Seven Crowns

When Lu Wenbin was resting at home on vacation, on December 19, UEFA held a draw for the top 32 of the UEFA Cup in the 2008/2009 season.

The 24 UEFA Cup qualifying teams and the 8 UEFA Champions League third-placed teams that have sunk to the UEFA Cup will start to compete in the 1/16 finals of the second half of the season.

The Bundesliga has four teams that have qualified from the UEFA Cup group stage, namely Hoffenheim, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Hamburg, and Werder Bremen, which finished third in Group B of the Champions League.

With a total of five Bundesliga teams participating in the UEFA Cup knockout rounds, it remains the country with the most participating teams of any league in Europe.

According to the drawing rules of the 1/16 finals where teams from the same country do not meet, in the end Stuttgart got Zenit St. Petersburg, Werder Bremen got AC Milan, Wolfsburg got Paris Saint-Germain, and Hamburg got Nijmegen .

The UEFA Cup knockout is a double round of home and away games. Taking into account the weather factors of the Russian Super League team Zenit St. Petersburg on the road, in addition to Hamburg's opponent Nijmegen, these draws seem to be easier to deal with. Stuttgart, Werder Bremen, Wo The signings for Wolfsburg were not very good.

The last draw for Hoffenheim was Lec Posner from the Polish Super League, and it was a relatively favorable first-off-the-main schedule.

Although Lekpusner is currently ranked first in the Polish Super League standings, there is no suspense in the normal situation for Hoffenheim, who are ranked first in the Bundesliga.

Therefore, after the results of the draw came out, the German media announced that Hoffenheim and Hamburg would advance to the round of 16 without any suspense, while Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg would definitely have to fight hard.

Lu Wenbin also relaxed and confidently said in an interview with reporters: "Like Pusner is not a fish belly, they are the first place in the Polish Super League. However, no matter who the opponent is, I believe that Hoffenheim will win the final victory. ."

First he praised his opponent, and then he said that Hoffenheim must have won, proving Lu Wenbin's confidence.

Not only Lu Wenbin, not only the German media, nor normal people believe that Hoffenheim, the number one Bundesliga team, will capsize on Lekpusner.

Besides, there are many players and coaches who declare that they are sure to win without a game on the football field. This is also a way of showing confidence and morale. You can't predict that you will lose before a game, right?

Therefore, no one said that Lu Wenbin was arrogant and arrogant.

Next, after more than ten days, the time entered the New Year's Day in 2009, and the European winter break transfer window opened on January 1, 2009, and ended on January 31.

Although Hoffenheim participated in the top league and European competitions for the first time, their performance in the first half of the season was amazing.

Therefore, this winter break transfer is largely irrelevant to Hoffenheim.

In addition to releasing the third goalkeeper Kisbaum, who has never had a chance to play, let him leave freely, and then bring in the 30-year-old veteran goalkeeper Hildebrand on a free transfer, Hoffenheim has opened the winter transfer window after the opening of the transfer window. No other transfer action.

After the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar, the team is approaching the training camp, and Lu Wenbin can't spend New Year's Eve and Spring Festival at home, so he can only reluctantly say goodbye to his parents.

On January 4, 2009, Lu Wenbin returned to Germany and returned to his residence in Rhine-Neckar County. Kate also returned to Lu Wenbin's side. The two of them, who had not seen each other in three autumns, had a good night's toss.

Then, on January 5, the Hoffenheim team assembled and flew to La Manga, a winter resort in Spain, for winter training.

It's a bit warmer there than in Germany.

Kate and other family members of the players also went to La Manga, which is equivalent to a vacation.

In addition to Hoffenheim, some Bundesliga teams such as Hamburg and Bochum, as well as teams from other Nordic countries, conduct winter training camps in La Manga, which is convenient for everyone to play friendly games during the training camp.

Just as Lu Wenbin and his teammates were actively training to prepare for the Bundesliga championship in the second half of the season,

A shocking news broke out in Chinese football, which quickly swept the entire Chinese football circle.

On January 9, 2009, the book by the famous football commentator Li Chengpeng, editor-in-chief Liu Xiaoxin, and senior reporter Wu Celi, published by Jiangsu People's Publishing House and Phoenix Publishing Media Group, officially held a new book launch conference in Beijing.

The book publicly shouted, "Welcome to the right seat, welcome the lawsuit, welcome the superior investigation, welcome the fans to report", revealing the countless unknown inside stories since the Chinese football entered the professional league, and also put the Chinese Football Association, which was already in turmoil after the Olympic Games, again He stabbed fiercely and was warmly welcomed by the national media and fans.

It is said that an unprecedented anti-counterfeiting and anti-criminal super storm was brewing in Chinese football, with instructions from higher-level leaders and criminal intervention by the Ministry of Public Security.

Lu Wenbin, who has almost become the first star of Chinese football, naturally cannot escape the reporter's chase and interview.

As an ordinary football fan, Lu Wenbin used to feel confused and puzzled for a country as big as China, with such a large population, and economic conditions are not bad.

When the many shady stories that broke out in this book appeared in front of him, Lu Wenbin couldn't help but be shocked and angry, and his sorrow was greater than his heart's death.

When domestic reporters came to interview him, the angry Lu Wenbin unabashedly scolded the Chinese Football Association, domestic leagues, referees and all other issues.

With Lu Wenbin's current status and status, his words will not only have a huge impact on Chinese media and fans, but even show the shady story of Chinese football to foreign media and fans.

As for whether it will lose the face of Chinese football, whether it will be hated and banned by the leaders of the Chinese Football Association, Lu Wenbin did not think so much at the minute of the interview.

After scolding the Chinese Football Association and venting his anger, Lu Wenbin devoted more energy to training.

On January 11, Hoffenheim played a friendly match against Bochum in the Bundesliga, who were also in La Manga for winter training.

Although the Bochum team learned from Bayern and Schalke 04 and sent two defenders to closely guard Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin still scored two goals in the first half and scored twice, one of which was still in the penalty area. The two defenders forced a kick to shoot in under the close-fitting defense of the two defenders.

Because it was a friendly match, Lu Wenbin was replaced by Ralph at halftime and did not play the full game. In the end, Hoffenheim won the friendly match with a score of 3-0.

Lu Wenbin scored twice in 45 minutes to prove that he is still the terrifying super scorer.

Even if the opponent sends two people, it is impossible to completely stare Lu Wenbin, at most it can only reduce his chances of shooting.

Of course, there is no tactic in football that can completely freeze a super striker, and that can only be done by killing tactics.

What no one could have predicted was that injuries were indeed creeping towards the thriving Hoffenheim.