Chapter 108: Reversal and Lore
It's time, Hoffenheim will not be willing to lose in this game, although now they are indeed a goal behind, but only a goal gap, Hoffenheim players are confident that in the next game to pull back this goal, and the opportunity is won in waiting, taking advantage of the Cologne team's long-term failure to adjust the tactics, Hoffenheim began their counterattack.
Hoffenheim seized the opportunity when the formation of the Cologne team was a little chaotic, and Eduardo found Xiao Qing who retreated with an extremely penetrating strength, and Xiao Qing at this time would not be polite, although the defense of the Cologne team at this time was relatively stable, but Xiao Qing didn't care at all.
With his good dribbling ability, Xiao Qing quickly dribbled the ball to the penalty area, as for the defenders of the Cologne team, Xiao Qing didn't care at all, as a striker, he naturally needed to help the team score goals, so they would always be marked by the opponent's defenders in the game; At this time, what Xiao Qing has to do is to completely tear apart the defense of the Cologne team, if he wants to score, then he needs to completely break the confidence of the opponent, he needs to break through the Cologne defenders who want to stop him!
McKenna and Mohammed tried to end Hoffenheim's attack before Xiao Qing could pose a bigger threat, but Xiao Qing would not fall twice in this pit, and now he has more options. Although Muhammad's position is very accurate, although McKenna may be in place at any time, Xiao Qing will not give them a chance.
Xiao Qing, who was dribbling the ball quickly, suddenly stepped on the ball, and Xiao Qing, who braked sharply, stopped when he was still about a meter away from Muhammad, at this time Xiao Qing suddenly gently flicked the ball to the right with his right foot, and Muhammad's card position suddenly lost some meaning, because Xiao Qing seemed to be about to change direction.
But when Mohammed hurriedly moved his position, Xiao Qing stabbed the ball forward, with his speed and explosiveness, Xiao Qing bullied these typical German defenders to turn slowly and easily, Xiao Qing broke through Muhammad in an instant, and used a sudden change of speed to shake off the first line of defense of the Cologne team! As for McKenna, he lost the opportunity to wrap up, although he was still clinging to Xiao Qing's side, Xiao Qing was still able to protect the ball and enter the penalty area.
When Xiao Qing entered the penalty area, the Cologne team's backline was a little panicked, because they knew that Hoffenheim's leading scorer was difficult to limit alone, so at this time they could only choose to fill in the position to fight for the bag, and they couldn't let Xiao Qing kill to a more dangerous place. But the players of the Cologne team should not forget that Hoffenheim is a three-striker in this game, and now one person is broken through by Xiao Qing, two people come to wrap up, and the remaining Cologne is impossible to limit two Hoffenheim strikers at the same time! In the exclamations of the Cologne fans, Edu and Ibisevic firmly stepped forward, and at this time, Xiao Qing was also completely attracted by the defense and picked up a pass into the small penalty area.
The next thing is simple, Ibisevic's beautiful stab, this time the Cologne goalkeeper is helpless, although he had a god-level save before, but in the 67th minute of the game was still scored by Hoffenheim, and now Hoffenheim finally equalized, and the two teams returned to the same running line!
Xiao Qing was a little proud, although this goal was not scored by him, but after attracting almost all the defensive attention, he sent an assist, Ibisevic's shot was indeed beautiful, but Xiao Qing's credit for this goal was also huge! However, just an equalizer is not satisfactory, Xiao Qing and Hoffenheim's players want to win this game, so although they are now equalising, it is still not enough for them to lock in a direct promotion place!
Replaced Namanja Vucisevic, back Kevin came on, and the Cologne team immediately made substitutions after conceding the goal to make adjustments, the current Cologne team does not have any advantage, in order to avoid Hoffenheim continuing to strengthen the attack after the goal, so the Cologne team made a decision at this time; Vucisevic is a versatile midfielder, but Kevin is clearly more capable defensively.
Although both teams are hungry to win this game, they also know that the most important thing in this game is to be able to guarantee that they do not drop points, so that they can keep their current position in the table as much as possible, so they will basically be invincible with only three rounds left in the league! So now both teams are very cautious, there are only 20 minutes left in the game, and neither of them wants to suffer a painful lesson in the Zuihou moment of the game.
Both teams coincidentally chose to strengthen their defense at this time, Hoffenheim also began to make substitutions at this time, Edu was replaced by the defender Teber, Hoffenheim seems to have been satisfied with such a score, maybe Borussia Mönchengladbach can win the opponent in this round, but as long as Hoffenheim get a point in this game, then they are still ahead of Borussia Mönchengladbach!
