In the second half, after the most threatening Lu Wenbin was not on the field, St. Pauli, who was fighting at home, really launched a fierce counterattack with the cheers of the fans.

They scored two goals in the second half to end the game 3-3 and end Hoffenheim's winning streak after the winter break.

However, the hearts of the Hoffenheim players flew to the next German Cup final, and it was away again, so it is no wonder that they were equalized by their opponents.

Therefore, Ralph did not blame everyone after the game. Just waiting in the locker room with everyone for the result of another game that starts at the same time.

A few minutes later, the result of Borussia Mönchengladbach's away game against Jena came as a surprise and a relief to Hoffenheim's players and coaches.

Facing Jena, who were second-to-last in the German Second Division and were beaten 5-1 by Hoffenheim in the semi-finals of the German Cup, Borussia Mönchengladbach failed to win the game away from home, but was forced to draw 2-2 by Jena.

In this way, Hoffenheim was able to continue to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach to the top of the Bundesliga standings with a goal difference, and everyone can play the final of the German Cup with peace of mind.

In the match with St. Pauli, because the team did not win, Lu Wenbin only received 1 assist, 500 + 2 goals and 2000 points, a total of 2500 experience points.

Fortunately, Lu Wenbin has gained enough experience in the first few games and the semi-finals of the German Cup.

Although he only received 2,500 points in this game, with the previous experience, his experience has also risen to level 11 51212/50,000, which is more than the experience required to level up.

After the experience exceeds the upgrade line, the system will automatically upgrade, and Lu Wenbin's level experience will become 1212/100,000 at level 12, and he will receive an upgrade reward of 10 skill points.

Now, Lu Wenbin can add three more attribute points before the German Cup.

With the establishment of Lu Wenbin's first core and offensive finisher, it is obvious that Lu Wenbin needs a stronger ability to run without the ball in order to more easily receive passes from his teammates in the gap to form a goal-scoring opportunity.

In the previous game, although Lu Wenbin was able to get a few shots in each game, in fact, because Lu Wenbin's off-ball running attribute was too low, there were more front-court opportunities created by his teammates that were wasted, and the ball was not received by Lu Wenbin.

If it weren't for Lu Wenbin's shooting accuracy, in fact, Lu Wenbin's ability to create shooting opportunities in every game would not be enough to be an offensive finisher.

So, this is also the benefit of Lu Wenbin's shooting attribute to the full value of 20/20: as long as he is given the opportunity to shoot, he has a good chance of scoring.

That's why the manager is willing to promote him to the core, and his teammates are willing to serve him and deliver shells to him.

Because everyone knows that as long as Lu Wenbin is given the opportunity to shoot, Lu Wenbin has a great chance of sending the ball into the opponent's goal, and it is rarely wasted.

The other strikers Ibisevic, Obasi, and Demba Ba can't do this, and their shooting accuracy is much worse than Lu Wenbin's.

Even though those strikers have a higher ability to run without the ball than Lu Wenbin and get more shooting opportunities than Lu Wenbin, they have a greater chance of shooting and score a lot fewer goals than Lu Wenbin.

Therefore, with a full value of shooting attributes, Lu Wenbin needs to run higher without the ball to receive passes from his teammates.

So, Lu Wenbin quickly made the decision to upgrade his 10/10 off-ball run to 13/13 with 9 skill points, and the remaining 1 skill point was stored there for later use.

The effect of the system skill bonus is immediate.

The day after the match against St. Pauli, Hoffenheim had their last training session before the German Cup final.

I just played a game and I was about to prepare for the German Cup final, so I didn't have time to take a vacation, so the intensity of this training was not very high, just to keep everyone in shape.

However, it was this ordinary training that Lu Wenbin's ability to find a gap to get a shooting opportunity surprised the coaches and teammates in the team.

The full value is only 20 points of various attributes, and every point of rise will bring a lot of changes, not to mention adding 3 points at once.

After Lu Wenbin added 3 points to run without the ball, his ability to find a gap to receive the ball in training suddenly increased a lot, and he got a lot more shooting opportunities.

This surprised the coach and teammates, and gave them more confidence and anticipation for the German Cup.

Although the outside media commented that Hoffenheim's loss to Bayern Munich and their first defeat after the winter break was a matter of course, how could Hoffenheim's coaches and players admit defeat in advance?

Now that they have come to the finals, who would be satisfied with the runner-up before the finals have even started?

Even in the face of the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim wants to fight.

The team's core Lu Wenbin's ability to run without the ball suddenly increased before the game, although I don't know what the reason is, but Hoffenheim's coaches and players are naturally very happy.

You know, Bayern Munich's backline is no bigger than the opponents Hoffenheim faced in the Bundesliga.

With Lu Wenbin's previous ability to run without the ball, it is a bit difficult to get a chance to receive the ball and shoot in the Bayern Munich penalty area.

Fortunately, for some unknown reason, Lu Wenbin's ability to run without the ball has increased greatly, so everyone's confidence in the final of the German Cup is much higher.

Although I don't know if we can beat Bayern, everyone is more confident in the possibility of Lu Wenbin scoring in the final.

As long as there is a goal, there is a possibility to beat the opponent.

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On April 18, the day before the final, the Hoffenheim team travelled by car to Frankfurt and then flew to the capital, Berlin: the final of the DFB Cup is held every year at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

The German Cup was almost unattended before the final, and even the local German media did not cover much.

But when it came to the final, not only the media in Germany, but also in Europe and the world, there were many media attention, and reporters and commentators were sent to report on the scene, and there were dozens of countries that broadcast live.

After all, it's a cup winner of Europe's top league.

Therefore, when the Hoffenheim team came out of Berlin Airport, they were surrounded by a large group of reporters in the airport hall.

Except for head coach Ralph Rangnick, no one else has seen so many reporters interviewing and shooting, and the flash almost blinded the eyes of Lu Wenbin and others.

These journalists, in addition to Germany itself, are also from the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, China, and Brazil, and can be said to be all over the world.