Xiao Qing is very proud, and the Hoffenheim players are also proud; Although Hoffenheim paid an unimaginably huge price in the warm-up game, but at the beginning of the second half, Hoffenheim seized the opportunity, and once again proved their strength with a performance that stunned everyone, and now they are at the top of the standings, those who want to see their jokes are destined to be disappointed, those who underestimated them before, maybe they are the jokes at this time!

Hoffenheim won at home to Cottage Castle in the 18th round of the league, Hoffenheim survived the first hurdle of the second half of the competition, and now they have a satisfactory result, and now they have a result that everyone hesitates. Because Hoffenheim showed resilience to everyone, because those teams they looked at Haode were only disappointed again and again.

Although Hoffenheim got off to a good start in the second half of the league in the eighteenth round, although Hoffenheim was the final winner in this round; But they are proud of it now, but they can't afford to be careless, after all, the loss of a good player like Ibisevic is really unimaginable, and they still need to work hard to ensure that they can dominate the standings. Hoffenheim now have a considerable advantage and there's no reason why they shouldn't give it their all at this point and now they're really looking forward to continuing to win as the league title really doesn't seem to be far away.

In fact, although Hoffenheim won the victory, they also paid some price for this victory, although the opponents fell behind, but Hoffenheim's bad luck seems to continue. They're really suffering from injuries right now.

In the previous round of the competition. Hildebrand, who had just moved in, suffered a pubic contusion when saving a shot from Cottage midfielder Rost in the game. So he tragically finally played after more than four months, but unfortunately he was injured in the first game, which is also another illness for Hoffenheim!

In the 19th round of the league, Hoffenheim's opponent is an old acquaintance, the runner-up of last season's Bundesliga, and now the incumbent Borussia Mönchengladbach, who is struggling with relegation. This match is not only a showdown between last season's Bundesliga champions and runners-up, but also a contest between the Bundesliga leaders and vice-presidents, with Borussia Mönchengladbach sitting bottom with 11 points after 18 rounds. Hoffenheim proudly topped the standings with 14 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 44 points! Although they are both promoted horses, Hoffenheim and Borussia Mönchenchen are really a heaven and a hell, and the two teams were even more favored a year ago.

In this game, Borussia Mönchenchen coach Meyer lined up a 4-3-2-1 formation, with Mattmoor and Marin as double strikers, and Flender as a single arrow. So even if the style of play is ugly, as long as they can stay in the Bundesliga, it is enough for them.

Hoffenheim side. Haas replaced Hildebrand to reclaim the starting XI spot and guard the goal. As in the previous game, Rangnick continued to change his formation 4-4-2. Sanogo and Xiao Qing were paired up front, with the back duo of Tebel and Gustavo and midfield attackers Salihovic and Weiss.

And this game is still quite interesting, because the magical journey of Hoffenheim is still going on, and they are now the focus of the most discussion; Another highlight of the game was the appearance of German national team coach Loew in the stands, focusing on Hoffenheim's new internationals, with full-back Beck and full-back Weiss already largely complementing the German national team.

Hoffenheim still wants to continue to win, so Hoffenheim attacked mainly after the opening, and Mönchen mainly used counterattacks to put pressure on the opponent, they are really worried about Hoffenheim's attacking ability, and now they really can't lose points.

In the fourth minute, Hoffenheim defender Camper defended Marin for a foul and received a yellow card. In the ninth minute, Borussia Mönchenchen midfielder Mattmoor's long-range shot from 20 yards out was collected by Haas. In the thirteenth minute, Salihovic passed straight to Xiao Qing after the ball was broken in the middle of the field, and Xiao Qing's long shot from the right side of the arc was wide of the left post. In the 14th minute, Hoffenheim left-back Ibertsberg fouled Marin in the midfield, and Salihovic stepped forward to argue with the referee and received a yellow card.

Hoffenheim now want to further expand their advantage, because they don't know what kind of difficulties they will encounter in the future games, so now they need to lay a firmer foundation, they need to further consolidate their position when they have achieved a more obvious advantage, so every attack and defense they are very serious and hard-working, they hope to be able to establish a greater advantage in the deputy squad leader, this is the best time to grab points!

In the fifteenth minute, Salihovic crossed from the left, and at this time, Menchengladbach goalkeeper Bayli obviously had a problem with his position; However, Xiao Qing's volley from the right side of the six-yard penalty area went wide of the left-hand post again, and Hoffenheim missed their best chance since the opening. In the 22nd minute, Hoffenheim counter-attacked, Teber received a quick sideline ball from Beck on the right and broke through the cross, and Sanogo flanked the cushion in the middle and grazed the post again.

