Hoffenheim eventually won the quarter-up match against Arsenal in the Champions League with a score of 2-1, which was almost the smallest scoreline, not as good as 1-0, at least not allowing the opponent to score an away goal, but the Hoffenheim coaches and players were unanimously satisfied with the result after the game.

The biggest hero of the game, Li Huan, who scored a goal and planned a goal, said in an interview after the game, "Maybe Arsenal is more deserving of a victory, in addition to scoring goals, their statistics are absolutely dominant, in terms of technique and tactics, Arsenal is one of the best in Europe, and playing against such a top team is of great help to us."

But it's not that we didn't deserve to win, we have improved defensively this season, we played to the extreme, and we were very good at taking chances and taking advantage of the Achilles heel of the opposition, so we won the victory. However, the game is still not over, and it can only be regarded as the first half. ”

In the post-match press conference, Rangnick was almost thankful, "Thank God we won this game, the three superstars decided the outcome of the match, and in such a high-level matchup, the role of the superstars really showed.

Although we won this game, but the game was very hard, Arsenal made us understand the difference between Hoffenheim and the top teams in Europe, which is also the difference between the Bundesliga and La Liga in the Premier League, but luck was in our favor, after Almunia and Galla went down, we played better and better, the defense did not give the opponent much to take advantage of, and finally won the game, the first leg is over, but the game is not over, the battle of life and death is still in London, we will prepare seriously. ”

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was in a very unhappy mood, injured two people for no reason, took advantage of the game and did not win the game, and finally equalized and was overtaken by the opponent with a counterattack at the last moment. These things actually happened to Arsenal at the same time, which really made Wenger speechless.

'We had a lot of bad luck to hurt two absolute players in a row, which was not something I could have expected and prevented, the morale of the players took a hit and the back line became less solid. Because of these two unexpected substitutions, it was difficult for me to adjust in a bad situation because I only had one card to play, which was a big reason for our failure. ”

"Hoffenheim's three superstars, Li Huan, Arshavin and Ruud van Nistelrooy, are very good, they all have the ability to decide the game, and our backline has not stopped them."

"I don't like to lose, although defeat is the most common thing in football because the English fans are fully committed to their clubs. Loyalty is the highest quality in English football, fans will never whistle or boo their players, and supporting a club is a lifelong affair, even a family for generations. So when my team loses, I can't help but think about how many families this defeat has caused pain, so I hope the fans will forgive us for our performance and back at home we will definitely win back. ”

Arsene Wenger complained of bad luck in Germany and suffered a defeat, while his old rival Alex Ferguson was in an even worse mood at Manchester City in England, even though the Reds drew the game.

If Arsenal's narrow defeat was expected by many, then Manchester United's 2-2 draw at Old Trafford was not expected at all.

But judging from the score, Arsenal's 1:2 away defeat is more auspicious, and Manchester United has a good result to get a draw at home, but from the probability of past games in the Champions League, Arsenal's future is much brighter than Manchester United.

Since the restructuring of the Champions League in 92, the team that lost 1:2 in the first game of the Champions League knockout round 17 times, and returned to the home game 9 times, the probability of promotion is as high as 52.9%, which means that Arsenal's promotion may be higher than that of Hoffenheim, who won.

There were eight 2-2 draws in the first leg, and seven of them were won by the visitors, which means that Manchester United only have a 12.5% chance of progressing this time. The only exception came in the quarter-finals of the 2006/07 season, when AC Milan drew 2-2 at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg and beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the second leg thanks to two goals from Seedorf and Inzaghi in the first four minutes to advance and win the title.

Alex Ferguson had a similar experience before, in the 2001/02 semi-final, when the Reds and Bayer Leverkusen ended 2-2 in the first leg at the Theatre of Dreams, before drawing 1-1 in the second leg and missing out on the final.

After the quarter-finals of this season were revealed, the lord once said: "It is really a sign for us, and the only thing we hope for is not to concede at home. "The reality was that not only did you concede a goal, but you conceded two goals in one go.

The arrogant British media before the game was dumbfounded, originally the two games between Arsenal and Manchester United were considered to be games without much suspense, but now Arsenal and Hoffenheim are more suspenseful, Manchester United is not much suspense, but they are eliminated without suspense.

Sky Sports criticised Manchester United and Arsenal, saying: "The two Premier League teams are so poor at the back that they don't deserve to play in the Champions League, and if the Gunners have to come on as a substitute because of an accident, then the Red Devils can only say that they are proud and take their opponents too seriously, and as a result, the Porto have taught the Red Devils a lesson."

Porto's Stade de la D'Oro is hell for England clubs, who are unbeaten in 12 European competitions with six wins and six draws. Do Manchester United still have a chance of qualifying?

