The Bundesliga is generally the oldest of the top five leagues, and in the 2008-09 season, the Bundesliga opener on 15 August 2008 will be hosted by defending champions Bayern Munich to take on northern powerhouse Hamburg. Last season's league runners-up Werder Bremen travel to Bielefeld, while third-placed Schalke 04 host Hannover 96, who have made a big splash in the transfer market this summer, and Wolfsburg, who have been a big splash in the transfer market this summer, play at home to promoted Makolong coached by coach Daum Daum.

As for Hoffenheim, their opponent in the first round is the weaker Cottages; Cottage Cottages, who have been at the top of the East German Bundesliga, became one of the few former East German football clubs to have achieved success after reunification. After joining the third tier of the regional league five years after reunification, Cottagers were promoted to the Bundesliga in 1997 and the Bundesliga in 2000, before remaining in the first division for three years before being relegated to the Bundesliga. In the first season after relegation, Botbus was only overtaken by Mainz 05 by the goal difference and lost the opportunity to immediately rebound in the Bundesliga. In the 2005/06 season, they were promoted to the Bundesliga again and became the only team from the former East Germany to play in the top flight.

And now Hoffenheim is only a promoted polo team, but considering that Hoffenheim shined in the Bundesliga last season, although they did not have much reinforcement this summer, but considering that Hoffenheim almost retained the main squad that was promoted last season, plus some minor repairs, so there is still a certain confidence in the game against Cottages. It's just that now it seems that for Hoffenheim's prospects this season, it is generally believed that Bayern will continue their hegemony, and quasi-giants such as Schalke 04 will challenge for the position of Bundesliga champion. As for Hoffenheim, Borussia Mönchenchen and Cologne, the three promoted polo teams. They may be honest and think that relegation is more realistic.

Although there have been some changes to the squad in the team this summer. But basically they are still some people who are more familiar.

Goalkeeper No. 1 Daniel. Haas. No. 27 Ozcan, No. 29 Daniel. Bernhardt, No. 30 Tolsten. Kirschbaum. Among them, Haas and Ozcan will be the team's main goalkeeper and first substitute goalkeeper; Ozcan, who came on loan on loan during the winter break last season, was impressive in the second half of the season, taking the place as the first-choice goalkeeper.

No. 2 on the back line, Dreas. Baker, No. 3 Matthias. Jaisler, No. 5 Marvin. Camper, No. 14 Christopher. Yankel, No. 24 Pell. Nelsson, No. 25 Isaac. Wosa, No. 26 Andreas. Ibertsberger. This is basically a continuation of Hoffenheim's stumbling backline in the Bundesliga last season, and the new 21-year-old Baker is also a stumbling Stuttgart outcast.

In terms of midfield, although Hoffenheim may not have much advantage, it will not suffer much loss in the future. No. 10 Selim. Tebel, No. 11 Jochen. Seitz, No. 13 Jolt. Loew, No. 17 Tobias. Weiss, No. 21 Louis. Gustavo, No. 22 Francisco. Copado, No. 23 Seyad. Salihovic, No. 33 Carlos. Eduardo, No. 37 Jonas. Strivler.

Although Demba Ba, who had a conflict with Xiao Qing on the forward line, walked away, No. 9 Veddar. Ibisevic, No. 12 Wellington, No. 20 Chinedu. Obasi. Edu and No. 99 Xiao Qing, this is definitely the main forward line of Hoffenheim last season. It is also the absolute advantage of Hoffenheim, which has set off a wave of attacks in the Bundesliga.

Originally, as the team's leading scorer, Xiao Qing was naturally able to wear the No. 9 jersey, which is also the number that many strikers in football history like, but Xiao Qing doesn't seem to be interested in such a number that symbolizes the main striker, he still likes his No. 99, which is the biggest number on the field, and it is also the one that Xiao Qing hopes to become, the biggest one on the field, the one that cannot be surpassed!

Hoffenheim's players don't have much to rest, because they have a heavy game task this season; In addition to the 34 rounds of the league, there is also the German Cup. Of course, their European debut is also coming soon, as they finished runners-up in last season's German Cup. Hoffenheim have earned a valuable qualification for the UEFA Cup, and now they can relax for the time being, starting from the qualifying round in Zuihou, against a very good Serie A powerhouse Udinese.

