At the Westfalen Stadium, behind Dortmund's small penalty area, Lu Wenbin volleyed the ball that Ibrahimovic had let slip from the front point without any interference.
Then, everyone watched the ball fly straight into the goal like a cannonball.
Dortmund goalkeeper Ziegler, who was just to the right of the center of the goal preparing to block Ibisevic's header, quickly flew over but touched nothing.
Although Lu Wenbin's volley without stopping and adjusting the ball had a good angle, it was too close to the goal and too fast. Ziegler had no time to save the ball and it flew into the goal in front of his palm.
“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooor…”
On the TV, commentator Hans Dickenson roared with excitement, then shouted:
"Equalized, equalized! Just 5 minutes after Dortmund scored, Hoffenheim equalized the score with a counterattack! The goal was scored by their amazing Chinese Lu from China, who is only 17 years old, but has been scoring in every game since he was promoted to the first team! It seems that Lu can not only score goals in the German Second Division, but he is also threatening when facing the giants of the Bundesliga. And he is still so young, only 17 years old, it's amazing, Lu is a genius!"
Hans Dickensen's passionate commentary naturally caused a burst of curses from the Dortmund fans in front of the TV.
Neutral fans and TV commentators naturally hope for as many upsets as possible, but for Dortmund fans, they naturally hope that their team will win by a large margin with an overwhelming advantage.
Now not only was their leading advantage gone, but the opponent's scorer was also praised so generously by the commentator, which naturally made them very annoyed.
But who cares about them
In Hoffenheim, in Rhine-Neckar County, and in the city of Sinsheim, countless Hoffenheim fans cheered and sang praises for Lu Wenbin and Hoffenheim.
The commentators praised Lu Wenbin generously, and they believed that Lu Wenbin deserved it.
There were also countless overseas Chinese, Chinese journalists, Chinese students studying abroad, etc. who watched the live broadcast of the game and they all felt extremely excited and proud.
Lu Wenbin is their compatriot, and they are sincerely happy for Lu Wenbin that he could score a goal at the Westfalen Stadium.
As for Dortmund, in front of their compatriots, even those who are Dortmund fans put Dortmund behind Lu Wenbin.
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On the field, Lu Wenbin, who had scored a goal, was also extremely excited. He rushed directly to the south stand, waving his fists and celebrating.
Before the game, Dortmund fans were interviewed saying that he would be weak and would not score a goal in Westfalen, but now he not only scored a goal to equalize the score, but also a beautiful volley in just the 16th minute.
Later, he will continue to work hard and continue to score goals!
Not only did they see Lu Wenbin score a goal, they also ran to the South Stand to celebrate. The South Stand, which had been silent for a few seconds, suddenly became noisy, and the shouts and boos of 25,000 Dortmund fans hit Lu Wenbin like a tsunami.
However, Lu Wenbin stood still and showed no fear.
Lu Wenbin felt his blood burning. The bigger the scene, the bigger the competition, and the more spectators there were, the more excited he became.
Of course, there were no extreme fans making insulting racial discrimination against him in this game, so Lu Wenbin did not make any further provocative actions.
After his teammates gathered around to celebrate, Lu Wenbin returned to his own half with everyone else and waited for Dortmund to kick off.
After the game resumed, Lu Wenbin was naturally closely guarded.
The Bundesliga-level defense is indeed much more difficult for Lu Wenbin, who only has 8/8 off-ball running and a 12/12 physique.
Until the end of the first half, Lu Wenbin didn't get any good opportunities.
The only two shooting opportunities in the penalty area, one missed the target due to interference from the opponent's defender, and the other lacked power and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
There were several direct free kick opportunities, but the positions were not very good, so Lu Wenbin did not intervene. All the penalties were taken by Copado or Eduardo, and there was no threat to Dortmund's goal.
However, Hoffenheim failed to score a goal and Dortmund failed to break Hoffenheim's goal.
After getting rid of the nervousness at the start, Hoffenheim's defense held on to the tie, dragging the score to 1-1 into the halftime break.
At halftime, Ralf Rangnick made adjustments to the tactics for the second half.
He asked Lu Wenbin not to rush to shoot after receiving the pass from Ibrahimovic or Eduardo.
If you are not very confident, you can pass the ball back to Ibrahimovic or Eduardo and let them finish the attack.
In other words, Ralph added another layer of disguise to the offensive tactics of the front trident.
On the surface, it looked the same as the first half, with Lu Wenbin being the offensive end point.
But in reality, the focus of the final blow will shift to Ibisevic and Eduardo.
Moreover, the transition does not necessarily have to go through Lu Wenbin.
If Ibrahimovic and Eduardo feel they have a good chance, even outside the penalty area, they can shoot directly instead of passing the ball to Lu Wenbin, and Lu Wenbin will have to run and pull more.
Lu Wenbin’s goal is to pursue victory. As long as the team can win and advance, it doesn’t matter if he can’t score a goal.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin nodded to show that he understood.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and the game continued.
Dortmund is worthy of being a Bundesliga giant. After Hoffenheim adjusted its tactics, Dortmund scored a goal again before they had a chance to implement the new tactics.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Dortmund's No. 7 midfielder Tinga scored a long shot from outside the penalty area and broke through the goal guarded by Daniel Haas.
Dortmund 2-1 Hoffenheim, Dortmund regained the lead.
However, Hoffenheim did not give up.
Everyone understands that losing to Dortmund is normal.
But if they can reverse and defeat Dortmund, it will be a big upset and the entire Hoffenheim team will become famous.
Therefore, no one gave up and continued to run all over the field to defend Dortmund's attack and try their best to provide support to the offensive trident in the frontcourt.
Finally, through the unremitting efforts of the entire Hoffenheim team, in the 71st minute, midfielder Gustavo suddenly cut forward and intercepted the opponent's pass and passed the ball to Carlos Eduardo.
Facing the interception of the opponent's defender Hunemayer, Eduardo from Brazil knocked down his opponent with a gorgeous bicycle kick, and then rushed to the right side of the penalty area.
At this time, Ibisevic had already run into the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin also made a run towards Dortmund's penalty area from the left. However, Lu Wenbin was followed by Robert Kovac, a Dortmund full-back, who was not suitable to receive the ball.
So, Eduardo passed the ball to Ibisevic who was standing in the penalty area with his back to the goal.