At the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Lu Wenbin's goal in the 22nd minute ignited the atmosphere of the entire stadium.
In the last home UEFA Cup match, Hoffenheim lost to Udinese, which made the home Hoffenheim fans not very happy.
Although everyone stayed to encourage the team and seemed more united in the end, who doesn’t want to win
Lu Wenbin's opening goal gave everyone hope that the team would win today, so the fans celebrated extra crazily.
Naturally, Lu Wenbin and his teammates also rushed to the stands to celebrate vigorously.
Lu Wenbin felt that this game was much easier than the one against Udinese.
On the one hand, Tottenham's defense has poor overall defensive support capabilities. On the other hand, it may be affected by the league results. Everyone feels a little nervous, resulting in too many loopholes in the defense.
In addition, Tottenham also plays offensive football, and the number of players in the back line is not sufficient.
There is a reason why Tottenham is now ranked last in the Premier League.
Of course, Tottenham's true strength is definitely not the last in the Premier League, which is largely related to the tactics and coaching of the head coach.
However, that has nothing to do with Lu Wenbin!
Hoffenheim was lucky to encounter the opponent's most difficult situation with a useless head coach.
In today's game, he has to lead the team to win the first European home victory in the club's history, take all three points, score as many goals as possible, and gain more experience and upgrade.
According to existing experience, as long as Lu Wenbin can score two goals and lead the team to victory, he will be able to upgrade his physique.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin does not have to worry about saving energy and allocating it for the subsequent league games.
In this game, try your best!
As the game continued, Lu Wenbin continued to run without the ball on a large scale without any effort.
Although Ledley tried very hard to keep a close eye on Lu Wenbin, this task was really not something that could be accomplished by one person alone.
Even if he used his hands and feet and made small movements, he couldn't do it.
In the 33rd minute, Lu Wenbin received the ball outside the left penalty area and was about to shoot, but was pushed away by Ledley and his shot was successfully blocked.
However, the referee called a foul for Ledley's push and gave Hoffenheim a free kick.
The free kick that Lu Wenbin kicked out using his system skills hit the goal post with a "bang", scaring Ledley and other Tottenham players.
Since then, Ledley has restrained his movements, fearing that excessive movements would cause a foul and give Lu Wenbin a chance to take a free kick.
Tottenham continued to deploy most of their forces in the frontcourt to attack Hoffenheim.
However, that would mean there would be too few troops in the backfield.
In the 40th minute, Tottenham's frontcourt pass was intercepted by Gustavo and then passed to Salihovic.
After Salihovic looked up at the empty Tottenham backcourt, he did not advance slowly with a short pass, but kicked the ball directly to the frontcourt with a big kick.
The moment Salihovic passed the ball, Lu Wenbin, who was originally near the center circle, understood what he meant and suddenly changed direction, shook off Ledley and turned towards the Tottenham goal, successfully making an offside move.
However, Lu Wenbin's speed is slower.
Although Ledley didn't expect Salihovic to suddenly pass the ball with a long foot, causing him to fall one step behind Lu Wenbin, he turned around in time and caught up with him, and was getting closer and closer.
More than ten meters away from the restricted area line, Ledley caught up with Lu Wenbin and wanted to go around in front of Lu Wenbin to destroy the ball.
But Lu Wenbin naturally couldn't let him have his way, so he adjusted his running direction and trapped Ledley behind him.
Ledley pulled and dragged, trying to stop Lu Wenbin or go around to the front, but he never succeeded.
The referee followed diagonally behind the two players, with a whistle in his mouth, ready to call a foul at any time.
In a blink of an eye, the two of them ran to where the ball landed, about 20 meters away from the goal.
While Lu Wenbin was trying to block Ledley behind him with his body, he looked at the football in the air, swung his left leg and made a volley shot.
Ledley pulled Lu Wenbin's body from behind and stretched out his foot, trying to disrupt the ball, but the distance was a little short and Lu Wenbin used his body to block the ball and failed to touch it.
Facing the falling ball, Lu Wenbin successfully kicked the ball.
The speed of the ball's fall met Lu Wenbin's volley, and it suddenly changed direction and flew towards the goal.
Then, Lu Wenbin, who was supporting himself on one leg, lost his balance and was pulled to the ground by Ledley.
However, Lu Wenbin no longer cared about so much, his eyes were fixed on the ball in the air.
A volley is not as good as a ground shot. Even with Lu Wenbin's 20/20 shooting attribute, he is not very accurate.
All I can say is that the chance of hitting the goal frame is higher than others, but I can no longer shoot wherever I want and I have to aim at the blind spot.
Lu Wenbin no longer cared where the ball would eventually fly to or whether it would be caught by the goalkeeper.
Fortunately, Lu Wenbin had a good grasp of this ball. The ball he shot did not go beyond the goal frame, but also had a slight angle and flew to the left hand side of goalkeeper Gomez.
Because this was a counterattack and there was no help in the backcourt, Gomez could not retreat to the goal line to leave too much space for the opponent, so he could only stay in the penalty area and prepare to save Lu Wenbin's one-on-one shot.
This resulted in the two sides being not far apart when Lu Wenbin shot, and the ball that Lu Wenbin shot in mid-air was extremely fast.
By the time Gomez saw the path of the ball and dived to the left, the ball had already flown past his palm.
Then, under the desperate gaze of all Tottenham players and fans, the ball flew straight into the goal.
“Toooooooooooooooooor…”
Dickenson, the commentator of the German sports TV, roared and explained excitedly: "Double goal, double goal! Lu scored a beautiful volley from outside the penalty area, completed a double goal, and helped Hoffenheim lead Tottenham 2-0! This game between English and German clubs will definitely end with Hoffenheim's victory."
Indeed, when Lu Wenbin scored the first goal, Tottenham players did not feel much and felt there was no hope of equalizing.
But now after conceding two goals, we have lost some confidence.
Thinking of the situation in the league and the current situation of being 0-2 behind in the first half of the League Cup, some Tottenham players lowered their heads. Only Bale stood on the sidelines with an unconvinced look on his face.
However, Lu Wenbin didn't care whether the Great Sage was convinced or not!
Only he himself knew the significance of this goal. After scoring twice, as long as he won the game, he would be able to level up again and get 10 skill points as a reward to increase his physical attributes.
Therefore, after scoring this goal, Lu Wenbin was extremely excited. He pushed Ledley away, turned over and got up, and rushed to the stands where the diehard fans gathered behind the goal, rushed into the first row of fans, and celebrated fiercely with the fans. (Seeking monthly tickets)