At 19 o'clock in the evening of April 29, 2008 local time, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, with the referee's whistle, the 2007/2008 German FA Cup final Bayern Munich VS Hoffenheim match officially began.

Ibisevic gently kicked the ball to Lu Wenbin and ran forward, Lu Wenbin half-turned and kicked the ball to Eduardo behind him, and then also ran towards Bayern Munich's half.

Then, Eduardo, Copado, Salihovic, Gustavo and others began to pass the ball, and Hoffenheim pressed forward in the overall formation and began to attack.

Hoffenheim originally planned to take advantage of the time when Bayern might not pay so much attention to Lu Wenbin and the marking was not so strict at the beginning of the game, and create a shooting opportunity for Lu Wenbin to see if he could score at the beginning.

As a result, as soon as Lu Wenbin ran within 30 meters of Bayern's goal, he was pasted with the opponent's No. 16 back Otter.

After running back and forth, pulling and running horizontally for a while, seeing that Ottel was still following him closely, Lu Wenbin understood that he was being closely guarded by Otter.

Bayern Munich, a dignified Bundesliga giant, sent a 17-year-old Bundesliga striker to a special defensive midfielder for close marking, which shows Heathfield's attention to Lu Wenbin.

In the pre-match press conference, Hoffenheim was strategically defied, but tactically, Heathfield did not despise Lu Wenbin, who was the biggest threat to Bayern's goal.

This is also the reason why people can become famous coaches, Hoffenheim's plan to start the game has failed.

To be able to play the main team at Bayern Munich, Otter's defensive ability is needless to say.

His full-time close marking made Lu Wenbin feel much more pressure when playing against the Bundesliga and even Dortmund.

In the 4th minute, Lu Wenbin successfully received a pass from Copado at the front of the penalty area.

However, before Lu Wenbin's ball could stop, he was gently pushed by Ottel, who was beside him, and his body was crooked.

Although he did not lose his center of gravity and fell to the ground, Lu Wenbin also lost the opportunity to kick the goal.

And Otter didn't foul either, and the referee was indifferent, and he didn't look like he was going to blow the whistle at all, because such a slight push is too common on the football field.

Bayern took into account Lu Wenbin's ability to score free kicks before the game, and he would not easily foul within 30 meters of the goal, but simply used the advantages of height, weight and experience to make Lu Wenbin unable to easily face the goal and hit the goal.

By the time Lu Wenbin stood firm and held the ball again, central defender Van Bitten had already rushed out, grabbed back and forth with Otter, and quickly took advantage of the height and long legs of both of them to poke Lu Wenbin's ball away.

In the face of Otter and Van Bitten's sandwich, Lu Wenbin didn't even have time to shoot with his feet, and he was stabbed off before he could pass the ball.

Originally, I thought that the other party was the overlord of the Bundesliga, and he might be proud to underestimate the enemy and give Lu Wenbin a chance.

Now that I look at it, Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin are facing a difficult game, and Bayern Munich and Heathfield have not been affected by the one-sided media rhetoric about them.

In fact, if Bayern Munich were so easy to lose due to pride, they would not have been so consistent and dominated the Bundesliga for so many years.

Facing Otter and Bayern's backline head-on, with Lu Wenbin's height, weight, physique, and dribbling ability, it is indeed very difficult to get the opportunity to catch the ball and hit the goal.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin can only strengthen the off-ball run, through the change of tempo, using unexpected switchback runs and sudden changes in direction to create a short gap to catch the ball.

After all, defense is passive, no matter how focused and serious Otter is to carry out the task of marking Lu Wenbin, other defenders also pay attention to the defense at any time, but 90 minutes in a game, how can Lu Wenbin really be completely stared to death?

Lu Wenbin's off-ball run is still 13/13 after all, not zero.

Moreover, Lu Wenbin is short in stature, although he can't count on headers, but in terms of running flexibility, he has an advantage over Otter, Van Bitten, Lucio and others.

Therefore, in the next game, Lu Wenbin began to constantly run through the change of rhythm to create a gap for receiving the ball.

The physical drain on this is indeed a lot, but fortunately Ralph has already started preparing for this game.

The early removal of Lu Wenbin in the league, as well as the physical reserve of Lu Wenbin in the usual training, the coaching staff are very attentive, just to let Lu Wenbin have enough physical support until 90 minutes, or even 120 minutes to the end of the game in this final.

Although Lu Wenbin may not be able to play in the league after the final, as long as he has the opportunity to win the German Cup, what does it matter if he sacrifices a league?

Lu Wenbin also thought so in his heart.

Therefore, in order to get the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot, Lu Wenbin began to strengthen the number of runs without the ball without the ball, so that Otter could only passively catch up behind him.

However, although Lu Wenbin stepped up his running without the ball, he was unable to get any decent shots until 20 minutes passed.

On the one hand, Lu Wenbin's sudden acceleration of the pace change not only made Otter uncomfortable, but even his own teammates Eduardo, Salihovic and others couldn't figure out which direction he would run in the next second, and the number and accuracy of passing assists naturally decreased a lot.

On the other hand, Bayern Munich's attacking power is stronger than Hoffenheim's, and the attacking group composed of Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Kroos, Sosa, and Toney is the top attack in the whole of Europe, not to mention Germany.

Therefore, not only the full-backs and midfielders have almost no opportunities to step forward to support the attack, but even Kopado, Salihovic, and even Eduardo sometimes have to be forced to withdraw to the backfield to participate in the defense, so that Lu Wenbin has received much less passing support than in the previous Bundesliga games.

Fortunately, Hoffenheim used the overall help defense and the high morale of the players to successfully prevent Bayern Munich's attack.

Although he was almost breached by Bayern on two occasions, once on the post and once saved by Haas, he did not concede a goal.

However, it is not okay to be beaten passively like this all the time.

Therefore, Salihovic, Copado, Eduardo and others have been trying to find opportunities, trying to pass the ball to the front and give Lu Wenbin a chance to hit the goal.

Although I don't know why Lu Wenbin's shooting technique is so accurate, Hoffenheim's players know that as long as Lu Wenbin is given the opportunity to shoot in the penalty area, he will be able to score nine times out of ten.

This is also where Hoffenheim's whole team maintains a strong fighting spirit and can wrestle with Bayern Munich.