In addition to reporting on Lu Wenbin's hat trick in his national team debut, domestic media also reported on Lu Wenbin's ten-foot goal frame show before the game.
Especially online media, many large portals put Lu Wenbin's performance on their homepage.
Whether it was Lu Wenbin's hat trick or his performance of hitting the goal frame, it caused amazement from many domestic media and fans.
But for foreign media, Lu Wenbin's hat trick in a single game is no longer news and is not worth paying attention to at all, let alone a game like the Asian Cup qualifiers.
If it weren't for Lu Wenbin's performance of hitting the goal frame before the game started, many foreign media would probably not have reported this game at all.
Instead, it was Lu Wenbin's performance of hitting the goal frame ten times that attracted a lot of coverage from foreign media and heated discussions among fans after the game.
This performance will naturally be compared to Ronaldinho's four volleys that hit the crossbar in succession.
Naturally, this comparison is inconclusive.
Although Lu Wenbin took ten shots and made all ten of them, he was taking free throws from a fixed spot after all.
All four of Ronaldinho's shots were volleys, and the difficulty of a single ball hitting the goal frame is definitely higher than Lu Wenbin's fixed-point free throw.
However, Ronaldinho's performance has not been confirmed to be true or false, and has been widely questioned. But Lu Wenbin's performance was performed in front of tens of millions of fans on the scene and in front of TV, so there is nothing to question.
From this perspective, Lu Wenbin's authenticity surpasses Ronaldinho's.
In any case, Lu Wenbin's national team debut was widely circulated after the game because of his hat-trick in his debut and his performance of hitting the goal frame abroad, and his popularity increased again.
After returning to the hotel, all the players, coaches, team doctors and other leaders of the Chinese team celebrated together.
The 4-0 victory not only consolidated the second place in Group D, but also gave the Chinese team a shot in the arm.
Lu Wenbin's strong personal strength was well demonstrated through this game, and the defense line with one more person also successfully shut out the opponent. Everything is moving in a good direction.
After resting in Beirut that night, Lu Wenbin returned to China with the Chinese team the next day.
In a few days, China will host Lebanon in the fourth round of qualifiers at the Huanglong Sports Center in Hangzhou.
Because there are no direct flights from Beirut to Hangzhou, the Chinese team needs to transfer in Guangzhou.
But when they returned to China, the Chinese team received a warm welcome from fans whether at Guangzhou Airport or Hangzhou Airport.
In particular, Lu Wenbin, who performed a hat trick in his debut, received the loudest cheers.
If it weren't for the airport security and police maintaining order, Lu Wenbin would probably have been surrounded by enthusiastic fans and couldn't have squeezed out of the airport.
When we finally got on the team bus and headed to the hotel, the streets outside were filled with countless fans holding national flags and cheering for the Chinese team bus.
A player next to Lu Wenbin looked at the enthusiastic Hangzhou citizens on the roadside outside and said with some emotion: "It's been a long time since I saw such enthusiastic domestic fans for the national football team!"
Other players also echoed the sentiment, expressing their deepest emotion.
Lu Wenbin said: "Don't think too much, just have a good rest! There will be more and more fans in the future."
The others nodded, and many of them began to close their eyes and rest.
Beirut is far from Hangzhou. Although they took a plane, after more than ten hours of continuous flight and transfer, plus having played a game the day before, many people were exhausted and really needed rest.
Although the whole team was very tired, when Lu Wenbin and Gao Hongbo attended the pre-match press conference together on November 17, the day before the game, they still confidently shouted to the media the slogan of getting all three points.
Lebanon ranks last in Asia. Even without Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team will have no problem defeating Lebanon.
Even though the long journey is a bit tiring, it's not just the Chinese team that is tired, Lebanon is equally tired.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin and Gao Hongbo are full of confidence, and so are the reporters and fans.
In the evening of November 18, as the game time approached, the Huanglong Sports Center, which can accommodate 60,000 people, was gradually filled with enthusiastic Chinese fans.
In the last match, Lu Wenbin's national team debut and the 4-0 victory were limited to away field issues, and many Chinese fans could only watch the live broadcast on TV.
Everyone who could come to this home game came, even some fans from other provinces.
Not only was the stadium packed, but there were also many fans outside the stadium who hadn't bought tickets lingering around, hoping to get refunded or scalped tickets!
Fans are full of expectations for the performance of the national football team and Lu Wenbin.
Starting from the pre-match warm-up, tens of thousands of Chinese fans in the stadium have been beating drums, singing and shouting slogans non-stop.
The stands were filled with red drums, horns, banners, and national flags, and the atmosphere was very warm. Every time Lu Wenbin touched the ball or practiced shooting, he would arouse cheers from countless fans in the stands.
Lu Wenbin's parents, Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui, were also present, but not in the VIP box, but in the first row of the stands reserved by the organizers.
The last away game in Beirut was too far away, so the two elders came to the scene for this home game in Hangzhou.
As an old fan, Lu Chongxin was finally excited to see his son wearing the national team's jersey and fighting for the country!
For Lu Chongxin, who is in his 40s, it is a great honor to be able to put on the national team's jersey and play for the country.
Therefore, he not only brought banners and the national flag, but also painted the flag pattern on his face, and cheered for the Chinese team with the fans in the stands.
It was not until Lu Wenbin walked to the sidelines and hugged his parents that the fans around him realized that these two people were Lu Wenbin's parents.
Naturally, Lu Chongxin and Sun Jiahui received compliments from the surrounding fans and more attention from reporters and cameramen.
Of course, these are not the main things.
The most important thing today is Lu Wenbin’s first home appearance for the national team.
At 8 p.m. on November 18, with the referee's whistle, the fourth round of the 15th Asian Cup qualifiers Group D match between China and Lebanon officially began at the Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center.
In this game, Gao Hongbo still insisted on the 451 defensive counterattack tactics.
After the last game, although the media praised Lu Wenbin and the Chinese team, there was also criticism of Gao Hongbo's conservative tactics.
It is really embarrassing to use defensive counterattacks against Lebanon, a bottom-ranked team in Asia.
However, Gao Hongbo did not waver, and no one in the team questioned it.
Including Lu Wenbin, everyone thinks that 451 is the most suitable formation for the Chinese team.
Although the Chinese team was more offensive and might have scored more goals and won with a bigger score in the last game, what will they do when they meet a strong team in the future
The national team has few games to begin with, especially for Lu Wenbin, who will not be participating in many warm-up matches and friendly matches in the future.
Therefore, everyone agreed that they should stick to playing 451, cooperate in formation, and develop tacit understanding, so that when they encounter strong opponents in the Asian Cup and World Cup qualifiers, they will have a mature and sufficiently tacit tactical formation to fight against the enemy, rather than coveting a big score victory against weak teams.