Puyol did not expect Lu Wenbin to change direction halfway, and the ball he passed to Pique was a little light, and was intercepted by Lu Wenbin halfway.
After intercepting the ball, Lu Wenbin pushed the ball forward and went straight into the penalty area, almost getting a one-on-one chance.
However, Puyol and Pique also reacted quickly. When they saw Lu Wenbin change direction and run towards them, they realized that something was wrong and started chasing in the direction of Lu Wenbin at the same time.
Then, after Lu Wenbin intercepted the ball and dribbled for a while, Puyol and Pique made simultaneous tackles from both sides, making an action similar to the simultaneous tackle by Maldini and Cannavaro on Ronaldo.
The result was the same. Although Lu Wenbin jumped up and avoided Puyol who arrived first, he was knocked to the ground by Pique who arrived later and rolled twice.
However, he was not injured, and Lu Wenbin stood up before other teammates gathered around him nervously.
The referee showed Pique a yellow card, and then gave Hoffenheim a free kick outside the penalty area, about 25 meters to the right of the goal.
All Barcelona players breathed a sigh of relief when Lu Wenbin's one-on-one shot was blocked.
But when Lu Wenbin stood in front of the ball and prepared to take the free kick, everyone became nervous again.
In the past less than two years, Lu Wenbin has scored more than 20 free kicks, an average of more than ten per season.
He is definitely a free kick master. Some forwards only score about 10 goals in the entire season, but Lu Wenbin scored more than ten goals from free kicks alone.
Moreover, in the first two official games that Lu Wenbin played this season, one in the German Cup and one in the Bundesliga, he scored a free kick in each game, which made people nervous.
It was already over 80 minutes, there was little time left, and Barcelona's victory was in sight!
If Lu Wenbin scored another free kick, who knows what would happen
But no one could do anything about the set-piece, not even interference. They could only try to have taller players form a wall, and then pray that Valdés would save the ball, or that Lu Wenbin would hit it directly over the crossbar.
Under the nervous gaze of the Barcelona fans, Lu Wenbin, who had used up his system skills but failed to score a goal, took a deep breath, then took a run-up and kicked the ball himself.
The ball flew into the air, passed over Pique's head, drew an arc in the air, and then flew into the near corner.
Valdes made a save, but Lu Wenbin's free kick skills were getting better and better. This free kick went straight to the dead corner. Valdes didn't even touch the ball and could only watch the ball go into the goal in the air.
Seeing the ball go into the net, Lu Wenbin, who had scored his second goal, suddenly let out a long roar excitedly to the sky, then rushed to the sidelines and slid on his knees in celebration in the stands where Hoffenheim fans gathered.
The other teammates also rushed over excitedly and hugged Lu Wenbin.
As the 90-minute game was about to end, Lu Wenbin's goal at this time really saved Hoffenheim and gave everyone hope of victory again.
The commentator was shouting loudly in the commentary booth, Hoffenheim fans were cheering and screaming in the stands, only the Barcelona players and fans looked depressed and disappointed.
This time, the game was tied again, with the score at 3-3. It was unclear whether the battle could be resolved within 90 minutes.
After the game restarted, Barcelona launched a crazy attack.
However, Hoffenheim players, inspired by Lu Wenbin's free kick, successfully blocked all Barcelona's attacks by running and intercepting at all costs.
Until the 92nd minute, when the 3-minute stoppage time was about to end, Barcelona had not scored a goal and everyone thought they would definitely have to go into overtime.
At this time, Ibrahimovic's hasty shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Ozcan and fell to Yankel's feet.
Yankel didn't have time to observe, he could only kick the ball out of the penalty area and fly to the midfield in a hurry.
Ibisevic in the midfield headed the ball in a duel with Yaya Toure and headed it to Eduardo.
Eduardo dribbled the ball and counterattacked, but was forced to the sidelines and towards the baseline by Puyol who left Lu Wenbin behind.
When Eduardo was dribbling the ball to a place more than ten meters away from the baseline and preparing to cross it, Puyol fell to the ground and tackled the ball from the side, sending it out of the sideline without committing a foul.
It was a successful and beautiful tackle defense that disrupted Hoffenheim's quick counterattack.
Abidal, Yaya Toure and others who returned to defense came forward and high-fived Puyol, saying that the captain's defensive tackle was beautiful.
At this time, the time had reached the 93rd minute. The referee looked at the watch and signaled Hoffenheim's players to kick the ball from the sideline, but it was estimated that he would blow the whistle to end the game after Hoffenheim kicked the ball out.
Puyol's tackle destroyed Hoffenheim's last chance of counterattack and dragged the game into overtime.
The full-back Yaisle ran over to pick up the ball and prepare to serve the sideline ball. Lu Wenbin was ready to receive the ball on the wing. In the middle, not only Ibrahimovic and Demba Ba, but also the central defender and goalkeeper rushed up.
Anyway, the game will be over once the ball is kicked out, so we might as well see if we can use this last chance to score a header.
Yaisle also planned to throw the ball directly into the penalty area, but he felt that his arm strength was not enough and he might not be able to throw it, so he was a little hesitant.
Lu Wenbin took a look and felt that with his 20/20 physique, he should be able to throw the ball into the penalty area, similar to a corner kick, allowing his teammates to compete for the ball directly in the penalty area and head the ball into the goal, perhaps with a slight chance of scoring a winning goal.
So, seeing that Yaisile was still hesitating, Lu Wenbin ran over and said, "Let me do it!"
Yaisle breathed a sigh of relief, threw the ball on the ground and ran into the field.
Lu Wenbin ran out of the sideline, picked up the ball, took a few steps back, and prepared to do a front flip and throw the sideline ball from a long distance. He saw other players do this on TV and throw the ball directly into the penalty area.
After taking several steps back, Lu Wenbin retreated to the side of the billboard. The other players from both teams stood inside and outside Barcelona's penalty area, ready to compete for the header.
There are the most people near the small restricted area line.
Lu Wenbin took a deep breath and started to sprint.
After running two steps and picking up speed, Lu Wenbin held the ball with both hands and pressed it to the ground, using the ball as support to complete a somersault. After turning over, he stood with his feet outside the sideline and threw the ball hard towards Barcelona's penalty area.
Then, Lu Wenbin was almost thrown into the field by inertia, but Lu Wenbin finally managed to maintain his body and did not rush into the field.
If the body rushes into the court when serving, the thrown ball will not count, but Lu Wenbin did not let this happen.
There is no problem with Lu Wenbin's serve. It just depends on whether he can throw it into the penalty area and whether Hoffenheim's players can head it.