In a blink of an eye, Lu Wenbin had been training with Hoffenheim's first team for half a month, and the time came to January 28, 2008.
In half a month, Lu Wenbin, who no longer had language barriers and made a special effort to mingle with the old players, completely integrated into the team.
In order to play in the game as soon as possible, help the team win the double championship, and complete the three system tasks, Lu Wenbin's training attitude is very serious.
Although Lu Wenbin's speed, physique, dribbling, etc. have become ordinary in the first team, he still firmly established his foothold with his 17/17 shooting attributes.
After half a month of training, both the coach and the players were surprised to find that the 17-year-old Chinese player who had just been promoted from the youth team and was the youngest was the most accurate shooter in Hoffenheim's first team.
As long as he gets the opportunity to shoot in front of the goal, the probability of hitting the goal frame is much higher than other forwards, and his goal efficiency is naturally much higher than others.
Such performance on the training ground made Ralf Rangnick decide to give Lu Wenbin a chance to play and test Lu Wenbin's quality in a real game.
However, this opportunity is not a league match, but a cup match.
Anyway, Hoffenheim's goal this season is to be promoted to the Bundesliga, not the German Cup.
Therefore, it is not a bad idea to give Lu Wenbin a chance to perform in the cup competition.
The German Cup is a one-match game, and if you lose, you're out. But Ralph and his boss Hope are not interested in this, and if you're out, you're out, it doesn't matter.
Tomorrow is Hoffenheim's first game after the winter break: the 2007/2008 German Cup quarter-finals, Hoffenheim will play at home against the first division team Rostock.
Just three days after the German Cup ended, the first Bundesliga game after the winter break was held: in the 18th round, Hoffenheim played away against Wiesbaden.
The time interval between the two games is too short, and the second 2nd Bundesliga game against Werder Bremen is more important.
Therefore, in this German Cup quarter-final, Hoffenheim is destined not to be able to field all its main players and have to save its strength for the league.
So, on the afternoon of January 28, when Ralf Rangnick announced the 18-man roster for the German Cup quarter-finals the next day, he announced a list of half main players and half substitutes.
And Lu Wenbin's name is also among these eighteen people.
The first official game after being promoted to the first team was an unimportant cup match. It was Lu Wenbin's luck that he was included in the roster.
One night later, on the evening of January 29, Lu Wenbin walked into Hoffenheim's home stadium, the Hopp Stadium, for the first time as a first-team player.
Although he was included in the 18-man roster, Lu Wenbin did not start. He and several other substitute players sat on the bench, waiting for the game to begin.
The Hope Stadium, which can accommodate more than 6,300 seats, was already full at this time. The audience shouted slogans such as "Go Hoffenheim" or "St. Regis must win" to welcome the first game of the Hope Stadium in 2008.
Although Hoffenheim is just a village, the Hoffenheim club also belongs to Rhine-Neckar County and Sinsheim City.
Therefore, many fans from Rhine-Neckar County and Sinsheim City regard Hoffenheim as their home team. They drive to watch every home game, making every home game of Hoffenheim packed.
Lu Wenbin had seen such scenes before when he watched home games in the stands.
However, this is the first time for him to sit on the bench as a player and see the cheers from the audience in the stands, which is a different feeling.
When the live broadcast began to announce the player lists of both teams, every Hoffenheim player received applause and cheers from the audience, even substitutes such as Lu Wenbin were no exception.
However, the applause Lu Wenbin received was less than that of his teammates who were more familiar to the fans. Some fans who were not local villagers also asked each other inexplicably who this "Lu" with the number 90 who suddenly appeared was.
At 19:00 on the evening of January 29th, German time, the 2007/2008 German Football Association Cup quarter-finals between Hoffenheim and Bundesliga team Rostock officially began at home.
In fact, not only Hoffenheim is not interested in the German Cup in order to be promoted, but Rostock is also not interested in the German Cup in order to avoid relegation in the Bundesliga.
After the 17th round of the Bundesliga before the winter break, Rostock ranked fourth from the bottom in the Bundesliga standings with 17 points, only 2 points more than Nuremberg, third from the bottom, and Cottbus, second from the bottom, who had the same points in the relegation zone.
If they are not careful, Rostock may fall into the relegation zone after one game.
Therefore, in this German Cup match, Rostock rotated more thoroughly than Hoffenheim. Except for two or three main players, the others were all substitutes in the usual league.
This German Cup quarter-final has been strategically abandoned by Rostock.
Moreover, even the players who were on the field were absent-minded.
The result was that in the 38th minute of the first half, Hoffenheim's Brazilian midfielder Carlos Eduardo scored a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. The newly promoted team Hoffenheim from the German Second Division led the first-class team Rostock 1-0 in the German Cup.
Suddenly, the entire Hope Stadium was boiling with excitement. The audience shouted Eduardo's name at the top of their lungs and celebrated wildly.
The noise made by several thousand spectators was even louder than the noise made by tens of thousands of fans when Lu Wenbin played in the high school league final at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center.
European fans seem even crazier.
The audience didn't care whether Rostock tried their best or not, they only knew that the second-tier team Hoffenheim, which they supported, was leading the first-tier team Rostock in the game.
This reason alone was enough for the entire audience to celebrate with joy.
However, this goal also ignited the anger of Rostock players.
After all, Rostock is also a first-class team! Even if they are relegated next season, they are still one level higher than Hoffenheim this season.
Therefore, in the next game, Rostock launched a crazy counterattack against Hoffenheim.
Although Hoffenheim maintained its lead and did not lose the ball in the last few minutes of the first half, Rostock scored a goal just four minutes into the second half to equalize the score, and the two sides tied 1-1.
Afterwards, the game continued until the 70th minute with Rostock's fierce attack and Hoffenheim's tough defense, and the score remained unchanged.
Among them, Hoffenheim had two excellent counterattack opportunities, but they were all wasted by No. 17 substitute striker Tobias Weiss.
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