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Chapter 394 Out of the Shadows
This goal happened in the No.803 minute. In the following game, Puel frequently dispatched troops and Lyon launched a fierce attack, but Hoffenheim, who was united as one, withstood the indiscriminate bombing of the home team. Finally, after 5 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game!

Two to one!Hoffenheim won the game with difficulty and also won the first Champions League victory in their club history!

After the game, Rangnick highly praised the outstanding performance of the players under the disadvantage. He mainly praised two people, of course, the goal heroes Long Bisheng and Kolarov: "Long has returned to his form from last season, which is good news for Hoffenheim. Kolarov's performance? I can no longer ask too much of him. He has done everything. With the improvement of the tacit understanding with his teammates, he can perform even better."

At this time, he had already got news from another field, so when the reporter asked what he thought of the next game, Rangnick smiled on his face.

"We were lucky. After losing two games, it would have been the end of the world, but after winning the third game, we were back on the same starting line as the other two teams." Rangnick said with a smile. On another field, Alkmaar lost [-]-[-] to Newcastle in an away game.

Next, Hoffenheim still has two home games, while Lyon and Alkmaar have only one home game left. Hoffenheim’s two home games are against Lyon and Alkmaar. If these two home games are well grasped, maybe they can get a round ahead of schedule.

Hoffenheim has to thank Newcastle for their strength. Although Newcastle swept them [-]-[-] at home, it was precisely because Newcastle also defeated Lyon and Alkmaar that Hoffenheim got a good start after a bad start.

When a team is in trouble, if the team does have good strength itself, but it fails to exert its own strength due to various reasons, then after winning an unexpected victory, they are often able to perform very well.

After the third match of the Champions League group stage, they can temporarily focus on the league. The next Champions League match is two weeks later, and during these two weeks, they will play three league games. The opponents in these three league games are Hamburg, Bochum and Karlsruhe. Except for Hamburg, the other two opponents are not strong, which is good news for Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim did not disappoint their supporters. After returning to Germany, they quickly defeated Hamburg 7-[-] at the Rhein-Neckar Stadium. They even solved their opponents in the first half. What the defenders have achieved with the tight markings on him has been remarkable.

Three days later, they beat Bochum 1-[-] in the away game. Bochum's defense caused a lot of trouble for Hoffenheim in the first half, but Trazino, who came off the bench in the second half, diverted Long Bisheng's header into the net three meters in front of the goal, and then Long Bisheng created a penalty kick in the penalty area. Ibisevic scored. Only [-] minute later, Eduardo scored a wonderful goal. The inside shot broke the net and completely helped the team secure the victory.

Although Long Bisheng only scored one goal in these two games, Rangnick was pleased to see that Long Bisheng played a role in the forward line. Under his powerful impact, dragging, making the ball and attracting defensive attention, Hoffenheim’s other offensive points were all activated. He was in the forward line, which could attract the opponent’s defensive firepower infinitely, and then gave his teammates more room to move. , but the benefits brought to the team cannot be achieved by one or two fancy moves.

Such a forward role is simply not reflected by those five league goals!But five goals in nine league games is not too small, not to mention that victory in the Champions League, it was also his goal that opened the door to victory for the team!

Thinking of this, Rangnick feels lucky. Such a striker only cost 500 million. Which famous striker under the age of 25 on the European continent can be bought for this price?And Long Bisheng's performance is not worse than those people at all!Maybe the reason why those giants look down on Long Bisheng is because he can't please the fans?That would be great, for Hoffenheim, it is impossible to leave Long Bisheng now...

Before Long Bisheng came, Hoffenheim could also win, but after Long Bisheng came, Hoffenheim's victory could come more easily.

This is of course a good thing, but thinking about the one or two months when Long Bisheng was not in good form, Hoffenheim’s style of play has not changed. They still have striker Ibisevic, midfielder Eduardo, and wing assaulters Marin and Salihovic. But what about their offense?What a mess!
Long Bisheng's condition is not good, these star players, offensive players seem to be unable to play football, and Hoffenheim's offense in those few games made Rangnick unbearable.

This inconspicuous big man has left deep marks on the places he has experienced in his way. Maybe you won't notice it at first, but when you notice, the marks will make you unable to ignore it.

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In the No.11 round of the league, Hoffenheim played against Karlsruhe at home. Long Bisheng showed his role to the team in another way. After the first half was tied one to one, he helped the team overtake the score with a powerful header in the No.607 minute, and then 3 minutes after Ibisevic extended the score to [-] to [-], he dodged the opponent's defender from outside the penalty area and then turned and volleyed. Vicchi has taken a big step forward in the scorer list - Ibisevic ranked first in the scorer list with nine goals, and Long Bisheng ranked third in the scorer list with seven goals.

Although Hoffenheim is still only ranked No.3 in the standings after three consecutive victories-the first two are a bit of a surprise-without Bayern, Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen ranked first or second, and Bayern ranked fourth, one point less than Hoffenheim. Like Hoffenheim, they encountered some troubles at the beginning of the season, and now they gradually regain the feeling of victory.However, Hoffenheim's striker partner has become the striker combination with the highest scoring rate in the Bundesliga. Although Dzeko scored eight goals, neither Martins nor Grafite scored too many goals. Others, whether it is Bayern's Gomez-Müller combination or Leverkusen's German national team's substitute striker combination, did not score as high as them.

A wave of three consecutive victories in the league has brought strong confidence to Hoffenheim, which also allows them to appear in the best form in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.

In the fourth round of the group stage, Hoffenheim played against Lyon at home.

The club's requirements for this game and the next fifth round of the Champions League group stage are very simple - two consecutive home games must be won!

If this game is lost, the hard-won victory in the last Champions League group match will be wiped out, and the morale brought about by four consecutive victories will be severely hit again. If Lyon can be double-killed, in addition to directly killing a competitor, it can also lay a solid foundation for qualifying.

Lyon, who came to Hoffenheim, did not have the arrogance of the previous game. They put on a defensive and counterattack posture in the game. After all, under the current situation, it is obviously not a wise move to attack the high-moralized Hoffenheim.

However, after Hoffenheim won a rare Champions League victory, it was not as impatient as in the previous game. Facing an opponent that mainly defended and counterattacked, Hoffenheim was not impatient, but played steadily, especially in positional battles. Run back and forth in half court.

In an extremely patient and drowsy game, the more patient Hoffenheim had the last laugh amidst the cheers of the fans. Relying on Marin's shot in front of No. 705 minutes, Hoffenheim defeated Lyon [-]-[-] at home and was assigned to the second position in the group for the first time.

With three consecutive victories in the league and two consecutive victories in the Champions League, Hoffenheim finally got out of the shadow of the early season and began to make great strides towards their goals.

PS: It’s been a long time since I’ve done this job, and I’m not good at it anymore. Keep shouting and ask for tickets, no matter how many, I don’t care if I can get into the top six in the classification. Tickets must be won, and it will give me a little more confidence.

(End of this chapter)