After this round of the UEFA Cup, Hoffenheim was the best performing of the three Bundesliga teams.
Hamburg was tied 1-1 at home by Galatasaray of Turkey. Werder Bremen, who eliminated AC Milan with an away goal and tied 1-1 at home in the round of 16, only won 1-0 against Saint-Etienne of Ligue 1 at home in the first round of the round of 16.
The promotion prospects of Hamburg and Werder Bremen are somewhat unclear, only Hoffenheim is almost certain to advance.
Hoffenheim's performance itself is worthy of praise, and the media and fans of other Bundesliga teams also hope that Hoffenheim will put more energy into the League Cup, and it would be best if they collapse in the league.
Therefore, after this round of the UEFA Cup ended, the whole of Germany praised Hoffenheim as if Hoffenheim had already won the UEFA Cup.
However, Hoffenheim themselves are not arrogant.
The entire team is aware of the difficulties they are facing, and no one will feel elated because of a few compliments from the media.
Fortunately, after the match with Zenit, captain Salihovic, who had been injured and rested in the 22nd round of the league, returned early, appeared on the training ground, and recovered well.
In the next league match against Frankfurt, Salihovic is expected to start, replacing Eduardo who is suspended for one game due to accumulated yellow cards.
At the same time, Lu Wenbin himself was successfully upgraded and could increase his physical attributes.
In the match against Zenit St. Petersburg, Lu Wenbin received 2 goals for 80,000 + 80,000 for winning, a total of 160,000 experience points. The experience points increased to level 15, 1.046 million/1 million.
After the experience exceeds the upgrade line, the system will automatically upgrade and the level experience will become 46,000/2 million at level 16.
It takes 2 million experience points to upgrade from level 16 to level 17. This amount of experience points seems a bit scary. I don’t know when the next upgrade will be. I’m afraid it will be next season.
Therefore, it will become increasingly difficult to obtain skill points through upgrades in the future, so Lu Wenbin must complete this season's triple crown mission even if it means risking his life.
Fortunately, after this upgrade, Lu Wenbin received a reward of 10 skill points, and the balance of skill points became 12, which can be used to upgrade physical attributes including physical fitness, confrontation, jumping and other abilities.
Lu Wenbin's previous physical attribute was 16/16. This time, he first spent 3 skill points to increase his physique to 17/17, and then spent two skill points to increase his potential value to 18. The attribute became 17/18 and then did not change.
After all, potential values cannot be seen by outsiders, but increasing current ability values too much at once will easily arouse suspicion. The last time the physical attributes increased from 13/13 to 16/16, it caused surprise among teammates and coaches, and the media also discussed it in amazement for quite a while.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin plans to wait for a month before increasing his current ability value, using the excuse that he is still growing to give everyone the impression of a gradual process.
Anyway, after his physique points were increased to 17/18, the system repaired his fatigue from previous games in the process of transforming his body, just like restoring full health after leveling up in the game.
Such full physical strength is enough for him to exert himself to the utmost for more than a month, and then add a little more to 18 to persist until the end of the season.
In addition to physique, Lu Wenbin also spent 5 skill points to increase the speed from 11/11 to 12/13, and then the remaining 2 skill points were also not used, leaving them for more than a month to increase the current ability values of physique and speed.
Of course, Lu Wenbin still had a little idea. He wanted to see if the speed of 12/13 could be improved through training. Previously, Lu Wenbin had experience in using training to improve the current ability value of passing attributes.
If you are lucky and can increase the current ability value of speed through training, you will save a skill point.
After adding physique and speed, Lu Wenbin's defense and heading attributes unexpectedly increased a little. Combined with the changes in height and weight, his system attributes became:
Host: Lu Wenbin
Nationality: China
Age: 18
Height: 178cm
Weight: 74kg
Club: Hoffenheim
Level: 16
Experience: 46,000/2 million
Skill Points: 2
Shooting: 20/20
Passing: 13/13
Dribbling: 13/13
Speed: 12/13
Physique: 17/18
Heading: 8/9
Defense: 5/7
Goalkeeping: 1/5
Field of view: 11/11
Off-ball Movements: 19/19
Injury prone: 6
Special skills: 1. Leader Aura (elementary); 2. Free Kick (elementary)
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When the team rested for half a day and started training in the afternoon of March 13, the teammates did not notice any obvious abnormalities in Lu Wenbin's speed and physique.
I just feel that Lu Wenbin has a good recovery ability. He played a full game yesterday and was able to run all over the field during training today. He is worthy of being the youngest guy in the team!
As for the slight changes in Lu Wenbin's speed, confrontation and jumping ability, people cannot feel it as obviously as when Lu Wenbin's physique suddenly increased from 13/13 to 16/16 last time.
Because Hoffenheim is very close to Frankfurt, Hoffenheim did not go to Frankfurt a day in advance for the 24th round of the Bundesliga away game. Instead, they trained as usual on March 14 and went there on the morning of March 15, the match day.
After lunch and a nap, we went to the stadium to warm up. At 15:30 pm on March 15, the 24th round of the Bundesliga match between Hoffenheim and Frankfurt away officially began.
Although the schedule is very tough and they have to travel to Russia to play the second round of the UEFA Cup round of 16 in three days, there is basically no suspense in the second round because of the 4-0 victory in the first round.
Therefore, in the league match against Frankfurt, Ralph only rotated two or three players, and most of the main players still played.
Lu Wenbin is still the unshakable main force, and Salihovic, who has returned from injury, replaces Eduardo, who is automatically suspended for one game due to accumulating yellow cards.
Salihovic's performance after returning from injury was average, but as long as Lu Wenbin is on the court, he is the guarantee of the team's offense.
What's more, to everyone's surprise, Lu Wenbin was so energetic in this game, as if the season had just begun.
Although Frankfurt scored a goal in the first half by taking advantage of the coordination errors between Komper and Gustavo, Lu Wenbin also scored a long shot to equalize the score.
In the second half, Lu Wenbin even forced a shot after being squeezed and rushed by two defenders in the penalty area before falling to the ground.
However, the ball had already been kicked into a dead corner by Lu Wenbin.
Hoffenheim finally defeated Frankfurt 2-1 away from home thanks to Lu Wenbin's two goals, and once again earned three league points.
In this game, Lu Wenbin received 20,000 experience points for scoring 2 goals and 20,000 experience points for winning, totaling 40,000 experience points. The experience points increased to level 16, 86,000/2 million.
After the 24th round of the league, Hoffenheim continued to top the Bundesliga standings with 58 points and was still 9 points ahead of second-placed Hertha Berlin. The collapse of the league that other teams had hoped for did not happen.
Although the 2-1 win was a little thrilling, a win is a win. Under the current circumstances, Hoffenheim's biggest victory is to get 3 points.