Chapter 185: The Flame of Hope (10 Updates 8/10)

Running off the ball is not a very conspicuous attribute, and in the early years of Inzaghi's debut, he was even despised by the media and fans as a leak-picking king and an opportunist who survived on the offside line.

In the world of football, Ronaldo's domineering long-distance runs and Ronaldinho's aura of post-goal shots are more popular with the media and fans.

Inzaghi's style of playing, which uses off-ball runs to exploit loopholes in the penalty area and then receives the ball and scores with a simple and light push, is not popular and respected.

Inzaghi's goals are also considered to be speculation, leakage, good luck, and not long-lasting.

However, it was only when it was discovered that Inzaghi had been able to score a lot of goals every season, and that there was a king of small no-go zones like Ruud van Nistelrooy, that the pros noticed their ability to run off the ball.

This ability and attribute, which was not previously noticed, has attracted the attention of the media and professional coaches.

However, no matter how much attention is paid to this attribute, this attribute is still very inconspicuous compared to dribbling, passing, speed, shooting, etc.

The people of Udinese can't see Lu Wenbin's value, and before Lu Wenbin scores, it is naturally difficult for everyone to find the change in the attributes of his ability.

This is the situation now, although Lu Wenbin received the ball twice in 10 minutes and got a chance to shoot on goal, but the people of Udinese did not expect that Lu Wenbin's ability to run without the ball has improved a lot compared to the first leg, and it is close to full value.

Many people are still conducting self-examination, wondering if the Udinese defenders on the field are a little proud and light up the enemy after winning the first leg away and relax their guard against Lu Wenbin.

Just when everyone in Udinese was feeling a little confused, in the 14th minute of the first half, Lu Wenbin took advantage of the 19/19 run without the ball to run into a short gap.

Moreover, this time it was still in the forbidden zone, near the penalty spot, facing the goal, which was very threatening.

Then, Eduardo received a second pass from Salihovic on the 'ban' line.

Immediately afterwards, he made a one-two with Demba Ba and burst into the forbidden area, first made a fake shot to shake the defenders and goalkeepers of Udinese, and then fell down but knocked the ball with his heel near the penalty spot without looking at Lu Wenbin's position.

Lu Wenbin, who had just run there, received this heel pass just right, which fully proved the tacit understanding between Lu Wenbin and his teammates.

It was precisely because of Eduardo's fake shot and unexpected back-heel pass that Lu Wenbin, who just ran near the penalty spot and was in a short gap, received the ball.

Then, Lu Wenbin just pulled the ball lightly, dodged defender Andre Korda, and pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal before another defender, Motta, came up to grab the ball.

Although Handanovic was shaken by Eduardo, he still reacted quickly and turned back to Lu Wenbin's shot, but Lu Wenbin's shot in the forbidden area was too close, and he didn't even touch the ball in the end, and could only watch the ball rush into the goal from the palm of his hand.

In the 14th minute, Hoffenheim's No. 9 Lu Wenbin scored to help Hoffenheim lead Udinese 1-0 at the Friuli Stadium, and the aggregate score between the two sides became 2-2.

“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooor……”

Sinsheim TV commentator Kast let out a long roar, stood up from the commentary seat, and shouted excitedly: "Goal, goal!" Our top scorer Lou scored in the 14th minute! He scored an away goal for Hoffenheim at the Friuli Stadium in Udinese and levelled the aggregate score at 2-2. Now, Hoffenheim only needs one more goal to knock out Udinese, and Lew is leading Hoffenheim to a miracle! ”

Because there were two other European matches of other German clubs starting at the same time, after feeling that Hoffenheim had no hope of qualifying, German TV chose to broadcast other games, and this Hoffenheim away game against Udinese was broadcast live by Hinsheim TV for its own local audience.

But it was precisely because of this that the commentator Karst was able to cheer wildly for the goal as a Hoffenheim supporter, which made the Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV even more excited.

It was a delicate score and an exhilarating goal indeed!

After a 2-1 defeat at home to Udinese, not only the media, but Hoffenheim's own fans thought they had little hope.

Unexpectedly, now Hoffenheim have also scored away from home and equalized the aggregate score.

Hoffenheim only need one more goal to knock out Udinese.

Suddenly, whether it was more than 2,000 people at the scene or Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV, they all cheered wildly and celebrated.

On and off the pitch, Hoffenheim's coach-athletes also celebrated excitedly.

This goal completely ignited everyone's passion and fighting spirit.

If at the beginning of the game, everyone was still aroused by the speech of captain Salihovic in the dressing room, then now everyone is full of hope.

Now, Hoffenheim are just one goal away from knocking out Udinese.

Hoffenheim were celebrating Lu's goal, while the Udinese players were a little stunned.

"How did Lu Wenbin get to that position and receive Eduardo's pass?" This is a question in the minds of many people.

However, Udinese's head coach Marino has woken up.

He found that Lu Wenbin's ability to run off the ball has improved, and it has improved a lot, and Udinese's chain defense and zone defense can no longer trap Lu Wenbin.

He didn't know why, maybe it was Lu Wenbin's on-the-spot state explosion in this game, or maybe it was Lu Wenbin, who was not normal in the last round.

But whatever the reason, he had to do something about it.

The 2-2 score is indeed quite dangerous.

Although Udinese still have the advantage of away goals, if they can keep this score until the end of the game, it will be Udinese who will advance.

But looking at the performances of Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin in these ten minutes, Marino was not optimistic at all, and he had no confidence to let his team keep the score until the end of the 90 minutes.

A further goal for Hoffenheim would have erased their two away goals and eliminated them on aggregate.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin can no longer be allowed to score, and Marino must come up with a way to deal with it.