Hoffenheim was very depressed after losing the game and not even scoring a single away goal.
Bayern Munich's overall level and individual player strength are indeed much stronger than Lyon. When they lost face and fought back, even Lu Wenbin became useless.
However, Hoffenheim is not in a good situation, and Bayern Munich is not much easier either.
According to historical statistics, if a team loses by one goal away from home in the Champions League knockout rounds, the chance of a comeback at home in the second leg is almost half.
In other words, although Hoffenheim lost the first round, it was only a one-goal loss. Their probability of advancing after returning to their home court in the second round is still very high, close to 50%.
It won't be easy for Bayern Munich.
The difference between home and away games has a great impact on the overall performance of the team.
Bayern's defense and goalkeeper performed so well in this game and successfully kept Lu Wenbin scoreless, which also had a lot to do with the fact that they were playing at the Allianz Arena.
In the next round at the Rhine-Neckar Arena, the identities of both sides will be reversed.
At the post-match press conference, Ralph also reiterated this point, claiming that losing away is not the end of the world, and Hoffenheim will definitely beat Bayern Munich at home in the second round to advance to the final.
Lu Wenbin also received special attention from reporters, who asked him whether his form had declined as he failed to score a goal in this game, whether he had confidence in Hoffenheim's ability to advance in the second round, etc.
Lu Wenbin first mocked Bayern Munich's good bus tactics in this game, and then changed the subject to say that he would definitely score a goal and lead the team to defeat Bayern and advance after returning to their home court in the second round.
After returning to the base, Hoffenheim began active training to prepare for the second round of the semi-finals.
Although I had thought that Bayern might launch a defensive counterattack, I didn't expect that given Bayern Munich's identity and status, they would be able to counterattack so thoroughly.
Therefore, in the first round of the semi-finals, Hoffenheim was unable to come up with any way to break the dense defense.
After Lu Wenbin's dribbling and free kick were both silenced, it became a natural thing that Hoffenheim failed to score a single goal and lost the away game.
Therefore, before the second round of the game, Ralph had to come up with a set of tactics to break the dense defense and conduct a lot of training to familiarize the players with the new tactics.
In addition to positioning, dribbling and breaking through, Lu Wenbin's heading, passing and assisting have become part of Hoffenheim's extra training during this period.
Lu Wenbin's heading and passing attributes are both 13/13, which is certainly not excellent, but if he occasionally performs beyond his normal level, it may help Hoffenheim break through Bayern Munich's goal.
Of course, you also need to practice well.
After losing the first round, Hoffenheim was indeed forced into a desperate situation.
Fortunately, they have already won the Bundesliga title in advance and can devote all their energy to preparing for the Champions League.
Bayern Munich will have to compete with Schalke 04 for the second place in the league.
Although the Bundesliga has three Champions League places, the third place has to play in the play-offs. Bayern Munich naturally wants to get second place and go directly to the main competition without having to play in the play-offs.
Therefore, they cannot give up the league. After the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, they have to go all out to prepare for the 32nd round of the league.
Hoffenheim was much more relaxed. Ralph asked most of the main players who were preparing to start in the second round of the Champions League semi-final to stay at the training base to continue training, and only took most of the substitutes and a few main players to participate in the 32nd round of the league.
On April 23, in the 32nd round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim, with most of its substitute lineup playing, drew 1-1 with Hamburg at home, and its league points only increased by 1 point.
However, for Hoffenheim, who have already won the championship, winning or losing does not matter, and the fans don’t care either. The home stands were not even full.
Lu Wenbin came on as a substitute nearly 80 minutes into the second half to find his feel for the game and failed to score a goal.
After this league game, Hoffenheim's entire team has really started preparing for the second round of the Champions League semi-finals.
At 19:45 on the evening of April 27, amid the cheers of more than 30,000 home fans, the second leg of the 2009/2010 Champions League semi-final between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich officially began at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
Van Gaal is worthy of being a famous coach. After unexpectedly adopting the tactics of defending and counterattacking in the last game, he used an unexpected offensive tactic in this game.
Everyone in Hoffenheim thought that Bayern Munich, who had successfully shut out Hoffenheim in the last game and were leading in the aggregate score, would continue to defend and counterattack in this game.
Unexpectedly, Bayern Munich actively attacked at the beginning of the game and almost caught Hoffenheim off guard and lost the ball.
In the 4th minute, Robben, who had one trick up his sleeve, broke through from the wing and cut inside before hitting a beautiful arc ball that went straight into the far corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Ozcan had already surrendered, but Robben's shot hit the post with a "bang" and bounced back into the penalty area, and was kicked out of the sideline by center back Nilsson.
Bayern Munich almost scored a goal at the beginning of the away game, which scared everyone in Hoffenheim.
It’s actually easy to understand.
For Bayern Munich, although they kept Lu Wenbin scoreless in the last game, Lu Wenbin's personal ability was too abnormal, and they had no confidence that they could continue to keep Lu Wenbin scoreless in this game.
Therefore, their 1-0 aggregate score is not safe.
Because they did not allow Hoffenheim to score an away goal in the last game, if they can score a goal in this game, it will be an away goal worth two.
As long as they score one goal, Hoffenheim will have to score at least three goals to surpass them in the total score.
Therefore, Bayern Munich's opening attack was a matter of course.
Fortunately, Robben was a little unlucky and Ozcan also played well, saving Ribery's shots twice in a row in the following time to ensure that the goal was not lost.
After the three-pronged attack in the first fifteen minutes failed to work, Bayern Munich quickly retreated to their own half, began to strengthen their defense, and resumed the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides in the first round.
Hoffenheim was finally able to launch a massive attack.
This time, not only Lu Wenbin, but other Hoffenheim players also increased the number of long shots and bottom passes.
In the 12th minute, Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point of Salihovic's cross in the penalty area and almost headed the ball into the goal.
In the 18th minute, Eduardo attracted the attention of two players at the front of the penalty area and sent the ball to the other side. Unfortunately, Ibisevic's long shot flew high over the crossbar.
In the 23rd minute, Lu Wenbin's long shot from outside the penalty area almost penetrated Bayern's goal.
If Butt hadn't performed well again and saved the ball, Hoffenheim would have scored.
However, even though they haven't scored yet, if they continue playing like this, it's only a matter of time before Hoffenheim scores.
After all, this is their home ground, and they have been practicing against Bayern's tight defense for a week.
It will still be difficult for Bayern Munich to maintain the 1-0 score until the end of the game by relying on defense and counterattack.
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