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Chapter 75 German Cup First Round

The next day, Borussia Mönchengladbach returned to Germany. The first round of the German Cup will be played on August 8. Borussia Mönchengladbach's opponent in the first round is a low-level team-Hoffenheim.

Since Borussia Mönchengladbach was eliminated early in the German Cup last season, Nick had no chance to fight for the championship honor in this knockout match, so this season Nick attaches great importance to the German Cup, and it is also a great honor to win the championship.

Nick is still full of confidence in defeating this Hoffenheim team. Borussia Mönchengladbach's current strength far exceeds that of Hoffenheim.

Leaning on Bai Jie's belly and listening to the movement of the fetus, Nick now enjoys everything after time travel. He has a family and a lover, the strength of the team has improved a lot, and his reputation has also grown. This trip should be considered a success. Although there is still a long way to go to reach the height of his previous life, Nick doesn't think there is any difficulty at all. He is only 16 years old now, and making money is not a problem for him.

"Did you hear anything?" Bai Jie stroked Nick's hair with a happy face, and the radiance of motherhood bloomed on her face.

"Hehehe, this little guy seems to be kicking me." Nick laughed. The 4-month-old fetus is indeed able to kick his feet. Nick feels that this mixed-race child seems to be more active, and he is the offspring of a time traveler, so his genes should be good.

Bai Jie smiled and said: "This little guy is very naughty. I feel that he must be a son who has inherited his father's active nature. By the way, you are all right for the first round of the German Cup this time?"

"Of course it's okay. Even the Roma team can't do anything to us. What's wrong with a small Huo Village?" Nick said disapprovingly, "I'm wondering if I can win the league and cup championships this season. The team's strength should be fine. What do you think?"

Nick's ambition naturally goes beyond passing the first round of the German Cup. With the expansion of his own strength and the leap of the team, it is understandable that Nick hopes to hit the championship.

Bai Jie thought for a while, and then said: "Since you have decided, let's do it. Bayern and Leverkusen are the biggest obstacles in Borussia Mönchengladbach's way to win the championship, but I believe you can do it. When the time comes, give our son a championship."

"No problem, let's take Hoffenheim first."

Huo Village is a very remote place, which is purely a rural area in Germany. Hoffenheim's home stadium, Hope Stadium, is built next to the village. This country stadium, which can accommodate more than 6000 people, is full of seats today.

The first round of the German Cup kicked off.

Being able to play against a Bundesliga team is something that Hoffenheim can't meet but can't ask for, and it's what Hoffenheim fans look forward to. After all, it is what a real fan looks forward to seeing high-level players come to the Hope Stadium, and Borussia Mönchengladbach has their favorite German rising stars Nick and Deisler.

So when the Borussia Mönchengladbach players walked into the stadium, many villagers in Huo village shouted.

"Hey, Nick, you have to show mercy today!"

"Sebastian, please, let Hoffenheim go."

"Mönchengladbach Bundesliga champion! Hoffenheim German Cup champion!"

The wishes of the Hoffenheim fans are good. Of course, they don't want to see the home team eliminated, but it is obviously very difficult to pass the level of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Nick waved his hand at Huo Cun fans in the stands friendly, which caused applause and boos from the stands.

With the whistle of the referee, the game began. Hoffenheim, who were playing at home, launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game. Six players rushed across the halfway line.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's players were really embarrassed by this wave of Hoffenheim's attack. In the end, Hoffenheim's high center forward Heinz received a cross from the wing in the penalty area, overwhelming Metzelder and leaping high with a header. The ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

"What are you doing? How can you let the opponent attack the goal calmly?" Enke roared, "All the fuck, give me some energy."

The Hoffenheim fans in the stands sighed. Such chances of shooting are rare. If the goal is scored, Hoffenheim will be able to counterattack calmly. This is how many strong teams die in the hands of weak teams.

Nick waved at Enke, beckoning him to kick the ball over.

After receiving the ball, Nick began to run towards the opponent's half. As soon as he reached the halfway line, two players from Hoffenheim ran over to pinch. After Nick passed one player, he was hugged by another player and fell to the ground.

Intentional foul, obviously the Hoffenheim players are still very aware of Nick's strength, they seem to want to keep Nick away from the penalty area.

The free kick was taken by Deisler. The ball spun quickly and flew towards Hoffenheim's penalty area.

Borussia Mönchengladbach continued to serve corner kicks. Before the kick-off, Nick pulled Jankel and whispered a few words. Jankel nodded again and again, and then exited the penalty area.

Hoffenheim's players all retreated into the penalty area. They used man-to-man tactics. For Nick, it was even more of a two-man defense. The defense outside the penalty area was not so strict.

