After scoring a goal in the 22nd minute to help Hoffenheim equalize the score, Lu Wenbin was more closely monitored by Barcelona's defense.
However, Barcelona, which was short of manpower in the back line, still did not send two people to guard Lu Wenbin. Only Puyol was closely guarding Lu Wenbin, while the others continued to perform their duties.
However, relatively speaking, Pique and Abidal spent more time focusing on Lu Wenbin, and Ibrahimovic and Demba Ba had more offensive opportunities.
Of course, from an overall tactical point of view, Barcelona's focus is still on offense. Even Puyol sometimes leaves Lu Wenbin behind and rushes to the midfield to assist.
No matter how big a threat Lu Wenbin poses or how many goals he can score, he will not make Barcelona give up the attack and shrink their defense.
They feel that no matter how strong Lu Wenbin is, he is only one person, and Barcelona players are confident that they can beat Hoffenheim in terms of the overall number of goals.
Because of Barcelona's overall ball possession tactics, Hoffenheim's overall number of attacks dropped significantly compared to previous games.
Even without two people guarding him, Lu Wenbin still had very few shooting opportunities.
In the 32nd minute, Lu Wenbin's low shot from outside the penalty area passed through Puyol's crotch, but was blocked by Abidal in the penalty area with a flying tackle and went out of the baseline.
Hoffenheim failed to score the subsequent corner kick.
Instead, in the 39th minute, Barcelona scored again.
It's Harvey again.
He made a fake move to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt, shook off Gustavo and then passed the ball to Messi. The flea Messi dribbled past Jaisler and Nilsson with quick little movements and then broke into the penalty area and shot in the near corner.
In an instant, all the Barcelona fans in the stands were boiling with excitement.
Messi's consecutive dribbles past two players were truly mesmerizing.
In the eyes of Barcelona fans, Messi, who can break through and dribble past opponents, is better than Lu Wenbin. No matter how many goals Lu Wenbin scores, he is just a goal-scoring machine. Without teammates to pass the ball to him, Lu Wenbin is useless.
In the 39th minute, Barcelona took the lead again 2-1 through Messi's goal, and everyone expected the first half to end with this score.
But Hoffenheim's players did not give up.
The opponent scored a goal in the first minute of the game, which was enough to make everyone alert. The closer it got to the end of the first half, the more everyone focused and we scored a goal.
In the 44th minute, full-back Baker dribbled the ball and made a cross from the bottom. Lu Wenbin jumped high in front of the goal, attracting Puyol and Abidal to jump up and defend together.
As a result, the ball was passed a little high, and none of the three players could head it, so it all went over the top.
Ibisevic attracted Pique's defense in the middle and headed the ball again, causing Demba Ba to be missed at the back post, and the ball went straight to Demba Ba at the back post in the penalty area.
Although Yaya Toure wanted to rush up to defend Demba Ba, two consecutive headers from the front and the middle were beyond Yaya Toure's expectations, and he started a little slowly.
By the time he got to Demba Ba, Demba Ba had already jumped up and headed the ball towards the goal.
Valdes, who was shaken by Lu Wenbin and Ibrahimovic successively, had no time to save the ball and could only watch the ball fly into the back post.
In the 44th minute, Demba Ba's header equalized the score for Hoffenheim, and the score between the two sides became 2-2.
After scoring the goal, Demba Ba and his teammates celebrated vigorously, and Hoffenheim fans in the stands also cheered wildly.
Hoffenheim's commentator Caster also shouted excitedly: "Another goal, Hoffenheim equalized the score again with Demba Ba's header! Facing the powerful Barcelona, Hoffenheim did not give up!"
This goal also made Barcelona players and fans realize that Lu Wenbin is not the only one who can score goals for Hoffenheim.
It won't work to just focus on Lu Wenbin and leave the other Hoffenheim players alone.
No matter how bad it is, he is still a professional player and he can still score one or two goals when the opportunity comes.
Shortly after Demba Ba scored the goal, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
During the halftime break, the commentators were somewhat surprised at the direction of the game.
Many people thought that Barcelona would easily take the lead with their strong overall strength, but they didn't expect that in addition to a goal scored by Lu Wenbin, Demba Ba also scored a goal to tie the score.
It seems that Hoffenheim's victory in the treble last season was no fluke.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
Although Lu Wenbin and Demba Ba both scored goals, exposing the lack of personnel in Barcelona's defense, Guardiola did not change the tactics by making substitutions.
Everyone in Barcelona believes that they can still defeat Hoffenheim and win the championship with their overall strong strength.
Sure enough, in the 57th minute, Barcelona used excellent team cooperation to break through Hoffenheim's defense.
Barcelona made more than 20 passes to score this goal, numbing Hoffenheim's entire defense line. Then Alves suddenly accelerated and made a quick pass, and Messi ran into an open space in the corner of the penalty area and shot directly without stopping.
The ball drew a slight arc in the air, passed through Ozcan's palm, and went into the far corner of the goal.
Messi scored twice, surpassing Lu Wenbin in goal count and helping Barcelona take the lead again. The score between the two sides became Barcelona 3-2 Hoffenheim.
This time, Henry, who was not even that excited about scoring a goal, rushed over and hugged Messi tightly.
Others did the same and celebrated enthusiastically.
It seems that Hoffenheim did put extraordinary pressure on the Barcelona players, which made them so excited after they scored again and took the lead.
The Barcelona fans in the stands also celebrated wildly, and everyone felt how difficult it was to take the lead again.
Of course, Hoffenheim also felt the overall strength of Barcelona.
This goal can almost be seen as a direct pass from Barcelona into the goal, and Hoffenheim did not even touch the ball once.
However, no matter what, when it comes to the championship and honor, no one in Hoffenheim will give up.
But Barcelona's passing and controlling the ball is indeed too strong, and opponents can't just fight hard to get the ball. Even if Lu Wenbin is in great shape and has no worries about physical fitness, running around in the frontcourt, it is difficult for him to get the ball once.
Barcelona used their overall passing and control to drag the time until the 80th minute, with a possession time of 67%, while Hoffenheim had only half of that.
It looked like Barcelona might just drag the game to the end with their possession defense.
However, in the 81st minute, Lu Wenbin finally used his tireless running to force the Barcelona players to make mistakes.
Barcelona passed the ball back in the backcourt, and when the ball reached Puyol's feet, Lu Wenbin rushed over, and Puyol turned around and tried to pass the ball to Pique.
After pressing in the frontcourt for so long, Lu Wenbin also gained some experience. The moment Puyol passed the ball, Lu Wenbin changed direction halfway and rushed between Puyol and Pique.