After the Football Association held a press conference, naturally some reporters went to interview Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin also confirmed the matter and expressed his happiness to be able to wear the national team jersey and fight for the country.
However, the national team match day is still early, and Lu Wenbin has to continue fighting for the club.
On October 24, in the 10th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim faced Nuremberg at home.
This team is not very strong. Hoffenheim just won 4-0 away from home in the second round of the German Cup a month ago.
As this Bundesliga game was played at home, Hoffenheim naturally won more easily.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was fixed at 5-0.
Lu Wenbin scored twice, one from a free kick and the other from a shot in the penalty area, and provided an assist, helping Hoffenheim to beat their opponents 5-0 at home.
Lu Wenbin scored two goals and made one assist, and his system experience increased to level 17, 2.099 million/5 million.
After a few days of rest, on October 28, in the third round of the German Cup, Hoffenheim played away against Koblenz.
Koblenz is weaker than Nuremberg.
They are a Bundesliga 2 team and are currently ranked third from the bottom in the Bundesliga 2. The gap in strength between them and Bundesliga title contenders such as Hoffenheim that are participating in the Champions League is even more obvious.
Even on the road, even though Koblenz tried their best to stage a dragon-slaying legendary victory with the cheers of their home fans, they still lost to Hoffenheim with a score of 4-1 in the end.
The only goal was a face-saving goal scored in the final stage of the game when the Hoffenheim team relaxed.
Lu Wenbin performed a hat trick in this German Cup, scoring a total of 3 goals, leading Hoffenheim to advance to the quarterfinals of this season's German Cup.
The players of the German second division team could not come up with any effective defensive measures against Lu Wenbin, who was perfect in off-ball running, physique, shooting, dribbling and speed.
This is what it means to be good but not powerful.
With 3 goals and the team's victory, Lu Wenbin's experience rose to level 17, 2.109 million/5 million.
A few days after this German Cup away game ended, on November 1, there was another away game against Freiburg in the 11th round of the Bundesliga.
The schedule of fighting on three fronts is indeed very tight, and the next fourth-round Champions League group match against Sevilla is also an away game. In the 11th round of the Bundesliga, Ralph made a large rotation.
Gustavo, Eduardo and other main players were rotated, while Simunić, Ibertsberg, Sukulini, Copado, Weiss and others all got the chance to start.
Only Lu Wenbin is the unshakable main force.
However, although Lu Wenbin's personal strength is not a problem, he needs the assistance of his teammates. The double decline in the strength and tacit understanding of his substitute teammates has reduced Lu Wenbin's shooting opportunities and number of goals.
But even so, Lu Wenbin still scored Hoffenheim's only goal away from home with a direct free kick, helping the team to a 1-0 win over Freiburg away from home and get 3 points.
Lu Wenbin's streak of scoring has not yet ended, and his level experience has risen to level 17, 2.139 million/5 million.
What is even more gratifying is that in the last three rounds, Leverkusen has suffered three consecutive draws, while Hamburg has suffered two draws and one loss.
Although Hoffenheim also lost to Werder Bremen in the 9th round, they won the remaining two games and earned more points than Leverkusen and Hamburg.
So, after the 11th round of the away league against Freiburg, Hoffenheim surpassed Leverkusen and Hamburg and topped the Bundesliga standings for the first time in the new season with 25 points.
Behind them are Leverkusen and Werder Bremen, which surpassed Hamburg on goal difference. Hamburg ranks fourth.
Defending champion Hoffenheim has demonstrated extraordinary strength in the new season of the Bundesliga.
After this round of the league, Hoffenheim's title win became the most important news in the Bundesliga and was reported by many media in Europe and around the world.
Of course, Lu Wenbin's continued scoring is also a constant theme and focus of the media.
The Bundesliga has only played 11 rounds this season, and Lu Wenbin has only participated in 8 games, but has already scored 15 goals, averaging nearly 2 goals per game.
In total, Lu Wenbin participated in 15 games and scored 33 goals, which really exceeded the average of 2 goals per game.
With such efficiency, the media and fans called the first annual salary in the Bundesliga offered by Hoffenheim to Lu Wenbin a good deal.
After this season, Hoffenheim probably won’t be able to keep Lu Wenbin.
With Lu Wenbin's ability, he is obviously worthy of a more famous club and a higher annual salary. However, the Bundesliga, which emphasizes financial health policies, cannot offer the annual salary that Lu Wenbin needs.
No matter how rich Dietmar Hopp is, he can't offer Lu Wenbin several times or even ten times more salary than other main teammates. That would be too disruptive to the team's salary system.
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A few days after the away game against Freiburg in the 11th round, Hoffenheim had to go away again to participate in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
Moreover, this time it is farther than the domestic German league, Hoffenheim has to fly to Spain.
On November 4, Hoffenheim, whose main players had rested for a round, played out all their main players and had another offensive battle with Sevilla at home.
Sevilla, who wanted to get first place in the group to facilitate the draw for the next knockout round, launched a fierce attack on Hoffenheim's defense from the first minute of the game amid the cheers of the home fans.
Moreover, after losing the last round of away games, Sevilla gave up the tactic of double-marking Lu Wenbin and only sent one midfielder to mark Lu Wenbin, while the rest of the players attacked aggressively, trying to compete with Lu Wenbin for goals.
On their home turf, Sevilla did get into the game quicker and had chances to shoot earlier.
However, Hoffenheim goalkeeper Ozcan performed quite well today.
In the 4th and 9th minutes, Ozcan saved two consecutive shots from the opponent's goal frame, making all Sevilla players and fans sigh in regret.
Sevilla, who wasted opportunities continuously, was soon punished.
In the 13th minute, Lu Wenbin ran into an open space in the corner of the penalty area. Eduardo made a wonderful pass and Lu Wenbin shot directly without stopping the ball. The ball made an arc and went around the goalkeeper's palm into the far corner of the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored again in the Champions League, helping Hoffenheim lead Sevilla 1-0 away from home.
At that moment, only the cheers of more than 1,000 Hoffenheim away fans echoed over the stadium.
However, Sevilla did not give up.
After all, this was their home ground. With the familiar venue, the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, and a slight favoritism from the referee, they soon got the chance to score.
In the 27th minute, Sevilla striker Kone was tackled down by Jancker when he broke into the penalty area. Jancker received a yellow card and gave Sevilla a penalty.
Fabiano scored a penalty kick to help Sevilla equalize the score, and the score between the two sides became 1-1.