A corner kick was taken, but to the surprise of the Hoffenheim players, Deisler did not take the arc kick, but directly kicked the ball to Nick who responded from the previous point.

Nick clung to the opponent's two players, swept the ball lightly, and the ball returned to the feet of Deisler who ran out from the corner, and Deisler's feet moved again. The Hoffenheim players realized that it was not a high-altitude ball.

But a big bald head flashed by, and Jankel ran over from the other side of the penalty area, aimed at the ball and kicked it, and the ball quickly rushed to the upper left corner of Hoffenheim's goal.

Seeing the net shaking, Jankel excitedly raised his right hand and ran to the sidelines. Borussia Mönchengladbach took the lead away.The game time shows that just 5 minutes have passed since the kick-off.

"Fuck, this ball coordination is too complicated, why don't he play high balls."

"Death bald, how accurate are your feet? Hey, it's a pity, it's not easy for us to kick now."

"Damn, the Bundesliga teams are really different. Looking at the cooperation, it's really patient."

The Hoffenheim fans scolded one after another, the team was still behind, and the coordination of a corner kick was so versatile, which opened the eyes of the Hoffenheim fans.

After leading by one goal, Borussia Mönchengladbach began to control the rhythm unhurriedly. Teams like Hoffenheim would not attack from time to time, and they were unable to attack, so Borussia Mönchengladbach played a positional attack.

Facing the opponent's defense line of almost 9 people, Nick and Deisler took turns to organize the attack.

Yankel in the penalty area did not stand still and ran more frequently, while Eto'o followed behind Yankel, and the ghostly running position made the Hoffenheim players marking him complain.

In the 15th minute, Nick and Deisler came up with a two-for-one cooperation, and suddenly accelerated forward. Facing three intercepting Hoffenheim players, he knocked his heel. Deisler ran up and shook his ankle, and the ball went straight to Hoffenheim.

But Yankel exerted force on his feet and jumped up suddenly, and the two Hoffenheim players jumped up, one in front of the other, sandwiching Yankel in the middle, and at the same time the small movements of their hands came out.

Even if Yankel can hit the ball, it is definitely not easy to attack the goal.But Jankel just shook his bald head and didn't make a header. The two Hoffenheim players also took Jancker's shake. After they landed, they found a black lightning running past them.

"The sun! Come in again? What kind of rhythm is this?"

"Damn, this big bald head can actually deceive people, this goal is really nothing to say."

"It's over, 2 goals, it's hard to catch up."

"Let's play in the southern league with peace of mind. Maybe we can make it to the Bundesliga this year."

Hoffenheim fans feel that there is no hope. Facing such a powerful attacking Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hoffenheim is almost powerless. After Yankel moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach, his mentality adjusted very well. He was able to win the competition between Voronin, Petersen and Nossa.With this fulcrum, the other players of Borussia Mönchengladbach can play more easily.

The Borussia Mönchengladbach players simply celebrated Eto'o's goal. After all, the opponent is Hoffenheim. There is nothing special to be happy about. If you can't even win a regional league team, then you will still play a bird this season.

After falling behind by 2 goals, Hoffenheim's formation finally changed. Anyway, it is a loss, and it doesn't matter if you lose one more. If you can score a goal, you can save some face, so Hoffenheim simply attacked.

In this way, Borussia Mönchengladbach is very appetizing. Borussia Mönchengladbach has plenty of attack power. Now Hoffenheim has set aside a channel, and the game has not been taken over, so it cannot be justified.

Soon, Borussia Mönchengladbach gave Hoffenheim a hard blow.

In the 25th minute, Madavikia on the right rushed up immediately after stealing the ball. The Iranians were not slow. They broke through the bottom line along the wing and then swept across. The ball quickly rolled into the penalty area.

Just over halfway through the first half, the score became 3:0. The Hoffenheim players were a little dazed, and the fans in the stands lost interest.

"Let's go, go back and dig the ground."

"Hey, it's better to serve the shed at home."

"This gap, forget it, Hoffenheim should be more realistic."

Before the halftime ended, there were only less than 1000 fans left in the stands. After all, no one likes to watch the team they support being massacred by a big score.

The Hoffenheim players also quickly vented their enthusiasm, and Borussia Mönchengladbach did not need to pursue a huge score. Instead, they continued to regard this game as a training game, and a large number of substitute players appeared on the field.

Even so, Hoffenheim could only be beaten passively. Shunsuke Nakamura scored two free kicks in a row in the 61st and 78th minutes, which made Nick look up to the Japanese star of hope.

The final score was 5:0. Borussia Mönchengladbach won the first round of the German Cup without bloodshed.

After the game, the Hoffenheim players came up to Nick and Deisler to exchange jerseys, which became the last tidbit of the game.

(End of this chapter)