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Chapter 674 Questions from the famous German media "Bild"
Manchester City will go away in this round of the Champions League to challenge Bundesliga powerhouse Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim FC is a football club based in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Since 2000, Hoffenheim has received continuous capital injections from Dietmar Hopp, the founder of SAP.

Hoffenheim began to expand and recruited players and coaches with Bundesliga experience in 2006, including Ralf Rangnick, who had coached Stuttgart, Hannover 96 and Schalke 04, as the head coach. He signed a five-year contract, and the players There are Jochen Seitz and Tomislav Maric.

The investment paid off. Hoffenheim won the runner-up in the Southern Division of the 2006/07 regional league. On the closing day, they defeated Fürth 5-0, overwhelmed Cologne, who had already qualified for promotion, and won the runner-up.

After the end of the 2007-08 season, they were promoted to the Bundesliga, the top league, for two years.

In their first Bundesliga season they continued their triple-jump run for three years.Relying on the outstanding performance of forward tridents Ibisevic, Demba Ba and Obasi, Hoffenheim became the second-best team after Kaiserslautern with 17 points in 04 rounds after a draw with Schalke 17. The second newly promoted Bundesliga team to become the half-time champion!

Among them, Ibisevic even scored 17 goals in 18 rounds and won the Bundesliga half-time top scorer!

However, due to the increase in team injuries after the winter break, especially Ibisevic, who had an amazing performance in the first half of the season, suffered a torn cruciate ligament in the warm-up match against Hamburg during the winter break, resulting in reimbursement for the season. Hoffenheim could not continue The madness in the first half of the season has swallowed the bitter fruit of 12 consecutive games without victory.

After the end of the season, they only ranked seventh and missed the European competition.

After the baptism of the first Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim, who had a stunning debut, gradually faded away from the dark horse. In the subsequent 2009-10 season, Hoffenheim kept the top five positions at the beginning of the season.

However, the club again suffered a plethora of injuries and suspensions.Hoffenheim won just four of their 17 games in the second half of the season.In the end, Hoffenheim finished the season in a disappointing No.11.

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

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

However, team owner Hope sold midfielder Luis Gustavo to Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich for 1700 million on the first day of the winter transfer window!

Because Hope sold Gustavo without notifying the team's head coach Ralph Lannick, the meritorious coach Lannick resigned angrily on the second day after the transfer was concluded, and the team was replaced by the then assistant coach Marco Pezzaivoli took over as coach.

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

Hoffenheim began to recover in the 16-17 season and won No.4 in the Bundesliga. In the 17-18 season, it went further and won No.3 in the Bundesliga, creating the best score in team history and qualifying for the Champions League!
Hoffenheim's success in the Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons has made them an important force in the Bundesliga.

In the first game of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, Hoffenheim went away and scored [-]-[-] with Shakhtar Donetsk.

This was not bad for Hoffenheim, who participated in the Champions League for the first time.

As for whether they can beat Manchester City with their home victory this round?
British media think there is little hope.

"The Times" said: "Although Hoffenheim was impressive in the Bundesliga last season and created the best result in team history - Bundesliga No.3, their performance in the Bundesliga this season is not satisfactory.

In the last six rounds of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim only achieved two victories, two wins, one draw and three losses, currently ranking No.9 in the Bundesliga.

Their results are simply not comparable to the invincible Blue Moon.

Although De Bruyne still hangs up the exemption card, whether Li can appear in the Rhine-Neckar Arena is still a question.However, with Manchester City's strong overall strength, it is very difficult for Hoffenheim to win at home.

It is not bad for Hoffenheim to get a draw by virtue of their home advantage.

Therefore, the most realistic strategy for Hoffenheim is to draw with Blue Moon at home! "

The German media cheered and encouraged Hoffenheim, and Bild published an article: Is Manchester City really invincible?
Bild believes that Manchester City is not invincible: "Manchester City's seven consecutive victories in the Premier League seems to be invincible, but so far they have not encountered a real strong team.

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

Arsenal coach Emery is obviously not familiar with the Premier League, coupled with Lee's explosion in that game, Arsenal suffered a disastrous defeat at home.

What does this match show?

No!

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

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

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

Some people say that Manchester City did not face Chelsea in the Community Shield, and they won a [-]-[-] victory.

We don't think that Chelsea was in [-]% form in that game, because at that time the Premier League had not yet started and Chelsea had not yet entered the form.

And that game Chelsea was running the lineup.

In the just-concluded seventh round of the Premier League, Chelsea faced Liverpool. That is the real level of Chelsea. They almost defeated Liverpool, which had won six consecutive victories at home!
Therefore, Manchester City's victory over Chelsea in the Community Shield Cup does not explain anything.

And we have also seen that although Manchester City defeated Brighton [-]-[-] at home in the seventh round of the just-concluded Premier League, how difficult it was for them to win.

Therefore, it is not impossible for Hoffenheim to beat Manchester City at home.

Manchester City's top star Lee did not participate in the Brighton game. According to Guardiola, Lee has recovered and did not appear in the Brighton game for the Champions League.

Is this sentence a smoke bomb?Li actually did not recover!

It's too early to tell, but we think it's unlikely that Lee will be back to peak form even if he is healed.

Two weeks ago, Lyon coach Genesio said in an interview at Manchester International Airport that he had found the law of Li's ups and downs and received theoretical support from many experts.

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

But does this mean that Li Neng ignores the laws of the human body?

Do not!
Li missed two Premier League games in a row. Although Manchester City declared that it was an injury problem, we think it is not just an injury problem. Li should indeed be in poor condition.

So even if Li can appear in the game against Hoffenheim, who can guarantee that he will perform well!
What's more, he may not be able to appear in the game against Hoffenheim.

More importantly, Manchester City's performance against the Bundesliga team was not good, and they lost all the first six away games!
In the past two years, Manchester City has slowly improved, achieving two wins, one draw and one loss.

Therefore, Hoffenheim must have the confidence to beat Manchester City at home!
There is another important reason for Hoffenheim's victory over Manchester City, that is, Manchester City will stage a 'top battle' with Liverpool this weekend!
For Manchester City, that game is the most important.

To win the battle for the top spot, we don't think Lee will even feature against Hoffenheim! "

(End of this chapter)