Chapter 156: An Unexpected Surprise
The contradiction between Lu Wenbin and Demba Ba after scoring the goal was naturally seen by the people of Offenbacha. The players of Offenbacha judged in their hearts that Lu Wenbin's pass was just accidental.
Therefore, after the restart, Offenbacha's people continued to stare at Lu Wenbin, and the guards against Demba Ba were still not so strict.
Anyway, in the entire Bundesliga, Lu Wenbin is now the most threatening star.
As a result, after only 2 minutes, they realized that they had thought wrong, and Lu Wenbin's first pass was not accidental, but deliberate.
In the 91st minute, Lu Wenbin received the ball outside the penalty area, made a two-to-one cooperation with Paljic, and then broke into the penalty area to make a shot, which caused a burst of nervousness among the Offenbacha defenders.
The two defenders rushed towards Lu Wenbin together, and the goalkeeper also pounced on the near end to block Lu Wenbin's shot.
However, Lu Wenbin passed the ball to the gap on the other side, and Demba Ba, who was inserted into the penalty area at high speed, grabbed a sliding tackle before the nearby Offenbacha defender cleared the ball and shoveled the ball towards the goal.
Just as Hoffenheim's players and coaches were looking forward to it, Demba Ba's shoveled ball hit the post and bounced back into the box, where it was kicked off the sideline by Offenbacha's defender.
Demba Ba's shooting skills were never as stable and accurate as Lu Wenbin, and he wasted this great opportunity to score when he lost his balance and fell to the ground to shoot.
Seeing that the ball did not go in, Demba Ba directly turned over and lay on the ground, hammering the ground one after another, and his chagrin can be imagined.
Ralph and others on the sidelines also held their heads in their hands, disappointed.
Lu Wenbin also looked depressed.
However, the game is not over yet, and it is up to Demba Ba to contribute, and Lu Wenbin doesn't want to think that he has been wasting time on his stomach on the ground.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin walked over, pulled Demba Ba, and said, "Get up, the game is not over yet!" ”
Demba Ba raised his head, looked at Lu Wenbin unexpectedly, got up and said, "I'm sorry, I wasted your pass!" ”
Lu Wenbin was surprised by these words, but he didn't expect Demba Ba to apologize.
Lu Wenbin snatched the main position of Demba Ba, and as the winner, he naturally has no resentment.
Therefore, hearing that Demba Ba took the initiative to show goodwill, Lu Wenbin shook his head and said: "It's okay, continue to play, time is running out!" ”
Then, Lu Wenbin patted Demba Ba on the shoulder and walked with him to the side, ready to intercept Offen Bacha's sideline ball.
Ralph on the sidelines saw this scene and put some smiles on his face.
Although Demba Ba missed a good opportunity to score a goal in the game, his relationship with Lu Wenbin eased, which is beneficial to the team and the team's three-tier battle in the Bundesliga, UEFA Cup and German Cup next season.
After the restart, the anxious Lu Wenbin naturally wanted to grab the ball immediately and launch a counterattack to score.
However, the people of Offenbacha did not give Lu Wenbin this opportunity, and as soon as the sideline ball was released, they drove it to the front with a big foot, making Lu Wenbin helpless.
Demba Ba's last shot was already in stoppage time, Offenbacha drove the ball forward, and the two sides tangled in midfield for more than a minute, Hoffenheim didn't even get a second shot, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Hoffenheim were unable to turn the game around and drew 1-1 with Offenbacha.
Lu Wenbin closed his eyes in pain.
Borussia Mönchengladbach, who was already behind in points, came off the bench and didn't score a goal, and he didn't win the game he had to win, so he only got one point.
It seems that the Bundesliga championship is out of the way with Hoffenheim.
When they got off the field, the other players were just a little unwilling, only Lu Wenbin had a grief-stricken expression on his face, which made the coach and teammates quite moved.
Everyone thought that Lu Wenbin really had a lot of feelings for Hoffenheim, and they felt grief-stricken when they saw that Hoffenheim couldn't win the championship, and they came up to comfort Lu Wenbin!
No one knows the reason for Lu Wenbin's real pain!
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In order to ensure that there is no tacit ball or even match-fixing, the last two rounds of the Bundesliga are played by 18 teams in nine games at the same time.
By the time Hoffenheim's match against Offenbacha ended, the rest of the matches were either over or coming to an end.
As long as the final result has not yet been heard, Hoffenheim is still hopeful.
It's just that Borussia Mönchengladbach is playing at home, and Lu Wenbin subconsciously thinks that Mönchenbach will not capsize, so he feels that Hoffenheim is out of play before he hears the result of the game.
However, the reality is that the whole team of leaders Borussia Mönchengladbach is under more pressure than Hoffenheim, who are being pushed by Hoffenheim who are only chasing down in the table.
Together with fifth-placed Freiburg, there is still hope of a third promotion in the final two rounds.
So, just when Lu Wenbin felt desperate, the 33rd round of Mönchengladbach's home match with Freiburg was also over, and Mönchengladbach lost to Freiburg with a score of 2-3, and did not score a point in this round of the league.
The goalkeeper coach Calder, who was in charge of keeping an eye on the matter, received a call, was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly jumped up and shouted to the coaches and players who had just left the game: "Menchen lost, Menchen lost!" ”
Lu Wenbin, who was bowing his head and depressed, suddenly raised his head, looked up in disbelief and asked, "What?" ”
The others also looked at Calder in amazement, a little incredulous to their ears.
Calder held up his phone and saw excitedly: "The game over at Borussia Mönchenchen is over, they lost 2-3 at home to Freiburg!" Now we are level on points with Borussia Mönchengladbach and are top of the table because of goal difference! ”
"What?" Lu Wenbin opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief.
Calder repeated loudly: "Borussia Mönchengladbach lost and now we are at the top of the table!" ”
After confirming again that what he heard was correct, Lu Wenbin suddenly pounced excitedly at Demba Ba and shouted: "We are first, thank you, Demba Ba."
He was so excited!
This is really another village with no way out!
Fortunately, Demba Ba didn't waste all two of Lu Wenbin's passes, and finally scored one and forced Offen Bacha to a draw.
Otherwise, even if they hear the news of Borussia Mönchengladbach's mistake, Lu Wenbin and Hoffenheim can only stare dryly.
In addition to Lu Wenbin, other coaches and teammates were also very excited.
It was just a surprise.
Everyone thought that the championship was far away from them, but they didn't expect that they finally got a draw and got 1 point, but Borussia Mönchen made a bigger mistake at home and lost and didn't get 1 point.
Hoffenheim finally caught up with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the table after the penultimate round, with the two teams tied on 63 points, and Hoffenheim finished first ahead of Borussia Mönchengladbach on goal difference.
As long as Hoffenheim make no mistake at home in the final round and win the competition, Hoffenheim will be sure to win the 2007/2008 Bundesliga 2 and the double.
It was really unexpected, so pleasantly surprised.