The Hoffenheim players are very proud right now, and they do have a lot of money. Despite the unimaginable price paid in the warm-up games during the winter break, Hoffenheim continued their impressive first half with their near-perfect performances.

Hoffenheim now beat Cottage Cottages at home in the round of 18 and drew with vice-captain Borussia Mönchengladbach in the round of 19, but they can still dominate the table with one win and one draw.

The second half of the season is key for those teams who want to make a difference in the league, and only a team with more resilience will be able to win more in the second half of the game. Now Hoffenheim undoubtedly have an advantage in the table that no other team in the Bundesliga has; But because of the lack of the lineup, they also need to be more serious now. Halfway through the league and now Hoffenheim have a huge advantage in their hands, there's no reason why they shouldn't give it their all at this time.

It can be said that Hoffenheim is destined to constantly stimulate people's eyes, and they exist to challenge the limits of fans' predictions; Originally, the promotion horse, a promotion horse without any big names and fame, people's expected results for them are actually relegation; However, they were in the dark until the end of the race, and even by the halfway point they still occupied the top position in the standings. And even if they were banned from the main team and reimbursed for the season at the beginning of the second half of the game, Hoffenheim is still strong and improving.

At the end of the 19th round of the league, 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses are at the top of the standings with 45 points. Even if it was the injury that scared the club the most. Hoffenheim was still able to keep moving forward; Although it was forced to draw by Mönchen. But they are also able to guarantee some advantages of their own.

Hoffenheim didn't break down, at least at the start of the second half of the season they withstood the pressure, they were still the glamorous league leaders, and they now look like they can still have a pretty good record, even if they are not well staffed.

As for the pursuers behind Hoffenheim, they had no reason at all; Perhaps the sudden frenzied outburst of Hoffenheim in the first half of the game was unexpected, and of course it was also related to their own carelessness or the fact that their state was still adjusting; But after the halfway race, Hoffenheim are now able to keep moving forward even if they encounter difficulties. And those teams that are considered to have more chances than Hoffenheim look really unlucky.

In the second half of the game, Bayern, who was originally second in the standings, won one and lost one, and now they have ten wins, six draws and three losses with a total of 36 points, and now they are as high as 14 points away from Hoffenheim at the top of the standings. They have now lost second place in the table and are now overtaken by Hertha Berlin in the table.

Hertha Berlin's performance in the second half looks good, if it weren't for Hoffenheim's performance in the first half is too eye-catching, Hertha Berlin, which was originally in the Bundesliga, is actually quite good this season, and now they have 11 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses and 37 points, and now they are jumping to second place in the standings. They are now eight points behind Hoffenheim and seem to be the only team that can threaten Hoffenheim for the time being.

Hoffenheim look like they've gotten through it for the time being. They started the second half with four points, and some of the other teams, those who could have been chasing some of the gaps, also seemed to have failed to capitalise on their chances in the first two rounds, and they still maintained a clear gap with Hoffenheim.

The twentieth round of the league was definitely not an easy game for Hoffenheim, as the opponent in this round was Bayer Leverkusen, the only team to give Hoffenheim a heavy defeat in the first half of the game; In the first two rounds of the second half, although they did not look very good in form with one draw and one defeat, Bayer Leverkusen should definitely not be underestimated, especially in the second half of the game, they both scored, and they will be a huge challenge to Hoffenheim's back line.

On Valentine's Day on 14 February 2009, Hoffenheim will host Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen in a revenge match, their first real rival in the second half of the game.

Xiao Qing is in a good mood now, the team has achieved a good record at the beginning of the second half, and now Hoffenheim can still sit at the top of the table in the face of huge difficulties, which is one step closer to their impact on the league title.

And this match with Bayer Leverkusen also gave Xiao Qing some extra motivation, and his girlfriend Anna. Kraft will go to the Rhine. Neckar Stadium cheers Hoffenheim on the spot; Although Anna used to support her hometown team, but now it is obvious that because of Xiao Qing's relationship, he began to defect, she is now Xiao Qing's fan and Hoffenheim's supporter!

