Chapter 368: The End of the Record
The strength and shooting accuracy brought by Lu Wenbin's full-value physique make him very dangerous to shoot from outside the forbidden area even if he does not enter the forbidden zone.
While most of the time they were blocked by a crowded Bayern player or cleared by a lucky touch, there were occasional shots or two that were able to get past a defender in the no-go zone and go straight to the goal.
However, in addition to being limited to few shooting opportunities today, Lu Wenbin's goal luck was a bit evil, and it was difficult to score with few shooting opportunities.
For example, in the 28th minute, Lu Wenbin successfully penetrated Bayern's forbidden zone with a long-range shot, but the ball smashed heavily on the post and popped off the bottom line, scaring all Bayern fans into a cold sweat.
But for Lu Wenbin, it is useless to be scared without scoring a goal.
Seeing that Lu Wenbin strengthened his long-range shooting, Bayern also expanded the defensive range and tried to force Lu Wenbin farther, so that his long-range shooting distance was extended and the threat became smaller.
In the 37th minute, Lu Wenbin fired another heavy cannon shot from outside the corner of the forbidden area, but was successfully blocked by Schweinsteiger, a piggy rushing over from the side.
Although the ball hit Schweinsteiger's chest heavily, smothering him on the ground for a long time before he recovered, Lu Wenbin's shot was finally defused by the piglet.
In the 42nd minute, Lu Wenbin's shot in the forbidden area was stabbed out of the bottom line by Ram's outstretched foot. Although he won a corner, he was successfully defended by Lahm.
Hoffenheim started to serve corners, Eduardo's corner found the front point, and Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point in the tugging and pushing of Van Bitten and Contento, jumped up and shook his head to score.
As a result, the ball went wide of the goal and hit the side-netting, leaving thousands of Hoffenheim fans sighing.
Hoffenheim failed to score until the end of the first half.
Lu Wenbin hit a few shots on goal, either deflected out of the goal, or was blocked by the opponent or destroyed and cleared, rarely hit the goal frame, and never scored.
Other teammates get even fewer shots on goal.
Bayern Munich's stubborn counterattack completely disregarding face made them basically restrict Lu Wenbin, even if Lu Wenbin's several attributes were full value.
If you go head-to-head one by one, Lu Wenbin is not stunned.
But against two or three defenders with extraordinary strength who did not move their hands, and there were other defenders to make up for the defense, Lu Wenbin was also helpless.
Sometimes, even if you break through three or four people and get a chance to shoot with your feet, you will miss or fly under the interference of the opponent, or be intercepted and cleared by other people.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Both sides know that time is running out for them and Hoffenheim are no longer thinking about away wins, but they are still looking to pursue away goals and take some initiative for the second leg at home.
Bayern Munich will have to go for a home win, otherwise it will be even more difficult to beat Hoffenheim away from home in the second leg.
As a result, the second half was a quicker pace for both sides.
In the 54th minute, Demba Ba made a cross from the side and sent a good ball, with good height, speed and landing position.
Lu Wenbin took the lead with the support of his full value of running without the ball, and jumped high under the interference of Demichelis and Contento to grab the first point.
Lu Wenbin, who has improved his header attributes, feels very good this time, although he can't reach the point of full control of the angle, but a standard header attack still puts the ball in the range of the goal frame.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin also deliberately topped a ground rebound ball to increase the difficulty of goalkeeper Bout's save.
After the ball was pushed out, Lu Wenbin was hit by Demichelis and lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, but the ball had already bounced on the ground in the small forbidden area, went straight to the left side of the goal, and was about to graze the post and drill into the goal.
Even though Lu Wenbin was still in the air, and he lost his center of gravity and was about to fall to the ground, his face was already full of joy that he was finally going to score.
Bayern's defense did a good job in today's game, and it was very difficult for Lu Wenbin to score a goal.
But anyway, this header is going to go in.
As a result, in the next second, Lu Wenbin saw a gloved hand appear on the path of the ball's flight, and with a flick of his fingertips, the ball changed course and hit the post and bounced back into the forbidden area.
Then Lu Wenbin, who fell to the ground, saw that the ball was kicked out of the forbidden area by Van Bitten and flew to the midfield.
Lu Wenbin, who fell to the ground, cursed the ground, and stood up unwillingly, ready to continue waiting for the opportunity to attack.
In the past, his headers were of a great luck nature, and this header was one of the few times in his official game that he mastered the direction of his head and the angle of the ball's rebound.
I didn't expect to be pounced out by Bout's god-level play like this, it's really unlucky.
As a result, Lu Wenbin was still annoyed by the failure of his header in the forbidden area, where Bayern Munich had already used Bout's brilliant save to play a successful quick counterattack.
Van Bitten's big foot into the midfield was successfully headed over by Thomas Muller and headed to Peter Pan Robben.
Robben got on the ball and began to counter-attack, sprinting forward on the right side of Bayern, cutting inside Jaisler and Gustavo in succession, and shooting with his left foot before centre-backs Jankel and Nilsson blocked the ball.
The ball arced through the air, evaded a save from Ozcan and slid into the far post and into the far back of the net.
Bayern Munich, who defended for 54 minutes, finally scored first, and a goal from Arjen Robben gave Bayern a 1-0 lead at home to Hoffenheim.
Seeing Robben's ball fly into Hoffenheim's goal, tens of thousands of Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena let out a wild cheer.
Although Bayern fans do not completely disagree with defensive counterattacks like Real Madrid fans, they are indeed very depressed when they are pressed and beaten by Hoffenheim on the field.
Now that Bayern finally scored and took the lead, it is natural to vent the depression in my heart.
After Bayern Munich players Arjen Robben and others celebrated for a while, the game restarted, and Hoffenheim were even more anxious to equalise, but they were unable to do so.
Among them, Lu Wenbin had a free kick that went straight to the dead corner in the 74th minute, but it was saved by Bout in advance.
Bayern Munich's overall counter-attacking tactics combined with goalkeeper Bout's extraordinary play allowed Hoffenheim to fail to score a goal for the first time this season with Lu Wenbin starting, and won its first Champions League defeat.
Lu Wenbin also ended his consecutive Champions League scoring streak, stopping at 10 consecutive goals, and did not gain any experience in this game.
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