Chapter 089: The World of Dark Horses

In the 68th minute of the game, less than five minutes after Stuttgart took another goal lead, Hoffenheim scored again, and they once again stubbornly equalized the score with Xiao Qing's goal! This time it was Xiao Qing, his performance in this game was great, although the team was very passive for a while, but he was still able to help the team score through his own efforts; Although the lone arrow seems to be a bit lonely up front, he is still able to take the initiative to find the best way to play for the team through self-adjustment.

Stuttgart were in high spirits after taking the lead and they wanted to continue to strengthen their attack to seal the win; However, Hoffenheim quickly launched a counterattack after breaking the ball at the back, Hoffenheim full-back Jaisler broke through quickly on the wing, and his long pass from the right made Xiao Qing get a very good chance.

At the moment when Yaisler broke the ball, Xiao Qing was more concentrated, watching his teammates break through on the side after breaking the ball, Xiao Qing at this time also turned around and began to run wildly. Jaisler's pass seems to be a little rushed, because the current Xiao Qing has not been able to completely shake off the defenders, and the current Stuttgart defender Tashcher is almost neck and neck with Xiao Qing in front of the penalty area, and Jaisler's pass is a little big, and the ball looks likely to fly to the small penalty area.

Although it is almost not very good now, although there are still defensive players around Xiao Qing now, he doesn't care; Xiao Qing, who used all his strength, quickly rushed towards the penalty area, although the current Stuttgart goalkeeper Lehmann had also attacked. But in the heart of the box, facing the ball that began to fall, facing the goalkeeper who attacked. Facing Tashcher, who was clinging to his side; Xiao Qing struggled without hesitation, and suddenly jumped to the top. The ball smashed on Xiao Qing's head. Although Lehmann made a subconscious save, the ball still passed through his fingertips!

Three to three, Xiao Qing completed a hat trick in this game, he saved Hoffenheim again and again, and he helped the team get a point with difficulty! In the post-match press conference, Hoffenheim became the protagonist, and Xiao Qing became the most eye-catching point in this focus battle.

Stuttgart coach Babel was only amazed by Xiao Qing's performance: "For the crowd, it was undoubtedly a wonderful game, everything on the field was - the morale, the mood, the desire to win, the fighting spirit. And of course six goals. But I'm a little sorry that the players didn't win the game because of a personal mistake. At the end of the day we should be happy because we didn't drop points and we were doing well. In fact, three goals at home should have ensured the three points, but I think everyone has seen Shaw's performance, which is why Hoffenheim can now stand at the top of the table; Shaw's performance was impressive enough to help Hoffenheim get a valuable point in this game. ”

Although it was only a draw, such a score could satisfy Hoffenheim manager Rangnick, who was more interested in the passive performance of Hoffenheim's players. What he values is Hoffenheim's tenacity and resilience, which gives him the confidence to continue to create miracles in the following games.

"The fans came to see this game and it was really good value for money. It's a real battle. As you can see from the performance of either side, the situation on the pitch was very close for 90 minutes. We were more or less surprised to be the first to break the deadlock because it was difficult for us to open up the attack after the game. Although we soon lost our advantage and even fell behind, after the equaliser, although we fell behind again, we eventually returned to the same running line with our opponents. I'm happy with the 3-3 score, the desire to win was on full display, but unfortunately we couldn't get the three points as we wanted. ”

Stuttgart striker Gomez, who scored twice in the game, was very depressed, and he thought that this game was really disappointing, "In my opinion, it is incomprehensible that this game was not won. Due to a clear personal error, we lost the three points we had. They seized their chances, and Shaw's performance made people believe that he had a good chance of winning the league's Golden Boot. ”

As for Xiao Qing at this time, he was very low-key, and some perfunctory ended the post-game press conference, and now Xiao Qing is more concerned about the results in other games; Although they have three points, it is likely that the pursuers behind them will take the opportunity to further close the gap in the standings.

After the resumption of the league after the winter break, Hoffenheim's record is relatively sluggish, and it is about to be overtaken by Hertha Berlin, the fundamental reason is the decline in attacking power; Although Xiao Qing has scored three goals in the previous three games, Ibisevic's season reimbursement has left Hoffenheim less to rely on in attack.