However, although Bayer Leverkusen's strength is very good, in Hoffenheim's team, Eduardo is also released from the ban, and the punishment of a two-game ban in the warm-up game ends at this time, and he can return in time to help the team in the game. And Edu is now basically fully recovered, although Sanogo looks good, but it is basically difficult for him to snatch Edu, who has a more tacit cooperation with the community.

The 20th round of the Bundesliga is about to begin, with leaders Hoffenheim hosting Bayer Leverkusen, losing 2-5 away to their opponents in the first leg of the first half of the season, which is also the first Bundesliga defeat in Hoffenheim's history. Hoffenheim are ready to win this game, to save face at home and, more importantly, to continue to secure their place at the top of the table.

Hoffenheim's players are full of confidence, although they don't seem to be very lucky at the moment, but they believe they can win at home, because although Hoffenheim have only lost two games this season, and those are on the road, they are still unbeaten at home this season, although it is a new home team, but Hoffenheim players believe that they can perform better on their own turf.

Although Hoffenheim's players were confident, they were completely stunned at the beginning of the game; In the second minute of the opening game, Hoffenheim missed the goal, Bayer Leverkusen winger Augusto squeezed through the Ibelzberg defense on the right and crossed to the middle, Helmers won the ball in the center of the penalty area and scored with great effort; Bayer Leverkusen leads 1-0 against the hosts! This is Helmers' 14th league goal of the season, and now he has caught up with the season's reimbursement of Ibisevic in second place in the scorer list, and now he is only five goals behind Xiao Qing, who leads the scorer list!

And that's not all, in the twelfth minute, Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Barnetta took a free kick from the left, and Helmers poked the ball into his teammate Rolfes in the crowd, who sent the ball into the net before Hildebrand received the ball, leading 2-0, and Bayer Leverkusen got off to a dream start!

Hoffenheim's players were really stunned, they didn't expect to encounter such difficulties at the beginning of the game, they couldn't believe that they were ready to take revenge, but now it seems that they have no chance at all, and now they have basically announced their first home defeat!

Although in the 29th minute of the game, Edu passed directly to Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing burst into the penalty area and was tackled by the attacking Bayer Leverkusen Adler; Although the referee decisively awarded a penalty and gave Adler a yellow card, although Xiao Qing took the penalty and hit the middle to make the score 1-2, only one goal behind; Xiao Qing scored his 20th league goal of the season, and it really made the Hoffenheim players feel as if they didn't have to lose at home.

But towards the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Barnetta's breakthrough was put down by Hoffenheim captain Nelson, and Bayer Leverkusen won a free kick; Bannetta ran to the bottom line, Bayer Leverkusen left-back Kadlec passed the ball in, the Swiss midfielder passed the ball back to the penalty area, Hoffenheim defender Jaisler cleared the ball poorly, and Helmers at the back point pushed the next goal; He scored his fifteenth goal of the season and, more importantly, scored twice to give Bayer Leverkusen a 3-1 lead away, and they basically killed the suspense of the game.

Although the Hoffenheim players were trying to adjust their emotions at half-time, they wanted to launch a crazy comeback in the second half; However, Bayer Leverkusen had a fantastic start in the second half like the first half; In the 46th minute of the game, Barnetta took a corner kick from the left side, Hoffenheim goalkeeper Hildebrand was too hesitant to attack, and Bayer Leverkusen, who is only 1.7 meters tall, is a full-back Gonzano. Fidel Castro nodded home and Bayer Leverkusen won 4-1 away to make the game completely out of suspense, with Hoffenheim losing the chance to fight back at the start of the second half.

In the end, Hoffenheim lost 4-1 at home and suffered their first home defeat in the Bundesliga, and Bayer Leverkusen also beat their opponents twice this season; It was a depressing thing to be beaten home and away by Bayer Leverkusen, and both games were painful defeats, which was even more demoralizing, especially at this time, and the chasers behind him saw hope! (To be continued......)