Chapter 200 - European Golden Boy Award Nomination (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After the match with Hamburg, Lu Wenbin got 2 goals of 20,000 + the team won 20,000 points, a total of 40,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to level 15 87212/1 million.
When I first started playing in the Bundesliga, I felt that the Bundesliga experience of scoring 10,000 goals and winning 20,000 was really rich.
As a result, after upgrading to the present, it takes 1 million experience to upgrade to level 16, and Lu Wenbin feels that the upgrade is far away.
However, fortunately, now that his physique has improved, physical strength and confrontation are no longer his weaknesses.
The injury propensity has also dropped to about the same level as other ordinary professional athletes, and as long as someone doesn't deliberately try to hurt him, he will generally not get injured.
The two attributes of shooting and running without the ball have become Lu Wenbin's biggest weapon in the top European arena.
After a day of rest, the team only had a morning of acclimatization training on the morning of 28 October, and then in the afternoon they traveled to Bochum, more than 300 kilometres to the north, to prepare for the next day's Bundesliga round 10.
The delays in the summer European Championships and Olympics, as well as the reality of Hoffenheim's three-tier battle after the start of the season, make Hoffenheim's schedule look quite tight indeed.
After arriving in Bochum, the players rested in their hotel, while Ralph went to the pre-match press conference to announce the 18-man squad and the starting 11 to the media.
After the coaching staff finalized the team's rotation policy and plans to secure a second UEFA Cup group stage victory, Ralph made a significant rotation for this game.
In this away Bundesliga match with Bochum, Lu Wenbin, Demba Ba, Eduardo, Gustavo, and Baker sat on the bench, and Obasi, Weiss, Copado, Volsa, Seitz and others got the opportunity to start.
Some reporters questioned that Ralph's rotation was too large and there were too many substitutes, which could lead to Hoffenheim's loss.
Ralph naturally won't admit it, insisting that Hoffenheim are a united, fighting team and that everyone in the team is very important.
Even with a lot of rotation in this game, Hoffenheim will still be the eventual winner and will take all three points away from home.
The home side Bochum felt insulted and coach Kohler made a harsh statement at the press conference that they would surely give Hoffenheim a second Bundesliga defeat of the season.
In fact, it was because Lu Wenbin did not start that it gave Kohler hope that he could win.
If Lu Wenbin had started the game, he would not have dared to say such cruel words.
Anyway, this game looks like it's going to be a sparkle of sparks!
However, the next day, the morning of October 29, everyone put aside the game for the time being and started to care about another piece of news.
On the morning of October 29, 2008, the latest issue of Torino Sports announced the list of 40 people nominated for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, and the media voting at the end of the year will be based on these 40 people to vote for this year's European Golden Boy Award winners.
The previous five European Golden Boy winners were Van der Vaart, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero, and all five of them are currently performing well in their respective clubs and national teams, either at the core or as the main force.
As a result, the European Golden Boy has become more and more popular and has been considered the European Ballon d'Or for young players under the age of 21.
The media and fans all over the world have paid great attention to this award.
In the 40-man squad announced this year, young talents such as Walcott, Bale, Boateng, Anderson, Bojan, Marcelo, Balotelli, Pato and other young talents have been selected.
It is also logical that Bayern's Kroos in the Bundesliga and Rashil's Mesut Ozil were selected.
However, for Hoffenheim and Chinese media and fans, whether Lu Wenbin can be selected is the focus of their attention.
Although after the second leg of the League Cup against Udinese, the organizer "Torino Sport" has publicly published that Lu Wenbin's performance is one of the strongest contenders for this year's Golden Boy Award.
But the list of nominees is not announced, and everyone always feels that their hearts can't fall.
Now, as soon as the list of 40 nominees was announced, everyone immediately excitedly went to find Lu Wenbin's name.
In line 28 of the list, everyone found Lu Wenbin's name.
The four columns of name, league, club, and nationality read: "Lu Wenbin, Bundesliga, Hoffenheim, China." ”
The official website of Hoffenheim FC immediately updated the news and congratulated Lu Wenbin.
Sinsheim city TV stations also immediately interced in the news and announced the good news to Hoffenheim fans all over the city.
Although the team had already gone to Bochum, there were still many Hoffenheim fans and Lu Wenbin fans gathered outside the team's training base to wave a banner to congratulate Lu Wenbin and Hoffenheim FC.
China's media is even more doping, and the Internet portals that have responded the fastest have even immediately put up large banners on the front page to make announcements.
"Great news: Lu Wenbin was nominated for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award! 》
"Chinese football player Lu Wenbin was shortlisted for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award 40-man list, known as the European Youth Golden Ball Award! 》
"Lu Wenbin was nominated for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, the first time in the history of Chinese football! 》
"Lu Wenbin was shortlisted for the 40-man list of the European Golden Boy Award and became the favorite to win the award! 》
Subsequently, CCTV-5 Sports News, Guizhou News Network and other related TV programs actively followed up, and some evening newspapers that were only released in the afternoon also reported the news that Lu Wenbin was nominated for the European Golden Boy Award.
Overnight, the European Golden Boy Award became famous all over the country.
Many people know that there is a European Golden Boy Award for under-21 years old in Europe, which is considered to be the European Golden Globe Award for under-21 youth.
People who have won this award before, such as Rooney, Messi, etc., have now become big stars, even superstars.
This has given many fans who are desperate for Chinese football a little hope.
It seems that although the national team can't die anymore, in terms of individual performance, there are still players who can perform well in Europe's top competitions and provide a little comfort to Chinese fans.
On the team's side, the coach and teammates naturally congratulated Lu Wenbin, and Lu Wenbin also thanked everyone for their support in daily training and games, and said that he would treat him after returning to Hoffenheim after the game.
Speaking of which, many of Hoffenheim's attacking players are equally good.
Eduardo, Salihovic, Demba Ba, Obasi, Ibisevic, if it weren't for Lu Wenbin, they would definitely have scored a lot of goals.
But because Lu Wenbin, who has a shooting attribute as high as 20/20, was identified by the coach as the first core and offensive finisher, many front-court shooting opportunities were sent to Lu Wenbin's feet, resulting in too few shooting opportunities for others, and even fewer goals.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin has benefited himself, thank everyone, and take the initiative to treat him, which is also deserved!
Lu Wenbin has completely integrated into Germany and the life of the team, and he is becoming more and more like a fish in water in all aspects!
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