At 19:30 on the evening of August 15, the opening match of the 2008/2009 German Football League was played between Bayern Munich and Hamburg.
As a result, at the Allianz Arena, defending champions Bayern Munich were tied 2-2 by Hamburg at their home ground.
This may be related to the fact that most of Bayern's stars participated in the European Cup, and the German players even reached the finals.
Therefore, at the beginning of the season, Bayern was in a bit of a bad state.
However, Bayern Munich fans were only depressed for a moment, but were not too worried about Bayern's final result of the season.
The collective spirit and will of the entire Bayern Munich team is very strong, and they often stage good comebacks in the late stages.
Therefore, the season has just begun and no one dares to say that Bayern will not be able to perform well this season. They are still the bookmakers' top favorite to win the Bundesliga title this season.
After the opening game, six Bundesliga games will start simultaneously on the second day, truly kicking off the new Bundesliga season.
Among them, the battle between Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund was selected by German TV to be broadcast live nationwide. The other matches were only broadcast live by local TV stations for the fans of each team to watch.
As for CCTV-5 in China, they have been broadcasting the Beijing Olympics live at home during this period. Even though the first round of the Bundesliga was between Cottbus where Shao Jiayi is playing and Hoffenheim where Lu Wenbin is playing, they couldn't pay attention to it.
Of course, the more important reason is that Shao Jiayi was not even included in the competition roster.
Moreover, even if Shao Jiayi was included in the roster and there was a possibility of a Chinese derby, CCTV-5 probably would not dare to broadcast it.
At this time, the Olympic men's football group stage had already ended. The Chinese Football Association's approach of shutting down leagues at all levels to make way for the Olympics not only failed to produce results, but also caused it to lose both the game and its reputation in front of the whole world, completely losing out internationally.
Chinese football has completely become the target of criticism and abuse from the people across the country. Overseas players who are not members of the national Olympic team, such as Lu Wenbin and Shao Jiayi, have also suffered undeserved calamity and become part of the scolded Chinese football.
The Olympics are currently underway and the audience is enjoying watching athletes in other events compete for gold and silver medals. If CCTV-5 dares to broadcast a football match that is designed to annoy everyone, it will be in trouble with the audience, the ratings and the advertisers.
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On August 15, after Hoffenheim arrived in Cottbus, Shao Jiayi, as the big brother and landlord, invited Lu Wenbin out for a meal.
Then, at 14:30 on August 16, with the referee's whistle, Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga game in the club's history officially began away from home against Cottbus.
In this game, even though it was Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga game and even though it was an away game, Hoffenheim still played an extremely offensive 4123 formation.
Lu Wenbin, Ibisevic and Demba Ba form the three forwards, Salihovic and Eduardo are the double attacking midfielders, and only Gustavo, a defensive midfielder, is behind to protect the back line.
Although the media and fans have positioned Hoffenheim as a team to avoid relegation, the team's internal goal is to compete in European competitions next season and even qualify for the Champions League.
Of course, no one knew that Lu Wenbin was aiming for the triple crown. If it were leaked, his teammates would probably faint from fear.
Even so, as a newly promoted team, Hoffenheim's team goals are already full of radical flavor.
Therefore, from the first minute of the game, Hoffenheim took the initiative and launched a fierce attack on Cottbus.
Cottbus did not expect that Hoffenheim, the newcomer to the Bundesliga, would play so aggressively in their first Bundesliga game, which was an away game, and was caught off guard.
Just two minutes into the game, Salihovic intercepted the opponent's ball in the frontcourt, completed a one-two with Ibisevic, pretended to shoot, and after a dribbling shot, passed the ball to Lu Wenbin in the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin volleyed the ball into the goal before Cottbus's No. 5 defender Kukiecka cleared the ball.
Goalkeeper Tremel was shaken by Salihovic. By the time he realized that Salihovic was faking a shot and Lu Wenbin had completed his shot, it was too late and he could only watch the ball go into the net.
Lu Wenbin roared, then turned and rushed towards Salihovic. Other teammates also rushed over excitedly to celebrate together.
We scored a goal just 2 minutes into the game, which was so fast. It was the most wonderful start.
Of course, for Cottbus, it was the worst possible start.
They were trailing at home as a newly promoted team that had never played in the Bundesliga scored a goal just two minutes into the game.
As a result, the entire stadium fell silent in an instant, and many Cottbus home fans could not believe what they saw.
But Hoffenheim fans didn't care about their feelings. The more than 1,000 Hoffenheim fans who came with the team instantly cheered loudly, and were excited that the team scored a goal just 2 minutes into its first Bundesliga game.
The match was broadcast live to the entire city by the local city television station in Sinsheim, and the commentator was named Kaster.
Custer had just finished reading out the starting lineups for both teams when he saw Lu Wenbin volley Salihovic's pass into Cottbus' goal.
As a Sinsheim native who regards Hoffenheim as his home team, Caster was excited in an instant.
While the other commentators in the commentary booth were just shouting "goal", Caster jumped up and shouted with all his strength to all the Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV:
“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor…”
After a very long Tor, Custer took a breath and then quickly explained:
"Incredible, wonderful start, the magical Chinese Lu, he scored a goal for Hoffenheim to take the lead just 2 minutes into the game at the Friendship Stadium in Cottbus. Lu is Hoffenheim's first superstar! This is the first Bundesliga goal in Hoffenheim's history! Long live Lu Wenbin! Long live Hoffenheim! Long live Saint Village!"
In Hoffenheim, Rhine-Neckar County, Sinsheim City, countless Hoffenheim fans also jumped up in front of the TV and shouted with Caster: "Tooooooooooooooor..."
Everyone was so excited!
I never expected that Hoffenheim’s first Bundesliga goal would come so quickly!
It really is the most beautiful and wonderful start!
The Cottbus players were a little confused by this ball!
What do you want to do with such a high-profile newly promoted team? Do you still want to give the Bundesliga big brothers some face? Are you going to defy fate
Hoffenheim are really going to go against the will of heaven!
A goal was scored within two minutes of the start of the game, which stimulated the adrenaline of the entire Hoffenheim team, and everyone entered the most excited game state!
The following game was like a nightmare for Cottbus players and fans!