While Lu Wenbin was resting at home on holiday, on December 19, UEFA held a draw ceremony for the round of 32 of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup.

The 24 teams that have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Cup and the third-placed teams of the Champions League group stage who have sunk to the UEFA Cup will start to battle it out in the 1/16 finals in the second half of the season.

There are four teams in the Bundesliga that have qualified from the group stage of the UEFA Cup, namely Hoffenheim, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Hamburg, and one team in the Champions League, who finished third in Group B.

A total of five Bundesliga teams compete in the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup, remaining the country with the most teams participating in any league in Europe.

According to the draw rules for the 1/16 finals where teams from other countries do not meet, Stuttgart drew Zenit St. Petersburg, Werder Bremen drew AC Milan, Wolfsburg drew Paris Saint-Germain, and Hamburg drew Nijmegen.

The UEFA Cup knockout rounds are a double round-robin of home and away, and given the weather factors in the away game against Russian Premier League side Zenit St. Petersburg, these draws are not very good for Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg, except for Hamburg's opponent Nijmegen, who look a little easier to deal with.

Hoffenheim, who was drawn in the end, drew Lekpussner from the Polish Premier League, and it was a more favorable home and home schedule.

Although Lekpusner is currently ranked first in the Polish Premier League standings, against Hoffenheim, who are top of the Bundesliga, there can be no suspense in the normal situation.

Therefore, after the draw results came out, the German media announced that Hoffenheim and Hamburg would advance to the round of 16 without any suspense, while Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg must have a hard time.

Lu Wenbin also said easily and confidently in an interview with reporters: "Lekpśner is not a fish belly, they are the first place in the Polish Super League. Whoever the opponent is, though, I am confident that Hoffenheim will emerge victorious. ”

first praised his opponent, and then said that Hoffenheim must have won the victory, which proved Lu Wenbin's self-confidence.

Not only Lu Wenbin, not only the German media, normal people do not believe that Hoffenheim, the first in the Bundesliga, will capsize on Lekpusner.

Besides, there are more players and coaches on the football field who claim that they will win without a game, which is also a way to show confidence and morale.

Therefore, no one said that Lu Wenbin was arrogant or arrogant.

Then, more than ten days later, the time entered the 2009 New Year's Day, and the European winter break transfer window opened on January 1, 2009 and ended on January 31, 2009.

Hoffenheim may be competing in the top flight and European competition for the first time, but the first half of the season has been exceptional, with a stable squad and a tacit understanding that needs nothing to add.

Therefore, this winter break transfer has little to do with Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim have made no other transfer moves since the winter transfer window opened, except for the release of third goalkeeper Kiesbaum, who has not been given a chance to play, and the free transfer of 30-year-old veteran goalkeeper Hildebrand.

After the New Year's Day of the solar calendar, the team is approaching the training camp, and Lu Wenbin can't spend Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival at home, so he can only reluctantly say goodbye to his parents.

On January 4, 2009, Lu Wenbin returned to Germany and returned to his residence in Rhine Neckar County.

Then, on January 5, the whole Hoffenheim team gathered and flew to La Manga, a winter resort in Spain, for a winter training camp.

It's a little warmer there than in Germany.

Kate and other players' families also followed to La Manga, which was equivalent to a vacation.

In addition to Hoffenheim, some Bundesliga teams such as Hamburg and Bochum and teams from other Nordic countries have winter training camps in La Manga, which is also convenient for everyone to play friendly matches during the training camp.

Just when Lu Wenbin and his teammates were actively training to prepare for the Bundesliga championship in the second half of the season, a shocking news broke out in Chinese football and quickly swept the entire Chinese football circle.

On January 9, 2009, the book "China Football Insider" published by Jiangsu People's Publishing House and Phoenix Publishing and Media Group was officially held in Beijing, written by the famous football commentator Li Chengpeng, the editor-in-chief of the Football Newspaper Liu Xiaoxin, and the senior reporter Wu Celi.

The book openly shouted "welcome to be seated, welcome to the lawsuit, welcome the investigation by the superiors, and welcome the fans to report", exposing countless unknown insiders since the Chinese football industry entered the professional league, and also stabbed the Chinese Football Association, which was already in turmoil after the Olympic Games, and was warmly welcomed by the national media and fans.

It is said that an unprecedented anti-counterfeiting and anti-crime super storm is brewing in Chinese football, which is said to be an unprecedented anti-counterfeiting and anti-crime superstorm issued by higher-level leaders and criminally intervened by the Ministry of Public Security.

Lu Wenbin, who has almost become the first star of Chinese football, naturally can't escape the reporter's pursuit and interview.

As an ordinary fan, Lu Wenbin used to be confused and puzzled about why football always performed poorly in a country like China, with such a large population, and the economic conditions were not bad.

When the many shady scenes that broke out in this "Chinese Football Insider" were presented in front of him, Lu Wenbin couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and his grief was greater than his death.

When domestic reporters came to interview him, Lu Wenbin, who was angry, unabashedly scolded the Chinese Football Association, domestic leagues, referees and all other issues.

With Lu Wenbin's current identity and status, what he said will not only have a huge impact on the Chinese media and fans, but even show the shady scenes of Chinese football to foreign media and fans.

As for whether he will lose the face of Chinese football, whether he will be hated and killed by the leaders of the Chinese Football Association, Lu Wenbin didn't think about it so much in the minute he was interviewed.

After scolding the Chinese Football Association and venting the grievances in his heart, Lu Wenbin put more energy into training.

On 11 January, Hoffenheim played a friendly match against Bochum in the Bundesliga, which was also training in La Manga.

Although the Bochum team learned from Bayern and Schalke 04 sent two defenders to mark Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin still scored two goals in the first half to complete the brace, one of which was forced to shoot in the forbidden area under the close defense of the opponent's two defenders.

Because it was a friendly match, Lu Wenbin was replaced by Ralph at halftime and did not play the whole game, and Hoffenheim won the friendly match with a score of 3-0.

Lu Wenbin's efficiency of scoring a brace in 45 minutes proves that he is still the feared super goalscorer.

Even if the opponent sends two people, it is impossible to completely target Lu Wenbin, at most it can only reduce his shooting opportunities.

Of course, there is no such thing as a tactic in football that can completely freeze a super goalscorer, and that is probably only possible with lethal tactics.

What no one could have predicted was that injuries were quietly coming to the thriving Hoffenheim.