Chapter 090: Hoffenheim is not safe enough

Hoffenheim have won a draw away, and now they are also temporarily safe because of the defeat of their opponents, and now they seem to be able to breathe a sigh of relief; However, Hoffenheim is not resting at ease now, because although the Bayern team seems to be falling behind, Hertha Berlin is still hanging behind Hoffenheim not far away, as long as Hoffenheim makes mistakes, they can see opportunities.

Hoffenheim's opponent in the 22nd round of the league is Borussia Dortmund, a strong old Bundesliga team; Dortmund's record is seven wins, ten draws and four losses, accumulating 31 points and temporarily sitting in ninth place in the standings. Such a tepid result has made Dortmund not taken seriously by the outside world, but the match against Hoffenheim has put them in the eyes of more fans, at least at this time, when Hoffenheim are likely to continue to win and work miracles, and every opponent who fights them will be concerned.

Dortmund are under a lot of pressure after a four-game winless run after the winter break, while Hoffenheim will likely extend their advantage in the standings as long as they win this game; So both teams will be working hard, especially Hoffenheim, who now need more wins and points to secure their top spot and extend their lead.

Hoffenheim's players are full of confidence, although Dortmund are good, but now Hoffenheim are more confident because they now look like they are out of the woods, and now they are just back on track and have a clear advantage. But God is very funny, they don't want Hoffenheim to have smooth sailing in the game, he needs a miracle team to keep stumbling in the game. Only in this way can we attract the attention of fans more.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides fought fiercely. Borussia Dortmund won a number of free-kicks in front. However, neither could threaten and in the 11th minute, Hoffenheim won a free-kick in front of the goal, and Salihovic hit the goal directly, but the ball went just wide of the post.

In the fifteenth minute, Borussia Dort striker Valdés received a pass from Owomoyela in front of the penalty area and shot at goal, but the ball was not big, but Hoffenheim goalkeeper Haas saved the ball. Zidan followed up with a follow-up shot, Haas made a good save to save the ball off the line, and Dortmund missed a golden chance.

Xiao Qing was under more defensive pressure in this game, because Hoffenheim still continued the starting lineup of 4-2-3-1 in the previous game, and now Xiao Qing is still a little alone in the front, so although Xiao Qing did have a few shots on goal, the effect was never great.

Xiao Qing's only threatening attack in the first half came in the 23rd minute, when Baker and Weiss played a wall-to-wall combination on the right flank, Xiao Qing burst into the box after receiving Weiss's cross and fired a powerful shot that was blocked by Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller.

Borussia Dortmund then took the initiative. Hoffenheim threatened the opposition goal with a counter-attack; The score of the first half was finally set at 0-0.

Hoffenheim intensified their attack in the second half, in the 57th minute. Eduardo received Xiao Qing's knockback from the front of the penalty area, and the ball was high above the crossbar; Two minutes later, Hoffenheim centre-back Baker stepped in to assist, Xiao Qing received the ball and fired a long-range shot in front of the penalty area, but the ball went just wide of the post.

Hoffenheim's offensive was in full swing, and Dortmund was not polite; In the 59th minute, Borussia Dortmund Hainaul fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box, and the Hoffenheim goalkeeper made another mistake to save the ball, and the ball grazed the post and rolled off the line.

The two teams went back and forth in the game, although they still failed to score, but the scene was still more exciting; And both teams are ferocious in attack, and they look like they can score at any time. The turning point of the game came in the 77th minute, which was an accident and a laughable blow to Hoffenheim.

In the 77th minute of the game, there was an unexpected scene on the field, Dortmund captain Kehl fouled Weiss in a defensive scramble and received a second yellow card and was sent off, and Weiss was directly sent off the field by the referee because of his retaliatory kicking.

Neither side could get more chances in the ensuing game, with the score remaining 0-0 until the end, which was Dortmund's 11th draw of the season.

Weiss was sent off and Hoffenheim suffered a frustrating defeat immediately after a more uplifting draw; Well, Bayern continued their winless run in this round of fixtures, and they only drew a goalless draw with Bremen in this round, but now Hertha Berlin continues to win, which is enough to make Hoffenheim feel the pressure.

