Chapter 108: A false alarm
Hoffenheim are waiting for a win, and they can't wait for the start of every game, although they do have some advantages at the moment, but they are inevitably a little worried that they will make some mistakes in these rounds of Zuihou.
For Hoffenheim, there are only six league games left, and they are now six points ahead of the second-placed team; But at a time like this, although this is a huge advantage, if there is any mistake at this time, once they make a mistake at this time, then it may be a huge regret that will make the Hoffenheim players worry about it for the rest of their lives. So it's a lot of pressure, but it's also going to put some pressure on the Hoffenheim players.
With only six rounds left in the league, Hoffenheim do need to work hard, and now they do have the initiative, but they can't make any mistakes at this time, and now they still need to continue to work hard, and their most important task now is to keep the situation in the standings.
And in the remaining six rounds, Hoffenheim are now really up against some tough opponents; Although Hoffenheim has won four in a row, the opponent in the 29th round is Hertha Berlin, and the 30th round is basically a battle against Wolfsburg to decide the championship of the league!
The next two rounds will have a huge impact on Hoffenheim's final results of the season, and once they can win these two games at this time, Hoffenheim will have little to worry about, and they will just have to start preparing to celebrate the title. And once they can't win these two rounds, once Hoffenheim is caught by Wolfsburg at this time. Then the final attribution of the league championship may be to carry over to a round of matches in Zuihou. And in the penultimate round of the league. Hoffenheim's opponent is Bayern Munich.
So for Hoffenheim, the next two rounds will be key, and as long as Hoffenheim can get through these two hurdles, they just need to start to relax and be ready to celebrate their championship thoroughly.
The Hoffenheim players are seriously preparing for the next tough game, and they are now preparing for the next game; Now they can also understand that as long as they can win at this time, then they will be able to enjoy the honor of the Bundesliga!
Hoffenheim are ready for this championship, and they are indeed quite cautious about the next two consecutive rounds of important matches; Hoffenheim face Hertha Berlin at home in the 29th round of the league, and although this game is not as crucial as the match against Wolfsburg in the 30th round, it is also a very important game.
Although the current Hertha Berlin is suffering a losing streak. Now they have dropped from the standings to fourth place in the standings, but Hoffenheim at this time cannot be careless; First of all, if they can be in fourth place in the table, then it shows that they are good. And in the first half of the race, they were in a good position in the standings, and in the second half of the race, they were close to the second place in the standings; But now, although they have suffered consecutive defeats, in fact, their current results are still good, and now they still have a certain strength, at least this season's Hoffenheim defeat game has one of Hertha Berlin.
On April 25, 2009, Hoffenheim hosted Hertha Berlin; This is a must-win game for Hoffenheim, and once they can win at this point, then they will be able to continue to hold the top spot. They will be able to guarantee a certain lead. And Wolfsburg's opponent in this round is Cottbus, for Wolfsburg, who has won ten in a row. Ivbus are still struggling in the relegation zone, and it is really a game that is thought to be uneventful.
Hoffenheim is ready for a tough battle with Hertha Berlin, because Hertha Berlin is also preparing seriously at this time, because now they are squeezed to the fourth place in the standings, and they need to work hard, because only in this way can they guarantee to squeeze into the top three of the standings, which is an important game to qualify for the Champions League!
Although Hoffenheim has won four in a row, and Hertha Berlin has tragically suffered three consecutive defeats, it can be said that the current state of the two teams is very different, but the current two teams will go all out for this game; They all want the team to achieve more and now they all want to get a satisfactory result in the table. Now the season is coming to an end, now they all need to play more seriously, now they will give it their all, now they will be good to sprint for their season goals.
The Rheinneckar Stadium is boiling over, and every Hoffenheim home game is a holiday for the fans, who are now expecting the team to get three points at home, and now they are waiting for the team to produce more results. And the team is now getting closer and closer to the championship, so for the fans, they really can't wait now, they are all looking forward to the team to lock up the league title early, and they are all looking forward to the team to get through every challenge.
Hertha Berlin is really working hard, because now they are squeezed into fourth place by Bayern Munich, so now they are really not far from the top three in the standings, they are just not far from being overtaken by Bayern; And the gap between the UEFA Cup and the Champions League is just too big, and the Champions League can be a huge success for a team, a team becoming a giant or a quasi-giant; And the League Cup, maybe one day to eat dumplings for the New Year, maybe a small team may enter the League Cup.
So the UEFA Cup is just a small reward, while the Champions League is a huge treasure; Qualifying for the Champions League means more prize money, and many times for some of the better players, the team that qualifies for the Champions League is attractive.
The Hoffenheim players and Hoffenheim fans have a lot of confidence in this game, and they all believe that the team will be able to beat Hertha Berlin in the slump of time in the current situation. But there was something more than Hoffenheim fans and players expected in this game, who did not expect that the team would be hit at a time when the momentum was so high.
Hoffenheim fielded a 4-3-3 attacking line-up for the game, but Hertha Berlin was utilitarian in opting for a bucket line-up for a win, strengthening the midfield and backfield in order to get the win. Although Hoffenheim in this game is as strong as ever to strengthen the attack, it is really difficult to face the defense of the iron bucket formation. Especially when Hoffenheim were attacking aggressively, the attack that they pressed heavily was quickly counter-attacked by Hertha Berlin, and they just accidentally fell behind at home.
Hoffenheim still lost the game in the end, losing 0-1 at home; Their four-game winning streak came to an end, they halted their progress, and now they have lost the opportunity to extend their advantage further.
Hoffenheim's players are very frustrated, they did suffer a defeat, but for Hoffenheim this defeat is really a blessing in misfortune, because in the 27th round of the league, Hoffenheim lost at home, and Wolfsburg, who is second in the standings, was originally entangled with Hoffenheim, and Hoffenheim may have been able to let Wolfsburg take the opportunity to close the gap in points as long as a loss in Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim's biggest rival now is Wolfsburg, once Wolfsburg continues to win this game, then they will narrow the gap to one game, Hoffenheim may be in a more passive situation because of the mistakes at this time, they are likely to be in a stalemate in the battle for the league title.
However, Hoffenheim is still more fortunate now, because Wolfsburg, who had not lost a game in the second half of the game, lost at this time, and it was incredible that they lost to Ketbus, who was deep in the relegation zone; It is precisely because of this game that Cottage Castle was lucky to jump from the direct relegation zone to the third from the bottom of the standings, which is the relegation play-offs!
Cottages had no way back, they faced Wolfsburg, who had won ten in a row, and everyone thought that Wolfsburg would be able to win this game easily, but Wolfsburg lost to Cottage 2-0 incrediblely!
The crazy performance of ten consecutive wins was ended, and the record of 11 games unbeaten in the second half of the game was also ended, and they are now losing at this time, and it is really difficult for them to continue to close the gap in the score; What's more important is that when Hoffenheim loses, when Hoffenheim make a big mistake, they really waste a big opportunity, they miss the absolute chance to close the gap in points.
Hoffenheim were really uneasy, being beaten by Hertha Berlin in this round, and they were almost taken advantage of by Wolfsburg to close the gap; But fortunately, Wolfsburg at this time really couldn't seize the opportunity, they can't grasp it now, they look really embarrassed.
But a great opportunity was wasted, but they immediately had the best opportunity; In the thirtieth round of the league, Wolfsburg hosts Hoffenheim, which is Wolfsburg's chance to be Zuihou now! (To be continued......)