After the national team match day, teammates returned to the team to resume training.
However, Obasi and Gustavo were both injured in the national team game. Although the injury was not serious and only required a few days of rest, it was still annoying.
This is why club managers hate international team match days.
But no matter how much you hate it, you are powerless to resist. Unless you are not in the football circle, you are subject to FIFA rules.
After the national team competition ended, the league resumed.
On October 17, in the 9th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim played away again, challenging Werder Bremen away.
After the first 8 rounds, Werder Bremen ranks 5th in the Bundesliga and has considerable strength.
In this game, Hoffenheim's main midfielder Gustavo was absent due to injury, Sukulini started, and other players were in poor condition due to traveling back and forth to participate in national team competitions.
Therefore, Hoffenheim's overall performance in this game was poor, with Lu Wenbin often running into open space but not being able to catch the ball, or his teammates' passes deviating or making mistakes and being intercepted by opponents.
Werder Bremen played well with the cheers of the home fans and seized many offensive opportunities.
In the end, Werder Bremen defeated Hoffenheim 2-1 at home.
Hoffenheim's only goal came from Lu Wenbin in the 41st minute, who relied on his speed and physique to dribble into the penalty area and successfully shot, thus maintaining his Bundesliga scoring streak.
Fortunately, Hoffenheim lost the ball, and Hamburg and Leverkusen in front of them also had no winners in this round of direct dialogue.
The two teams drew after 90 minutes in the direct dialogue, each getting 1 point, and only 2 points more than Hoffenheim in the standings.
Although Hoffenheim lost the game, Lu Wenbin's goal was still praised.
Because he has scored 12 Bundesliga goals and has scored in all 6 Bundesliga games he has played, he also maintains the Bundesliga's record for consecutive goals in the new season.
He has made 11 appearances in all competitions this season and scored a total of 24 goals, averaging more than 2 goals per game. No one can find fault with him.
Everyone can only look up to Lu Wenbin's goal-scoring efficiency. A super shooter is being born in European football.
Not only that, on the second day after the game, on October 18, the organizer "France Football" magazine also announced the final 30 candidates for the 2009 European Golden Ball Award, and Lu Wenbin's name was on the list.
The 30-man roster for the 2009 European Ballon d'Or all came from the top five leagues, with La Liga being the biggest winner.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have a total of 10 players shortlisted, and Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia also have players selected.
In the Bundesliga, only Hoffenheim's Lu Wenbin, Bayern Munich's Ribery and Wolfsburg's Dzeko were shortlisted, which is far less than the number of La Liga, Premier League and Serie A, and only slightly better than Ligue 1, which has only one person.
These 30 people will be voted by professional journalists to select the final winner of the 2009 European Golden Ball Award.
However, most of the people on the list are obviously there to accompany the prince to study, and only a few of them have the ability and fame to compete for the final Golden Globe Award.
Moreover, it is almost certain that Barcelona's Messi will win the Ballon d'Or.
Although Lu Wenbin had very good personal performance, he set the European Golden Boot goal record, set the European Cup goal record, and led the team to win the small treble.
But the influence of the UEFA Cup cannot be compared with that of the Champions League.
Some fans are busy with work and don't read newspapers or watch TV. When they have free time, they directly search for news and match highlights of the Champions League and don't pay attention to the League Cup at all. No matter how many goals Lu Wenbin scores in the League Cup, some fans may never have heard of him.
Only achievements in the UEFA Champions League can gain the attention and recognition of the widest media and fans around the world.
However, although he cannot win the Golden Ball, Lu Wenbin has a great chance of winning the Silver Ball or Bronze Ball.
After all, 2009 was not a year for major competitions. In the two major European club cup competitions, Messi won the Champions League, but the UEFA Cup was won by Lu Wenbin.
And they are all triple crown winners. In the new season's European Super Cup, Lu Wenbin also performed a hat trick to defeat Barcelona led by Messi and defeated Barcelona in a direct dialogue.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin has a great chance of getting second or third place.
The German media was full of congratulations, and the Chinese media cheered collectively.
This is not only the first time that a Chinese player has been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or final list, but he also has the potential to be one of the three people to go on stage to receive the award. How can one not be excited
Out of support for his compatriots, in the Golden Ball reader voting initiated by domestic media, Lu Wenbin easily surpassed Messi and became the Golden Ball winner in the hearts of Chinese fans.
Of course, this is just the self-entertainment of Chinese media and readers. Among Chinese media, only Sports Weekly received an invitation from France Football and has the right to vote for the European Golden Ball Award.
Needless to say, the vote of Sports Weekly will definitely go to Lu Wenbin, but it will not affect the overall situation at all.
Judging from last season's achievements, Lu Wenbin's small treble cannot be compared with Messi's big treble.
In addition to being shortlisted for the European Golden Ball, Adidas, the sponsor of the European Golden Boot, also announced that it will present last season's European Golden Boot to Lu Wenbin at the Rhein-Neckar Arena before the start of the third round of the Champions League group stage match between Hoffenheim and Sevilla on the evening of October 20.
Last season, Lu Wenbin not only won the European Golden Boot Award for the 2008/2009 season with 47 Bundesliga goals, but also broke the record of 46 goals since the establishment of the European Golden Boot Award, becoming the new European Golden Boot record holder.
Shortlisted for the European Golden Ball Award and about to win the European Golden Boot Award, the 19-year-old Lu Wenbin is on his way to becoming a world superstar.
On the afternoon of October 20, countless Hoffenheim fans and Lu Wenbin fans flocked to the Rhein-Neckar Arena, not only to watch the Champions League match between Hoffenheim and Sevilla, but also to witness Lu Wenbin's European Golden Boot Award ceremony.
However, what puzzled many fans was that the entrance inspection at the Rhine-Neckar Arena was much stricter for this match.
In the past, people could bring in lighters, mineral water, banners, and fireworks, but today many things cannot be brought in because they are said to be dangerous.
The number of security guards and police officers at each entrance of the stadium has increased a lot, and there are also a lot more police cars patrolling outside, which is very puzzling.
After entering the stadium, there were a lot of security guards and police inside, at least two or three times more than in previous home games. It looked like the Champions League final, which made the fans even more confused.
This game is just a group match. Sevilla and Hoffenheim have no grudge against each other, and both teams are not the ones that produce many football hooligans. Is there a need to be so nervous