Arsenal's promotion may be a little bigger, but it is also almost half and a half of the possibility, the Gunners' attacking method is too single, under the intensive defense of the Germans, they can't find a chance to score at all, if they can keep the score of 1:1, back at home, Arsenal is still expected to advance, and the 2:1 score is bound to make the professor worry about breaking the dense defense again. The Times satirized Ronaldo: "In the face of the fighter plane, it seems too procrastinating, and under the close pressure of Porto's strict defense, he always thinks about falling to the ground, and there is no threat until the second half." In the World Footballer campaign, Ronaldo was defeated by Li Huan, Ronaldo was very angry at the time, as if he had been greatly wronged, but now it seems that Li Huan's World Footballer is well-deserved, but Ronaldo's European Footballer is a little unworthy. ”

The German media cheered, Hoffenheim was able to beat Arsenal was indeed unexpected by the media, and it is an indisputable fact that no small victory is better than a draw. In addition, although Arsenal has an absolute advantage, it is also an indisputable fact that Hoffenheim can't defend intensively throughout the game. Unless Arsenal are lucky, there is no way for Arsene Wenger to take Hoffenheim at the Emirates Stadium.

The famous "Bild" newspaper was full of praise: "Hoffenheim is one step closer to a miracle, the score of 2:1 at home is not too big, but as long as a draw holds, Hoffenheim can advance to the semi-finals and break the seven-year itch of the Bundesliga."

Rangnick and Hoffenheim's plan for the winter break paid off, with Ruud van Nistelrooy helping Hoffenheim both in the league and in the Champions League, and his golden goal gave Hoffenheim the initiative in the next game.

World Footballer of the Year Li Huan's performance was even more radiant, scoring his 12th goal in the Champions League, tying Ruud van Nistelrooy's single-season record set seven years ago, and just two goals short of AC Milan striker Altafini 47 years ago, our super defender has been putting strikers to shame. ”

"442" also said excitedly: "Hoffenheim is a rookie in the Champions League, but they have a strong adaptability, in the opening unfavorable situation, withstood the pressure, and quickly found Arsenal's weakness, with dense defense and fast counterattack twice to break through Arsenal's door, Li Huan won the battle with Fabregas, Walcott, Nasri and other geniuses, he is the king of both offensive and defensive ends, Vanney and Arshavin's performance is also world-class, they have created a lot of trouble for Arsenal's defense, It is one of the biggest contributors to the victory. ”

"Rheinneckar" desperately praised Hoffenheim's victory, and meaningfully issued a provocation to Bayern Munich, "Hoffenheim won the Bundesliga flag and won the initiative to advance, now it's up to Bayern, I hope Bayern can also be like Hoffenheim to get back a little face for the Bundesliga, don't be like the original, looking forward to sighing every year." ”

If the first game of the quarterfinals was a little chilly for fans all over the world, the second was a chill for the fans.

Barcelona beat Bayern 4-0 at home.

Chelsea beat Liverpool 3-1 away.

Based on the performance of the four teams in the quarter-finals, such a score is simply unthinkable.

In the quarterfinals, Bayern slaughtered Sporting Lisbon 12:1, the historical record Bayern has never lost to Barcelona, even the most daring fans can only predict a small victory like Barcelona 2:0, 3:1, Bayern young coach also thought that this was a close game, but the result was beaten into a sieve.

In fact, the score does not really reflect the gap between the two teams, because Barcelona was already 4:0 in the first half, did not do their best in the second half, and played a shuffle by the way, as "Bild" said, "Bayern and Barcelona The gap is 8 goals, all the players of Bayern, only the goalkeeper is qualified." ”

However, in one round, Bayern has lost all hope of qualifying, the probability of promotion is zero, and European bookmakers are unwilling to give them the odds to win the championship. Bayern are once again facing a situation where all four are empty.

Liverpool is not much better than Bayern, in the 16-8 game, the Reds are 1-0 away, 4:0 at home, and the aggregate score is 5-0 to sweep the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, which is considered one of the hottest teams to win the championship, and the odds of winning the championship are higher than Chelsea's, but at home they were reversed by Chelsea's 3 goals, and the probability of promotion is about the same as Bayern.

What is surprising is that Chelsea decides the outcome of the game is also the defender, or the right back, Bosingwa can not play, Chelsea has no one on the right side, Hiddink sent the least hero-like Ivanovic on the field, as a result, Ivanovic ruined the two attackers on Liverpool's side, Liela and Aurelio, and also scored two headers, becoming the most amazing hero, more courageous than Li Huan's performance.

