After the match with Hamburg, Lu Wenbin received 20,000 experience points for scoring 2 goals and 20,000 for the team's win, a total of 40,000 experience points, and his experience rose to level 15, 87212/1 million.
When I first started playing in the Bundesliga, I felt that scoring 10,000 goals and winning 20,000 games was a really rich experience.
As a result, after upgrading to the current level where 1 million experience points are required to reach level 16, Lu Wenbin feels that upgrading is a long way off.
However, fortunately, now that he has improved his physique, physical fitness and confrontation are no longer his weaknesses.
His injury tendency has also dropped to a level roughly comparable to that of other ordinary professional athletes. As long as no one wants to hurt him intentionally, he generally won't get injured.
Shooting and off-ball running have become Lu Wenbin's greatest weapons in the top European competitions.
After a day's rest, the team only had an adaptive training session for the whole morning on October 28, and then went to Bochum, more than 300 kilometers away in the north, in the afternoon to prepare for the 10th round of the Bundesliga the next day.
The delay in time for the European Cup and the Olympics in the summer, as well as the reality that Hoffenheim will be fighting on three fronts after the start of the season, makes Hoffenheim's schedule look quite tight indeed.
After arriving in Bochum, the players went to the hotel to rest, while Ralf attended the pre-match press conference and announced the 18-man roster and the starting 11 to the media.
After the coaching staff determined the team's rotation policy and the plan to ensure victory in the second UEFA Cup group match, Ralph made a major rotation in this game.
In this away Bundesliga match against Bochum, five main players, including Lu Wenbin, Demba Ba, Eduardo, Gustavo and Beck, sat on the bench, while Obasi, Weiss, Copado, Wolsa, Seitz and others got the chance to start.
Some reporters questioned that Ralph's rotation was too large and too many substitutes were put on the field, which might lead to Hoffenheim's loss.
Ralph naturally would not admit it. He insisted that Hoffenheim is a united and combative team, and that every member of the team is very important.
Even with a large rotation in this game, Hoffenheim will still be the ultimate winner and will take away three points from the away game.
The home team Bochum felt insulted, and coach Kohler made a harsh statement at the press conference that they would definitely make Hoffenheim suffer its second Bundesliga defeat this season.
In fact, it was because Lu Wenbin did not start that gave Kohler hope of winning.
If Lu Wenbin started the game, he would not dare to say such harsh words.
Regardless, this match looks like it's going to be exciting!
However, the next day, match day, the morning of October 29, everyone put aside the game for the time being and focused on another piece of news.
On the morning of October 29, 2008, the latest issue of Turin Sports Daily announced the 40-name list of nominees for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award. The media vote at the end of the year will be based on these 40 names to select this year's European Golden Boy Award winner.
The previous five winners of the European Golden Boy Award were Rafael van der Vaart, Rooney, Messi, Fabregas and Aguero. Currently, these five players are performing very well in their respective clubs and national teams, and are either core players or main players.
Therefore, the European Golden Boy Award has become increasingly famous and has attracted much attention, and has been regarded as the European Golden Ball Award for young players under the age of 21.
Media and fans all over the world have paid great attention to this award.
Among the 40-man list announced this year, well-known young talents such as Walcott, Bale, Boateng, Anderson, Bojan, Marcelo, Balotelli, Pato and others were selected.
It is only natural that Bayern's Kroos and Werder Bremen's Ozil were selected.
However, for Hoffenheim and Chinese media and fans, whether Lu Wenbin can be selected has always been the focus of their attention.
After the second round of the UEFA Cup match with Udinese, the organizer Turin Sports Daily publicly stated that Lu Wenbin's performance made him one of the strongest contenders for this year's Golden Boy Award.
But since the nomination list has not been announced, everyone feels uneasy.
Now, as soon as the 40-person nomination list was announced, everyone immediately looked for Lu Wenbin's name excitedly.
On the 28th line of the list, everyone found Lu Wenbin's name.
The four columns for name, league, club, and nationality read: "Lu Wenbin, Bundesliga, Hoffenheim, China."
Hoffenheim club’s official website immediately updated the news and congratulated Lu Wenbin.
The Sinsheim city TV station immediately interrupted the news broadcast to announce the good news to Hoffenheim fans across the city.
Although the team has already gone to Bochum, many Hoffenheim fans and Lu Wenbin's fans still gathered outside the team's training base, holding banners congratulating Lu Wenbin and congratulating Lu Wenbin and the Hoffenheim club.
China's media was like taking stimulants, and the fastest-reacting Internet portals even immediately put up large banners on their homepages to make the announcement.
"Great news: Lu Wenbin is nominated for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award!"
"Chinese football player Lu Wenbin has been shortlisted for the 40-man list for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, also known as the European Youth Ballon d'Or!"
"Lu Wenbin was nominated for the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, the first time in Chinese football history!"
"Lu Wenbin is shortlisted for the 40-person European Golden Boy Award and is the favorite to win the award!"
Subsequently, relevant TV programs such as CCTV-5 Sports News and Guizhou News Network actively followed up, and some evening newspapers published in the afternoon also reported the news that Lu Wenbin was nominated for the European Golden Boy Award.
Overnight, the European Golden Boy Award became famous throughout the country.
Many people only then realized that there is a European Golden Boy Award for under 21 years old in Europe, which is considered to be the youth version of the European Golden Ball Award for under 21 years old.
Those who have won this award before, such as Rooney, Messi, etc., have now become big stars, even superstars.
This gave many fans who were desperate about Chinese football a glimmer of hope.
It seems that although the national team is in a desperate situation, in terms of individual performance, there are still players who can perform well in the top European competitions, providing a little comfort to Chinese fans.
As for the team, the coach and teammates naturally congratulated Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin also thanked everyone for their support in daily training and games, and said that he would treat everyone after returning to Hoffenheim after the game.
Speaking of which, many offensive players in Hoffenheim are also very strong.
Eduardo, Salihovic, Demba Ba, Obasi, Ibisevic and others, if Lu Wenbin was not there, they would definitely be able to score a lot of goals.
However, because Lu Wenbin, whose shooting attribute was as high as 20/20, was identified by the coach as the first core and offensive terminator, many shooting opportunities in the frontcourt were sent to Lu Wenbin, resulting in too few shooting opportunities for others and even fewer goals.
Therefore, since Lu Wenbin benefited from it, it was only natural for him to thank everyone and take the initiative to treat them all!
Lu Wenbin has completely integrated into Germany and the team's life, and is becoming more and more comfortable in all aspects!
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