Chapter 172: Three consecutive wins in the Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen are not Cottages or the newly promoted Borussia Mönchengladbach, who were seventh in the Bundesliga last season.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin's goal in the 13th minute not only did not break them, but made their counterattack more violent.
The weakness of offensive football lies in the lack of strength in the backfield and the lack of defensive strength.
As a result, Hoffenheim was also scored in the 22nd minute by the crazy counterattack of Bayer Leverkusen, and the goal was scored by No. 9 striker Simes.
Next, the two sides still played very openly, and no one took the initiative to show weakness and shrink the defense.
In the 31st minute, Lu Wenbin ran out of the gap in the forbidden area and received a pass from Eduardo, which caused tension in the Leverkusen backline and goalkeepers.
However, Lu Wenbin made a shooting feint and passed the ball to the captain Salihovic, who was inserted into the 'no-go' zone diagonally.
Salihovic met the ball and fired a furious shot into the back of the net from Adler's armpit to give Hoffenheim a 2-1 lead.
However, a tenacious Bayer Leverkusen equalised just minutes later and the two sides returned to a 2-2 draw.
Then, until the 44th minute, towards the end of the first half, the two sides were still tied 2-2.
It looks as if the two sides are going into the break with a 2-2 scoreline.
Just when everyone thought that the first half was going to enter the halftime with a score of 2-2, Lu Wenbin, who had never given up his running, ran out of a short gap in the forbidden area, and Eduardo's pass after breaking through was about to reach Lu Wenbin's feet.
At this time, Lu Wenbin was only more than 10 meters away from the goal, which was similar to kicking a penalty, but it was a little off from the penalty spot.
But even so, the distance was enough to make Leverkusen's players nervous.
Compared to other strikers in the league, Lu Wenbin's shot frame hit percentage and final goal rate are simply too high.
At this point in time and position, if Lu Wenbin scores, wouldn't he have to enter the halftime break with a backward score?
So, Friedrich, the No. 5 defender behind Lu Wenbin, subconsciously pushed Lu Wenbin, with the intention that his center of gravity would be unstable and he would not be able to receive the ball and shoot smoothly.
Unexpectedly, Friedrich thought that his strength was not large, but he directly pushed Lu Wenbin forward and staggered, and finally failed to stand firm and fell to the ground.
Friedrich immediately raised his hands and looked at the referee, with a shocked and innocent expression, indicating that he had not pushed Lu Wenbin at all.
However, the referee, who could see it clearly nearby, paid so much attention to it, blew the whistle decisively, pointed his finger at the penalty spot, and awarded Hoffenheim a penalty.
Friedrich was immediately anxious and complained to the referee: "He faked a fall, I didn't push him at all!" ”
Other Bayer Leverkusen players also gathered around and complained to the referee that Lu Wenbin faked a fall, and Friedrich did not foul at all.
Hoffenheim's players testified one after another, saying that they saw Friedrich pushing people.
At this time, Lu Wenbin had also stood up unscathed. Friedrich pointed at Lu Wenbin and said to the referee excitedly: "Look, he is unscathed at all, where does he look like he was fouled by me?" ”
The referee shook his head and said: "The foul is not judged by whether the opponent is injured or not, it is a fact that you reached out and pushed Lu, I saw it with my own eyes, no need to say it again!" ”
Then, the referee made a move to take out the cards, signaling the Leverkusen players to surround me again, and I was going to pull the cards.
As a last resort, everyone could only mumble and disperse, Friedrich passed by Lu Wenbin's side and scolded: "Liar, fake fall, I don't use much strength at all!" ”
Lu Wenbin ignored him, scooped up the football on the ground and walked to the penalty spot.
He knew that Friedrich didn't use much effort, in fact, because his 13/13 physique attribute was still a little lower than that of professional players, especially strong defenders, so he was so easily pushed down by Friedrich.
But it is a fact that Friedrich pushed him behind him, he did not fake a fall, nor did he have the subjective consciousness of deliberately cheating the penalty, let alone telling the referee that Friedrich did not foul and fell unsteadily.
He was only responsible for scoring goals for Hoffenheim and taking the lead, even if it was a penalty.
For Lu Wenbin's 20/20 shooting attributes, playing a penalty is foolproof.
Lu Wenbin steadily kicked the penalty into the corner, and although Adler pounced in the right direction, he was also out of reach, and could only watch the ball rush into the goal from in front of him.
In the 45th minute of the first half, Lu Wenbin scored a penalty to complete the brace, and also had an assist to help Hoffenheim lead Bayer Leverkusen 3-2.
Not long after Lu Wenbin scored the penalty, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Lu Wenbin was heavily guarded by the Leverkusen players, and even if they left the gap for others, they resolutely did not allow Lu Wenbin to get another chance to shoot.
Because there is still a problem with the goal rate of other people's shots, but Lu Wenbin's shot is almost nine out of ten.
Therefore, they chose to guard against Lu Wenbin.
But as a result, Demba Ba, Ibisevic and others have a big increase in their shooting opportunities.
Although they don't have a high goal rate, they always score goals when they have more shots, right?
In the 68th minute, after Lu Wenbin's insertion into the 'for-go' zone caused a wave of tension in the Leverkusen backline, Baker, who dribbled forward from the side to assist, passed the ball to the feet of Demba Ba outside the 'no-go' zone.
Demba Ba met the ball with a heavy shot at the goal, and the ball hit the Bayer Leverkusen defender Enrique, who gave up his gun to block the hole, and flew into the net in the opposite direction of goalkeeper Adler's save.
Demba Ba scored again and gave Hoffenheim a 4-2 lead at Bayer Leverkusen.
Seeing this score, Ralph immediately made a decision and replaced Demba Ba with No. 17 Weiss, who changed from a striker to a defensive forward, and changed to 442 to balance the formation and strengthen the defense.
But Lu Wenbin did not go down, and let Leverkusen's backline throw a mouse, and did not dare to press to help attack.
As a result, the rest of the game, despite Bayer Leverkusen's desire to turn it around, ended up scoring a goal in the 86th minute and then failed to equalise until the end of the game.
Of course, Lu Wenbin was not very lucky, and he scored again with a free kick and two sports battles in the second half.
Two minutes after stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Hoffenheim won the third round of the Bundesliga with a 4-3 win away from home to Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen and Hoffenheim's third straight Bundesliga win.