Chapter 174: The God of the Forbidden Zone
At Karl Benz Stadium, Lu Wenbin ran out of space in the forbidden area, but this time Salihovic did not pass the ball to Lu Wenbin because he wanted to help Andres Baker.
At this time, Baker had returned to normal and actively participated in the wing attack.
While Lu Wenbin, Ibisevic, Demba Ba, Eduardo and others firmly attracted the attention of all Stuttgart's defenders near the big no-go, Baker, who quietly cut inside from the wing, went unnoticed.
So, Salihovic duffled a shot and passed the ball into the right corner of the big no-go' zone, where Baker was cutting in at high speed.
The Stuttgart players looked over and were surprised to find that the traitor defender Baker had attacked from Hoffenheim's backfield.
However, by the time they found out now, it was too late to rush over to stop Baker's shot.
Baker, who was undisturbed, did not stop the ball, rounded his big legs and hit the ball directly with a heavy shot, and the frustration and anger of being scolded as a traitor by the Stuttgart fans were vented in this kick.
The ball rose from the ground, passed through the crowd in the no-go zone, and flew into the goal in the blink of an eye.
After the ball was in the net, goalkeeper Levin was late, but he couldn't stop Baker's goal.
“Toooooooooooooooooooooor……”
The narrator Castel roared and excitedly explained to the Sinsheim audience in front of the TV:
"From distance, Hoffenheim defender No.2 Baker's powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty zone blasted Salihovic's pass into the goal of his former club to give Hoffenheim a 1-0 lead over Stuttgart. Stuttgart fans in the stands called Beck a traitor to Stuttgart, but we loved it! ”
The Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV clapped and celebrated and chimed in: "Yes, we like Beck, Beck is from Hoffenheim now!" ”
At the scene, the more than 20,000 Hoffenheim fans in the stands also shouted Beck's name in the loudest voice to celebrate, in this way to congratulate Beck on his first goal in Hoffenheim, and also deliberately angry Stuttgart fans.
However, Baker in the stadium did not celebrate after the goal, but just applauded calmly.
Although the Stuttgart fans are scolding him, and he has decided to abide by the work ethic and give his all for Hoffenheim, it does not mean that he is really unemotional for Stuttgart.
After all, from 2000 to 2008, he spent eight years in the Stuttgart Academy and in the first team.
Scoring the ball of his old club is his work ethic. But not to celebrate, it is his attitude of gratitude.
Lu Wenbin, Salihovic and others also understood him, and they didn't celebrate much, but just surrounded him and patted him on the shoulder, and then everyone returned to their own half of the court together, waiting for Stuttgart to open the middle circle.
When Hoffenheim opened the scoring line, the game was on familiar track.
Because the backward opponent wants to equalize, it is bound to press the attack, and put more personnel in the front, which gives Lu Wenbin a chance.
In the 33rd minute, Salihovic, Demba Ba and Eduardo made a series of short passes near the big ban area, disrupting the Stuttgart backline.
Then, the technically brilliant and often brilliant Brazilian Eduardo made a surprise heel knock and passed the ball to the feet of Lu Wenbin, who suddenly stopped and shook off the defender in the penalty zone.
From last season to this season, Lu Wenbin and his main teammates have become more and more tacit.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin's emergency stop and turn to run and Eduardo's heel knock pass were just right, Lu Wenbin did not stop the ball at all, and kicked the ball into the goal comfortably.
Although goalkeeper Levin pounced, he still couldn't stop Lu Wenbin's accurate shot that went straight to the dead corner.
This is the horror of Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin now.
In fact, the shooting opportunities they created did not have any advantage compared to other teams, but the key was Lu Wenbin's goalkeeper.
Maybe other teams try their best to create ten shots on goal in a game and only score one or two goals, and sometimes they don't even score a goal, but Lu Wenbin can score a goal with almost only two or three shots.
This goal efficiency, in the top league, is really very high, it can be called the first.
Some of his die-hard fans have begun to wear the hat of the god of the forbidden zone on Lu Wenbin's head, which means that he is more powerful than Van Nistelrooy's king of the forbidden zone.
Fanny is the king, but Lu Wenbin is the god!
However, Lu Wenbin is young after all, and he has no excellent results, and there are not many games, and the data support is far from enough.
Therefore, this title is just a private personality cult name of his die-hard fans, and has not yet been recognized by the media and other fans.
However, if this development continues, there will probably be a day when the media will start calling Lu Wenbin the god of the forbidden zone.
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After Lu Wenbin scored, Hoffenheim led Stuttgart 2-0 and played more calmly.
Next, Stuttgart fought back frantically, wanted to score a goal, and even equalized, but they were never able to break through Hoffenheim's goal.
Of course, Hoffenheim didn't score again.
One minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half and the two sides went into the break with a score of 2-0.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
At the start of the second half, in the 48th minute, Salihovic was fouled by Stuttgart defender Ranich just outside the big ban zone and won a free kick for Hoffenheim.
However, Lu Wenbin's free kick with the opening of the system skill hit the crossbar and bounced back into the forbidden area, and Ibisevic's header was also high above the crossbar, which was a pity.
Soon, in the 65th minute, Ralph took the lead in replacing Ibisevic with substitute centre-forward Paldjic, saving strength for the next UEFA Cup game.
As long as Lu Wenbin remains on the field, he can continue to maintain the pressure on the Stuttgart backline, so that they dare not easily press up to help the frontcourt.
However, even though the Stuttgart men were already very attentive to Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin still had a good chance to shoot in the 78th minute.
Of course, this time it wasn't his own shot that ran out of space and was passed by a team-mate, but Demba Ba's shot was saved by goalkeeper Levin and landed in the no-out zone.
At that time, everyone went to watch Demba Ba's shot and Levin's save, and Lu Wenbin was in a short period of unmarked.
He anticipated in advance the possibility that Demba Ba's shot might not go in, and the possible landing of the ball saved by Levin.
As a result, when Lu Wenbin ran to that position, Levin really saved Demba Ba's shot, and the ball fell right in front of Lu Wenbin.