"August 31, 2008 is destined to be the most memorable day for the people of Hoffenheim. After they won the German Cup, the league and the UEFA Cup in a row. They beat European giants Manchester United to win the UEFA Super Cup.

August 31, 2008 must have been one of the darkest days in United's history. At the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, more than 20,000 Hoffenheim fans and Manchester United fans witnessed such an incredible match. Hoffenheim defeated European giants Manchester United 5-1 to win the UEFA Super Cup. Van der Sar could never have imagined that he would pick up the ball from behind him five times after reaching the pinnacle of European football, and the Hoffenheim lad ruthlessly humiliated the legendary goalkeeper time and time again. In contrast to Van der Sar's lost back, Hoffenheim defender Li Huan cheered three times, and he once again proved to fans around the world with a hat-trick that he is not lacking in ability, but what he lacks is a stage to show himself.

Maybe in the eyes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and other giants who have won the championship, the League Cup and the Super Cup are not worth mentioning, but for a country team that has worked hard in the amateur league for more than 100 years, and has been neglected and disdained, winning all the championships is already their ultimate. Its significance to Hoffenheim and even the Bundesliga is even higher than the significance of the Champions Cup to the Premier League and La Liga. ——From Jia Lei's European Miscellaneous Essay "Walking with Hoffenheim"

Hoffenheim swept Manchester United 5-1 in the European Super Cup, causing a panic in European football, after the game, the major European media have warned their teams participating in the Champions League, must be careful Hoffenheim, their strength is by no means the second rate in Europe that most giants think before the Super Cup, even without Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, Manchester United's strength is also first-class in Europe, even if Manchester United players are not in shape, they are definitely European quasi-first-class, but they were slaughtered by Hoffenheim 5 goals, It's a little too incredible.

After the game, Sport wrote in Milan Sport, "It's a score that even God can't have imagined. Not only are the scores so spectacular, but Hoffenheim's attack is just as spectacular, fluid and technical, their ground play is wonderful, their free-kicks are terrifying, and their headers are also very powerful, and they will be the biggest opponents for Inter Milan in the Champions League group stage. ”

"The Times" commented: "In this game, Manchester United has fallen behind in terms of overall cooperation, individual breakthroughs, and even the traditional advantage of the Premier League in high-altitude balls, many fans are talking about Ronaldo, in fact, in all fairness, even if Ronaldo can play in this game, is Manchester United sure to beat this crazy Hoffenheim?" The 5-1 scoreline is a bit of a shame, but it could be a good thing for the newly crowned Manchester United, who may be able to keep their modest attitude towards the new season and achieve a better result. The German newspaper "Mirror" commented, "The two goals of the Hoffenheim superdefender were like neutrons hitting the nucleus of an atom, immediately triggering a series of earth-shattering fission reactions." Facing the crazy Li Huan, the excited Eduardo, Ibisevic and Saviola, Manchester United's defense was full of holes. Red Devils goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar sighed in pain every time, Scholes' volleyball smash and Li Huan's fifth goal Van der Sar fell in front of the goal for a long time, all of which interpreted the only emotion of Manchester United's whole game - powerlessness.

Spain's "World Sports" because Manchester United eliminated Barcelona with an iron bucket last season, there are quite a few complaints in his heart, seeing Manchester United being bloodbathed by Hoffenheim, he is also shocked and happy, "It turns out that Manchester United has no other way than to defend against a team with a technical surname, even if they are facing a pseudo-technical team." Van der Sar picked up the ball from the net five times, Rooney was like hitting an iron wall in front of Li Huan, Evra could only foul again and again, Jiang Tou was annoyed and embarrassed and scored with volleyball, all of which shows that Hoffenheim beat the Red Devils in a hurry, Manchester United felt Bayern's helplessness at the moment, in the face of opponents in such a state, even the Red Devils in the final last season may not be able to please well, and now there is a lack of Ronaldo, Carrick and Giggs, it is normal to lose, the only abnormal thing is that Manchester United loses too much, With the exception of a 5-0 defeat to Chelsea eight years ago by five goals, United have not conceded more than four goals to date. It would not be modest for Ferguson to say after the game that Hoffenheim deserved to win. ”

Hoffenheim's Grand Slam was happier than the local media outlet Rheinneckar, who was the only interviewer and supporter of Hoffenheim when it was still an amateur team, and now with Hoffenheim's rise, the newspaper has become one of the best-selling newspapers in the region. After the Super Cup final, the Rheinneckar newspaper reported and commented on Hoffenheim in detail.

