Chapter 166: A Wonderful Start
On the evening of 15 August at 19:30, the opening match of the 2008/2009 German Bundesliga season was played between Bayern Munich and Hamburg.
As a result, defending champions Bayern Munich were held to a 2-2 draw by Hamburg at their home stadium at the Allianz Arena.
This is probably related to the fact that most of the stars in the Bayern team have participated in the European Championship, and the German players have played until the final.
Therefore, at the beginning of the season, Bayern was in a bit of poor form.
However, Bayern Munich fans were only depressed for a moment, but they were not too worried about Bayern's final results of the season.
The collective spirit of the entire Bayern Munich team is very strong, and they often put on a good show of overtaking in the back.
So, the season has just begun, and no one dares to say that Bayern will not be able to do this season, and they are still the bookmaker's top favourites to win the Bundesliga title this season.
After the opening match, the next day, there will be six Bundesliga matches at the same time, which will really kick off the new Bundesliga season.
Among them, the Leverkusen vs Dortmund battle was selected by German television as the broadcast for the whole country. The rest of the matches were only broadcast live on local TV stations for each team's own fans to watch.
As for the domestic CCTV-5, they have been broadcasting the Beijing Olympics at their doorstep during this time, even if the first round of the Bundesliga is Shao Jiayi's Cottbus VS Lu Wenbin's Hoffenheim, they can't take care of it.
Of course, the more important reason is because Shao Jiayi didn't even enter the competition squad.
Moreover, even if Shao Jiayi is in the squad, if it is possible to stage a Chinese derby, CCTV-5 probably will not dare to broadcast it.
At this time, the Olympic men's football group stage has ended, and the Chinese Football Association's practice of suspending leagues at all levels to make way and betting on the Olympics has not only failed to achieve results, but has lost and lost in front of the whole world, and has completely lost to the world.
Chinese football has completely become the target of criticism and scolding by the people of the whole country, including Lu Wenbin and Shao Jiayi, overseas players of the non-Olympic team have also suffered unjustified disasters and become a part of the scolded Chinese football.
At this time, the Olympic Games, the audience is happy to watch athletes in other sports compete for gold and silver, and if CCTV-5 dares to broadcast a football game that is specially blocked for everyone, it will be impossible to get along with the audience, ratings, and advertisers.
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On August 15, after Hoffenheim arrived in Cottages, Shao Jiayi, as the big brother and landlord, invited Lu Wenbin out for a meal.
Then, at 14:30 p.m. on 16 August, with the referee's whistle, Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga match away to Cottagebus officially began.
This game, even if it was Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga game, even if it was away, Hoffenheim still played a very aggressive 4123 formation.
Lu Wenbin, Ibyshevic and Demba Ba are paired in the front three, Salihovic and Eduardo are two forward midfielders, and only Gustavo has a defensive midfielder to protect the back line.
Although the media and fans have positioned Hoffenheim as relegation, the goal within the team is to fight for European competition and even Champions League qualification next season.
Of course, Lu Wenbin's goal of striving for the triple crown is naturally unknown to anyone, and if it is leaked, he is afraid that his teammates will faint.
Even so, as a promoted horse, Hoffenheim's goals are already aggressive.
Therefore, from the first minute of the game, Hoffenheim dominated the game and launched a fierce attack on Cottages.
Cartbus didn't expect Bundesliga recruit Hoffenheim to play so aggressively in his first Bundesliga, and away game, and was caught off guard.
In just two minutes of the opening game, Salihovic stole the opponent's ball in front, completed a one-two with Ibisevic and faked a shot, shook a shot and passed the ball to Lu Wenbin in the gap in the forbidden area.
Lu Wenbin scrambled to a volley before Cottages defender No. 5 Cukijeka cleared the ball and kicked the ball into the back of the net.
Goalkeeper Tremel was shaken by Salihovic, and when he realized that Salihovic was a fake shot and a real pass, and Lu Wenbin completed the shooting action, he couldn't save it, and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Lu Wenbin yelled, then turned around and rushed towards Salihovic, and other teammates also rushed over excitedly to celebrate together.
It was just too fast to score in just two minutes, it was the most beautiful start.
Of course, it was the worst start for Cottbus.
They were beaten by a promoted side who had never played in the Bundesliga before scoring a goal just two minutes into the game, leaving them behind at home.
As a result, the entire stadium fell silent in an instant, and many Cottage fans couldn't believe what they were seeing.
But the Hoffenheim fans didn't care about their feelings, and the more than 1,000 Hoffenheim fans who came with the team instantly let out a loud cheer, excited about the team's first Bundesliga game scoring just two minutes into the game.
The game was broadcast live to the whole city by the local municipal television station in Sinsheim, and the commentator was named Karst.
Custer had just finished reading the starting line-ups for both sides when Lu Wenbin volleyed Salihovic's pass into the Cottage goal.
As a native of Sinsheim and who regards Hoffenheim as his home team, Kaster was instantly excited.
While the other commentators in the commentary box around him were just shouting for a goal, Custer jumped up and shouted to all the Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV with all his strength:
“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor……”
After an extra-long Tor, Custer took a slight breath and then quickly explained:
"Incredible, wonderful, fantastic Chinese Lu, who scored a goal for Hoffenheim in just two minutes of the opening kick-off at the Friendship Stadium in Cartbus, where Lu, the number one superstar of Hoffenheim, took the lead! It was Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga goal in history! Long live, Lu Wenbin! Hooray, Hoffenheim! Long live, Holy Village! ”
Hoffenheim, Rhine-Neckar County, Sinsheim City, countless Hoffenheim fans jumped up in front of the TV and shouted with Caster: "Toooooooo......"
Everyone was so excited!
I never expected that Hoffenheim's first goal in the Bundesliga would come so quickly!
Sure enough, it's the most beautiful 'wonderful start'!
The Cottage players were a little stunned by the ball!
What do you want to do with such a high-profile promotion horse? Do you want to save a little face for the big brothers in the Bundesliga? Is this going against the sky?
The Hoffenheim people really want to go against the sky!
The goal in the first two minutes stimulated the adrenaline rush of the whole Hoffenheim team, and everyone entered the most exciting state of the game!
The next game was a nightmare for the Cottage players and fans!