Chapter 171: The Battle with Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen Football Club, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is home to Bayer Arena and has a capacity of 30,000 people.
Bayer Leverkusen has won the UEFA Cup and the German Cup, but has never won the Bundesliga championship and has only won the Bundesliga runner-up a few times.
Bayer Leverkusen's greatest glory came in 2002, and its most disappointing time was also in 2002.
In the 2001/2002 season, they were on all fronts and almost won the championship.
As a result, there was a lack of stamina, and all fronts collapsed, and Bayer Leverkusen only won the 2002 Bundesliga, German Cup, and Champions League.
Everyone remembers Zinedine Zidane's out-of-the-box kick in the 2002 Champions League final, but few people remember that Real Madrid's opponent in that final was Bayer Leverkusen, and there was a tragic superstar Ballack among them.
Coupled with the German national team's loss to five-star Brazil in the World Cup final in South Korea and Japan that year, Bayer Leverkusen's core Ballack won a total of four runners-up that year, known as the four Asian kings.
Although some people praised Leverkusen that season as the Sanya King Warriors, a loss is a loss.
Not a single Champions League, not even a Bundesliga title.
Therefore, it is okay to say that Bayer Leverkusen is a traditional German powerhouse, but to say that they are giants I am afraid that most fans will not admit it.
However, even so, in the general opinion of the media and fans, it will be very difficult for promoted Hoffenheim to beat Bayer Leverkusen away.
Even at this time, Hoffenheim are top of the standings and Bayer Leverkusen are only seventh.
If Lu Wenbin, who currently dominates the scorer list, scores one or two goals and takes away a draw from Bayer Arena, even if Hoffenheim has the ability.
At this time, the Beijing Olympic Games have ended on August 24, and the Football Association has also fallen into civil strife, and there is no deterrent to all domestic media, and the media does not need to look at the face of the Football Association to dig out the news and inside information of the national team and the National Olympic team.
Therefore, the media in turn condemned and scolded the Football Association, and no one in the Football Association dared to respond.
Of course, it is useless to respond, and whoever wants to stand up will be the target of the media and fans.
Under such circumstances, CCTV-5 finally responded to the calls of many Bundesliga fans and Lu Wenbin fans, and broadcast the Bundesliga match between Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim live.
At 14:30 noon on August 30, 21:30 Beijing time local time in Germany, with the referee's whistle, the third round of the 2008/2009 Bundesliga Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim match officially began.
Although there are countless people in China who are desperate for Chinese football because of the performance of the national Olympic team in the Beijing Olympics, it does not affect everyone to watch the top European leagues.
If you like football, you should continue to love football.
Therefore, there are still many Bundesliga fans and fans who worship Lu Wenbin who turn on the TV on time and watch this Bundesliga game.
Of course, there are also Lu Wenbin's parents, relatives, neighbors, classmates, teachers, as well as many fellow villagers in Meitan, Zunyi, and Guizhou who support Lu Wenbin.
At Bayer Arena, after the start of the game, Hoffenheim, who was the first to get the kick-off, pressed up collectively and launched an attack on Bayer Leverkusen's half.
No matter what the media says, Hoffenheim won the double last season with attacking football, and has also won three consecutive wins in the German Cup and Bundesliga this season, so Ralph will naturally not change his tactics rashly.
Even if the opponent is strong and the goal is beaten into a sieve, Ralph will not change his mind easily.
The consequences of rashly changing the team's usual tactics will only make their players uncomfortable, and their strengths will not be brought into play, but their weaknesses will be exposed more.
This is also the reason why many teams play the world with a set of tactics, and they will not change their tactics after being thoroughly studied by the opponent, because that is not worth the loss.
A lot of teams will play a set of tactics for several years, just fine-tuned according to the specific staffing, but they will not suddenly change from offensive football to defensive counter-attack, nor from defensive counter-attack to offensive football.
This was true at Hoffenheim, and it was no different with Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen is also good at attacking football and doesn't like to play defensively.
On their home turf, it is even less likely to be afraid of the promoted Hoffenheim.
Therefore, the two sides launched an attack from the beginning, and the fight was full of excitement, and the fans who saw both the scene and in front of the TV were adrenaline soaring, which was quite exciting.
In the 4th minute, Lu Wenbin received Ibisevic's header in the forbidden area, and a volley hit the post and bounced back to the forbidden area to be cleared, which shocked the Leverkusen fans in the stands into a cold sweat, and also made the commentators of CCTV-5 and the domestic audience regret for a while.
Soon, Bayer Leverkusen returned the color.
In the 9th minute, Bayer Leverkusen's No. 8 striker Augusto crossed past Compel at the edge of Hoffenheim's forbidden area, and No. 23 forward Vidal met the ball with a heavy shot from outside the forbidden area.
The ball went through Hoffenheim's no-go zone, but Hoffenheim goalkeeper Ozcan quickly fell to the ground and pulled out the bottom line with his fingertips, which also startled the Hoffenheim fans.
The two sides come and go, and the battle against each other is high.
In the 13th minute, Lu Wenbin finally ushered in his first goal of the game.
Salihovic crossed from the flank, and Ibisevic's header was fed to Demba Ba, who made a shot and then flicked the ball to Lu Wenbin in the forbidden area.
Lu Wenbin shot angrily at the ball, the ball drilled into the goal like a cannonball, and Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Adler couldn't react and could only helplessly watch the ball go into the net.
In the 13th minute, Hoffenheim led Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 away, and the scorer was No. 9 Lu Wenbin.
Nearly 2,000 Hoffenheim fans roared loudly from the stands, drowning down the boos of the Leverkusen fans.
The commentator of CCTV-5 also excitedly commented loudly:
"Goal goal, goal, goal, in the 13th minute, Lu Wenbin finally scored! He scored the opener against Bayer Leverkusen at the Bayer Arena to give Hoffenheim a 1-0 lead away to Bayer Leverkusen. In addition, Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga individual goals have also risen to 6, continuing to dominate the top scorer list. Lu Wenbin is an absolute genius, there is no doubt about it. ”
In the family area of Meitan Winery, Lu Chongxin bought some melon seeds, peanuts and fruits, and drank melon seeds and peanuts while watching his son's first CCTV live broadcast of the Bundesliga with his wife Sun Jiahui.
Seeing that his son lived up to expectations and opened the scoring for the team, Lu Chongxin slapped his big leg and yelled "good ball", and then raised his head with a wine glass and dried it up, which startled Sun Jiahui.
"Don't be in such a hurry, the game has just begun! How do you watch the ball when you're drunk later? Sun Jiahui blamed the authentic.
Lu Chongxin said with a smile while using chopsticks to pick up the wine and food: "I'm so happy, drink slowly next time!" ”
Then, the appetizer is served to your mouth, and your face is full of happy smiles.