Although Bochum is a Bundesliga team, friendly matches and official matches are two different things.
Therefore, in the friendly match with Bochum, Lu Wenbin only received 2 goals 4000 + win 4000, a total of 8000 experience points, and the experience increased to 440,000/1 million at level 15. (Note: The current matches played by the protagonist basically reward thousands of experience points, and in the future, the units will be tens of thousands, and the decimal point will be retained. Other experience points will be ignored)
Three days after the friendly match with Bochum, on January 14, 2009, Hoffenheim visited Hamburg's training ground and played a friendly match with Hamburg.
No one knew that this game would bring such a huge blow to Hoffenheim and Ibisevic.
Not long after the game started, before Lu Wenbin even scored a goal, Ibrahimovic was injured and fell to the ground in a collision while trying to grab the ball.
Eduardo rushed forward to beat the opposing player who committed a foul, but was stopped and pushed by Hamburg's Olic. Eduardo and Olic then started fighting, and both were sent off by the referee with a red card.
Ibisevic, with a painful expression on his face, was carried away on a stretcher and the team doctor initially diagnosed him with a right knee injury.
Ibisevic's injury concerned all the players on the field, and Hoffenheim's players were no longer in the mood to play.
The game ended hastily with Hoffenheim losing 0-2 to Hamburg, and then Ibisevic was sent to a local hospital in Spain for examination.
However, at this time no one realized the seriousness of the matter. The media reporters were still paying attention to the fight between Eduardo and Olic in the game, criticizing the two for their violent tempers and professional ethics, and suggested that the German Football Association impose heavy penalties on the two.
As a result, just as the media was criticizing Eduardo and Olic, shocking news came that after a series of MRIs and other examinations, Ibisevic was diagnosed with a likely torn cruciate ligament of his knee.
This news immediately attracted reporters to the hospital, and then they got the exact news from Hoffenheim head coach Ralph.
Ralph said with a heavy face that Ibisevic's injury condition is not optimistic and the team will send him back to Germany to the more advanced Heidelberg Medical University for further examination and diagnosis.
The media and fans who supported Hoffenheim were suddenly shrouded in a shadow.
Ibisevic is Hoffenheim's absolute main force. Although he does not score many goals, he is the second top scorer in the team after Lu Wenbin, and his tactical role in the team is quite obvious.
Without center forward Ibrahimovic staying in the penalty area to distract the opponent's defense, Lu Wenbin might not be facing one or two people, but three or four opponents.
In that case, even if Lu Wenbin has extraordinary abilities, he will probably find it difficult to achieve anything in the professional league.
Even if Lu Wenbin is better than the football king Maradona, it is impossible for him to score a goal by dribbling past five players in every game, even if his speed and dribbling ability are increased to 20/20.
Besides, he doesn't have that attribute yet.
Therefore, even Lu Wenbin was worried about Ibrahimovic's injury. In an interview, he told reporters that he hoped Ibrahimovic's injury would be less serious and he could recover and return to the team as soon as possible.
Newly joined goalkeeper Hildebrand also expressed his shock and sadness, and also prayed that Ibisevic's injury was not too serious.
However, the opposite happened.
Despite countless blessings and prayers for Ibisevic, things ultimately went in a direction that all Hoffenheim supporters did not want to see.
On January 16, Hoffenheim club general manager Rothaus announced that Ibisevic, who was injured in a warm-up match on January 14, has been diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament and will rest for at least half a year.
This means that Ibisevic will be completely out for the second half of the season, and Hoffenheim has lost a crucial main center forward on their way to the Bundesliga title.
Under the orders of his boss Hopp, Rothaus has begun looking around the world for someone who can be Hoffenheim's starting center forward.
However, there wouldn't be any good players coming out during the winter transfer window, and it was already the middle of the month, with only half a month left before the winter transfer window closed, so basically all the transfers that needed to be negotiated had been done.
It will be very difficult for Hoffenheim to find a replacement for Ibisevic and negotiate a successful transfer in such a short time.
The blow brought by that warm-up match was not limited to this. The fight between Eduardo and Olic was also severely punished by the German Football Association after the game.
Eduardo was banned for two Bundesliga games, and Olic was banned for five games in all competitions including warm-up matches. They are basically the same in terms of punishment.
This means that in the first two Bundesliga games of the second half of the season after the winter break, Hoffenheim's technically outstanding main midfielder Eduardo will not be able to play and can only sit in the stands and watch his teammates play.
On January 17, Hoffenheim played a friendly match against Zurich, Switzerland. Eduardo vented his frustration in the game, making two assists and one goal to help Hoffenheim beat Zurich 3-1.
Both of Eduardo's assists were scored by Lu Wenbin.
The rewards for the warm-up match with the Swiss team are naturally lower than those for the Bundesliga team.
After the game, Lu Wenbin received 2 goals 1000 + win 1000, a total of 2000 experience points as reward, and the level experience increased to level 15 442,000/1 million.
After this warm-up match, Hoffenheim ended their winter training in Spain and returned to Germany as a team. Then the whole team went to Heidelberg Hospital to visit Ibisevic.
Ibisevic was in low spirits.
Before joining Hoffenheim, his career was unremarkable.
After joining Hoffenheim, he became the team's main center forward, won the Bundesliga championship, the German Cup, played in the top league, and the UEFA Cup. He is more likely to follow the team to create the miracle of Hoffenheim's newly promoted team winning the championship.
At Hoffenheim, he reached the peak of his career and it was time to do a great job.
Unexpectedly, he collapsed in a warm-up match and was out for the entire second half of the season, casting a shadow on the team's championship prospects.
In the depressed atmosphere of the ward, Lu Wenbin suddenly clapped his hands and said to Ibisevic: "Ibi, don't worry, I swear, we will definitely help you win the Bundesliga championship medal!"
According to the rules of the Bundesliga, in addition to the coaching staff, the Bundesliga champions will receive 23 championship medals, which will be received by the 23 players with the most appearances.
Although Ibisevic cannot participate in the league in the second half of the season, based on his appearance rate in the first half of the season, he will definitely still be among the top 23 in terms of appearances even at the end of the season.
Therefore, as long as Hoffenheim wins the championship, Ibisevic will definitely get a medal.
When the other teammates heard what Lu Wenbin said, they immediately nodded in agreement and said that they would do their best to win the Bundesliga championship and help Ibrahimovic win the championship medal.
Hearing his teammates say this, Ibisevic felt a little happier and told everyone to train and compete without worry. He would cheer for everyone in front of the TV and take good care of himself, striving to recover and return to the team as soon as possible.
Afterwards, Lu Wenbin and others left the hospital, followed by the nurse, allowing Ibisevic to rest in peace.
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