Chapter 245: Breaking the Record (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, the big news was not Hoffenheim's win to continue leading the table, but Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga goal rising to 37.
Although this number is three short of Gerd Müller's record of 40 goals in a single season in the Bundesliga set in 1971/1972, Lu Wenbin has already broken a record: the highest number of points for the European Golden Boot since the introduction of the points system in 1996/1997.
The European Golden Boot's highest number of points since the introduction of the points system in 1996/1997 was 36 goals and 72 points in the 1998/1999 season by Mario Jardel of the Portuguese Super League in Porto.
That season's Portuguese Super League ranked in the top five of the European League because of European points, so the points coefficient was 2, and Jardel scored 36 goals to create the highest European Golden Boot score record of 72 points after the points system, which Lu Wenbin had not broken before.
But now, after the match between Hoffenheim and Eintracht Frankfurt, Jardel's record was declared an obsolescence, surpassed by Lu Wenbin's 37 goals and 74 points.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga this season is far from over, and there are still ten rounds of the Bundesliga.
Not only can Lu Wenbin set a higher points record, potentially surpassing Gerd Muller's 40-goal Bundesliga record in a single season, and he may even chase the European Golden Boot's record of 46 goals set by Sporting Lisbon's Héctor Yasardre in 1973/1974 since the establishment of the European Golden Boot in 1967/1968.
In the past 24 rounds of the Bundesliga, Lu Wenbin has made 21 appearances and scored 37 goals, averaging 1.76 goals per game.
Although Lu Wenbin's goal efficiency declined in the second half of the season due to the opponent's two-man marking tactics, Lu Wenbin's goal reached 8 in 6 appearances in the second half of the season, and the average goal per game still exceeded 1.
In the remaining 10 rounds of the league, Lu Wenbin only needs to reach an average of 1 goal per game, and scoring 4 more goals can break Gerd Muller's 40-goal Bundesliga single-season scoring record, and scoring 10 more goals can surpass Yasard's 46-goal European Golden Boot goal record.
As for the 1927/1928 Europa League goal record of 60 goals set by William Dean in England's top flight, Lu Wenbin is a bit far away and looks difficult to break this season.
However, Lu Wenbin has scored a total of 59 goals for Hoffenheim in 34 official appearances in the third tier this season, just eight short of the 67 goals set by Gerd Muller in a single season in the top five leagues.
The key is that in addition to the league, Lu Wenbin also has competitions such as the German Cup and the League Cup, and Gerd Muller's record of 67 total goals in a single season looks very hanging.
After the game, not only Germany, Europe, but even many media around the world reported on Lu Wenbin's breaking European Golden Boot points record, and made a forward prediction of Lu Wenbin's total goals this season.
"The European Golden Boot points record was broken, and Lu Wenbin locked up this season's European Golden Boot Award! 》
"18-year-old goal machine, Lu Wenbin scored 59 goals in 34 appearances this season and shocked European football! 》
"Bundesliga Hoffenheim Lu Wenbin scored a goal like hemp and has broken the European Golden Boot points record! 》
Even Gerd Muller himself stood up for an interview and said: "Lew is an incredible talent, he has a well-balanced left and right foot, excellent free-kicks, world-class running off the ball, and a better shooting percentage than me. The point is that he is only 18 years old, his physical development has not yet been completed, and his physique, speed, etc. are still growing rapidly, which is amazing. I believe he can break my record of 40 goals in a single season in the Bundesliga and 67 goals in a single season for clubs this season. As for the future, I'm sure Lou will become a world-class superstar. ”
Suddenly, Lu Wenbin's fame skyrocketed again, attracting countless fans.
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In the 24th round of the Bundesliga with Frankfurt, Lu Wenbin, who scored twice, won 20,000 goals + 20,000 wins, a total of 40,000 experience rewards, and the experience rose to 126,000/2 million at level 16.
Just four days after the end of this league game, it will be the second leg of the League Cup 1/8 final away to Zenit St. Petersburg.
Because of the 4-0 victory in the first leg, Ralph made a big rotation in the second leg to save the league.
But Lu Wenbin still continued to get starts, not only to try his luck to see if he could get an away goal to completely kill the game, but also to let Lu Wenbin suppress Zenit's backline and prevent them from easily pressing assists.
At 18:30 on the evening of March 19, the second leg of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup 1/8 finals Hoffenheim away to Zenit St. Petersburg officially started at the St. Petersburg Stadium.
There was no snow in St. Petersburg that night, but it was still cold and windy, the temperature was only about 1 degree, and the artificial turf still had a great impact on the performance of Hoffenheim players, including Lu Wenbin.
However, the overall score of 4-0 allowed Hoffenheim to calmly choose the double back formation of 442 and focus the game on defense.
Even if Zenit scored a header with a low cross in the opening 6 minutes, which caused tens of thousands of Russian fans to cheer, it did not make the Hoffenheim players nervous at all.
They also have three clean sheets and chances to score away goals, so the initiative will always be on Hoffenheim's side.
Sure enough, Zenit assisted, Hoffenheim defended, after more than half an hour of stalemate between the two sides, the starting Lu Wenbin found a gap in the forbidden area in the 42nd minute, Eduardo, who was suspended and rested in the last round of the league, passed the ball over at the right time, Lu Wenbin swept the ball into the goal without stopping.
Goalkeeper Malafeyev was out of reach and could only watch the ball into the net in despair.
The score was 1-1 and 5-1 on aggregate, with Hoffenheim leading and an away goal.
In the next game, Zenit St. Petersburg scored 4 goals to equalize the aggregate score, and will still be eliminated because of away goals.
They had to score five goals to overtake the aggregate and keep Hoffenheim out of the scoring to turn the game around.
The time of Lu Wenbin's goal was already in the 42nd minute, plus the second half and stoppage time were only about 50 minutes.
It is really impossible for Zenit, who has lost a golden generation of players such as Arshavin, to score five goals in 50 minutes.
Therefore, although Lu Wenbin had no problem with his fitness, he was replaced by Ralph with Demba Ba at halftime.
On the one hand, it is to prepare for the next league, and on the other hand, it is also afraid that the opponent will be embarrassed and angry and black-footed Lu Wenbin, and it is safer to replace Lu Wenbin.
If you want to fight on three fronts and fight for the triple crown, now Lu Wenbin really can't have any problems at all.
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