Chapter 136: Hungry and thirsty
Hoffenheim players and fans alike will be pleased with their final against Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich, as it means they have already qualified for next season's UEFA Cup.
For a country club that was still playing in the Bundesliga in 2006/2007, it was exciting to be able to enter European competition in 2008/2009.
Only Lu Wenbin was a little unhappy with this result.
In order to complete the systematic task of winning the German Cup and the double, Lu Wenbin must lead the team to defeat the opponent in the final to win the German Cup.
Obviously, Lu Wenbin would prefer the opponent to be Wolfsburg rather than Bayern Munich.
However, now that the opponent has come out, he can only face it.
Facing the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich, Lu Wenbin wants to gain more experience in the next few Bundesliga games, upgrade points, and improve his strength.
What can be expected in the final is that in the face of the Bundesliga's hegemon-level defense, Lu Wenbin will never score as much as he did in the semi-finals against Jena, who is the second-to-last in the Bundesliga.
Therefore, in the next period of time, Lu Wenbin strengthened the study and training of free kicks.
The free-kick that Lu Wenbin scored against Jena gave him a lot of confidence, and he wanted to practice his free-kick skills more proficiently.
When he first purchased the free kick (primary) skill, Lu Wenbin saw that the 90-minute cooldown time felt a little long, but in the game, Lu Wenbin found that there was a 15-minute half-time break.
If the timing of the free kick is coincidental, it is actually possible to take two direct free kicks in a game with the skill of the system.
Coupled with the possibility of using his own free-kick technique to make a penalty in the cooldown, it is entirely possible for Lu Wenbin to score with a direct free-kick in the final.
If he or his team-mates score another goal in the open game, Hoffenheim is not without the possibility of upsetting Bayern Munich.
After a few days of daily training, at 2 p.m. on March 23, the 25th round of the Bundesliga Mainz's home match against Hoffenheim officially began.
It was a battle between second and third place in the Bundesliga, with Hoffenheim second in second place with 43 points from the previous 24 rounds and Mainz third with 41 points.
Although both teams are in the promotion zone, the league is far from over, and there is no guarantee that promotion will be guaranteed after the league ends.
Fürth, who is in fourth place with 40 points, and Cologne and Freiburg, who are in fifth and sixth place with 39 points, are eyeing each other.
Therefore, everyone wants to win this game, and they want to win to open up a bigger gap on the teams behind them, and see if they can close the points gap with the first-place Borussia Mönchengladbach.
At Mainz's home stadium, the two sides engaged in a goal-scoring battle.
In this game, the direct free kick opportunities with a good position in the front court were all asked by Lu Wenbin to come over and punish him, and his teammates had no opinions.
Coupled with the semi-finals of the German Cup, Lu Wenbin has scored 4 free kicks in ten games, and this number of goals and goal efficiency have far exceeded the team's original "free kick master" Salihovic.
Therefore, everyone acquiesced to the fact that Lu Wenbin became the team's first free kick taker.
As a result, Lu Wenbin, who took a total of 5 free kicks in this game, brought everyone a different surprise: he scored a direct free kick again.
In addition to the free-kick, Lu Wenbin also scored a goal and an assist in the final 4-3 win at Mainz for Hoffenheim.
The other two goals were scored by Ibisevic and Demba Ba respectively, of which Ibisevic's goal was assisted by Lu Wenbin.
After the game, Lu Wenbin received 1 assist 500 points + 2 goals 2000 points + 2000 points for the team to win, a total of 4500 experience points, and the level experience rose to level 11 30212/50000.
At the same time, after all the Bundesliga matches in this round were over, the first-ranked Borussia Mönchengladbach was forced to draw 1-1 away from home by Aachen and only gained one point.
As a result, Hoffenheim, who has 46 points after beating Mainz in this round, is only two points away from Borussia Mönchengladbach, the leader of the table.
Hoffenheim is getting closer and closer to the German B championship, and Lu Wenbin's chances of completing the German B championship task are also getting bigger and bigger!
Therefore, Lu Wenbin did not relax at all, continued to train hard, and worked hard in the competition.
After a five-day break, on March 28, in the 26th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim hosted Augsburg, who are 11th in the standings.
In the cheering of the home fans, Lu Wenbin, who had rested for five days, made a big break in this game, scored a direct free kick and three sports goals, and once again completed the big four.
Not only that, Lu Wenbin also assisted Obasi to score a goal and led Hoffenheim to a 5-0 slaughter of Augsburg at home.
Lu Wenbin's performance like an alien, the Huocun fans who watched the scene were fascinated, and many young people became loyal fans of Lu Wenbin, screaming loudly for Lu Wenbin's every shot in the stands.
After the game, Lu Wenbin received 1 assist 500 points + 4 goals 4000 points + 2000 points for the team to win, a total of 6500 experience rewards, and the level experience rose to level 11 36712/50000, which is getting closer and closer to the upgrade.
It's just that to Lu Wenbin's displeasure, rival Borussia Mönchengladbach also won, and the points gap between the two sides is still 2 points.
If they want to win the Bundesliga, Lu Wenbin and Hoffenheim will have to continue to work hard and expect Borussia Mönchengladbach to make mistakes.
There was a long break between the 26th and 27th rounds of the Bundesliga, and Hoffenheim was out for almost a week before the away game against Kaiserslautern.
The team that once performed the miracle of Kaiserslautern looks a bit bleak in the Bundesliga this season.
After the first 26 rounds, they are fourth from the bottom, just one step away from the relegation zone, and it is not known if they will be relegated after the season!
Such a team is logically difficult to play.
But in the face of the gap in strength and Lu Wenbin, who is hungry for goal experience, the once majestic Kaiserslautern can't do anything about Hoffenheim.
Not only did they fail to score a goal at home, they also netted four goals and suffered a 4-0 defeat to Hoffenheim.
Lu Wenbin scored two goals and assists in this game, continuing to refresh his own streak of goals.
However, none of the 4 free kicks taken by Lu Wenbin in this game was scored.
There was a free kick taken by a system skill that went over the human wall and almost got into the corner, only to be dialed out of the bottom line by the opposing goalkeeper who predicted and moved in advance.
2 assists 1000 points + 2 goals 2000 points + 2000 points winning, this game brought Lu Wenbin 5000 points of experience reward, so that his experience rose to level 11 41712/50000, and the hope of promotion is getting bigger and bigger.