After the 6th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim continued to top the Bundesliga standings with 15 points from 6 games, five wins and one loss, followed by Hamburg with 13 points and Werder Bremen with 11 points.
On September 28, after three days of rest, Lu Wenbin and other main players began to resume training to prepare for the next game.
After the second round of the UEFA Cup match with Udinese, Lu Wenbin received a reward of 120,000 for 3 goals and 80,000 for the team's 3-2 win, a total of 200,000 experience points, and his experience points rose to level 14, 228212/500,000.
With such generous rewards in the League Cup, Lu Wenbin is even more looking forward to the group stage.
The 40 teams are divided into 8 groups, 5 teams in each group, and there are four group matches. If you win all the games and score penalties, you really don't need too much experience.
However, Lu Wenbin also felt that his physical fitness was insufficient, and he had decided that he had to increase his physical attributes to 13/13 before the next upgrade.
Otherwise, fighting on three fronts this season, his lack of physical strength might affect his appearances and goals at critical moments.
After a few days of training, on October 2, in the second round of the 2008/2009 German Football Association Cup, Hoffenheim played away against Freiburg, who is currently ranked third in the Bundesliga standings.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was fixed at 1-4. Freiburg was in the front and Hoffenheim was behind.
Hoffenheim advanced to the round of 16, or the quarter-finals, of this season's German Cup.
Although Lu Wenbin started the game, he was substituted in the 65th minute of the second half.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin only scored two goals, but assisted Eduardo to score one goal, and the other goal was headed in by Ibisevic from a corner kick.
After the game, Lu Wenbin won the German Cup with 1 assist 1000+2 goals 4000+team win 4000, a total of 9000 experience points for a single game, and the experience increased to level 14 237212/500,000.
Three days later, in the 7th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim played against Frankfurt, which was ranked fifth from the bottom, at home.
Lu Wenbin had no intention of showing mercy to this Bundesliga team that became famous in China because of Yang Chen.
Amid the cheers of more than 20,000 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Lu Wenbin scored four goals with 19/19 off-ball running, completed a hat-trick and led the team to a 5-1 victory over Frankfurt.
After the game, Lu Wenbin received a reward of 40,000 experience points for 4 goals and 20,000 experience points for the team's win, for a total of 60,000 experience points, and his experience increased to level 14, 297212/500,000.
The next day, after all the Bundesliga games of this round were over, Hoffenheim continued to rank first in the Bundesliga with 18 points from 7 games, six wins and one loss.
After this round of Bundesliga matches is over, the league will be suspended and enter the FIFA match day stage. The next round of the league will not resume until more than 10 days later.
Some of the national team players have to report to the national team to play in the continental qualifiers for the South Africa World Cup, but Lu Wenbin has nothing to do with it.
The Chinese team was eliminated in the top 20 of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in South Africa long before the Olympics, and the top ten has nothing to do with the Chinese team.
Moreover, because of the failure of the Olympic gamble, the Football Association was in chaos at the time, and even no friendly matches were arranged. Naturally, no one came to find Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin continued to stay at the base and continued training with other teammates who were not selected for the national team.
During this period, on October 7, UEFA held the draw ceremony for this season's UEFA Cup group stage in Nyon, Switzerland.
According to the rule that teams from the same country should avoid each other in the group stage, the six German teams were placed in different groups.
In the end, Hoffenheim was placed in Group D, together with Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League, Spartak Moscow from the Russian Premier League, Nijmegen from the Dutch Eredivisie, and Dinamo Zagreb from the Croatian First League.
This group is pretty good for Hoffenheim. Except for Tottenham, which may be a little difficult to play against, the other teams do not pose much threat to Hoffenheim, who is first in the Bundesliga.
The key point is that each group in the League Cup has three qualifying places, which is quite ample.
Basically, the teams most likely to qualify from Group D are Hoffenheim and Tottenham Hotspur, and the other three teams will compete for the last remaining spot.
The first match day of the UEFA Cup group stage is October 23, when Hoffenheim will host Tottenham Hotspur, their biggest rival in the group.
Therefore, the entire team must be prepared for a tough battle, and Lu Wenbin must make good physical preparations.
Fortunately, because of the national team's match days, Lu Wenbin can get more than ten days to prepare.
By then, there will be no problem playing the whole game, and it won’t be as tiring as playing against Udinese.
In the pre-season friendly match Hoffenheim traveled across the sea to face Blackburn Rovers. It was also the first time for Lu Wenbin to play against a Premier League team, so he was not mentally prepared.
So Lu Wenbin didn't play very well in that game, scoring only one goal, and Hoffenheim eventually lost to Blackburn.
But now, this time not only is Hoffenheim playing at home against Tottenham, well-rested, but Lu Wenbin is also fully mentally prepared and his personal strength has greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season.
When facing the Premier League team again, Lu Wenbin is ready for a good fight.
Next, we will train with peace of mind and wait to resume the competition after the national team match day.
During this period, due to his outstanding performance in the UEFA Cup, where he scored a hat trick, Lu Wenbin's endorsement value increased. Mendes signed a German sports equipment company as an endorsement for Lu Wenbin, which gave Lu Wenbin extra income.
More than a week later, the national team competition ended and the main players returned to the team one after another and began to prepare for the 8th round of the Bundesliga on October 18.
At 14:30 on October 18, in the 8th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim will challenge Hannover 96, who is ranked sixth from the bottom in the Bundesliga.
In this game, Lu Wenbin, who had rested for more than ten days, easily scored 3 goals away from home and completed a hat trick.
19/19 off-ball running and 20/20 shooting make Lu Wenbin's goal efficiency really more and more terrifying.
However, one of these three goals was scored directly from a free kick.
After completing the hat trick, Lu Wenbin was replaced by Ralph to prepare for the next game against Tottenham Hotspur to avoid any accidents in this game.
After Lu Wenbin left the field, Ibisevic played well, scoring two goals in a row to complete his double, setting the final total score at Hoffenheim's 5-2 away win over Hannover 96.
After this game, Lu Wenbin received 3 goals for 30,000 + the team won 20,000, a total of 50,000 experience points for a single Bundesliga game reward, and the experience increased to level 14 347212/500,000.
After all the games in this round were over, Hamburg, ranked second, was tied by its opponent at home and only got 1 point.
As a result, Hoffenheim, with seven wins and one loss in eight games and 21 points, is 4 points ahead of Hamburg, which has only 17 points after 5 wins, 2 draws and one loss, and has widened the gap with the second place.
With the good momentum in the league, Hoffenheim is about to face the first match of this season's UEFA Cup group stage against Premier League Tottenham Hotspur.