Hoffenheim is strengthening the defense, and such a score is indeed acceptable, but Hoffenheim wants to do better, temporarily paralyzing the opponent and waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow, and now Hoffenheim is doing well. They were tangled in midfield with Cologne, and they began to consciously control the tempo of the attack. Cologne seem to have come to terms with the result, and while they really want to win at home, it looks like Hoffenheim's all-out defence has left them with no chance of getting any better, and since closing the gap is unrealistic, it would be good to keep them in the relegation play-off.
Xiao Qing almost retreated to the midfield, the current German B team also knows Xiao Qing quite well, the yellow-skinned boy who shined in the German B this season has a bit of a perverted physical fitness, he never seems to know tired, and his speed and liliang are a nightmare for many defenders; Although Xiao Qing does not have much skill in defense, his liliang and speed and tireless running still cause a lot of trouble for the players of the Cologne team.
In the boos of the Cologne fans, Hoffenheim began to have a wide range of inverted feet in the midfield, originally both teams now have no intention of attacking, which also makes the focus of the battle that was supposed to be a Mars hitting the earth seems to have a sense of anticlimactic, especially Hoffenheim, now they are the top of the Bundesliga, but in this game they have no regard for face such a negative game, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the fans; Although the Cologne team at this time is not necessarily more active than Hoffenheim, this is the home of the Cologne team after all.
With the game going on in the eighty-fifth minute, less than ten minutes before the end of the game, the game was essentially declared over, as both teams seemed to be wasting their time waiting for the game to end, and they were both comfortable with a 1-1 scoreline.
But at this time, Hoffenheim suddenly moved, and the Hoffenheim players who were originally cowering in the midfield saw that there was little time left in the game, and they also made the formation of the Cologne team a hole through the inverted feet for about ten minutes, and more importantly, the current Cologne team's player name seemed a little lax, so the opportunity for Hoffenheim at this time came!
Eduardo found Xiao Qing near the center circle with a careless pass, and the Cologne team didn't care about it at this time, because they thought it was just an inverted pass to mobilize the Cologne defender's running position, and they believed that Xiao Qing would soon transfer the ball to the feet of other Hoffenheim players, because Xiao Qing did this before.
But this time, after winning the ball, Xiao Qing suddenly stabbed the ball forward, and the Cologne players who failed to force Xiao Qing at the first time were a little stunned; Then they were a little anxious, because at this time, the back line of the Cologne team was relatively large, and Xiao Qing's sudden dribbling forward was so likely to create a threat!
Although at this time, the defenders of the Cologne team hurriedly retracted and began to arrange the defensive line, but Xiao Qing, who was not defended at all in the midfield, exerted his speed to the limit, and in the absence of defensive players, Xiao Qing kicked the ball five meters away every time, so that he could give full play to his speed advantage to the greatest extent. Although McKenna also pressed towards Xiao Qing at this time, Xiao Qing still stabbed the ball forward so simply, McKenna subconsciously stretched his foot and failed to break the ball, and then felt Xiao Qing rushing past him.
McKenna was trying his best to chase back, but Xiao Qing was still rushing towards the penalty area quickly; Thirty meters, twenty-five meters, Xiao Qing is now getting closer and closer to the goal! The Cologne team, who came back to their senses, arranged a defensive line in front of the penalty area, but the beast-like Xiao Qing who ran up completely interpreted the beast-like way of playing at this time!
When he was almost two meters away from Cologne defender Mohammed, Xiao Qing once again slammed the ball forward, and Muhammad, who failed to break the ball, held back his strength and prepared to stop Xiao Qing, he could not let Xiao Qing enter the penalty area. But suddenly Muhammad felt that he had been knocked away, and indeed he had been knocked away; Muhammad, who was mixed with garlic at his feet, was directly knocked down by Xiao Qing, although the Cologne fans at this time were shouting fouls, but Xiao Qing didn't hear the whistle, he still used all his speed to kill into the penalty area!
Cologne defender Matip saw that he was about to clear the ball successfully, and his sliding tackle was about to touch the ball, but Xiao Qing, who was like a whirlwind, ignored Matip's spikes, and his right foot was directly pumped on the ball!
'Bang' The ball flew out in response, and Xiao Qing also fell to the ground because of the huge inertia, but hearing the incredible exclamation of Rheinland Energy Stadium, Xiao Qing also knew that he had scored!