At 19:45 on the evening of September 16, amid the cheers of more than 30,000 Hoffenheim fans and with the referee's whistle, the first round of the 2009/2010 UEFA Champions League Group G match between Hoffenheim and Scottish Premier League Glasgow Rangers officially began at home.
Another match in the same group, Sevilla vs Uniria at home, also started at the same time.
Of course, China's CCTV-5, which has the Champions League broadcasting rights, will only broadcast the match between Hoffenheim and Glasgow Rangers.
CCTV-5 did not even broadcast the focus battle between Inter Milan and Barcelona at home in Group F, let alone Sevilla and Uniria.
As Hoffenheim's performance gets better and better and Lu Wenbin continues to perform well, CCTV-5 will definitely choose to broadcast Hoffenheim's games live whenever Lu Wenbin participates.
Domestic fans can cheer for their compatriot Lu Wenbin and enjoy the thrill of Hoffenheim's offensive football winning. Why not
As for the fans of other top teams, their numbers are scattered and far outnumbered by the total number of fans supporting their compatriot Lu Wenbin.
Moreover, today's Champions League match has another important significance, which is to see whether Lu Wenbin can score a goal and get the first goal by a Chinese player in the Champions League.
Dong Fangzhuo once played for Manchester United in the Champions League, but no Chinese player has ever scored a goal in the Champions League.
Judging from the strength and form that Lu Wenbin is currently showing, it seems that the possibility of him scoring a goal in the first Champions League game is quite high.
This is also one of the reasons why CCTV-5 ignored the calls of many Inter Milan and Barcelona fans and chose to broadcast Hoffenheim live.
Lu Wenbin at the scene naturally wouldn't care about so many things. He just had to focus on the game.
In the last game, Lu Wenbin's injury tendency was reduced to zero, so he got a little carried away and went head-on with his opponent recklessly, rushing around in the front court.
Although I was not injured in the end, I couldn't avoid the pain from the injuries caused by the collision for two days.
This also made Lu Wenbin realize that having a 0 injury tendency does not really mean that he has become indestructible.
A 20/20 shooting attribute does not guarantee that he will score every time he shoots, and a 0 injury tendency does not guarantee that he will never get injured.
The purpose of an injury tendency of 0 is to allow his body to make self-protection movements to buffer or dodge like a conditioned reflex during fights and collisions, thereby minimizing the possibility of injury, rather than forcing him to deliberately confront his opponent head-on.
Just imagine if he and his opponent hit each other's foreheads during a full sprint, he would definitely be injured and might even suffer a concussion.
After all, reducing his injury proneness to zero didn't turn his skull into a steel plate.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin restrained himself in this game, returned to his normal game state, and no longer deliberately engaged in physical collisions with his opponents.
However, when he needs to use all his strength to grab the ball, Lu Wenbin will not be afraid to dodge.
In the end, if a clash really occurs, it is basically the opponent who suffers.
For example, in the 12th minute, Lu Wenbin received a pass from Eduardo outside the penalty area, but Rangers No. 24 defender Bogra immediately came up and used his nearly 90-kilogram body to continuously collide with Lu Wenbin, trying to knock Lu Wenbin away and snatch the ball.
But not only was Lu Wenbin not knocked away, but he brought the ball into the penalty area while colliding with Papac, then squeezed out another defender Papac who came to defend, and successfully shot after dodging an angle.
Then he finally lost his balance and was knocked down by Bogra, and as he fell, Lu Wenbin pulled Bogra down with him.
Despite being knocked down, Lu Wenbin's 20/20 shot evaded goalkeeper McGregor's save and went into the goal.
Lu Wenbin endured Bogra's collision and carried the ball for more than ten meters, then he brought the ball into the penalty area and made a successful shot. This was rare for Lu Wenbin in the past.
It fully demonstrates the progress in physical fitness, confrontation, speed, dribbling and other aspects.
Lu Wenbin's strength is indeed growing by leaps and bounds.
Hoffenheim's commentator Kast even shouted: "The omnipotent and invincible Lu, he scored the first Champions League goal in the club's history for Hoffenheim, and also his own first Champions League goal. And now the game has just started for 12 minutes, Lu's goal-scoring ability is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more unstoppable!"
Chinese fans also cheered for Lu Wenbin's first Champions League goal.
Although last season's UEFA Cup championship and UEFA Cup goal record are great, in the eyes of Chinese fans, the Champions League is still the highest stage at the club level.
Everyone wants to see Lu Wenbin dominate the European Champions League stage and be invincible!
Now Lu Wenbin scored such a goal 12 minutes into the game, which really made everyone very excited.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Lu Wenbin and his teammates celebrated before returning to their own half to resume the game.
Glasgow Rangers' strength is obviously not comparable to Barcelona, and Lu Wenbin has also improved their strength a little by adding points.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin also performed well in this game.
In the first half, Lu Wenbin not only scored a goal in the 12th minute, but also assisted Ibisevic to score the second goal in the 33rd minute.
At that time, Lu Wenbin received the ball with his back to the goal in the penalty area. He firmly held his position in the fight with two opponent defenders and did not lose the ball.
Lu Wenbin passed the ball to Ibisevic only after he ran into the open space, and Ibisevic easily scored an empty goal.
In the first half, Lu Wenbin completed an assist and a shot to help Hoffenheim lead Glasgow Rangers 2-0.
The game was almost one-sided, which was exactly in line with the media's pre-match predictions. No matter how much the Glasgow Rangers defenders focused on defending Lu Wenbin, it was useless.
With his perfect off-ball running, physique and injury resistance, as well as good speed and dribbling, opponents cannot stop Lu Wenbin even by committing deliberate fouls.
After a 15-minute break at halftime, the two sides changed sides and Glasgow Rangers figured it out. They probably knew they couldn't defend against Lu Wenbin, so they wanted to learn from Barcelona and compete with Hoffenheim in goal scoring, so they launched a desperate counterattack in the second half.
But Hoffenheim's defense is not a vegetarian.
Even though Barcelona scored three goals, it doesn't mean that other teams can also score three goals.
Rangers' continuous attacks not only failed to break Hoffenheim's goal, but also resulted in their own backyard being lost.
In the 65th minute, Lu Wenbin suddenly changed direction with the support of full-value off-ball running attributes, shook off the defender and successfully made offside. After receiving a through pass from Salihovic at the front of the penalty area, he calmly lobbed the ball into the empty goal in the face of the goalkeeper who was attacking.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and had an assist in his Champions League debut, helping Hoffenheim lead their opponents 3-0 in the 65th minute.