Chapter 179: Key Goal (2/10)
Hoffenheim would have liked to have equalised early, but Udinese were not wooden and would only be beaten passively.
After Lu Wenbin hit a long-range shot from a corner that almost scored in the 50th minute, Udinese coach Marino immediately made adjustments and sent No. 21 midfielder Diego Stino to start keeping an eye on Lu Wenbin.
The Italians' study of tactics and defence is not rigid to the point of being static, and they will change according to the adjustment of their opponents.
Originally, after leaving the forbidden area, the distance was too far, and the shooting accuracy was reduced, and the opponent also sent a person to interfere by his side, and Lu Wenbin's accuracy began to decrease greatly even if he had the opportunity to shoot.
From the 50th minute to the 70th minute, Lu Wenbin had two more opportunities to shoot from outside the forbidden area, and also got a free kick in front of the field and used system skills to take the penalty.
But unfortunately, Lu Wenbin's three shots on goal failed to score.
The free-kick from the system's skill was the closest to a goal, but it was saved by Handanovic, who played steadily.
Not only was Hoffenheim slow to find the back of the net, but to add insult to injury, Udinese took another corner kick in the 73rd minute and headed it in from their number 27 centre-forward, Fabio Quagliagreira.
Udinese not only led Hoffenheim 2-0 away from home, but also scored two precious away goals.
As a result, the entire Karl Benz Stadium fell silent as death, and all the Germans were stunned and could not believe what was happening in front of them.
Before the game, no one expected that Hoffenheim, who are ranked first in the Bundesliga, would lose at home against a team that is seventh in Serie A, and the score is so ugly.
You know, most of the time the game is Hoffenheim pressing Udinese! In terms of the number of shots on goal, Hoffenheim also has an absolute advantage.
Although Lu Wenbin was a little silent, the other Hoffenheim players did not have a lot of shots on goal.
This only shows that luck on the pitch, although elusive, is real.
Udinese scored two goals with a few counter-attacking shots, while Hoffenheim had eight or nine shots but didn't score a single one.
Luck is so unfair.
Udinese's players and coaches celebrated wildly on Hoffenheim's turf, with the Italian commentator even announcing that Udinese would definitely knock Hoffenheim out of the UEFA Cup group stage.
Because next, even if Hoffenheim scores, they will still lose to Udinese with a score of 1-2.
According to historical statistics, whether it is the Champions League or the UEFA Cup, the chances of any team losing at home are extremely small and slim if they want to turn the tables away from home.
Especially for Italian teams who are good at defense, the chances of turning the tables on the Italians' turf are slim to none.
Therefore, the Italian commentator had the confidence to announce that Udinese would definitely eliminate Hoffenheim and advance to the group stage without the first leg of the match was over.
The German commentator was also silent for a while, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only comment that Lu Wenbin's performance today was a little unsatisfactory.
If Lu Wenbin can have his performance of averaging more than two goals per game in the league, the Italians will definitely not win so easily.
On the court, Lu Wenbin did feel unprecedented pressure.
The current situation is really a life-and-death moment for Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin.
If this score is maintained until the end of the game, coupled with the defensive attributes of the Italian team, Hoffenheim will have to turn the tables away from home without scoring a goal, which is really a fool's dream.
At that time, Hoffenheim's first European trip, I am afraid that I didn't even see the group stage, and I went home in the qualifying round.
And Lu Wenbin's League Cup championship and treble this season will say goodbye to him at the beginning of the season!
Lu Wenbin will never be willing to accept such a result!
Taking advantage of the time to walk back to his half court and wait for kickoff, Lu Wenbin opened the system interface and looked at his experience, which is now level 13 148212/200,000, and there is still 52,000 experience away from upgrading.
After today's match, there is still a round of Bundesliga before the second leg against Udinese.
However, the league has only 5,000 assists and 10,000 goals and 20,000 wins.
In other words, Lu Wenbin wants to be promoted, if he doesn't score a goal in this game, he will score at least three goals and get an assist in the next round of the league, and he will have to lead the team to win to be promoted.
And this, no one can guarantee.
Even if Lu Wenbin averages more than 2 goals per game in the league, he can't guarantee that he will definitely score in the next league game, and score more than three.
Therefore, the safest way is to score at least one goal in this game.
In terms of the level of competition, the UEFA Cup is definitely higher than the Bundesliga, and the scoring experience is definitely higher than that of the Bundesliga.
As long as one goal is scored in this game, the pressure of scoring in the next round of the league will undoubtedly be much easier.
At that time, as long as he upgrades, Lu Wenbin will be able to add another 3 basic attributes.
If it is upgraded this time, Lu Wenbin decided to temporarily reduce the tendency to be injured, upgrade the basic attributes first, and pass the level of Udinese first.
After making up his mind to score, after the game restarted, Lu Wenbin pulled and ran more desperately, striving for the opportunity to shoot with his feet.
All the players at Hoffenheim also knew that it was really a life-and-death moment, and everyone used all their energy, running, pulling, passing and receiving the ball at any cost, and even Gustavo, Baker and others rushed up to participate in the attack.
As for the defense, it is already beyond consideration.
Fortunately, after scoring two away goals and taking a 2-0 lead, Udinese did not have the heart to fight back anymore and instead put almost all of their energy into defending and trying to hold on to a 2-0 away victory.
Finally, after wasting another shot and a free-kick of his own penalty, Lu Wenbin finally scored a crucial goal in the 88th minute.
He didn't rush to the ball after receiving the ball from Eduardo from the wing in midfield, but first passed diagonally to Ibisevic, and he didn't get the ball forward.
Ibisevic quickly passed the ball back and completed a one-two cooperation with Lu Wenbin.
Then, outside the arc of the big forbidden area, Lu Wenbin barely completed the shot with Diego Stino's push, and then fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.
However, the ball shot by Lu Wenbin had already crossed the sky above the forbidden area and drilled into the corner of the goal.
This time, Handanovic finally couldn't save the ball again.
He slowed down a little bit, and the ball almost grazed his fingertips and went into the net.