A month-long break is meant for many players to relax, and they will struggle to relax for a long time due to the heavy workload of the game. Therefore, during the holidays, it is difficult to guarantee the form of many players. At least Xiao Qing can feel the depression of head coach Rangnick when he sees Eduardo and others, who are obviously fatter, but the team assembles about ten days in advance before the start of the season, which is also to help the team adjust during this time, of course, because of familiarity with the new tactics.

"Lap, lap, lap!" Xiao Qing was a little depressed and followed the large army to run laps on the training ground, "It's all you who hurt me, if it weren't for your little belly, we wouldn't need to run laps like this at all." ”

"Shaw, we've had a lot of races this season, so we've got to keep up good enough and the boring laps right now are to better prepare for fitness. You know we're going to start the game soon, well, we didn't do well in the warm-up game, but the next game in the German Cup will be a haode start. Eduardo didn't seem to be able to hear Xiao Qing's complaint at all, or the cheeky Eduardo wouldn't be embarrassed at all because his small belly dragged down the team's training.

"Well, our first official match of the season was against Dhonitez? A very good opponent. Xiao Qing sighed, Zronitez is a regional league team, it can be said that Hoffenheim is almost sure of winning in this game, but although the opponent's strength is relatively poor, it is also a good warm-up opponent for Hoffenheim.

"Shaw, think about our team, we're going to have a really tough season. We're not afraid of any opponent at all, but I'm really embarrassed about the situation we are in. I know that everyone at the moment is not very optimistic about our promoted team, but we were also promoted in the Bundesliga last season, and we were not favored either, but we were champions in the end. So now, I know it's almost impossible to win the Bundesliga, but one thing is for sure, we're going to get better and better. Eduardo naturally knows that the current squad is still very inadequate, if nothing else, they may not need to struggle for relegation, but it will be difficult to show more competitiveness.

"Carlos, if you guys can work a little bit harder in the off-season then maybe we'll be more competitive, you know I'm in good shape, I'm sure I'm going to score more goals, I'm sure I'm going to be the starting striker!" Ibisevic has been in pretty good form this summer because he has played in the Olympics, so he has barely had any time off this summer.

'I'm in good shape and I've been training hard this summer, and of course I've been competing. My mission for the new season is to snatch Shaw's leading scorer position, and my goal is to keep an eye on the team's top scorer! "Although the new season is about to start and although they will definitely face more challenges in the new season, the Hoffenheim players believe they can get better; Edu, who also competed in the Olympics, is also in good form, and he has reason to believe that he can play a more important role in the team!

"Haha, don't dream, it's still daytime!" Xiao Qing arrogantly got up, "You want to grab the main force and the core?" I'm not going to give you a chance! I didn't compete in any races this summer, but I've had a good training session and I'm in better shape and I'm improving even more! My goal is to be the top scorer, not only in the team, but also in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and of course the Union Cup! ”

"Xiao, good haode run laps for me! It's training time, not for you guys to chat! Xiao Qing and his teammates were full of expectations for the upcoming new season, and when they were still unscrupulously expounding their expectations for the new season, head coach Rangnick's yelling came. As for the current Hoffenheim players, the head coach has spoken, so they can only honestly bury their heads in circles.

Although it is very boring, but they also know that now they must have enough physical reserves, although the main battlefield is in the Bundesliga, but the temptation of the League Cup is still quite strong, as for the German Cup, they are also reluctant to leave early, last season they were able to become the runner-up of the German Cup when they were in the Bundesliga, and now Hoffenheim have been promoted to the Bundesliga, so their results naturally cannot be ugly!

Maybe the overall strength of Hoffenheim is not outstanding, but they are very young, after a season of training, they will definitely have more progress, although in the top league will indeed encounter more challenges, but Hoffenheim players still can't wait to start the new season early, they hope to be able to step into this stage that is a little strange to them but full of yearning!

The passion of young people is very high, so when Hoffenheim started the first round of the German Cup away on August 10, 2008, and the first game of the new season at Hoffenheim, they were very excited! (To be continued......)