Chapter 374: German Cup Final
In addition to Hoffenheim defending the Bundesliga title, in terms of personal data, Lu Wenbin also scored 52 goals in 31 Bundesliga appearances.
Messi, who ranks second in the Golden Boot points, is currently ranked first in the La Liga scorer list, but he is more than ten goals behind Lu Wenbin, and Lu Wenbin's success in defending the European Golden Boot this season is no longer in doubt.
Even if there is one round of league games left in La Liga, Messi will not be able to catch up with Lu Wenbin.
This result improved Lu Wenbin's European Golden Boot goal record of 47 goals set last season by five goals.
More importantly, this is the first time since the establishment of the European Golden Boot that the number of goals has exceeded the 50 mark, and the European Golden Boot points have exceeded 100 points.
As a result, Lu Wenbin's 52 Bundesliga goals after the Bundesliga campaign were even more in the news than Hoffenheim's reigning champions.
There is also the reason why Hoffenheim won the title early, and now it is only a repeat report after the end of the league season, and it is now reported that Hoffenheim is defending the Bundesliga title without Lu Wenbin's 52 league goals is newsworthy.
Many media and fans who like Lu Wenbin believe that Lu Wenbin's individual performance has already booked the first FIFA Golden Ball Award after this year's merger.
Even if Inter Milan beats Hoffenheim to win the Champions League and others win the World Cup, it can't hide Lu Wenbin's performance.
There are touted ones, and naturally there are also Hei Lu Wenbin's.
Lu Wenbin's nationality, skin color, the fact that he could not participate in the World Cup in South Africa, etc., are all reasons for those racists or the media and fans who don't like Lu Wenbin to hack him.
It is impossible for anyone to be liked and recognized by everyone, and Lu Wenbin can only try his best to do his best.
If he can lead Hoffenheim to the treble and become the sixth team in European football and the first in Germany to win the treble, there will be no one to stop him from winning the Ballon d'Or.
Even if someone is unhappy, they can only hold on.
Hoffenheim have won the Bundesliga title this season, with two games remaining, the final of the German Cup and the Champions League.
Among them, the final of the German Cup was held on May 15, and the opponent was Bayern Munich.
The Champions League final was held on May 23 against Inter Milan, which also happened to be Lu Wenbin's 20th birthday.
If Lu Wenbin can lead the team to defeat Inter Milan to win the Champions League on May 23 and complete the treble, it is undoubtedly the best birthday gift.
Of course, the premise is that Hoffenheim must beat Bayern Munich to win the German Cup first, otherwise there will be no treble.
As a result, Hoffenheim took only one day off after the league and then devoted himself to training and preparing for the German Cup.
In the two-legged Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich caused huge problems for Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim lost 0-1 away in the first leg, and if it weren't for Lu Wenbin's brace at home in the second leg with his personal ability to lead the team to defeat Bayern 2-1 on aggregate, Hoffenheim would have been eliminated.
In a decisive German Cup final, there is no guarantee that Hoffenheim will win.
Therefore, Hoffenheim was very cautious and prepared well for this German Cup final.
In the case of a chance to hit the treble, no one wants to miss the treble because of the carelessness of the enemy.
Of course, against the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich, no team has the right to take lightly.
On Bayern Munich's side, Van Gaal's tactics used in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals were criticized by the media.
Everyone thinks that if Bayern are bold enough to score an away goal in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, they will eliminate Hoffenheim by an away goal advantage.
As for whether Hoffenheim will score more goals by increasing the attacking efforts, the media and fans do not consider, what they see is that Hoffenheim only scored two goals, and Bayern lost 1-2 on aggregate.
541's defensive counterattack was originally ugly, and it was easy to say if it won, but now it is ugly and eliminated, and it will naturally be criticized by the media and fans.
Van Gaal did not speak, but the Bayern club hierarchy stood up to express their support for Van Gaal.
Because Van Gaal has only been in power for a season, the second in the Bundesliga, the Champions League semi-finals, the final of the German Cup, and the loss to Hoffenheim, which has super striker Lu Wenbin, the results cannot be said to be bad.
As a result, the Bayern hierarchy showed rare patience and said they would trust Van Gaal and would not interfere with any tactics he employed.
Of course, as the German Cup final approaches, Bayern's media and fans will still have to support their team.
In anticipation of the media fans, the final of the 2009/2010 German FA Cup officially began at the Olympic Sports Center in Berlin at 19:30 on the evening of May 15.
Louis van Gaal continued with his 541 counter-attacking tactics, albeit with more reinforcement from midfielder Schweinsteiger and two wide flanks.
After all, penalty shoot-outs are not safe, and Van Gaal also wants to settle the battle in regulation time and does not want to drag it out until the penalty shoot-out by defending completely.
Hoffenheim's midfield bombarded Bayern Munich's half, but Bayern also counter-attacked at every chance on the basis of a solid defence.
In the 11th minute, Lu Wenbin's long-range shot after breaking through Van Bommel outside the big ban zone was saved in the arms of goalkeeper Bout.
Bout got up and immediately kicked the ball and then Ribery headed in a cross from the bottom of the bar for Thomas Muller to head just over the crossbar.
In the 25th minute, Hoffenheim won a free kick, and although Lu Wenbin's free kick with the opening of the system skill was shot within the goal frame, it was not at a good angle and was saved by Bute.
Hoffenheim failed to grab the first point from the ensuing corner and was cleared out of the penalty zone by Bayern defender Van Bitten.
The two sides went back and forth, and the fight was quite lively.
Hoffenheim's continued attack looked threatening, but Bayern Munich's quick counter-attacks from wings Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben were no less threatening.
In the 31st minute, Lu Wenbin ran out of a short gap in the forbidden area by running without the ball, and with the tacit understanding of Eduardo, he passed a wonderful pass, Lu Wenbin grabbed the ball before the defender blocked the ball and swept the ball, and the ball swayed into the goal from the goalkeeper Bout, Hoffenheim led 1-0.
However, Bayern Munich equalised less than 10 minutes later, and it was Robben who scored.
In the 39th minute, Arjen Robben cut inside with his golden left foot after breaking down the flank, and the ball got past Ozjan's save and drilled into the back of the net.
The two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the first half.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
In the second half, the tactics of the two sides did not change, and the situation of Hoffenheim's main attack and Bayern Munich's main defense continued.