Chapter 154: Advance Promotion
Lu Wenbin's injury touched the hearts of many people, not only Hoffenheim fans, but also Chinese fans.
Everyone hopes that Lu Wenbin's injury is not a big deal, and it is best to recover quickly and return to the football field.
Fortunately, Hoffenheim then held a press conference to report on Lu Wenbin's injury.
After hearing that Lu Wenbin's injury was not serious and could recover quickly, everyone was relieved.
Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui also saw the report from the media, and nervously called to ask, Lu Wenbin comforted him for a long time before his parents were relieved.
In fact, Lu Wenbin is much younger than ordinary players after all, and his recovery speed is faster than everyone imagined.
After only two days, Lu Wenbin was basically able to move freely, but he was not able to do strenuous exercise.
On May 7, in the 32nd round of the German Second League, when Hoffenheim played Koblenz at home, Lu Wenbin appeared in the home stands, causing a cheer from the fans.
The team's teammates also seemed to have the backbone, and with the cheers of Lu Wenbin and the home fans, they won 3-1 against Koblenz, reaching 62 points.
However, Borussia Mönchengladbach also won the same round of the league, and Hoffenheim could only settle for second place by one point.
This result naturally could not satisfy Lu Wenbin, who was aiming for a double championship.
However, the fans at the scene were not disappointed, and everyone was waiting for the end of all the matches in this round.
Moments later, when all the games were over and the latest results reached Hope Stadium, the Hoffenheim fans and players cheered.
Because, in the other match that started at the same time, Mainz, who are in fourth place with 55 points, lost an unexpected 0-1 at home to Aachen, and the points are still unchanged at 55 points.
In this way, even if Mainz, who ranked fourth in the last two rounds, wins all and Hoffenheim loses, Mainz only has 61 points, and still can't catch up with Hoffenheim's 62 points.
In other words, after all the matches in the 32nd round are played, under the rules of direct promotion of the top three to the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim has locked the top three in advance and qualified for promotion.
Next season, Hoffenheim will make his first appearance on the stage of the Bundesliga.
This is Hoffenheim's history like no other, so it's no wonder that the Hoffenheim fans and players are celebrating wildly.
When the on-site commentator announced the results of the Mainz game and the news of Hoffenheim's early promotion on the radio, the entire Hope Stadium and Hoffenheim Village were boiling.
Fans jumped and jumped in the stands, eager to give their energy to celebration.
Some fans even rushed into the stadium and dug up all the turf in the stadium as a souvenir, and it is estimated that the next turf restoration work will be enough for general manager Rothouse to have a headache.
However, compared to the team's successful promotion, what is this turf loss?
Dietmar Hoppe has been investing in Hoffenheim for more than a decade, isn't he just waiting for this day?
Anyway, he has money, and he doesn't care that the turf is dug up by the fans.
Therefore, even Hope left the VIP seat with his family and came down to celebrate excitedly with the players and fans.
In the afternoon and evening, Hoffenheim, Rhein-Neckar County, and the city of Sinsheim, cars and houses were full of fans flying the Hoffenheim flag and celebrating excitedly.
Sinsheim City can be regarded as having its own first-division team.
Although Lu Wenbin is also sincerely happy about Hoffenheim's promotion, he is more concerned about the next two games.
Now, Hoffenheim are one point behind Borussia Mönchengladbach.
After the 32nd round of matches, there are only the last two rounds left in the league, and it depends on how the two teams perform in the last two rounds.
No one can make a mistake again, as long as they make a mistake, they can basically declare the champion gone.
With both teams promoted ahead of schedule, the only thing the two sides can compete for is the honor of the Bundesliga champion.
Hoffenheim are relatively the laggards and have no room for error, so they have to go all out to win both games and wait for Borussia Mönchengladbach to make a mistake.
Lu Wenbin was a little anxious about his double crown task and the reward of the hidden skill of "injury tendency".
Therefore, after the team had a day off, on May 9, Lu Wenbin couldn't wait to run to the training base to join the team for training and prepare for the next team's away game.
Seeing Lu Wenbin appear at the training ground, Ralph was taken aback, for fear that Lu Wenbin's injury was not yet healed, and coming to participate in training would cause the injury to worsen.
Therefore, Ralph strictly ordered Lu Wenbin to leave the training ground and not let him participate in training.
In the 31st round of the game, Lu Wenbin's muscle strain scared Ralph a lot.
You must know that Lu Wenbin is now the first core of the team, and the arrow of the team's attack is the guarantee for Hoffenheim to compete in the Bundesliga and the UEFA Cup next season.
On the premise that he has already won the promotion place, Ralph would rather not train with Lu Wenbin than participate in the next two games.
In Ralph's mind, the Bundesliga championship is dispensable. Even if this is a goal set by owner Hope himself, Ralph will not risk his body at the heart of the team.
Moreover, even if Lu Wenbin helps Hoffenheim win the next two games, as long as Borussia Mönchengladbach also wins the next two games, Hoffenheim will still not win the championship.
Therefore, Ralph naturally focused on Lu Wenbin's body, and didn't want him to train in advance, let alone take Lu Wenbin to play the remaining two games.
But Ralph didn't know that Lu Wenbin had a reason to help Hoffenheim win the Bundesliga 2 title: the reward for the championship mission and the hidden skill of the double winner's "injury tendency".
In particular, the skill of "Injury Tendency", according to Lu Wenbin's inquiry of the system, this kind of task reward appears randomly.
If Lu Wenbin loses this opportunity, the next time this hidden skill mission appears, I don't know when it will appear, and it may even never appear.
As a striker, Lu Wenbin's muscle strain this time made him even more eager to get this skill.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin did not obediently withdraw from the training ground, but argued with reason, telling Ralph that he had almost recovered.
Now get back to training and you'll be able to play in the next round of away games in two days.
If the coach doesn't believe it, you can have it checked by the doctor again.
Ralph was indeed a little unconvinced, and he was not reassured.
Therefore, let assistant coach Matthews take Lu Wenbin to the medical center for another check-up.
Subsequently, the medical center confirmed that Lu Wenbin's injury has basically healed and he can go to recovery training and can also play after the away game in two days.
Only then did Ralph relent, allowing Lu Wenbin to join the team's daily training.
However, you can't do strenuous exercise, just do some recovery training that is not very intense.