Seeing that Ralph did not have Lu Wenbin, who had just won the Golden Boy Award, was not on the starting list announced in advance, which made the Nijmegen team and the Dutch media breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the last match between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich made everyone know that as long as two people were sent to guard Lu Wenbin, it was likely to freeze Lu Wenbin completely.

But after all, if you have to abolish two of your own people, it is equivalent to the remaining 9 people fighting against 10 people on the other side, and you are at a disadvantage in numbers.

Moreover, Bayern Munich's Otter and Demichelis are both top defensive players who can defend against Lu Wenbin.

But do other teams have such a configuration, can they really rely on two people to defend against Lu Wenbin, and there is a question mark!

Therefore, if Lu Wenbin is not played, it is naturally better, and Nimegen has a greater chance of defeating Hoffenheim to get 3 points and get the right to qualify.

Ralph, on the other hand, was ready to see the trend of the game, and the trend of another Tottenham and Spartan match decided whether to send Lu Wenbin on the field in the second half.

At 20:45 on the evening of December 10, the last round of Group D of the League Cup group stage started at the same time.

In the first half, Nijmegen did his best to score, but he was unlucky, failing to score a single goal on as many as five attempts.

And Hoffenheim, without Lu Wenbin, plus Paljic, Obasi, Weiss and others are all substitutes, and the tacit understanding of passing and receiving and scoring efficiency are also greatly reduced.

After 45 minutes, the two sides exchanged scoresheets and went into the break with a 0-0 scoreline.

At half-time, the half-time score of the other game came to pass, and Spartak Moscow actually led Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the first half of the away game.

If the match ends with such a scoreline, even if Hoffenheim loses, they will still be at the top of the group with 9 points.

Tottenham, who have six points, will not be able to level the points until they come back to Spartak Moscow in the second half and surpass the losing Hoffenheim on goal difference.

This is not something that Tottenham can decide, and Spartak Moscow, who are also trying to qualify, will surely try to hold on to their 2-0 lead and try to score again.

Hoffenheim's group top spot is basically stable.

Therefore, not long after the start of the second half, Ralph replaced Ibyshevic and Eduardo for the next Bundesliga.

Lu Wenbin didn't get a minute of playing time.

The UEFA Cup group stage, which no longer matters to Hoffenheim, has been strategically abandoned by head coach Ralph.

With Hoffenheim almost equal to a drop in the water, Nijmegen finally seized the opportunity to score twice in the second half to beat Hoffenheim 2-0 at home to increase their tally to six points.

In the other game, Tottenham is worthy of being a Premier League powerhouse.

Even after falling behind 2-0 in the first half, they did not discourage and staged a Jedi counterattack in the second half, and finally scored two goals in a row and kept Spartak Moscow clean sheet to make the final score 2-2.

So, after the final round of the group stage, the final points in Group D of the UEFA Cup group stage are Hoffenheim with 9 points, Tottenham Hotspur with 7 points in second, Nijmegen in third with 6 points, Spartak Moscow in fourth with 4 points, and Dinamo Zagreb in 5th with 3 points.

Hoffenheim, Tottenham Hotspur and Nijmegen became the three teams that finally qualified for Group D and advanced to the knockout rounds.

Next, they will play the 21 teams from the other seven groups and the eight third-placed teams in the Champions League group stage who have sank to the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup, a total of 32 teams in the knockout stage draw to determine the 1/16 final table.

However, the draw ceremony took place during the Bundesliga winter break, and the 1/16 final went in the second half of the season.

Hoffenheim's most important match at the moment is the 17th round of the Bundesliga against Schalke 04 and the last game before the winter break.

The day before the game, the Schalke 04 team arrived in Mannheim, and head coach Ruten said in a pre-match press conference that he had found a way to freeze Europe's new golden boy Lu Wenbin, who would get a win at the Karl Benz Stadium.

What is the method that Ruten said, everyone knows, isn't it to learn from Bayern Munich coach Klinsmann to use two people to target Lu Wenbin, as if he found the strategy first.

However, it is difficult to say whether it will work or not.

In the Bundesliga, not everyone can find top defenders such as Otter and Demichelis in the Bayern team.

As an opponent, Ralph naturally scoffed at Ruten's method and expressed disdain.

Ralph said Hoffenheim was not Lu Wenbin's team alone.

Even if Schalke 04 sent more men and did their best to keep an eye on Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim could have scored with other players, just like they did at the Allianz Arena.

Therefore, if he wants to win against Hoffenheim by staring at Lu Wenbin, Lu Teng is delusional.

As for whether Lu Wenbin will be targeted to death by Schalke 04, and whether Hoffenheim will lose because Lu Wenbin is frozen, we still have to really compare it later.

On the afternoon of December 14, the Karl Benz Stadium was completely full.

Tens of thousands of Hoffenheim fans not only came to witness Lu Wenbin's European Golden Boy Award ceremony, but also to watch the team's last game before the winter break, and to say goodbye to the rented Mannheim team Karl Benz Stadium.

The new Rhine-Neckar Arena, invested by the club's president, Dietmar Hoppe, in the county of Rhine-Neckar, has been completed and will soon be put into use.

After the winter break, Hoffenheim will play at their new home stadium, Rhein-Neckar Arena, in the second half of the season.

It is a new stadium that can accommodate more than 30,000 people, which can accommodate more fans, a better viewing experience, more advanced and complete facilities, and a better environment for players to play.

That's Hoffenheim's real home, its home stadium, and it's bigger, newer and more promising than Karl Benz.

Therefore, after this match with Schalke 04, Hoffenheim will say goodbye to Karl Benz Stadium, and fans have come to witness Hoffenheim's last game on loan at Karl Benz Stadium as their home stadium.

After 16 o'clock, before the start of the game, "Torino Sports Newspaper" held the award ceremony for Lu Wenbin for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award.

In the witness and applause of tens of thousands of Hoffenheim fans and fans, Lu Wenbin received the Golden Boy Award model that is almost exactly the same as the European Golden Ball Award from the editor-in-chief of "Torino Sports Newspaper", and received what can be said to be the most important individual award since he landed in Europe.

Of course, although the Golden Boy Award, known as the European Youth Version of the Golden Globe Awards, looks like a Golden Globe, it still can't be compared with the real Golden Globe after all.

Lu Wenbin's future must be to conquer the UEFA Champions League and win the real European Golden Ball!

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