Perhaps Van Gaal wanted to divide the relationship between Lu Wenbin and his teammates by belittling other Hoffenheim players, causing Lu Wenbin to regret not transferring to a wealthy club, and also making his teammates envious of the outstanding Lu Wenbin.
But in fact, with Lu Wenbin's achievements and the influence of his leadership aura, no one in the team would be dissatisfied with him or feel envious or hateful towards him.
After Van Gaal's remarks were reported, before Lu Wenbin could say anything, coach Ralph, captain Salihovic, Eduardo and others came out and criticized Van Gaal's remarks, saying that the team that only finished third last season had no right to comment on the championship.
Eduardo even bluntly said sarcastically: "Bayern should prepare well for the Champions League play-offs. Don't spend tens of millions in transfer fees and then fail to get through the play-offs. That would be a joke!"
What this means is that Hoffenheim is the Bundesliga champion who can play in the Champions League group stage, while Bayern Munich can only play in the play-offs, and it depends on their luck whether they can get through!
It is obviously better for Lu Wenbin to stay in Hoffenheim than in Bayern Munich, where it is not certain whether they can make it through the play-offs!
Later, Lu Wenbin also stood up for an interview and said: "Hoffenheim is a whole, no one can be above the team. Last season's treble is the credit of everyone on the team. It is precisely because we are not a wealthy club that we do not have as many ridiculous locker room conflicts as the wealthy clubs, and we can unite to fight for the championship. Bayern Munich, which has changed its head coach and players in many positions, should first sort out its locker room relationships and the cooperation of the players!"
Lu Wenbin’s meaning is very clear. The current Bayern Munich is only glorious on the surface, but its strength may not be that strong.
It is impossible for Bayern, who have almost been rebuilt from the head coach to the players, to complete the integration so quickly. It is impossible to defeat Hoffenheim, who are united and have good cooperation!
In fact, both sides are just engaging in a war of words and psychological warfare. The real victory or defeat will still be determined in the competition!
Whoever wins in the end is the one who makes the right decision!
After the last German Cup match against Obrand, Lu Wenbin scored 4 goals for 8,000+ and won 4,000, a total of 12,000 experience points, and his experience points increased to level 16, 1.428 million/2 million.
The experience in the German Cup is indeed too little, and Lu Wenbin still wants to play in the league and the Champions League.
It is still early for the Champions League, so Lu Wenbin can only gain experience in the league.
The opening match against rivals Bayern Munich cannot afford to lose!
Last season, Hoffenheim was at a disadvantage against Bayern with one draw and one loss. This season they must make a comeback and let Van Gaal taste what it feels like to lose to a country club that he despises.
In the evening of August 7, as the game time approached, the Rhein-Neckar Arena slowly filled up.
In such a decisive battle between defending champion Hoffenheim and Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich, there is naturally no room left.
In addition to the fans in the stadium, there were even quite a few fans wandering around the square outside but unable to buy tickets to enter!
As Hoffenheim was promoted to the top league and won the treble, Hoffenheim's fans have increased in number, and almost every home game can fill the Rhein-Neckar Arena with a capacity of more than 30,000 people.
Especially for the games where Lu Wenbin was confirmed to play, all the matches were sold out.
Everyone knows that as long as Lu Wenbin plays in the game, there will be no shortage of goals and there will be no 0-0 draws.
And, most of the time, you win.
With goals and wins, such games will naturally attract more and more fans to watch the games in person.
At 19:20, players from both teams came out.
The national anthem is not played during normal league matches, but it is played in the opening match, the German Cup final, the Super Cup, etc. Foreign players such as Lu Wenbin can only listen quietly to show respect.
After the national anthem, players from both sides shook hands, took photos, tossed sides, etc., and soon the time came to 19:30.
At 19:30 on the evening of August 7, 2009, local time in Germany, with the referee's whistle, the first opening match of the first round of the 2009/2010 German Football League officially began at the Rhein-Neckar Arena. The two teams were last season's Bundesliga champion Hoffenheim and the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich.
Hoffenheim still played their extremely familiar 433 offensive football formation in this game, and the personnel were exactly the same as in the first round of the German Cup.
Goalkeeper Özcan, left back Yaisle, central defenders Jancker and Nilsson, right back Baker, defensive midfielder Gustavo, attacking midfielders Salihovic and Eduardo, center forward Ibisevic, double wingers Lu Wenbin and Demba Ba.
Simunić, Wolsa, Obasi and others sat on the bench.
Bayern Munich played a 442 formation, with goalkeeper Rensing, left back Braafheide, center backs Van Buyten and Demichelis, right back Lahm, double defensive midfielders Van Bommel and Schweinsteiger, right midfielder Ribery, left midfielder Planic, center forward Toni and shadow striker Olic.
Sitting on the bench were big-name stars such as Robben, Gomez and Altintop.
In this game, the people responsible for marking Lu Wenbin in Bayern were captain Van Bommel and center back Demichelis, while the others were mainly responsible for blocking the passing routes of Lu Wenbin and his teammates.
Van Gaal studied the first leg of last season's UEFA Cup qualifier between Hoffenheim and Udinese. He believed that relying solely on numbers to mark Lu Wenbin was no longer effective, and that it was necessary to cut off Lu Wenbin's connection with his teammates.
However, Van Gaal didn't know how much effect this would have, so he could only arrange the players in this way.
Moreover, Van Gaal also told the players to make bigger moves and not to be afraid of fouls.
Although Lu Wenbin's free kick goal rate is also very high, it is at least much less than his goals in open play. Lu Wenbin has not yet scored twice from a free kick in a game, proving that his free kick rate has not reached as high as his goal rate in open play.
Of course, it would be best if we could snatch the ball from Lu Wenbin without committing a foul.
So, just in the third minute of the game, Lu Wenbin received a pass from Ibrahimovic outside the penalty area, but before he could shoot, Van Bommel rushed over with a ferocious tackle, knocking Lu Wenbin to the ground with the ball.
Fortunately, Lu Wenbin's injury tendency is only 1, so he was alert in advance and jumped up to avoid Van Bommel's studs.
Lu Wenbin guessed that Van Bommel wanted to give him a warning at the beginning and became angry. He did not retract his legs when he landed, but stepped directly on Van Bommel's thigh, causing him to scream in pain while covering his thigh.
But in fact he was not injured, he just hoped that the referee would call a foul on Lu Wenbin.
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