s and invested heavily in the team he had left behind as a young man. Over the past 17 years, Hope has invested around 100 million euros in Hoffenheim, and of course what the fans really moved him was not only the transfer he brought to the team, but also his love for Hoffenheim.

Hope continued to improve Hoffenheim's hardware, building teams of all ages, developing talent through an extensive pool of players, building two competition venues and other training facilities. He's always kept a low profile, he rarely gives interviews, but when Hoffenheim is playing at home, he tries to be there whenever he can. It was enough to see that the gray-haired super-rich owner Hope chose to cheer with the fans in the stands instead of sitting in the box.

The fans were cheering for Hope, and they were cheering for head coach Rangnick. Under Yannick's tutelage, Hoffenheim has stepped up one step a year. Since the 2006/2007 season, Hoffenheim have been promoted to the Bundesliga from the regional league in one year, and then started the road to the Bundesliga non-stop.

"Shaw! Resemble! Resemble! The fans of Hoffenheim know Xiao Qing's ability, and they are willing to believe that Xiao Qing can help the team do better, so they will not skimp on cheering, because they hope that Xiao Qing can surprise them again in this game!