In the third round of the Champions League group match against Sevilla, Lu Wenbin received a reward of 300,000 for 3 goals and 200,000 for winning, for a total of 500,000 experience points. The experience points increased to level 17, 2.054 million/5 million.
In another group match that was taking place at the same time, the little-known Uniria surprisingly won 4-1 away against Glasgow Rangers, a second-tier team that often plays in the Champions League, which was quite surprising.
Hoffenheim and Sevilla should have no problem qualifying as the top two teams in their groups, but Glasgow Rangers may not even qualify as the third-placed team for the Europa League. The third place in the group may be taken by Uniria.
For Glasgow Rangers, Uniria has well demonstrated to them that there are no weak teams in the Champions League.
After this round, Hoffenheim ranked first with 9 points after winning all three games, Sevilla ranked second with 6 points, Uniria ranked third with 3 points, and Glasgow Rangers ranked fourth with 0 points.
After the game, Lu Wenbin's hat trick and seven goals in three Champions League games naturally won admiration and praise from sports media from all over the world.
In the history of the Champions League, there are many examples of people winning the Champions League Golden Boot with just 7 goals or even 5 or 6 goals.
Lu Wenbin scored 7 goals in just half of the group stage, which is really something to behold.
It seems that Van Nistelrooy's record of 12 goals in a single season after the Champions League reform, which he set during the 2002/2003 season when he played for Manchester United, is in danger.
Even if it is expanded to the entire history of the Champions League, the single-season Champions League goal record of 14 goals set by Altafini during the 1962/1963 season while playing for AC Milan is still quite dangerous.
The sports media focused their reports on Hoffenheim's victory and Lu Wenbin's number of goals.
Comprehensive media reported that the leaders of China and Germany watched Hoffenheim's Champions League match together to strengthen football exchanges between the two countries.
In China, the news that Lu Wenbin was received and photographed by the vice president was even broadcast on CCTV's News Network. Lu Wenbin, who has not yet joined the national team, was defined in the program as the new generation leader of Chinese football and the hope of qualifying for the World Cup finals.
Although the vice-chairman's speech in Hoffenheim was based on long-term planning and high-level ideas to strengthen China-Europe football exchanges and promote the healthy development of the entire national football environment, it can be seen from the brief conversation between the vice-chairman and Lu Wenbin that the vice-chairman's appreciation and optimism for Lu Wenbin is very direct.
Otherwise, the News Broadcast would not have defined Lu Wenbin as the leader of Chinese football and the hope of qualifying for the World Cup finals.
If it were the football associations and national team coaches of other countries, they might not even listen to the president. For example, in 2002, the Brazilian president supported Romagnoli and wanted him to participate in the World Cup in Korea and Japan, but the Brazilian head coach Scolari ignored him.
But in China, football is part of political life, and the Football Association is a bureaucratic institution. If officials of the Football Association want to get promoted and make money, they must keep up with the policies and understand the intentions of the leaders at all times.
Therefore, even though the leaders of the Football Association were all preoccupied with the anti-gang and anti-gambling campaign at the time, the Football Association still took quick action and took the initiative to contact Lu Wenbin after the national leader spoke.
Just the day after the game, an official who claimed to be the vice chairman of the Football Association called Lu Wenbin and asked politely whether Lu Wenbin had time to participate in the Group D match of the 15th Asian Cup qualifiers in mid-November.
In the 15th Qatar Asian Cup qualifiers in 2011, the Chinese team was placed in Group D, together with Syria, Lebanon and Vietnam.
In this group, Syria won both games in the first two rounds and ranked first, China and Vietnam both won one and lost one and ranked second and third respectively, and Lebanon lost both games and ranked fourth.
According to common sense, the Chinese team should have no problem qualifying for the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup, beating Vietnam and Lebanon.
But given the nature of the Chinese national football team, the Chinese media and fans are not sure whether they can really qualify with 100%.
Therefore, in fact, countless domestic media and fans have long been looking forward to Lu Wenbin joining the national football team and leading the national football team to advance to the Asian Cup finals with 100% certainty.
Now, the Football Association has finally taken the initiative to contact Lu Wenbin.
The two games in November are the third and fourth rounds of the group. China and Lebanon will play back-to-back home and away games, with the Chinese team playing away first and then at home.
The dates of these two national team matches are FIFA match days, and all club matches are suspended, so there is no conflict.
Lu Wenbin had long wanted to join the national team's games. With the on-site reception and encouragement from the vice-chairman the day before, Lu Wenbin clearly replied to the Football Association that he could participate in these two national team games.
The officials from the opposing Football Association were very happy and said that the national team head coach Gao Hongbo would contact Lu Wenbin later to confirm the training time and schedule, as well as Lu Wenbin's position on the field.
It was thus decided that Lu Wenbin would join the Chinese men's national football team.
That evening, Lu Wenbin and Mendes discussed Lu Wenbin's personal branding.
Lu Wenbin's nickname "666" is well-known in China and is known to football fans all over the country. Although he is not well-known in the world, in order to unify the brand, the two agreed to ask for the No. 6 jersey from the Chinese national team.
If he transfers to another club next time, he will also wear the No. 6 jersey to build up Lu Wenbin's personal brand.
When there is an opportunity, I will start a company that uses Lu Wenbin’s personal image as a selling point, selling sportswear, equipment or something else.
On October 22, Gao Hongbo, head coach of the Chinese men's national football team, spoke with Lu Wenbin and completed the final confirmation.
Gao Hongbo was very happy that Lu Wenbin could join the Chinese national team. He confirmed Lu Wenbin's position as a forward and agreed to Lu Wenbin's request for the No. 6 jersey without any hesitation.
Gao Hongbo also said that in the future, the national team's friendly matches and warm-up matches will not require him to travel long distances to participate in some unimportant games.
Not only that, Gao Hongbo also clearly told Lu Wenbin that Lu Wenbin will serve as the first captain of the national team.
In the future, whenever Lu Wenbin plays, he will be the captain on the field. In the games where Lu Wenbin does not participate, someone else will serve as the captain on the field.
Lu Wenbin did not shirk his responsibility.
Gao Hongbo's national team has eliminated many of the former main players and domestic football veterans, and is mostly composed of young players. It is said that Gao Hongbo intends to use the 2011 Asian Cup to train for the 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifiers.
These young players are all preparing for the 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifiers.
With Lu Wenbin's current honors and status, as long as he joins the national football team, he will undoubtedly be the core of this team, and there will be no problem for him to be the captain.
On October 23, the Chinese Football Association held a press conference and announced the results of its communication with Lu Wenbin, confirming that Lu Wenbin will participate in the third and fourth rounds of the Asian Cup qualifiers in mid-November. It also announced that Lu Wenbin's jersey number is 6 and he will serve as the first captain of the national football team.
After the news came out, the whole country was excited, and fans spread the news, claiming that the Football Association had finally done the right thing.
Of course, there are also many people who see clearly that Lu Wenbin was able to join the national football team without any obstacles because he had the support of national leaders, and he was able to serve as captain as soon as he joined.
Regardless of the reasons behind this, this is a result that domestic fans and media who truly hope for the development of Chinese football would like to see.
With the addition of European Golden Boot winner Lu Wenbin, the strength of Chinese football will definitely increase dramatically, and the hope of qualifying from the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers and once again impacting the top 32 of the World Cup has greatly increased!
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