Although Hoffenheim's attack was very ferocious, it was always regrettable that they just missed the goal, and although they looked like they could break through the Borussia Mönchenchen goal at any time, they always missed the goal.

Hoffenheim's bad luck continues, and they really don't seem to be able to score anymore. In the 32nd minute of the game, Hoffenheim free kick master Salihovic took a free kick about 30 meters from the left side of the penalty area, and Borussia Mönchenchen's Belgian goalkeeper Bayli made a side pounce to knock the ball out of the bottom line. In the 37th minute, Tebel took a corner kick from the left side, and Bayli made a mistake, but Xiao Qing jumped high to hit the goal with a header, but Xiao Qing's header, who was back to the limit, smashed on the crossbar; And Sanogo, who shot in the confusion, unbelievably shot in front of the goal!

If you can't find a goal, forget it, but Hoffenheim's bad luck is far more than that, not only are they unable to score now, but they are even tragically behind when they clearly have the initiative. Hoffenheim were the ones who played against the other in the first half, and if it weren't for their bad luck, they would have scored; But unfortunately, although they have the initiative now, they just can't score.

In the forty-fourth minute of the game, Mönchenchen, who has been passive on the field, took the lead in scoring a goal, Mönchen midfielder Galasek made a direct pass, and the talented but average Baumjohn did not grab the ball in time after Comper, and the imaginative hanging shot on the right side of the former demon arc pierced through Haas's ten fingers, and Mönchen took the lead at home 1-0!

Xiao Qing and his teammates were a little dumbfounded, but they could only bitterly accept such a fact; Hoffenheim is lagging behind now, and it is lagging behind when the situation is great.

In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again, and no substitutions were made. The one-goal lead Borussia Mönchen became more and more confident, while Hoffenheim's attack was still blocked. In the 56th minute, Salihovic's long-range shot from 20 meters away from Xiao Qing was high. In the 60th minute, the two teams made substitutions, Borussia Mönchenchen replaced Marin with the veteran Neuville, and Hoffenheim replaced Teber with Edu, who had finally recovered; Hoffenheim are now one goal behind and now they need to step up their attack.

To be honest, Xiao Qing is really more accustomed to the combination of three forwards, and he can get more support under such tactics, and the improvement of the team's overall attacking ability can also help the team get out of the predicament.

In the 71st minute, Edu burst into the penalty area on the right side, and the returning Mönchen midfielder Galasek tackled, and Edu was shown a yellow card by the referee for faking a fall; In the 76th minute, Baker crossed from the right, Xiao Qing hit the crossbar with a reverse hook shot from the middle, and Hoffenheim missed a good chance to equalize.

The Hoffenheim manager gave it a go, Wellington replaced Sanogo, who was quite average in the game, and for Hoffenheim, who could not afford to lose points at this time, they needed to do everything they could to get the goal in the little time left!

In the 82nd minute of the game, Hoffenheim's tireless efforts finally paid off, Salihovic took a free kick and Comper's header was ferried; Xiao Qing in the heart of the penalty area stopped the ball on his chest and attracted absolute defensive attention and hung the ball into the goal, and Hoffenheim striker Wellington, who had just come off the bench, shot with his feet.

With a score of 1-1, it is a difficult result for Hoffenheim to be satisfied with, because they are really looking to bully Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation zone, and they want to be able to pinch the soft persimmon first at this time; But who knows, no matter how you look at this game, Hoffenheim have an absolute advantage, and they did launch quite a few threatening attacks. It's just a pity that Hoffenheim's players didn't wear shooting boots, either hitting the crossbar or shooting wide at hand.

It's actually not bad to get a point, although the Bayern team bottomed out in this round of games, but considering the gap between Bayern and Hoffenheim before, there is still no big problem now.

Some other potential opponents, Hamburg, Borussia Dortmund, and Bayer Leverkusen, all lost one after another; As for the other teams, there is still not much need to pay attention to it at this time.

Xiao Qing is very proud now, and the Hoffenheim players are also very proud; Hoffenheim have four points from one win and one draw in the first two rounds of the second half of the season, and they are now further assured that they are no threat in the table for the time being. Now Eduardo is about to return from the ban, Hoffenheim has also survived their biggest crisis at this stage, and they can still continue to see the mountains in the standings!

But Hoffenheim can't be proud now, because they want revenge! (To be continued......)