In the mouthpiece of Hoffenheim, there are three reasons for Manchester United's failure, "One is that Manchester is missing two of the most attacking and breakthrough stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs before the league, so that Manchester United can not break Hoffenheim's defense when they have dominated the game for a long time." Although Hoffenheim lost Demba Ba and Obasi, Saviola made up for Demba Ba's absence very well, and the formation of 442 made Hoffenheim's back line more solid.

The second is the lack of preparation for the Manchester League, they consider themselves Champions League winners, and they do not attach as much importance to Hoffenheim as they do to Manchester United. In the hearts of the Red Devils, Hoffenheim is still the team that was strong in attack and weak in defense last season, but they don't know that Hoffenheim is now very balanced in attack and defense.

The third is that Manchester United was a little too big in the game, and did not send someone to guard Li Huan, and it was also very unlawful to defend Saviola and Ibisevic, and finally died in the hands of these three people. After the game, the "Rheinneckar" also commented on Li Huan and Arshavin, the two most famous and valuable stars, "The Chinese defender used a hat trick to prove that the first highest salary in the Bundesliga is worthy of the name, his attack and defense on the side are impeccable, whether it is Rooney, Evra or Tevez have no way to take Li Huan, the entire right side of the Louis II Stadium is his corridor, and Li Huan will definitely become a strong contender for the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or."

Although Arshavin only played less than 30 minutes, his performance made all Hoffenheim fans shine, even without any run-in with his teammates, the Russian Tsar still used his personal ability to create a chance to score, and his personal ability combined with Li Huan's peerless free kick will surely become Hoffenheim's must-kill skill. "Hoffenheim returned to Germany and there was naturally another joyous celebration, although it was celebrated four times in a year, but the Hoffenheim fans and players must not be too many at all, everyone hated to win the championship every day, to celebrate every day, in such a day, even the most serious and demanding owners would turn a blind eye to the lateness and drowsiness of the fans, or they themselves were Hoffenheim fans and were crazy about Hoffenheim's victory.

However, the excitement of Hoffenheim's players has not yet passed, and they have to go to the dreaded Bayer Stadium to play the third round of the league, the first two rounds of which Hoffenheim won two in a row, while old rivals Bayern Munich drew both games, Hoffenheim are at the top of the table, while Bayern are in 11th place.

Although Leverkusen's home stadium is by no means easy to mess with, but Hoffenheim just slaughtered Manchester United 5:1 in the European Super Cup, self-confidence is not only bursting, it is simply bursting, if Bayern and the Bundesliga are declining, but the strength of Manchester United, which has just won the Champions League, is definitely the top in Europe, they were all swept by Hoffenheim, and it is unimaginable if Hoffenheim's generals do not have a little pride, unless they are not people, they are immortals.

Because Bayern's opponent is the strong Hertha Berlin, before the game, Hoffenheim shouted the slogan of victory, hoping to take advantage of the opponent's not yet into the state at the beginning of the league to throw Bayern away, so as to have more energy to invest in the Champions League later.

Midfielder Eduardo even threatened to win away from home in an interview before the game, Eduardo believes that Bayer Leverkusen and Hoffenheim are both teams with equal technical strength, but Hoffenheim's individual ability is stronger, and Eduardo believes that Hoffenheim's victory is beyond doubt.

Even Li Huan, who rarely said before the game that the team would win, said that he must take all three points, and after the UEFA Super Cup, the Hoffenheim right-back also overestimated the strength of his team, and he did not think that Bayer Leverkusen could cause much trouble compared to Hoffenheim, who was stronger last season.

And Leverkusen, whether it is true or false, both the coach and the players are very low-key before the game, thinking that being able to get a point at home is a victory, even if you can't get a point, as long as you don't concede too many goals, you can also give fans an explanation, just as the new coach of Leverkusen before the game, the former coach of German B Fürth Rabadia said, "Even the European champion Manchester United has scored five goals, can Leverkusen have other ideas?" But Hoffenheim have to pay a little bit for taking the three points at Bayer, otherwise I can't explain it to the fans. ”

Hoffenheim's people did not listen to the pre-match speech of the Bayer Leverkusen coach, and in their opinion, it seemed that Bayer Leverkusen had surrendered before the game, and the arrogance of the players became more rampant under the weakness of the opponent. Even a lot of players like Ibisevic, who have experienced a lot of stability, have said such arrogant words, "Our goal this season should be the league and the Champions League, the Champions League? Who's to say it's not possible. ”

(To be continued)