Xiao Qing is ready, and Xiao Qing is quite important for the League Cup; Although the League Cup is naturally not very attractive compared to the Champions League, it will be an important stage for Xiao Qing.

Although as long as there is an excellent performance in the Bundesliga, it can also attract a lot of attention, after all, it is also a mainstream competition; But the League Cup is undoubtedly a stage to better show himself, and it is a stage where Xiao Qing can express himself in Europe and even in Shijie. There are competitive teams from all over Europe, and for a lot of teams in the middle and upper reaches, the UEFA Cup is where they can show themselves, where they can compete against teams from other countries, and if they have a good performance here, they will definitely get more attention.

It's just that not only did he not make his Bundesliga debut and European debut, but he didn't even have any TV broadcast of this European Cup qualifying match, which has to be said to be a bitter reality for Xiao Qing; Although Hoffenheim are now in the Bundesliga, their influence is so limited that there is no need for them to focus more on a promoted polo team for those who may not have much media resources, unless Hoffenheim can perform incredible.

Perhaps Udinese had also studied Hoffenheim's tactics before the game, and they also knew a little about Hoffenheim's performance in the previous two league games; So Udinese weren't too surprised when Hoffenheim came out in a 4-3-3 formation, and they weren't too flustered when Hoffenheim's players were pushing wildly. They can be said to have made enough preparations for the somewhat unfamiliar Hoffenheim, so they are confident enough to win at home Udinese!

Udinese wants to win at home and take the absolute initiative, and Hoffenheim is not to be outdone and wants to get more away goal difference in the game; The players of both teams will be hoping to dominate the first leg. They all want to make it to the UEFA Cup. So at this time they are all working hard.

Hoffenheim weren't very strong defensively. Moreover, the attacking formation greatly weakened Hoffenheim's defensive strength; Especially on the wings, although Baker's quality is good, he and Ibersberg are almost completely exposed to the Udinese full-backs, and they need to be constantly attacked.

As for Udinese, although their players are experienced and steady enough, Hoffenheim's oppressive pressing is so strong that they can't tell that they just came from a league trip three days ago, and the current Hoffenheim players are obviously not having any fitness problems; And Udinese's first official game of the season was this one. Although there were warm-up matches before, for Udinese, who had gone some main forces, the tacit understanding and state of the players were not at their best!

Although Udinese is not in the best form of the early stage, Udinese's lineup is more reasonable than that of Hoffenheim of the Young Guards, and their team has players of three age groups, which can not only ensure the team's stable performance on the field, but also ensure the team's momentum to the greatest extent.

As for Hoffenheim, although they are full of momentum, they are likely to pay the price for their youth in the game; Although they have experienced a successful season in the Bundesliga, they are now on a two-game winning streak in the league. But now in this European debut, Hoffenheim still felt a completely different feeling.

Udinese was also apparently aware of Hoffenheim's flaws. They are naturally quite concerned about Hoffenheim's weak defensive ability, especially Hoffenheim's midfield defensive ability has been weakened to a limit, so the wing attack will be Udinese's most hode choice!

Udinese's attack is quite ferocious, although Hoffenheim's players are still continuing their high-intensity pressing, but Udinese's midfield has four players, not to mention, and their two wings are full of breaking ability, which can definitely bring more pressure to Hoffenheim; And once Udinese can't compress the space for action, to a certain extent, Hoffenheim's pressing tactics will fail!

Hoffenheim's players are under a lot of pressure, because although they work hard, Udinese can still organize their attack with ease, Udinese will use some patient passing to match the ball in Hoffenheim's defense and suddenly split the ball to the side and start to break through the side, which will naturally make Hoffenheim's goal more threatened; Because Udinese's two big forwards, Quagliarella and Di Natale, are quite efficient goalscorers!

