Chapter 316: Reaching the top of the list
After the Football Association held a press conference, naturally there were also reporters to interview Lu Wenbin, who also confirmed the matter and said that he was very happy to be able to wear the national team jersey to fight for the country.
However, the national team break is still early, and Lu Wenbin has to continue to play for the club.
On October 24, in the 10th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim hosted Nuremberg.
This is a modest team, with Hoffenheim having just beaten their opponents 4-0 away in the second round of the German Cup a month ago.
This Bundesliga is its home stadium again, and Hoffenheim will naturally win more easily.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was fixed at 5-0.
Lu Wenbin scored twice, including a free-kick and another from the penalty area, and provided an assist to help Hoffenheim thrash 5-0 at home.
Lu Wenbin, who scored two goals and an assist, has risen to level 17 2.099 million/5 million.
After a few days of rest, on 28 October, in the third round of the German Cup, Hoffenheim played away to Koblenz.
Koblenz was less powerful than Nuremberg.
They are a Bundesliga side who are currently third from bottom in the Bundesliga, and the gap in quality is even more pronounced with the likes of Hoffenheim, who are competing in the Champions League.
Even away from home, Koblenz suffered a 4-1 defeat to Hoffenheim despite desperate efforts to put on a legendary dragon slayer victory with the cheers of their home fans.
The only goal was a face-saving goal in the final stages of the game when Hoffenheim had their entire squad slackened.
Lu Wenbin scored another hat-trick in this German Cup, scoring three goals and leading Hoffenheim to the quarterfinals of this season's German Cup.
The players of the Bundesliga team could not come up with any effective defensive methods in the face of Lu Wenbin, who ran without the ball, his physique, and his shots were all full value, and his dribbling and speed were also good.
This is the powerlessness of the heart.
With 3 goals and team wins, Lu Wenbin's experience has risen to 2.109 million/5 million at level 17.
A few days after the end of this away match in the German Cup, on November 1, it was another away match against Freiburg in the 11th round of the Bundesliga.
The schedule of the third-tier battle is indeed tight, and the next fourth round of the Champions League group stage against Sevilla is also away, and Ralph in the 11th round of the Bundesliga has undergone a large rotation.
Gustavo, Eduardo and other main players were rotated, Simunic, Ibertsberg, Suculini, Copado, Weiss and others were given the opportunity to start.
Only Lu Wenbin is the main force that cannot be beaten.
However, although Lu Wenbin's personal strength is fine, he needs the assistance of his teammates. The double decline in the strength and tacit understanding of the substitute teammates has reduced Lu Wenbin's shooting opportunities and goals.
But even so, Lu Wenbin scored Hoffenheim's only goal away from home with a direct free-kick to help his side win 1-0 away at Freiburg and get three points.
Lu Wenbin's scoring streak is not over, and his level experience has also risen to 2.139 million/5 million at level 17.
What's even more gratifying is that Leverkusen have suffered three consecutive draws in the last three rounds, and Hamburg has suffered two draws and one defeat.
Although Hoffenheim also lost to Werder Bremen in the ninth round, they won their remaining two matches and scored more points than Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg.
Thus, after the 11th round of the away league match against Freiburg, Hoffenheim overtook Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg to top the Bundesliga table for the first time in the new season with 25 points.
They were followed by Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen, who overtook Hamburg on goal difference, with Hamburg in fourth.
Defending champions Hoffenheim have shown exceptional quality in the new season in the Bundesliga.
After this round of the league, Hoffenheim's ascent to the top became the most important news in the Bundesliga, and it was reported by many media in Europe and around the world.
Of course, Lu Wenbin's continuous goals are also the constant theme and focus of the media.
This season, the Bundesliga has only played 11 rounds, and Lu Wenbin has only played 8 games, and has scored 15 goals, an average of nearly 2 per game.
In the total number of games, Lu Wenbin participated in a total of 15 games, and the total number of goals reached 33, which really exceeded the average of 2 goals per game.
Such efficiency made Hoffenheim's first annual salary in the Bundesliga for Lu Wenbin called a good deal by the media and fans.
After this season, it is estimated that Hoffenheim will not be able to keep Lu Wenbin.
With Lu Wenbin's strength, he is obviously worthy of a more famous wealthy family and a higher annual salary. And the Bundesliga, which pays attention to fiscal health policies, cannot offer the annual salary that Lu Wenbin needs.
Even if Dietmar Hope has money, it is impossible to give Lu Wenbin a salary several times or ten times more than that of other main teammates, which would destroy the team's salary system too much.
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Just days after the 11th round away game against Freiburg, Hoffenheim have to travel to the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
And, this time further than the German domestic league, Hoffenheim had to fly to Spain.
On November 4, Hoffenheim, who had rested for most of the main forces, exhausted their main forces, and had another big offensive battle with Sevilla, which was playing at home.
Sevilla, who wanted to top the group in order to facilitate the knockout draw, were cheered on by the home fans and launched a fierce attack on the Hoffenheim backline from the first minute of the game.
Moreover, after the defeat in the last round of away games, Sevilla gave up the tactic of marking Lu Wenbin in two ways, and only sent a midfielder to mark Lu Wenbin, and the rest attacked aggressively, trying to fight with Lu Wenbin to score goals.
At their home stadium, Sevilla did get into the game quicker and get shots earlier.
However, today's Hoffenheim goalkeeper Ozcan played quite well.
In the 4th and 9th minutes, Ozcan saved two shots from the woodwork of the opponent's goal, leaving all Sevilla players and fans with their heads in their hands and sighing.
Sevilla, who had squandered chances in a row, were quickly punished.
In the 13th minute, Lu Wenbin ran out of space in the corner of the forbidden area, Eduardo made a wonderful pass, Lu Wenbin shot directly without stopping the ball, played an arc, and went around the goalkeeper's palm into the far corner of the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored again in the Champions League, helping Hoffenheim to lead Sevilla 1-0 away from home.
At that moment, only the cheers of more than 1,000 Hoffenheim away fans echoed over the stadium.
Sevilla did not give up, though.
After all, this was their home stadium, and with the familiar venue and the cheering of tens of thousands of fans, as well as the slight favoritism of the referee, they quickly got the chance to score.
In the 27th minute, Sevilla striker Koné was brought down by a tackle by Yankel when he broke into the box, and Yankel received a yellow card and gave Sevilla a penalty.
Fabiano equalised for Sevilla with a penalty kick to make it 1-1.