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Chapter 333 Against Wolf Castle
The final of the German Cup will be held after the league, so Hoffenheim's goal and focus are back to the league. They will soon usher in the No.20 opponent, now ranked second, Wolfsburg with four points higher than them.

Before getting the investment from Volkswagen, Wolfsburg had been working hard to get rid of the hat of "country club". , After entering the Bundesliga, his performance was even more impressive than that of Wolfsburg back then.

But since winning the first league championship in club history last season, Wolfsburg has become a truly strong team. In the Champions League last season, they also qualified from the group stage, and finally lost to the mighty Real Madrid.

Wolfsburg's strength lies in their strikers, Dzeko, Grafite, plus a Nigerian black lightning Martins. If Hoffenheim's striker combination can be ranked in the top five of the Bundesliga, then Wolfsburg's striker combination is at least the top three in the Bundesliga. With a strong midfielder and a strong midfielder, it is definitely not a fluke to win the Bundesliga championship in the 08-09 season.

For the current Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg's road to success seems to be something they can learn from. It also gained a firm foothold in the Bundesliga at the beginning, and then after receiving increased investment from Volkswagen, it took a few years to build a young and capable team, seize the opportunity, and win the league championship in one fell swoop.

The home game against opponents in this game is also an opportunity for Hoffenheim. If you win the opponent, you can narrow the gap to one point and have the opportunity to widen the gap with the team behind you. Although the top three in the Bundesliga can participate in the Champions League, there is still a huge difference between the runner-up and No.3.

On February 20th, the No.[-] round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim played against Wolfsburg at home.

This game has also become the focus of this round. One is the league champion in the 08-09 season. Last season, they finished runner-up behind Bayern by only two points.

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Wolfsburg is definitely a strong team, as can be seen from their starting lineup—the goalkeeper is Switzerland's number one national goalkeeper Diego Benario, the two central defenders are Italian international Barzagli and Czech international player Simnek, and Portuguese international Ricardo Costa is sitting on the bench. In the middle, the two full-backs are the Albanian international Gianni and the German local player Gentner. The forward line veteran Grafitt sits on the bench in this game, and the main starting forward is a combination of one high and one fast.

This is a main lineup with 11 starting players, ten of whom are national players from various countries. It is not inferior to Bayern's luxurious lineup. This is a strong team formed by Wolfsburg under the leadership of Magath in the past three seasons.

They are both teams in the same league. The two sides know each other well. Naturally, there is no secret weapon. Rangnick also sent out the latest main lineup for this game. Foot Marin, Bosnia and Herzegovina international Ibisevic, Chinese international Long Bisheng-this lineup is also full of stars, and it seems that it is not much less famous than Wolfsburg's starting lineup.

In this game, there are four main players from the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in the starting lineup of the two sides. In recent years, many Bosnian players have played in Germany, and Salihovic, Ibisevic, Misimovic and Dzeko are the best among them.

Amidst the cheers of nearly [-] Hoffenheim fans and thousands of Wolfsburg fans, the game began.

At the beginning of the game, Wolfsburg launched a fierce attack against Hoffenheim. Zeko was the German Footballer of the 08-09 season, and he was also the Bundesliga Silver Boot winner in that season. He scored 27 goals, only one less than his teammate Grafite. The door was dug away.

After Graffit got older and began to gradually become a substitute, he debuted in the Inter Milan youth training camp. Martins, who had played for Newcastle for two seasons, gradually replaced him.

After a few passes from the midfielder, the ball was sent to Zeko's feet. His position of holding the ball was not good for a center forward-30 meters away from the goal, and the deterrence of the center forward would be minimized at this distance.

Li Jie came up to meet him. He knew how powerful this opponent was. Zeke, who was originally a midfielder, had good foot skills. Even if he was far away from the penalty area, he would pose a huge threat.

Seeing Zeke move, Li Jie immediately went up to meet him, but Zeke didn't break through, but suddenly kicked straight in!
The ball flew straight into the middle of Hoffenheim's penalty area. This should have been a non-threatening pass, but Martins' superhuman speed turned this seemingly aimless through pass into a chance for a lore!
A black lightning flashed across the field, and before Comper could react, Martins had already jumped in from behind and chased after the ball!
Comper saw that when Martins started, he was still five meters away from him, but when he turned around, Martins had already rushed to him, and when he turned around completely, Martins had surpassed him by one body!
The wolves of Wolfsburg bared their sharp teeth.

"Oops!" Comper couldn't help shouting in his heart. He is not a central defender who is known for his speed. Martins' sprint speed is also quite terrifying. Just when Comper wanted to foul, he saw that Martins had already rushed into the penalty area.

Fortunately, there was another Baker. After he had been dragging for comparison just now, he started to move towards the middle of the penalty area when he saw Zeko through.

Martins jumped over Hildebrand nimbly, and then gave Zeko a thumbs up, indicating that he passed the ball well.

"Damn it." Li Jie watched depressedly as Zeke smiled at Martins and ran back. Zeke was a great threat when he got the ball, so he had to step up, but if he did this, the defense in the middle of the penalty area would be very weak.

Hildebrand took a goal kick and the ball was ferryed down by Long Bisheng in the frontcourt. Marin shot from the corner of the penalty area after breaking through from the wing, and the ball was easily saved by Benario.

Soon Wolfsburg organized an attack again. Misimovic cleverly divided the sides. Gianni still passed a beautiful cross under the marking of Simunić. Zeko ferried the header from the center to Martins. Fortunately, Li Jie noticed this this time and cleared the ball with a beautiful barb in the middle.

But the ball immediately fell to the feet of Schaefer, who came forward for the assist. Schaefer went straight to the wing, and Martins, who pulled to the wing, dodged Baker and made a cross. The ball was preempted by Hildebrand.

The wolves from Wolfsburg continued to threaten Hoffenheim's gate at the beginning of the game, and Rangnick couldn't sit still.

"Counterattack! Counterattack! Beat them back!" Rangnick shouted into the field, and at this time, Hoffenheim fans also shouted in unison.

(End of this chapter)