In the drizzle in Mannheim, Lu Wenbin and his teammates, who scored twice and helped Hoffenheim lead Wolfsburg by 2 goals, celebrated happily, and the Hoffenheim fans in the stands also applauded and cheered.
When Wolfsburg equalized the score before, everyone was really worried that Hoffenheim would be reversed by their opponents at home.
Fortunately, they had the super shooter Lu Wenbin, who scored two goals in five minutes and secured the victory.
After the game resumed, although Wolfsburg still wanted to equalize the score, Ralph kept using substitutions to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
Lu Wenbin was also substituted in the 91st minute of stoppage time and enjoyed the applause of the fans alone.
As for Hasebe Makoto, he could only look at Lu Wenbin's back and helplessly accept the failure of this Sino-Japanese confrontation.
Lu Wenbin scored two goals and made one assist, and the Japanese had no choice but to admit defeat.
Not long after Lu Wenbin left the field, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Hoffenheim defeated Wolfsburg 4-2 at home and took all three points.
But the course of the game was not as easy as the score, there were still some twists and turns.
Moreover, there were six goals in the game, which was also the game with the most goals in this round of the league. Even the post-match video and goal highlights attracted many fans who did not watch the live broadcast to watch it again.
German sports television chose this game for live broadcast, which was a good choice.
After the match with Wolfsburg, Lu Wenbin received 1 assist 5000 + 2 goals 20,000 + team win 20,000, a total of 45,000 experience points as rewards, and the experience points increased to level 15 302212/1 million.
The next day, after all the Bundesliga matches were over, Hoffenheim continued to rank first in the Bundesliga with 11 wins and 2 losses in 13 games and 33 points.
Bayern Munich was tied 2-2 by Borussia Mönchengladbach away from home, with only 25 points, 8 points behind Hoffenheim.
There are a total of 18 teams in the Bundesliga, with 34 league rounds in each season, and the schedule is halfway through after the 17th round.
Therefore, after the 13th round, Hoffenheim is only 4 games away from the half-time championship before the winter break.
The Bundesliga is different from other leagues. According to past statistics, after winning the half-season championship, 2/3 of the teams in the Bundesliga will eventually win the championship.
The probability is quite high, much higher than in other leagues.
Therefore, the closer it gets to the winter break, the more attention the media pays to Hoffenheim and the Bundesliga half-season champions.
In addition, the score of Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg was 4-2 in this round, which sparked a heated discussion.
Can Hoffenheim, who are appearing in the top league for the first time, win the first half of the season? Can they finally win the championship? Will they stage a miracle similar to Kaiserslautern's newly promoted team winning the championship
If Hoffenheim wins the Bundesliga title this season, it will be a greater miracle than Kaiserslautern.
Because Kaiserslautern is a Bundesliga team, it was just relegated to the 2. Bundesliga and then returned to the Bundesliga to win the championship.
Hoffenheim is a true newly promoted team, playing in the top league for the first time in history.
In addition to Hoffenheim's previous experience of being promoted from the German Third Division to the German Second Division and the Bundesliga, if Hoffenheim wins the Bundesliga championship, the sensation it will cause will be even greater.
Even though the first half of the season has not even ended yet, Hoffenheim's long-term dominance at the top of the Bundesliga standings has already attracted the attention and discussion of countless media and fans.
Many media in other European countries are paying attention to the "abnormal" Bundesliga standings.
Why is it so exciting that Bundesliga giants such as Bayern Munich, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Schalke 04, etc. are being suppressed by a newly promoted team and a country club
Most people just want to watch the fun, no matter how big the event.
With this mentality, a week later in the 14th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim challenged Cologne away. Although it was not a focus battle, it still attracted countless reporters to the scene to report, including many media from other European countries.
Originally, after this league match there would be the third round of the UEFA Cup group stage, but Hoffenheim happened to have a bye in the third round of the group stage.
Therefore, in this round of match against Cologne, Hoffenheim played with all their main players, and Ralph only replaced Eduardo with Copado.
As a Spanish player, Copado is also very skilled and can basically replace Eduardo's role.
However, the tacit understanding between him and Lu Wenbin on the court is a little unfamiliar.
At 15:30 on the afternoon of November 22, the 14th round of the Bundesliga match between Hoffenheim and Cologne away officially began.
In the 7th minute, Lu Wenbin ran into an open space in the penalty area, received a pass from Salihovic and shot directly without stopping, but the opponent's No. 5 defender Ozat flew over to block the shot.
The ball hit Ozat's chest directly, leaving him unable to breathe for a long time.
However, he successfully blocked Lu Wenbin's shot, and then the ball was snatched by another defender of the opposing team and kicked out of the sideline.
Then, in the 13th minute, Cologne launched a counterattack, but their striker Isiaku's shot was disturbed by central defender Nilsson and missed the goal.
In the 18th minute, Lu Wenbin almost succeeded in making an offside move.
As a result, Copado, who had the ball, did not cooperate well with him and passed the ball a little late, and then Lu Wenbin was penalized for offside by the linesman.
In the 26th minute, Ibisevic was knocked down by the opponent while competing for a header in the frontcourt, and the referee awarded a free kick.
Lu Wenbin activated the system skill and kicked the ball into the blind corner of the goal in one go.
Goalkeeper Mondragon was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.
In the stands of the Cologne Stadium, only the cheers of more than 2,000 Hoffenheim away fans were echoing.
The game continued. Although defender Jerome was closely marking Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin's movement was too slippery.
Even the famous midfielder De Jong couldn't defend against Lu Wenbin, let alone others.
Therefore, in the following time, Lu Wenbin created several gaps.
But as attacking midfielders, Copado's cooperation with Lu Wenbin is a little more unfamiliar than that of Eduardo, and there is always a lack of tacit understanding.
Sometimes, a half-beat difference in timing may not only cause Lu Wenbin to be offside, but may also result in the loss of the best shooting opportunity.
Therefore, before the end of the first half, although Lu Wenbin had several shots in open play, he failed to score in the end and only scored one free kick in the first half.
However, it was Ibisevic who received a pass from Salihovic in the penalty area in the 37th minute and turned around to shoot, scoring the second goal for Hoffenheim.
Not long after Ibisevic scored the goal, after one minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-2, and the home team Cologne was the lagging side.
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