It can be said that the current Hoffenheim has obviously lost the initiative, and their tactics have been resolved by the opponent, which naturally makes Hoffenheim a little passive in the game, and I have to admit that the current Hoffenheim players are a little confused, because they don't know whether to continue to insist on pressing tactics, and they even feel that the current team needs to stabilize their position. But at this time, Hoffenheim coach Rangnick stood on the sidelines with a serious face and kept gesturing, this is some of Hoffenheim's tactical gestures, and now Rangnick requires Hoffenheim's players to continue to adhere to the team's previous established tactics, not only need to keep pressing, but even need to be more intense, fast and resolute!

The Hoffenheim players also began to slowly let go of their hesitations at this time, and they began to become more focused on the field; It's just a pity that although the Hoffenheim players have become more focused, and although they are now starting to work harder, the Udinese players who have found the feeling of the game are not the slightest polite at this time.

Hoffenheim's nasal cavity was more aggressive, or there were already some rough fouls; But in the 33rd minute of the game, Gustavo and Eduardo began to pack Inger in the middle of Udinese, but Ingle sent a diagonal pass, and this time Hoffenheim's crisis came!

Isla is very fast, and as an excellent winger, Isla does not need any hesitation to start quickly dribbling the ball on the wing after winning the ball; Especially without any hindrance, he can directly face Hoffenheim full-back Baker, which naturally makes him have more confidence!

The cheers at the Friuli Stadium broke out again, and although Hoffenheim full-back Baker did not hesitate to rush towards Isla, but in the face of the fierce and unskilled young Baker, the veteran Isla wisely chose to slow down a little to prepare for more. So when Baker rushed towards him quickly, when he saw that Baker seemed to be difficult to make more adjustments, when Baker was about to foul and hit him, Isla cleverly knocked the ball to the right, narrowly avoiding Baker's Isla immediately accelerated to cut inside, as for Beck, he didn't have time to brake sharply!

Hoffenheim is coming to an end! This is the feeling of all Udinese fans right now. Hoffenheim's defensive ability is not strong, and the current Udinese's inside cut has created enough threat, and the current Hoffenheim's entire back line is basically completely torn apart!

Isla quickly and sharply slotted into the box, and Udinese strikers Quagliarella and Di Natale were also planning at this time; And Hoffenheim only has four players left in the penalty area, including the goalkeeper, because Baker was broken, there are only three Hoffenheim defenders left, and now it is basically a one-on-one battle, but the attacker always occupies the initiative!

Isla doesn't seem to have the meaning of passing the ball at all, Isla from the left side of the penalty area into the penalty area quickly rushed towards the small penalty area, Hoffenheim's understaffed defense line was completely suppressed to an extreme at this time, but at this time Hoffenheim's defenders can only passively adjust, because Isla's threat is too great!

Successfully blocked Isla's breakthrough line on the right side of the small penalty area, but the Hoffenheim players at this time were cold, because when they were all pinned down by Isla, even goalkeeper Ozcan subconsciously wanted to block Isla's shooting angle, Isla suddenly gently inserted the ball into the middle and pushed, which meant that the outflanked Quagliarella could easily push the goal!

The Stadio Friuli fell into the frenzy of the Udinese fans, and Quagliarella's push goal helped the team to take a 1-0 lead at home, and now Udinese temporarily has the initiative! And most importantly, Udinese fans are convinced that the team is not at its best right now, which means that Udinese can actually get better!

It was Hoffenheim's first goal conceded this season, a German Cup game, and Hoffenheim did not concede a goal in both Bundesliga games; However, they conceded the first goal in the first game of the European competition, and although they also knew the ability of their own team's backline, such a goal still hit Hoffenheim's morale more or less; Because Hoffenheim did not dominate the field in this game, they failed to find the initiative in the game; Because of the goal conceded, Hoffenheim have a little more challenge on the road to the main draw of the UEFA Cup, and now they are temporarily behind!

Xiao Qing glanced at Quagliarella celebrating the goal, Xiao Qing didn't seem to feel any other more emotions in his heart at this time, it seemed that there really wasn't! (To be continued......)