Manchester City will travel to the Bundesliga powerhouse Hoffenheim in this round of the Champions League.

Hoffenheim Football Club is a football club based in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Since 2000, Hoffenheim has received continuous capital injections from Dietmar Hoppe, the founder of SAP Corporation.

Hoffenheim began to expand, adding players and coaches with Bundesliga experience in 2006, including Ralph Rangnick, who had coached Stuttgart, Hannover 96 and Schalke 04, on a five-year contract, as well as players such as Jochen Seitz and Tomislav Marić.

The investment paid off, with Hoffenheim finishing runners-up in the 2006/07 Regional League South, beating Fürth 5-0 on the closing day, beating promoted Cologne to second place in the Bundesliga.

After the 2007-08 season, he was promoted to the top flight of the Bundesliga after two years.

In their first Bundesliga season, they continued their three-year triple jump madness. With the outstanding performance of the striker trident Ibisevic, Demba Ba and Obasi, Hoffenheim became the second Bundesliga team to become the half-way champion after Kaiserslautern with 35 points in 17 rounds after drawing Schalke 04 in the 17th round!

Among them, Ibisevic has a stunning performance of scoring 18 goals in 17 rounds and won the Bundesliga half-way scorer king!

However, due to the increase in injuries in the team after the winter break, especially the cruciate ligament tear in the warm-up match against Hamburg in the first half of the season, which led to the cancellation of the season, Hoffenheim could not continue the madness of the first half of the season and swallowed the bitter fruit of 12 consecutive games without a win.

At the end of the season, they finished seventh and missed out on Europe.

After his first Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim made a stunning debut and retained a top-five spot at the start of the 2009-10 season.

However, the club has once again suffered a plethora of injuries and suspensions. Hoffenheim won just four of the 17 games in the second half of the season. In the end, Hoffenheim finished the season in a disappointing 11th place.

During the winter break of the 2010-11 season, there was an earthquake in the Hoffenheim team.

Before the winter break, the team finished fifth in the Bundesliga and reached the quarter-finals of the German Cup.

However, team owner Hope sold midfield core Luis Gustavo to Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich for 17 million on the first day of the winter transfer window!

After Hope sold Gustavo without informing manager Ralph Rangnick, Honorary Coach Rangnick resigned in anger the day after the transfer was made, and the team was replaced by then-assistant coach Marco Pezajvoli.

At the end of the season, Hoffenheim slipped from fifth in the league during the winter break to 11th.

Hoffenheim started to recover in the 16-17 season, finishing fourth in the Bundesliga, and in the 17-18 season, they went one step further and finished third in the Bundesliga, setting the best result in the team's history, and maybe qualifying for the Champions League!

Hoffenheim's success in the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons has made them a significant force in the Bundesliga.

In the first game of the Champions League group stage this season, Hoffenheim traveled away and played Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2.

This used to be good for Hoffenheim, who participated in the Champions League for the first time.

As for whether they can beat Manchester City at home in this round?

The British press believes that there is little hope.

The Times said: "Hoffenheim have been a standout in the Bundesliga last season, finishing third in the Bundesliga, but they have not been satisfactory in the Bundesliga this season.

In the last six rounds of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim have only won two games, two wins, one draw and three losses, and are currently in ninth place in the Bundesliga.

Their results simply cannot be compared to the invincible Blue Moon.

While Kevin De Bruyne is still on his waiver card, it is doubtful that Lee will be able to appear at the Rhine-Neckar Arena. However, with City's strong overall strength, Hoffenheim will now have a very difficult home win.

Hoffenheim can get a draw on home advantage, which is good for them.

Therefore, Hoffenheim's most realistic strategy is to draw against Blue Moon at home! ”

German media cheered Hoffenheim on their encouragement, and Bild published an article: Are Manchester City really invincible?

According to Bild, Manchester City are not invincible: "Manchester City have won seven in a row in the Premier League, which seems unbeatable, but they have not faced any real strong team so far.

The only threat to them is Arsenal, but the two teams met in the first round.

Arsenal boss Unai Emery was clearly unfamiliar with the Premier League, and with Lee outbursting in that game, Arsenal suffered a heavy defeat on their home turf.

Does this game say anything?

No!

First of all, Arsenal is no longer the Arsenal in its heyday, and they have a certain gap with Manchester City in terms of overall strength.

Secondly, as mentioned above, Arsenal boss Unai Emery is not familiar with the Premier League.

After that, Manchester City did not face a strong team in the Premier League.

Some say City didn't face Chelsea in the Community Shield and won 3-0.

We don't think Chelsea were 100 per cent in that game because the Premier League hadn't started before it started and Chelsea weren't in the groove yet.

And Chelsea were grinding the squad in that game.

In the just-concluded seventh round of the Premier League, Chelsea and Liverpool faced off, that is the real level of Chelsea, they almost knocked out Liverpool at home who won six in a row!

So, City's win over Chelsea in the Community Shield doesn't mean much.

And we also saw how difficult it was for Manchester City to win 2-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the seventh round of the Premier League.

So, Hoffenheim's home win over Manchester City is not out of the question.

Manchester City's number one star Lee did not play in the match against Brighton and, according to Pep Guardiola, Lee has recovered and was not present for the Champions League.

Is this sentence a smoke bomb? Lee wasn't actually cured!

It's hard to say yet, but we think that even if Lee has recovered, it is unlikely that he will return to his peak condition.

Two weeks ago, Lyon coach Genesio said in an interview at Manchester International Airport that he had found the pattern of Lee's ups and downs, supported by a number of experts.

As a result, Lee slapped Genesio and the expert in the face, and scored five goals in the first half!

But does this mean that Li can ignore the laws of the human body?

No!

Lee has missed two Premier League games in a row, and although City have claimed that it is an injury problem, we think it's not just an injury problem, Lee should indeed be out of form.

So even if Lee can appear in the match against Hoffenheim, who can guarantee that he will have a good performance!

What's more, there is a good chance that he will not be able to appear in the match against Hoffenheim.

What's more, City didn't do well against the Bundesliga side, losing all of their first six away games!

In the last two years, Manchester City has only slowly improved, with two wins, one draw and one defeat.

So, Hoffenheim need to be confident to beat Manchester City at home!

There is another important reason why Hoffenheim beat Manchester City, that is, Manchester City will play a 'top battle' with Liverpool this weekend!

For City, that game is the most important thing.

To win the battle for the top spot, we don't think Lee will even be in the match against Hoffenheim! ”

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