Hertha Berlin beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation zone 2-0 at home in this round, so they are only four points away from Hoffenheim at the top of the table, and now they are constantly eating away at Hoffenheim's lead, and now they have not given Hoffenheim any room to relax, they are constantly trying to go further in the standings!

Although Hoffenheim further opened Bayern Munich a one-point gap in the standings in this round, the current gap of up to 13 points seems to have announced in advance that Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga leader, is completely out of the championship battle.

In the first half of the season, Bayern suffered their worst start in three decades. Klinsmann went from being a darling to a target overnight. Thankfully, he did his best and changed the rampant rotation system, blind formation and other reforms, and finally put Bayern back on winning tracks, so they could be in second place in the table at the end of the half-time.

For Bayern's performance in the second half, all the criticism of this result is so pale and weak, simply not as simple and crude as Bild, but concise: "Bayern's losing record continues. "It's a record, and it's a record. I remember that Bayern has never had such a miserable performance.

In the first half of the season, they have made the worst start in 30 years, and after entering the second half of the season, Bayern has set a "feat" of one win, one draw and three losses, and now the fact of a draw with Bremen away has broken through the limits of imagination, because now they are thrown away by Hoffenheim at the top of the table with a 13-point gap, which basically also announced that Bayern has fallen halfway through the championship race!

Although they have completely thrown off Bayern Munich, who are considered to be the most likely threat in the standings, although Hoffenheim's current record can still be said to be reasonable, after all, they have not lost. However, Hertha Berlin have three points and now they have narrowed their win to less than two games, and now they seem to have a chance to go one step closer to closing the gap to within one game in the next round!

Now Hoffenheim is really unlucky, they originally thought that they were throwing off their biggest rivals, they originally thought they could temporarily give a breath, they thought that the team had actually found their form, but the reality is very cruel to tell them that the current Hoffenheim has no advantage at all, and now they are even a little careless, then it is very likely that Hertha Berlin will narrow the gap in the score again.

As for Xiao Qing, although he just scored a hat trick in the previous game, although he has saved the team many times this season, there is one thing that needs to be admitted, that is, Xiao Qing's performance in the second half of the game is not stable enough; Although he scored six goals in five games, Xiao Qing was clean sheet in two of them, and Xiao Qing's goalscoring efficiency also appeared to be problematic after lacking sufficient support in the second half of the game.

In the first half of the game, Xiao Qing was basically able to ensure that even if he didn't score a goal, he could ensure that he could use his own pass or breakthrough to help his teammates create opportunities; But now Xiao Qing, who is fighting alone, lacks enough helpers in the front court, so he will encounter the opponent's crazy bag, and it is difficult for him to get more opportunities.

Xiao Qing's scoring ability is undoubted, and Xiao Qing's performance in the game is indeed good; But it needs to be admitted that the current Hoffenheim's attack is basically based on Xiao Qing's performance, once Xiao Qing can not score, then it will be a disaster for Hoffenheim, once they can not win the game, then they will also be eroded by the opponent step by step in the standings.

Xiao Qing is also very distressed now, although he really wants to score goals, although now he is really eager to help the team win; But now he's under a lot of defensive pressure, he's worked hard enough, but he's still a little bit away from scoring.

God is deliberately unable to get along with Hoffenheim, as long as Hoffenheim just looks safer, when Hoffenheim's situation seems better, then they will definitely be frustrated; When Hoffenheim's players manage to build some confidence in the game, they will surely suffer a bigger blow immediately.

Xiao Qing felt that not only was he god-level allergic now, but the whole team was very nervous and restless now, because they really wanted to win the game, because they were really full of desire for the league championship; But now, the setbacks have left Hoffenheim's players at no chance to enjoy themselves, even if they still occupy the top position now, even if they have occupied this position for almost 20 rounds!

Now Xiao Qing needs to work hard, and the current Hoffenheim players also need to work hard; Because their position is not secure now, because they will now encounter some strong enemies; In the twenty-third round of the league, their opponent is Bremen, the team that attacks like crazy! (To be continued......)