Three days later, on May 3, Hoffenheim played Wolfsburg in the 30th round of the Bundesliga.

Originally, this game was supposed to be the pinnacle of the standings between the first and second places, but because the two League Cup semi-finals were too close to each other, this league was an away game, and the points lead in the league was too big, Ralph had no fear, and directly rotated most of the main lineup to give up this game.

Even Lu Wenbin, who was fully fit, did not start, but sat on the bench.

Although the DFB brought the championship salad tray to the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim, who played most of the substitutes, lost 2-0 away to Wolfsburg and failed to win the title early.

While some fans were inevitably disappointed, Hoffenheim were unaffected within the team.

The game was already abandoned, and their hearts were already on the next UEFA Cup match against Hamburg.

It would be even better if the next UEFA Cup semi-final was qualified, and then the league returned to home in front of tens of thousands of Hoffenheim fans at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.

After returning to the station, Hoffenheim took a day off and trained for two days before flying to Hamburg on the afternoon of the 6th to prepare for the second leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final.

Before Hoffenheim's match against Hamburg began, the second leg of the other semi-final had already been decided.

Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv, two teams from the Ukrainian Premier League, also battled in the semi-finals, with Shakhtar Donetsk beating Dynamo Kyiv 3-2 on aggregate over two legs to advance to the final of this season's UEFA Cup.

The winner of Hoffenheim and Hamburg will face Shakhtar in the final for the final edition of the UEFA Cup.

There is a general impression that Ukrainian teams should be weaker than those in the top five leagues.

Hoffenheim and Hamburg have a good chance of beating Shakhtar in the final.

Therefore, even if the first leg is a net loss of three goals, the Hamburg team will not give up easily.

On the evening of May 7th, the second leg of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup semi-finals between Hamburg and Hoffenheim was played at the Volkspark Stadium in Hamburg.

The overall score of 4-1 allows Hoffenheim to choose tactics calmly without risking their opponents.

Therefore, Ralph chose a 442 double-back formation to strengthen the defense, lure the snake out of the hole, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Hamburg, on the other hand, had no choice but to press the attack.

90 minutes, 3 goals apart, you have to hurry!

However, the main centre-back combination of Jankel and Nelsson, the double midfield protection of Gustavo and Volsa, plus the two full-backs and the help of Eduardo and Salihovic, are not so easy to break through.

For a full 20 minutes, the attacking Hamburg team did not even have a single threatening shot on goal.

Only the No. 9 striker Guerrero's long-range shot from outside the forbidden area hit the goal frame, but the power was small, the speed was slow, and there was no threat, which was easily confiscated by Ozcan and held directly in his arms.

Hoffenheim, on the other hand, scored a threatening shot from the frame of goal in the 14th minute by Lu Wenbin.

However, the Hamburgers should be thankful that their goalkeeper Rost played well, reflexively fishing out Lu Wenbin's shot straight into the corner with a Banksy save.

Otherwise, Hoffenheim will have to score first and erase Hamburg's away goal advantage.

However, Hamburg does have some advantages at home.

The familiar field, the warm fan atmosphere, and the referee's partiality to a certain extent all had a certain impact on the player's performance, and the Hamburg team, which persevered and continued to attack, finally scored a goal.

In the 27th minute, Hamburg won a corner, and the shorter De Jong asked Boateng to go to the forbidden area to head the ball, and he could just watch Lu Wenbin alone.

It was the 192cm-tall Boateng who leaped high into the penalty area and headed a corner into the Hoffenheim goal from team-mate Trokhovski.

It was too close, and Ozjan only reflexively pounced, but still couldn't make it.

Hamburg scored a goal to level the aggregate score at 2-4, just two goals away.

Tens of thousands of Hamburg fans cheered enthusiastically, as if they saw hope of a reversal to advance.

However, it was always Hamburg who came behind and they had to keep attacking, and then Hoffenheim had too many counter-attacking opportunities at the back.

In the 33rd minute, Hamburg's attack was interrupted when Volsa flew Guerrero and shoveled the ball at his feet to Gustavo without committing a foul.

Gustavo played the ball to Eduardo in midfield before another player came up to counter-attack.

At the moment when Eduardo received the ball, Lu Wenbin first approached Eduardo's position and made a response gesture, and when De Jong and Boateng followed, he suddenly turned around and rushed to the back of the Hamburg team.

Eduardo, who cooperated tacitly, did not stop the ball, and directly turned and picked the ball over the top of the ball, and the ball flew over the heads of De Jong and Boateng and fell to the Hamburg half.

Lu Wenbin was not offside, and successfully received the ball in the front court in the anti-offside position and began to move forward with the ball.

However, Lu Wenbin's speed is hard, and De Jong, who turned around and rushed over, and another central defender were already about to catch up with Lu Wenbin.

Lu Wenbin knew that his speed was too slow, and the opponent must be much faster than himself when he ran without the ball.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin didn't want to follow Ronaldo's example of dribbling the ball past several people, passing the goalkeeper and hitting the ball into the empty goal.

Besides, his dribbling skills are not good enough at the level of the Bundesliga and the League Cup, and he doesn't dare to play those tricks and waste time.

Anyway, the power brought by his 18/18 physique is enough for him to shoot vigorously from outside the forbidden zone.

Therefore, when De Jong, who was about 30 meters away from the goal and on the left, had caught up and began to reach out to pull Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin picked up his big leg after determining the position of goalkeeper Rost in the run, and kicked the ball out with a strong volley with all his strength, and then lost his center of gravity and was pulled to the ground by De Jong.

But the ball shot by Lu Wenbin had already evaded Rost's save like an arrow off the string and flew straight towards the goal.

Because he was ready to attack Lu Wenbin's single knife, Rost stood a little forward, and Lu Wenbin's world wave shot outside the forbidden area was powerful and fast, giving Rost a short save time.

By the time Rost pounced on the ball, the ball had already flown over the palm of his hand and towards the goal.

Then, under the desperate gaze of tens of thousands of Hamburg fans and the excited gaze of thousands of Hoffenheim fans, the ball flew straight into the net.