After four games in the first round of the quarterfinals, the situation is basically clear, Barcelona and Chelsea will occupy two of the top four, Porto is also basically expected to advance, only Arsenal and Hoffenheim are still unpredictable, European bookmakers quickly adjusted the odds of winning the championship, Barcelona jumped to the top favorite, Chelsea ranked second with a slight gap, Arsenal and Hoffenheim also ranked third or fourth with a slight difference, Porto, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern has fallen behind.

Originally, the British media and fans thought that the Premier League would occupy three more seats in the top four, but now it is likely that the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Portuguese Super League will each occupy one place. If you want to repeat last season's glory, it will take a miracle to happen.

"The Sun" said regretfully: "Under the good situation, the Premier League has fallen to such a difficult situation now, in the words of Sir Alex Ferguson, "this is deserved", the Gunners are the sin of heaven, the main goalkeeper and the main defender were injured soon after the opening, the Red Devils are self-inflicted, and the world-class defense that relied on the success of last season has become a tofu scum project. Now, both teams will have to play at a high level in the final round if they want to advance. Spain's "World Sports" said that now Barcelona can prepare for the big battle with Chelsea in advance, Hiddink's Chelsea is more difficult than Mourinho's Chelsea, but as long as Chelsea passes, basically the championship will be in hand, as long as Manchester United cannot advance in the first half, the other three teams can not pose any threat to Barcelona, and now Manchester United basically has only one breath left. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Pep Guardiola to lead the team to a treble in his first season, which is a legend.

The German media criticized Bayern and Klinsmann, believing that they were dead, and pinning the Bundesliga's dream of reaching the semi-finals on Hoffenheim.

"Bild" disappointed that Barcelona only took 45 minutes to solve the battle, the remnants of Bayern in front of the opponent had no power to fight back, if it was not for Barcelona in the second half of the stroll, Bayern could have conceded more goals, Bayern away from home swallowed four goals to return to Munich, so that the second game of the battle into a formality. The Bundesliga's hopes of reaching the semi-finals can only be fulfilled by Hoffenheim, the first brother of the Champions League, which is the sadness of the Bundesliga.

The Kicker was very objective, quoting Bayern himself to comment on the biggest defeat in Bayern's Champions League history," Klinsmann said: "Barcelona gave us a football lesson and obviously our Champions League journey is over. Bayern President Rummenigge bluntly said after the game that this was a "huge shame" for Bayern, and Beckenbauer even angrily denounced "I have never seen such a bad Bayern".

"Kicker" has great hopes for Hoffenheim, "The young Hoffenheim bear all the hopes of the rise of the Bundesliga, although for them this burden is a bit heavy, they are too young and have never had Champions League experience, but because of Bayern's lack of competition, they must beat Arsenal." Being young doesn't mean you can't succeed, Pep Guardiola is also in his first year in charge, but their results are very good. ”

The home win over Arsenal was hailed by fans as one of Hoffenheim's greatest victories in football history, comparable to their league title win with Bayern Munich last year, and doubled Hoffenheim's membership and fan base in Germany, surpassing Bremen and second only to Bayern Munich as the representative team of Baden-Württemberg.

The media praise and the admiration of the fans did not have much of an impact on Hoffenheim, because after the first leg, with only a week's rest, Hoffenheim had to go to London to play the second leg against Arsenal. They didn't dare to let up at all, and Rangnick even forbade the players to read the newspaper and give interviews to the media so as not to be affected, and they had to seize all the time to prepare for the second leg of the do-or-die match.

Hoffenheim couldn't even care about the league for the away match against Arsenal, and in the 27th round of the home game against Bochum, a relegation team, they were actually forced to draw 2:2 by their opponents, which shows how distracted Hoffenheim is. However, Hoffenheim have the capital, and with seven games remaining, they are still 10 points ahead of second-placed Wolfsburg, which is an almost insurmountable advantage.

After this league game, the German media was very restrained, downplaying the result and not making any criticism of Hoffenheim, mainly talking about the second leg of the Champions League between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, Arsenal and Hoffenheim.

However, at this time, Hoffenheim's striker Demba Ba fired a shot, in the last Champions League quarter-final that attracted the attention of the world, the former main center Demba Ba did not appear for a minute, his anger could not be suppressed any longer, the Senegalese openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the substitution in an interview with Bild, and he threatened to move next season if he still did not have a chance to play in the game against Arsenal. He couldn't stand the fate of being a substitute.

Rangnick immediately held a press conference to clarify the matter, and he told reporters that Demba Ba's words were not malicious, and the Senegalese striker just wanted to be on the pitch to help the team.

The German media once again took a low profile on the matter, but the British media did not let it go, and they immediately hyped it up to the morale and unity of Hoffenheim, hoping to help Arsenal, who has now become a big problem for the British.

(To be continued)