Xiao Qing scored all three goals in this game, received a super high evaluation from "Kicker" magazine, and beat German international Gomez to become the best player of the game. "The Kicker" gave him a very high rating: "The little village has found their superweapon again!" ”

Xiao Qing has now scored six goals in the second half of the game, plus eighteen goals in the first half of the game, Xiao Qing has scored a lot of twenty-four league goals this season, and now Xiao Qing is far ahead of the Bundesliga scorer list, and now he doesn't need to worry about anyone threatening his dominance in the scorer list!

A point away from home was enough to send Hoffenheim out of the way, and although they could not take advantage of the opportunity to extend their lead, it was enough to keep them grounded for the time being, and of course, Hoffenheim were the big winners in this round, as the top three teams lost all but Hoffenheim received a draw.

Hertha Berlin took the lead away from home thanks to Cicero's goal in the 62nd minute, but a tenacious Wolfsburg team scored twice in the 71st and 82nd minutes to come back from behind to win; Although Wolfsburg's strength is also quite good, and they are relatively high in the standings, Hoffenheim is undoubtedly more willing to see Wolfsburg win than Hertha Berlin who is closely chasing behind.

As for Bayern Munich, the biggest favourites for the former Bundesliga title, they are now basically desperate, they don't seem to have any signs of coming back at all, and now they are getting farther and farther away from the league title.

Defending league champions Bayern Munich suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Cologne, suffering their third defeat in four league games since the start of the second half. Bayern dominated the field but were never able to find the back of the net, but were twice conceded by the visitors, who only scored a consolation goal in the 84th minute.

Fourteen wins, four draws and three losses, Hoffenheim topped the standings with 46 points in 21 rounds of the league, although only one point was gained in this round of the game, but they still took the opportunity to stabilize their position with the opponent's defeat in this round of the game, and Hoffenheim, who had previously narrowed the gap by the opponent, can now breathe a sigh of relief.

Hertha Berlin, which is second in the standings, is also chasing behind Hoffenheim with 12 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, accumulating 40 points, and now they are being opened up by Hoffenheim by six points.

As for the Bayern Munich team, I believe that the performance of the current Bundesliga team is really eye-catching, and now their fans must be crying without tears; Originally, Bayern Munich was eight points off Hoffenheim in the standings at the end of the half-time game, and those fans who believed in them also wanted to believe that Bayern would definitely try to catch up and overtake Hoffenheim in the second half of the game.

Although Hoffenheim's first four rounds in the second half of the game were only two wins, one draw and one loss, which is neither good nor bad, it is indeed a sign of weakness after a series of blows; But Bayern Munich is very clean in these four rounds of games with one win and three losses, and now they are completely thrown away by Hoffenheim, and they can't even keep the top three in the standings.

Ten wins, six draws and five losses, Bayern now only has 36 points, now they are thrown off by Hertha Berlin by six points, Hoffenheim is even more than 12 points, and now the league has reached the 21st round, the current Bayern Munich team seems to be really completely degenerate, they can't find the feeling of winning at all.

And Wolfsburg won three and drew one in the first four rounds of the second half of the competition, they are the real model of the second half of the force, now they continue to move forward in the standings, and now they are the most performing team since the league restarted!

At the end of the half-time, they were in eighth place in the standings with seven wins, five draws and five losses, accumulating 26 points; But since the start of the second half of the game, they have been crazy to get ten points, now they have ten wins, six draws and five losses, now they have the same points as Bayern, they are only a little bitter because of the disadvantage of goal difference in the fourth position in the standings, they only need to go one step further in the standings, then they can get a valuable Champions League qualification!

The defeat of Bayern Munich and Hertha Berlin has made the Hoffenheim players extremely excited, and now they can stabilize the situation in the table; Especially the Bayern team is now being thrown away by Hoffenheim by 12 points, the most threatening team is basically unable to threaten them in a short period of time, which is naturally Hoffenheim's players are more happy, now they seem to be just further opening up the gap with Hertha Berlin, which is also a dark horse team, then the league championship seems to be just a stone's throw away! (To be continued......)