Chapter 120: Scoring Goals

After Salihovic left, Lu Wenbin was the only one on the penalty spot.

The players of Munich 1860 and the spectators in the stands looked at Lu Wenbin in surprise, feeling a little surprised.

"This Lu Wenbin not only shoots well in the penalty area, but also takes a free kick outside the penalty area?" Many people thought in confusion.

Lu Wenbin didn't care about other people's eyes.

After Salihovic left, Lu Wenbin clicked the free kick (primary) skill use button, turned to spectator mode, and watched the system control his body to take the free kick.

The system controlled Lu Wenbin's body to swing the ball again, and then took a few steps back.

It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle that he could take a penalty that the system controlled Lu Wenbin's body to kick the ball after a few steps.

The ball soared into the air, flew past the top right corner of the jumping wall, and arced straight to the system's crosshair in the top right corner of the goal.

The players and spectators were staring at the ball, some hoping that the ball would fly off the line, and some would want the ball to fly into the goal.

After the ball was kicked out, Lu Wenbin regained control of his body.

Then, Lu Wenbin saw the ball draw a wonderful arc in the air and hit the inside of the post in the upper right corner of the goal and bounced into the net.

Although the ball hit the post, it hit the inside of the post, did not hit the outside and bounced off the bottom line, nor did the goal bounce back into the box.

In the 89th minute of the game, Lu Wenbin scored a direct free kick to give Hoffenheim a 1-0 lead.

Seeing the ball fly into the net, Lu Wenbin immediately rushed to the coach's box on the sidelines, and he wanted to thank head coach Ralph Rangnick for listing him as one of the team's free kick penalty takers.

Rushing to the sidelines, Lu Wenbin made a flying pounce and gave Ralph a bear hug, and Ralph was almost knocked down by Lu Wenbin.

The teammates and substitutes who followed behind also gathered around and celebrated.

On the other hand, the players of Munich 1860 were stunned.

After defending for 89 minutes, Lu Wenbin, who was very good at shooting in the penalty area in the first two games, also successfully froze.

Unexpectedly, near the end of the game, they were pierced through the goal by Lu Wenbin's direct free kick with a low goal rate.

After Lu Wenbin's free kick scored, there was not much time left in the game.

Combined with Ralph Rangnick's three successive substitutions in stoppage time, Munich 1860 fought back but couldn't score a goal until the end of the game to equalise Hoffenheim won 1-0 away.

Hoffenheim have won three of their three league games since the winter break to move up to seventh in the table and are level on 31 points with sixth-placed Munich 1860, only seventh on goal difference.

However, this point is only 6 points away from Borussia Mönchengladbach in first place.

Six points is just a difference between two games. Hoffenheim's hopes of getting the top three and directly promoted are getting bigger and bigger.

The team has risen in points and rankings, and Lu Wenbin continues his magic of scoring goals in every game.

Moreover, this time he used a direct free kick instead of a point-and-shoot from inside the penalty area, which was more surprising and made his threat to the opponent more comprehensive.

In the future, opponents must not only prevent Lu Wenbin from running in the penalty area to grab points, but also prevent Lu Wenbin's free kick outside the penalty area.

If you want to foul Lu Wenbin and his teammates from outside the box, you may have to consider Lu Wenbin's ability to score from a direct free-kick.

Of course, a free kick doesn't mean anything, and Lu Wenbin has to score more direct free kicks.

In this game, Lu Wenbin was rewarded with a total of 3,000 experience points with the result of the only goal and the team's win, and the experience points rose to level 10 6212/20,000.

Just a few days after the away game against Munich 1860, Hoffenheim will play Freiburg in the 21st round of the Bundesliga.

At 18 o'clock in the afternoon of February 22, in the 21st round of the German Second League, Hoffenheim faced Freiburg at home, and Lu Wenbin continued to start.

At home, Lu Wenbin not only continued his scoring streak in this game, but also played better than in the previous round on the road, with a pass and a shot throughout the game to help Hoffenheim win 2-0 at home to Freiburg.

During the game, Carlos Eduardo had a free kick opportunity to be handed over to Lu Wenbin, but Lu Wenbin's penalty flew directly off the crossbar and failed to score from two free kicks in a row.

After assisting Ibisevic's goal in the second half to help the team take a 2-0 lead, Lu Wenbin was replaced by Ralph with Demba Ba, in order to save strength for the next German Cup quarter-finals.

Lu Wenbin has now become one of Hoffenheim's most attacking players in the frontcourt, and replacing the younger Lu Wenbin in advance is not only to give him more physical strength in the next game, but also to avoid the possibility of Lu Wenbin being injured by the opponent's foul on the field.

At the end of the game, Lu Wenbin, who had a goal and an assist and led the team to victory, was rewarded with 3,500 experience points, which increased his experience to 9,712/20,000.

In addition to Lu Wenbin's reward for gaining experience points, Hoffenheim also reached 34 points with the victory points of this game, directly throwing off Munich 1860 in this round of draws, and overwhelmed Freiburg on goal difference, jumping two places directly and rising to fifth place in the standings.

Borussia Mönchengladbach in first place has 38 points, Mainz and Fürth in second place have 36 points, Cologne in fourth place has 35 points, and Hoffenheim and Freiburg in fifth place have 34 points.

In other words, Hoffenheim is only two points away from the second and third places in the promotion zone, and only one point away from Cologne in fourth place.

Perhaps, after the next round of the league, Hoffenheim may be in the promotion zone.

However, the promotion of Hoffenheim players and fans will be put on hold, as they will play a German Cup quarter-final before the next round of the league, and the match will take place at the opponent's home stadium: Hoffenheim will travel to take on Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

Hoffenheim players, who only have more than 6,000 spectators at home, are going to challenge Dortmund at the West** Stadium, which is said to be the largest stadium in Germany and the most terrifying in Europe, which can accommodate more than 80,000 fans.

Skipping challenges, away games, terrifying away games, and a gap in strength, a series of unfavorable factors made the German media announce Hoffenheim's death sentence before the game began.

For Lu Wenbin, who played five games and scored goals after entering the first team, Dortmund fans said in an interview with reporters:

"What, that young Chinese player Lu holds the record for goals scored so far at Hoffenheim? That's okay, when he arrives at West**, his goalscoring record will be over. We'll let him know why West is the scariest home stadium in Europe, and hopefully the 17-year-old won't be too scared to walk. ”