Before the Champions League knockout draw ceremony, Inter Milan have one more league game.

On December 12, in the 17th round of Serie A, Inter Milan played Cesena at home.

Cesena are currently second from bottom in the standings and are weak.

Although they are also desperate to beat Inter Milan in Meazza to stage a counterattack and get the relegation points they desperately need, the huge gap in quality is not something they can make up for with their hard work.

The game was lackluster, with Cesena losing to Inter Milan by a big score.

The only thing that excites Inter fans was when Lu Wenbin scored the first goal.

In the 27th minute, when Lu Wenbin received a wonderful pass from Sneijder in the forbidden area and turned around and volleyed the goal, the commentators and fans shouted excitedly.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooal……”

"Scoring in 11th consecutive Serie A game, Lue scored in 11th consecutive Serie A game!"

"Lu equalled Batistuta's record of 11 consecutive Serie A goals set in 1994!"

"In his first season in Serie A, Lu Wenbin equaled the record for the longest consecutive goal in Serie A, which is simply a god!"

Countless reporters and fans fell in love with Lu Wenbin's goal and admired it.

Watching Lu Wenbin play football is simply enjoyable.

Not only this goal, Lu Wenbin scored two more goals later, and the other two goals were scored by Milito and Sneijder.

Among them, the goal scored by Milito was an assist by Lu Wenbin.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 5-0, and Inter Milan beat Cesena at home, taking all three points to continue to lead the Serie A standings.

Lu Wenbin scored a hat-trick in this game, and his annual total of 93 goals reached 93, just one goal short of his own record of 94 goals set the previous year.

At the same time, Lu Wenbin's goal in this game also brought his consecutive goal in Serie A this season to 11.

After being kept clean by Roma in the 5th round of Serie A, Lu Wenbin has maintained the record of scoring goals per game from the 6th round until now.

Lu Wenbin also equaled Batistuta's record of 11 consecutive Serie A goals set by Fiorentina in 1994 with these 11 consecutive goals, which became the focus of media coverage after the game.

After a few days of rest, UEFA held the draw for the round of 16 of the 2010/2011 Champions League at its headquarters in Switzerland on 17 December.

The teams that have reached the round of 16 this season are Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Schalke 04, Lyon, Manchester United, Valencia, Barcelona, Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Roma, Chelsea, Marseille, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Arsenal.

Among them, 15 teams are from the top five leagues, and only Shakhtar Donetsk is from Ukraine.

Although UEFA President Michel Platini vigorously supported the minor leagues after coming to power for the sake of votes, after the big waves of the Champions League group stage, only the giants of the five major leagues are the mainstream of the Champions League.

Only the teams in the five major leagues have the funds and strength to form two or three sets of lineups, fight on multiple fronts and achieve good results.

There will be one or two dark horses popping up in minor league teams once in a while, but they won't be mainstream.

The fact that there is only one team in the round of 16 that is not in the top five leagues is evident.

The rules of the 1/8 final draw are that teams that have qualified from the same group are avoided, teams from the same country are avoided, and teams with the same ranking are avoided.

In other words, Inter Milan will not meet Tottenham Hotspur and Roma, the two group runners-up, and Inter's opponents will be Lyon, Valencia, Hoffenheim, Marseille, Real Madrid, Arsenal and other group runners-up.

Under the chairmanship of UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, the draw ceremony officially began.

When drawing lots, a group of opponents will draw the second in the group first, and then the first in the group, and the first in the group will have the initiative in the schedule of the first away and then the host.

The first group to be drawn was Roma, but their opponents happened to be the only team in the non-top five leagues, the top team in Group H: Shakhtar Donetsk.

It was a good lot, and the general manager of Rome who participated in the draw ceremony had a smile on his face.

Subsequently, one team after another was drawn, and the bracket table for the 1/8 finals gradually became clear.

When Hoffenheim, last season's Champions League finalist, drew Inter Milan, the audience was in an uproar, both at the scene and in front of the TV.

This is a bit of a coincidence.

The two opponents in last season's final, who met again in the knockout round this season, and the gimmick of Lu Wenbin's transfer to Inter Milan, this game is undoubtedly the highlight of the 1/8 finals.

For the sake of ratings, UEFA can be said to do everything.

Although there is no evidence, many commentators bluntly said in the live broadcast commentary that this must have been arranged by UEFA.

In addition, Arsenal's draw to Barcelona is also a giant-level powerhouse conversation, and Real Madrid's encounter with Bayern Munich is a European derby where Mars collides with Earth.

Of course, Real Madrid, who are not in a good situation, certainly do not want to touch Bayern Munich.

Judging from the past results, Real Madrid is more afraid of the German team, let alone Bayern Munich.

Now that Mourinho has not gone to Real Madrid, the Galaxy Battleship under Pellegrini is not in good combat, and it is not good to be the "Champions League Sixteen" for another year.

After the draw ceremony, the major media outlets were attracted by the re-enactment of the Champions League final between Inter Milan and Hoffenheim.

Especially in the context of Lu Wenbin's recent transfer to Inter Milan, this 1/8 final matchup looks very attractive.

After Lu Wenbin left, Heathfield, Nelsson, Yankel, Gustavo, Eduardo, Demba Ba and many other successful Hoffenheim main players have transferred away.

Although Hope has brought in a lot of powerful players, Hoffenheim's strength has decreased a lot.

Hoffenheim are seventh in the Bundesliga standings so far, finishing second in the Champions League group stage, a far cry from last season's treble under Lu Wenbin.

Hope's rational investment in football team building ideas, compared with the spending of Chelsea owners such as Abramovich, is still a little less heroic, and it also directly affects the quality of Hoffenheim's recruitment and the effect of team rebuilding.

Perhaps, the treble won under the leadership of Lu Wenbin was an accident, and Hoffenheim's position was only in the middle of the Bundesliga.

After the lottery ceremony came out, naturally many reporters interviewed Lu Wenbin and asked him what he thought about the lottery results.

Lu Wenbin was naturally quite surprised by the result of this draw, and it was a little difficult to describe his complicated feelings.

He concluded: "Hoffenheim is where I started my career and I will always love it!" But now I'm an Inter player and I'm going to do my best away from home to help Inter beat Hoffenheim. (Asking for a commuter pass)