Seeing Lu Wenbin's world wave flying into the goal, commentator Dickenson stood up from the commentary booth and shouted: "Toooooooooooooooooooooooor..."
After yelling for more than ten seconds, Dickenson stopped, took a breath and continued to explain:
"In the 33rd minute, Lu succeeded in making an offside move and scored a world-class long-range goal outside the penalty area, equalizing the score for Hoffenheim. The total score became 5-2. Hoffenheim continued to lead by 3 goals and wiped out Hamburg's 1 away goal. It is very difficult for Hamburg to turn the tables!"
Indeed, Lu Wenbin's goal made the Hamburgers feel desperate.
Next, even if Hamburg equalized the total score, they would have to go into overtime. Moreover, Hoffenheim could not be allowed to score again.
If Hoffenheim scores another goal, it will be an away goal that is worth two, and Hamburg will have no hope at all.
But the total score of 2-5 left Hamburg with no choice.
They could only continue to increase their offensive strength, and even De Jong would sometimes leave Lu Wenbin behind and run to the midfield to assist.
In the 36th minute, Hamburg's Olic had a close shot from the small penalty area line, but the ball hit Ozcan's corner and bounced out of the bottom line, leaving Olic holding his head in frustration.
In the 40th minute, Hamburg had a one-on-one opportunity, but Guerrero, who had already rushed into the penalty area and was about to shoot, was tackled by Nilsson from the side and the ball was knocked away, and Guerrero was knocked down.
The Hamburg players surrounded the referee and asked for a penalty, but the referee shook his head firmly, saying that Nilsson's tackle was clean and he had touched the ball first, without any foul.
The Hamburg players could only continue the game and attack indignantly.
But Hoffenheim's defense was solid with the return of Nilsson and did not make any low-level mistakes. Coupled with the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Ozcan, Hamburg failed to score another goal until the end of the first half.
The two sides entered the halftime break with the score of 1-1. The Hoffenheim team looked relaxed, while the Hamburg team looked heavy-hearted.
During the half-time break, commentators, reporters and fans from various TV stations all agreed that Hamburg had no chance of making a comeback.
Facing Hoffenheim, which has a nuclear weapon on the field like Lu Wenbin, it is almost impossible to score three goals while preventing Hoffenheim from scoring any goals.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
Hamburg still wants to continue scoring goals to equalize the score, even if it means going into overtime.
However, falling behind by three goals forced them to increase their offensive efforts, while their defense also exposed more gaps and loopholes.
Hamburg had been attacking for more than ten minutes without scoring a goal, but Hoffenheim scored again.
In the 58th minute, Hoffenheim attacked, but Lu Wenbin did not participate. Instead, he took midfielder De Jong and center back Boateng out of the penalty area, leaving Eduardo with a gap in the middle.
Eduardo made a one-two combination with Paljic at the front of the large penalty area and then broke into the penalty area. He made a fake shot and passed the ball to the corner of the small penalty area after shaking off the remaining defenders and goalkeeper.
The unmarked full-back Baker rushed into the penalty area from the back row, met the ball with a fierce shot at the corner of the small penalty area, and kicked the ball into the goal in one go.
Goalkeeper Rost was shaken by Eduardo and was unable to catch the ball. He could only watch in despair as the ball went into the net.
Then, the referee pointed to the center circle and blew the whistle to indicate that the goal was valid!
This is definitely a goal that kills the suspense of the game!
Therefore, when Baker kicked the ball into the goal, he turned around in ecstasy and rushed to the sidelines, sliding on his knees to celebrate.
However, he didn't master the posture well, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground halfway through the slide. He was pinned down by Lu Wenbin and others who followed him and piled up to celebrate.
The commentators from various TV stations in the commentary booth all announced the death sentence for Hamburg, and Hoffenheim would definitely advance to the final.
After Hoffenheim scored the second away goal and Hamburg only had one away goal, there would be no overtime or penalty shootout in this semi-final, and the winner would definitely be decided within 90 minutes.
Even with the extra time included, there are only 30 minutes left until the end of the game.
With the total score of 6-2, Hoffenheim led Hamburg by 4 goals, and Hoffenheim had two away goals, while Hamburg had only one.
Therefore, if Hamburg wants to eliminate Hoffenheim, they must score five goals in the remaining 30 minutes to do so.
Hamburg might be able to do it against amateur teams, but it is definitely impossible to do it against Hoffenheim, the top team in the Bundesliga.
Looking at the score and the remaining time, not only the reporters and commentators, but also Hamburg's own players and fans gave up.
The players just stared blankly at the Hoffenheim players who were celebrating wildly, and did not stand up to protest against Hoffenheim's celebration lasting too long.
The Hamburg home fans in the stands also fell silent. There were no boos or cheers. Only thousands of Hoffenheim away fans who came with the team were jumping and dancing in the corner, as if it were a holiday.
In the end, the referee couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to remind Hoffenheim's players that it was time to end the celebration and restart the game. Lu Wenbin and others returned to their own half and let Hamburg kick off again.
Beck's goal completely shattered the hopes of everyone on the Hamburg team, and everyone became listless after the game resumed.
Even if he took the ball to the front court, he would hastily end the attack with a long shot. He had no desire to organize the attack and equalize the score.
Seeing this, Ralph replaced both Lu Wenbin and Salihovic to prepare for the next league championship.
As for Hamburg, head coach Jol also knew that in the current situation even if they struggled to score two goals it would be useless, so it would be better to save their strength for the league.
Therefore, Jol also started to make substitutions, and replaced two main players in succession, in order to save strength for the league's fight for qualification for the European Cup next season.
In the next few dozen minutes, Hamburg had no desire to fight, and Hoffenheim did not want to push the opponent too much, so everyone tacitly dragged the time to the end of 90 minutes.
Then, the referee blew the whistle to end the game without giving even a minute of extra time.
Hoffenheim defeated their national rivals Hamburg 2-1 away from home and 6-2 in total in two rounds, advancing to the final of the last UEFA Cup.
Hoffenheim and Shakhtar Donetsk will face off on May 20 at the Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, home of Turkish Super League club Fenerbahce, to compete for the final UEFA Cup title.