In the away game of the League Cup against Hamburg, Lu Wenbin received a reward of 40,000 experience points for scoring a goal and 80,000 experience points for the team's win, for a total of 120,000 experience points. The experience points increased to level 16, 747,000/2 million.
After the game ended and Hoffenheim advanced to the final, German and European sports media started a heated discussion about Hoffenheim's final result of the season.
The performance of German country club Hoffenheim is really surprising.
A few months ago, everyone thought Hoffenheim would collapse, but now Hoffenheim has gotten rid of the shadow of injuries and suspensions at the beginning of the second half of the season. The players are basically complete, and all fronts have won victory after victory. All three fronts seem to have great hopes of winning the championship.
There are still four games in the Bundesliga, and Hoffenheim is 10 points ahead of second-placed Wolfsburg. If they win one more game, Hoffenheim will win the championship ahead of schedule.
This is Hoffenheim's greatest chance of winning a championship, and the miracle of a newly promoted team seems certain to happen.
In the German Cup, Hoffenheim's opponent in the final is Werder Bremen.
Whether in the league or the UEFA Cup, Werder Bremen was defeated by Hoffenheim, so Hoffenheim's probability of winning is certainly higher than Bremen.
Finally, it is the UEFA Cup. Hoffenheim's final opponent is Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine. Like Hoffenheim, it is their first time to reach the European final. In terms of experience, both sides are equally matched.
But as the first team in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim should be stronger than Shakhtar Donetsk, so Hoffenheim's chance of winning is also higher than that of Shakhtar Donetsk.
Everyone suddenly discovered that Hoffenheim, a newly promoted Bundesliga team and country club, could not only stage the Kaiserslautern miracle of a newly promoted team winning the championship, but was also more likely to stage the miracle of a newly promoted team winning the treble.
This is much more exciting than those top teams winning the treble.
There are precedents for a newly promoted team to win the league title, but it is unprecedented for a newly promoted team to win the treble, the first time in football history.
Suddenly, all of Europe and even the world was discussing whether Hoffenheim might become a triple crown winning team.
"Hoffenheim has the potential to win the Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Cup treble!"
"For the first time in world football, a newly promoted team may win the treble!"
"Hoffenheim is only three games away from the treble, the Hoffenheim miracle is about to shock the world!"
Amid the heated discussions among media and fans around the world, everyone is looking forward to Hoffenheim's home game against Cologne in the 31st round of the Bundesliga three days later.
If Hoffenheim really wants to compete for the treble and fully prepare for the UEFA Cup and German Cup finals, then it would be better to win the Bundesliga championship as early as possible, as they only need to win one more game.
What's more, this league game is Hoffenheim's home game, and their opponent is just Cologne, a mid-table team ranked 11th.
Hoffenheim should have won the championship at home, held a championship celebration, and then fully prepared for the UEFA Cup and German Cup finals!
Ralph certainly intended to do so.
The last Bundesliga away game against Wolfsburg was abandoned, and he was thinking of returning to his home stadium to celebrate winning the league title after reaching the UEFA Cup final.
Therefore, while the media and fans were still discussing it, Hoffenheim Club had already begun preparing for the home championship celebration.
Ibisevic, who is able to walk, and Eduardo, who is suspended, will both be present at the event. If they win, they can attend the award ceremony and receive medals.
All the players’ relatives, friends, agents, etc. who could come came.
Even Lu Wenbin's parents, Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui, were brought to Germany from China by Mendes. They wanted to watch the celebration of Lu Wenbin winning his first European top league championship.
CCTV Sports Channel even sent a team of nearly ten people to the scene to provide live coverage of this game in which a Chinese player has a chance to win his first top league title, rather than just broadcasting and commentating on it.
Hoffenheim must win this game!
On May 10th, the game time was 14:30 noon, but since the morning, fans have been rushing to the Rhein-Neckar Arena from all directions.
This game that determines the ownership of the Bundesliga championship has not only attracted media reporters from dozens of countries around the world to come to report on the scene, but there may be 60,000 to 70,000 Hoffenheim fans coming to the scene to witness the Hoffenheim miracle, which is twice the capacity of the Rhine Neckar Arena.
Naturally, there are many fans who have not bought tickets and want to get to the stadium early to see if they can try their luck and buy a ticket on the spot.
Fortunately, it was cloudy that day, with neither sunshine nor rain, and the temperature was around 20 degrees, so the fans did not have to suffer much.
The local TV station in Sinsheim did not arrange any programs on that day. Starting from the morning, it was broadcasting Hoffenheim's various game highlights, goal footage, classic matches, etc. this season, as well as reporters' interviews with fans at the Rhine-Neckar Arena.
Hoffenheim fans holding various glow sticks and championship salad plate models expressed their absolute confidence in the team's victory when interviewed.
As more and more fans arrived at the stadium, the game time was getting closer.
Two hours before the game started, the stadium began to check tickets for admission. Those who had tickets naturally entered the stadium happily, while those who didn't have tickets went around asking others outside if they had tickets, hoping to buy one to enter. Those who couldn't buy one could only watch the live broadcast on the open-air screen in the square.
Nearing 14:30, after finishing the final warm-up before the game and returning to the locker room, head coach Ralph reviewed the team's achievements and difficulties this season, and then issued a kill order for this game.
Hoffenheim must win at home today and win the championship three rounds in advance, creating Hoffenheim's own Hoffenheim miracle!
At around 2:20 p.m., when Salihovic led the entire Hoffenheim team into the stadium, more than 30,000 fans at the scene burst into earth-shaking shouts and cheers.
Every time the live commentator announced a player's number, the more than 30,000 fans at the scene would shout the player's name together.
Among them, Lu Wenbin's name was the loudest. Even tens of thousands of fans outside the stadium were shouting his name along with the fans inside the stadium, shocking Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui, who came to Germany to watch the game for the first time and sat with Kate.
For the first time, they personally experienced their son's achievements in Europe and how popular he was among the fans.
Afterwards, the two teams shook hands, took photos, and tossed sides. Hoffenheim got the right to kick off and the game was about to begin.
Lu Wenbin and Paljic stood at the kick-off point in the center circle, the referee stood outside the circle, and the other players stood in their own half, ready to start the game.
This is a championship battle for the newly promoted team that has attracted worldwide attention!
At 14:30 on May 10, with the referee's whistle, Lu Wenbin kicked the ball to Paljic, who turned around and passed it back to Salihovic. The 31st round of the 2008/2009 German Bundesliga season Hoffenheim's home game against Cologne officially began.
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