Under the call of Lu Wenbin, who has a leadership aura, Hoffenheim's players on the field recovered a little bit of their spirits and re-engaged in the game.
Eduardo, who had rested for two league games, was in high spirits and vowed to equalize the score.
In the 20th minute, Hoffenheim got a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt, but Lu Wenbin activated the system skills and shot the ball, which hit the post and bounced out of the bottom line.
In the 25th minute, in Leverkusen's attack, Komper was passed by Vidal. Fortunately, Jancker made a timely tackle and passed the ball to the full-back Beck.
Baker quickly counterattacked with the ball, passed it to forward Weiss after crossing the center line, and Weiss passed it to Eduardo in the middle.
Because it was Leverkusen's attack just now, there were very few people in Leverkusen's backcourt at that time, and two people had to closely guard Lu Wenbin, so there was only one central defender Friedrich in front of Eduardo.
Friedrich retreated while defending, ready to wait for his teammates in the frontcourt to return to defense for reinforcement, but Eduardo did not give him time.
After Eduardo dribbled the ball towards Friedrich at high speed, he knocked Friedrich to the ground with two consecutive quick bicycle kicks and was about to break through and get a one-on-one chance.
As a last resort, Enrique, another central defender who was following Lu Wenbin not far away, had to leave Lu Wenbin to his teammates and go to defend Eduardo who broke through Friedrich.
Goalkeeper Adler also stared at Eduardo nervously to prevent him from shooting after breaking through.
Sure enough, after breaking through Friedrich, Eduardo approached the penalty area and raised his left foot, making a shooting gesture.
Enrique, who hadn't gotten close yet, could only leap up and try to make a flying tackle. Adler also lowered his center of gravity and stared at Eduardo.
As a result, Eduardo did not shoot with his foot when he landed, but instead dribbled the ball to the right, dodging Enrique who was lying on the ground to tackle him.
Then he quickly followed up with a push pass with his right foot, passing the ball to the right side of the penalty area, where Lu Wenbin was rushing towards.
Although Leverkusen's midfielder Rolfes was pulling and entangled with him, and Rolfes was faster than Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin, who had already formed a tacit understanding with Eduardo, still rushed into the penalty area first by suddenly changing direction.
Facing the ball passed by Eduardo, Lu Wenbin shot it directly while running without stopping, and the ball went straight to the lower right corner along the grass.
After completing the shot, Lu Wenbin was knocked to the ground by Rolfes.
But the ball had already been shot out by Lu Wenbin.
Goalkeeper Adler had already rushed over from the center of the goal, but Lu Wenbin's shot was close, fast, and powerful. Although Adler tried his best to touch the ball with his fingertips, he still couldn't block the ball.
Finally, Lu Wenbin's shot hit the inside post and bounced into the net.
“Toooooooooooooooooor…”
Dickenson shouted and explained excitedly: "The ball went in, Hoffenheim didn't give up, and Lu didn't give up either. They scored a goal in the 25th minute and equalized the score!"
Seeing the ball go into the net, Lu Wenbin, who was knocked down by Rolfes, turned over and got up and roared to the sky, then hugged Eduardo, Weiss and others who rushed over.
The fans in the stands also cheered happily.
After celebrating with his teammates, Lu Wenbin raised his hands toward the surrounding stands again and again on his way back to his own half, signaling to the fans to make the atmosphere more lively.
The fans gave Lu Wenbin a warm response. Every time Lu Wenbin raised his hand, everyone roared and many people stood up.
It finally felt like they were at home, and Lu Wenbin's teammates regained their morale.
After the game resumed, Hoffenheim became much more proactive and regained the offensive football of the first half of the season, launching a crazy attack against Leverkusen.
However, the defense line has a lower tolerance rate, and poor tacit understanding is really a fatal flaw. Once a mistake is made, the ball will be lost.
In the 34th minute, Leverkusen took advantage of mistakes made by Komper and Jancker to score a goal and regain the lead.
But the Hoffenheim team and fans did not give up. Instead, they continued to play, vowing to equalize the score.
In the 45th minute, just as the first half was about to end, Salihovic dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing, made a one-two pass with Paljic outside the corner of the penalty area, and then pretended to pass the ball to Lu Wenbin who ran into the penalty area, causing tension in Leverkusen's defense.
But this time Salihovic was just feinting. He shook the opponent's defense line and then passed the ball horizontally to Eduardo who was running in from the back row.
Eduardo shot the ball hard without stopping outside the penalty area. The ball passed through the crowded penalty area and went straight into the blind corner.
Goalkeeper Adler was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.
In the 45th minute, Hoffenheim once again tenaciously equalized the score at the end of the first half.
With the score of 2-2, both sides entered the halftime break.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and started again. Komper still failed to coordinate with Jancker and inadvertently made another big mistake.
In the 56th minute, Komper tackled the opponent's forward Yekas who was dribbling into the penalty area, but he failed to catch the ball and knocked down the opponent. Not only did he receive a yellow card, he also gave the opponent a penalty kick.
Yekas took the penalty kick himself and Leverkusen took the lead again 3-2.
But Hoffenheim did not lose heart and continued to attack Leverkusen's goal under the leadership of Lu Wenbin.
In the 69th minute, Lu Wenbin received a quick pass from captain Salihovic in the penalty area, but Rolfes and Enrique, who were closely guarding him, had already blocked Lu Wenbin's shooting path, and goalkeeper Adler was also staring at Lu Wenbin intently.
In a flash, Lu Wenbin made a fake shot and then gave up his shot, passing the ball to the other side of the penalty area, where center forward Paljic was rushing in from outside the penalty area.
This time, Paljic did not disappoint.
He fell to the ground and shoveled the ball into the goal before another opposing defender could clear the ball on the other side of the penalty area.
Dickenson was shouting in the commentary booth: "Equalized, equalized again! Hoffenheim fell behind three times, but tenaciously equalized the score three times. Today's strong dialogue is so exciting!"
Many fans at the scene were so excited that they stood up, their faces red as they loudly applauded, cheered and cheered for the home team, even some female fans were no exception.
However, Hoffenheim is very tenacious and Leverkusen is not a pushover either.
Even though they took the lead three times and were equalized three times, Leverkusen did not get discouraged and continued to attack Hoffenheim's flawed defense.
In the 81st minute, Leverkusen won a free kick through a breakthrough in the frontcourt. Forward Vidal took the free kick. Leverkusen's 191cm striker Kiessling jumped high in the penalty area, grabbed the first point and headed the ball. The ball flew into the goal from Ozcan's hand.
The distance was too close, and Ozcan couldn't do anything.
Leverkusen scored four goals crazily at the Rhein-Neckar Arena and took the lead away from home again. The score between the two sides became Leverkusen 4-3 Hoffenheim.
At this time, including the extra time, there were only a little more than 10 minutes left before the end of the game.