After the 16th round of the Bundesliga between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, the media coverage of the match was polarised.

The media that liked and supported Hoffenheim naturally praised Hoffenheim for his "brilliant record" of leaving the Allianz Arena with one point.

The media, which leaned towards Bayern, or did not like Hoffenheim, focused their coverage on Bayern's tactics of successfully freezing Lu Wenbin with two defenders.

It is intended to tell all Hoffenheim's next opponents that the next time they encounter Hoffenheim, they only need to send two people to keep an eye on Lu Wenbin.

As for the other Hoffenheim players, even if the number becomes 9 to 10, it is much safer than letting Lu Wenbin receive the ball and shoot.

Fans of the rest of the Bundesliga rejoiced, believing that they had found a way to deal with the dark horse Hoffenheim.

Next, it depends on whether Schalke 04 can use this tactic to defeat Hoffenheim in the next round of the league.

However, just when many people were jubilant and Lu Wenbin was also a little depressed that he had not scored a goal in the last game and had no experience, the final ranking of the 2008 European Golden Boy Award announced by the "Torino Sports Newspaper" washed away Lu Wenbin's depression.

On December 7, the 2008 European Golden Boy Award was officially announced.

In the past 2008, Lu Wenbin was the main striker in the Hoffenheim team, and led Hoffenheim to win the 2007/2008 Bundesliga championship, the 2007/2008 German Football Association Cup, the 2008/2009 Bundesliga half championship, the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup group stage early qualification, the 2008/2009 German Cup to advance to the third round and other collective honors.

In terms of personal honors and performance, Lu Wenbin won the 2007/2008 Bundesliga and German Cup double top scorer, double best player, German B best foreign aid and other honors, selected in the 2007/2008 season of the German B best team, the best player in a single game, the best team in a single round of the league and other honors, in the 2008/2009 new season of the Bundesliga, German Cup, League Cup are the top scorers, and in the European Golden Boot list ranking far ahead of Diego Forlan, Ronaldo, Messi and other super goalscorers.

If Manchester United's Anderson can still compete with Lu Wenbin with a Champions League title in collective honor, then in terms of personal honor and individual performance, Lu Wenbin is simply crushing his peers.

Moreover, Anderson's role in the Manchester United team is not the same as Lu Wenbin's central role in the Hoffenheim team.

Therefore, in the media selection of the European Golden Boy Award, which is more inclined to individual performance, Lu Wenbin's vote rate is unbeatable, leaving other young people under the age of 21, including Champions League winner Anderson, far behind.

Although there is no national team result, it does not affect everyone's evaluation of Lu Wenbin.

Out of a total of 40 nominees, Lu Wenbin received 247 points from the media vote, followed by second-placed Anderson with 104 and third-placed Arsenal's Theo Walcott with 101.

Lu Wenbin's score was more than double that of second-place Anderson, which fully proves the recognition of Lu Wenbin by the voting media.

After the results of the Golden Boy Award were announced, the discussion that Lu Wenbin was frozen by Bayern Munich disappeared, and all the media and fans were engaged in the discussion of the Golden Boy Award, and the Chinese media was even more collective.

"Lu Wenbin's score far exceeded the second place and won the 2008 European Golden Boy Award! 》

"The 2008 European Golden Boy Award was announced, and Lu Wenbin won the championship with a high score of 247! 》

"Chinese football player Lu Wenbin won the 2008 European Golden Boy Award! 》

"Lu Wenbin conquered Europe and won the Golden Boy Award, becoming the first young football player in the European League under the age of 21! 》

On the Chinese Internet, fans' comments about Lu Wenbin also quickly swept the screen.

"Big news, Lu Wenbin won the first place in the 2008 European Golden Boy Award!"

"Lu Wenbin 666, this is the European youth version of the Golden Globe Award!"

"Chinese players also have a day to win the Golden Boy Award, I couldn't imagine it before, it's really 6!"

"I'm not a fan, but today I saw Lu Wenbin's news for the first time, and I decided to start watching football from now on! However, I don't watch domestic football, I only watch Lu Wenbin's game! ”

"On the top floor, a wise decision!"

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Although some media and fans shouted out that Lu Wenbin was the first young player in the European League, Lu Wenbin denied it in an exclusive interview with Torino Sports Newspaper.

"I am very happy to win the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, but this is just a recognition of my achievements in the past year, and it does not mean that I am the first young player under the age of 21," Lu said. Among the young people who are about my age, there are still many strong opponents that I need to catch up with and surpass. Moreover, I am only 18 years old, and my personal strength is far from reaching the peak. For example, in the Bundesliga match with Bayern Munich, which just ended, I didn't score a goal and did nothing. So, I still have a long way to go in my future and hope to achieve even higher in the future. ”

Although he accepted an exclusive interview with "Torino Sports Newspaper", Lu Wenbin did not get the prize of the Golden Boy Award.

It is a Golden Ball similar to the European Golden Globe Awards, which needs to be awarded at a different time, and the award venue is not fixed, and now it is just a score ranking.

After doing an exclusive interview, Torino Sport discussed with Lu Wenbin, Mendes and Hoffenheim clubs, and the Golden Boy Award ceremony was held before the final round of the Bundesliga before the winter break, Hoffenheim and Schalke 04.

It just so happened that the game was Hoffenheim's home game, and tens of thousands of Hoffenheim home fans and Lu Wenbin's fans could witness his Golden Boy award ceremony.

Still, that's a week away.

At the same time as the Golden Boy Award was announced, the 16th round of the Bundesliga was played for a total of three days, and after all the matches on the last day, Hoffenheim continued to rank first in the Bundesliga standings with 16 games, 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, accumulating 40 points.

Bayern Munich is second with 32 points from nine wins, five draws and two losses, continuing to trail Hoffenheim by as many as eight points.

It is followed by teams such as Hertha Berlin, Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen and others.

After the 16th round of league matches, there is still a final round of the UEFA Cup group stage before the league match with Schalke 04.

On 9 December, Hoffenheim flew to the Netherlands to prepare for the next day's away game against Nijmegen.

The two group games in Group D are Hoffenheim away to Nijmegen, Tottenham Hotspur hosts Spartak Moscow, and Dinamo Zagreb has a bye.

This is the last round of the group stage of this season's UEFA Cup, and Hoffenheim, who had already qualified in the previous round, only need a draw to lock up the top spot in the group and occupy a better place in the next knockout draw.

Even if they lose, Hoffenheim have a good chance of topping the group on goal difference.

Of course, no one wants to lose if they can win, so it is naturally the safest to keep the draw and win.

It's just that in the case that he has already qualified ahead of schedule and has a high probability of locking up the first place in the group, Ralph does not need to fight Nijmegan, who wants to qualify, and it is more important to retain his strength and prepare for the next league game against Schalke 04.

Therefore, in this League Cup away group stage between Hoffenheim and Nijmegen, Ralph sent a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, and Lu Wenbin did not start and sat on the bench.