Seven Crowns

Just when the coaching staff was undecided, in the last day of training before the game on January 31, after Lu Wenbin, who had been upgraded and added a bit, showed more accurate shooting skills, the coaches were more inclined to start Lu Wenbin.

And then, the main striker Deng Baba strained his thigh muscle at the end of training and needed to rest for a week, which became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel.

On the morning of February 1, the Hoffenheim team drove to Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, west of Frankfurt.

In the afternoon, at the pre-match press conference of Wayne VS Hoffenheim, Ralph Rangnick announced Hoffenheim's starting roster.

In this game, Hoffenheim played a 433 formation. The three forwards were center No. 19 Vedad Ibisevic, right wing No. 20 Chinedu Obasi, and left wing No. 90 Lu Wenbin.

Obasi is a right-footed player, while Lu Wenbin is more balanced on his left and right feet, so he was placed on the left by Ralph.

However, in Ralph's tactical arrangement, this game is dominated by Lu Wenbin. Both Ibisevic and Obasi covered Lu Wenbin and created opportunities for Lu Wenbin to shoot.

A 17-year-old starts the game and becomes the end point of the attack, and should be able to catch the opponent by surprise.

At 18:00 on February 1, 2008 local time in Germany, with the whistle of the referee, the first league game after the winter break, the 18th round of the German Bundesliga in the 2007/2008 season, is home to Wayne Wiesbaden. VS Hoffenheim game officially started.

From the very beginning of the game, Hoffenheim turned away and played offensive football at Wayne's home ground.

After coaching Stuttgart and Schalke 04, the famous Bundesliga coach Ralf Rangnick has been playing offensive football since he joined Hoffenheim.

The emphasis on offense and light on defense, coupled with the lack of lineup adjustment and tacit understanding after the owner Hope invested nearly 20 million euros in signings this season, are the main reasons for the team's poor performance in the first half of the season.

But after the run-in in the first half of the season, Hope has invested heavily in the introduction of powerful players who have become better and better, and Hoffenheim's attacking power has become stronger and stronger.

This is also the reason why Hoffenheim can rise from the relegation zone to 8th in the standings after 17 rounds in the first half of the season.

In the second half of the season, Hoffenheim's tacit understanding was better and the attacking power was stronger. Even on the road, Ralph's determination to play offensive football has not been shaken.

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Wenbin was able to get the start of the league so quickly, because there are three positions for forwards, and the places are relatively ample.

Hoffenheim's offensive is fierce.

In the 3rd minute, No. 23 attacking midfielder Sejed Salihovic made a second pass to Obasi after two people in the midfield. Obasi made a cross from the side and Ibisevic headed the goal.

Hoffenheim would have scored in the opening 3 minutes if the ball hadn't been a little higher.

Even if the ball didn't score, the Wayne fans in the stands were frightened enough, and then everyone started booing Hoffenheim, chanting "German Abu", "Golden Dollar Football" and other slogans to satirize Hoffenheim.

Because of Hope's assets, many Germans believe that Hope is Germany's Abrahimovic, the executioner who destroys Germany's overall football and financial health, and is full of hatred for Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim is basically this kind of treatment to away games, and Hope even received death threats from the opponent's extreme fans.

This is also one of the reasons why the coaching staff is afraid that the young Lu Wenbin will not be able to withstand the pressure on the road.

It's not just the responsibility and pressure of the starting lineup,

There are also shouts from away fans, even extreme fans. It is indeed a bit risky to let a 17-year-old child start.

In fact, Lu Wenbin did suffer some disturbances after the game started.

Especially when he was running close to the sideline on the wing, he could even clearly hear what the fans on the sidelines were scolding, many of which were racially discriminatory against Lu Wenbin's skin color.

Lu Wenbin tried to find the person who abused his skin color and complained to the referee, but was pulled away by Carlos Eduardo.

Eduardo told Lu Wenbin that this kind of verbal abuse by a single fan could not get any evidence at all. Even if you complain to the referee, the fans will not admit it, the referee has nothing to do with them.

For the smooth progress of the game, referees generally ignore players' complaints.

If the fans would suspend the game to arrest people after scolding twice, the 90-minute football game would not be able to finish smoothly.

Unless it is the kind of racist slogan that many fans blatantly shouted together, or even slogans, the football association will punish the home club after the game, and basically no single fan will be punished.

Moreover, even in that case, the game is rarely suspended, and the penalty is only after the game.

As a player, the best way to fight this kind of abuse and discrimination on the pitch is to score goals, and to score a lot of goals, let the home team lose by a large margin, and let these home team fans know what the consequences of their abuse of away team players are. .

After listening to Eduardo's advice, Lu Wenbin turned his attention to the game, and he vowed to give Wayne fans a good look.

Although Lu Wenbin's speed, dribbling, and physique were not outstanding in the Bundesliga, they did not hold him back. His 8/8 off-the-ball movement can't even reach the passing line of a striker, but Hoffenheim's overall strength can take the initiative to create a gap for him.

Therefore, just a few minutes later, in the 8th minute, Lu Wenbin got a good shot.

Eduardo passed the ball to Obasi on the right, Obasi returned to Salihovic, and Salihovic passed to Ibisevic in the penalty area with his back to the goal.

The flurry of passes disrupted Wayne's defense, and they couldn't tell who was the finisher at Hoffenheim. Subconsciously, they feel that running with the ball and trying to steal the ball is the best way.

So, in addition to the people around Obasi and Salihovic, all three defenders in the penalty area rushed towards Ibisevic.

The goalkeeper also stood nervously between Ibisevic and the goal, preventing him from turning around and hitting the goal.

However, in the face of the siege of several opponents, how could Ibisevic, who had the ball behind his back, turn around and hit the goal so easily?

Wayne's players were only bewildered by a series of passes from Hoffenheim, ignoring the actual difficulties Ibisevic faced with his back to the ball.

So, when they all rushed towards Ibisevic subconsciously, Lu Wenbin, who rushed to the penalty area from the left, was in an unguarded gap.

This is not due to Lu Wenbin's only 8/8 of running without the ball, but the overall strength of the team's attacking line in the frontcourt completely disrupted the opponent's back line, giving Lu Wenbin an unguarded opportunity in front of the goal.