Seeing the ball go into the net, Lu Wenbin suddenly yelled and turned around to celebrate with his teammates.
Commentators from various countries in the commentary booth also shouted loudly, paying tribute to Lu Wenbin's 11 goals in the Champions League in a single season and his 84th goal of the year.
If he scores one more goal, Lu Wenbin will tie both Van Nistelrooy's record of 12 goals in a single season after the Champions League reform and Gerd Muller's annual total goal record of 85 goals.
Many people were expecting Lu Wenbin to tie or break the record, but today's heavy rain did have a serious impact on the performance of both sides, including Lu Wenbin.
After scoring that volley in the 40th minute of the first half, Lu Wenbin failed to score any more goals in the remaining time and the entire second half, and his total number of goals for the year temporarily remained at 84.
Fortunately, Glasgow Rangers did not score a goal either.
In the end, Hoffenheim won a small 1-0 victory away from home, taking all three points, and their points reached 15 after winning all five games in the Champions League group stage.
In another group match that was held at the same time, Sevilla actually lost to Uniria. Uniria surpassed Sevilla's 6 points with 7 points and jumped to second place in the group.
Sevilla, a top-seeded team from La Liga, is actually at risk of failing to qualify from the group.
The final round of the group stage will see Hoffenheim play against Uniria and Sevilla play against Glasgow Rangers.
If Hoffenheim, who have already secured first place in the group, deliberately lets the game go and loses to Uniria, then no matter how the match between Sevilla and Glasgow Rangers turns out, Sevilla will only be able to get third place in the group and play in the Europa League.
This is undoubtedly a very unpleasant thing. Sevilla can only hope that Hoffenheim will not let up in the last round.
In this game, Lu Wenbin received 100,000 experience points for scoring a goal and 200,000 experience points for winning, for a total of 300,000 experience points. The system experience points increased to level 17, 3.099 million/5 million.
Although he did not tie the record or break the total goal record, Lu Wenbin's continuous scoring streak in various competitions, 11 goals in the Champions League and 84 goals in the year still received heavy coverage from countless media after the game.
After all, 84 goals in a year is a statistic that people can only look up to.
It is possible that in the next game, Lu Wenbin will surpass Muller's annual record of 85 goals.
After returning to Germany, Ralf gave the team a day off.
Then, on November 28, in the 14th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim faced Dortmund at home.
This match was similar to the previous Champions League match, with bad weather and Rhein-Neckar County covered in heavy rain.
Despite this, the game still attracted a lot of attention.
Not only were the stands almost completely packed, with fans wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas to watch the game, but television stations in dozens of countries around the world were broadcasting the game live, and hundreds of media reporters from all over the world were reporting on the game.
Except for the three Bundesliga games at the beginning of the season when he was suspended, Lu Wenbin has never failed to score goals whenever he played in other games this season.
Since returning from suspension, Lu Wenbin has achieved a terrifying record of scoring in more than 20 consecutive games in the league, cup, Champions League and national team.
In this game, as long as Lu Wenbin continues to score goals, on the one hand, his consecutive scoring times will continue to increase, and on the other hand, he will at least tie Gerd Muller's annual goal record of 85 goals.
Therefore, the world is paying attention.
At 15:30 local time, with the referee's whistle, the match between Hoffenheim and Dortmund officially started in the heavy rain.
Even in the rain, Hoffenheim did not give up their 433 offensive formation.
However, after the last rainy game, Jancker caught a cold and missed this game. Simunić and Nilsson started, and the tacit understanding between the two central defenders decreased a bit.
In the 12th minute, Hoffenheim, who played at home, had not yet scored a goal, but Dortmund took advantage of the defensive loopholes of Simunić and Nilsson and scored the first goal. The goal was scored by their center forward Barrios.
The only few hundred visiting fans in the stands immediately cheered in the heavy rain, and Dortmund players also ran wildly in the heavy rain on the stadium to celebrate.
However, less than 10 minutes later, Hoffenheim equalized the score.
In the 21st minute, Eduardo was pulled down by Dortmund defender Schmelzer when he broke through the frontcourt, winning Hoffenheim a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
It is not easy to score a goal in open play during heavy rain, but the buggy free kick system skills will not be affected much.
After Lu Wenbin activated the free kick system skill, the system controlled his body to kick a curved ball into Dortmund's goal.
Although goalkeeper Weidenfeller made a save, he was unable to stop the shot that went straight to the blind corner and could only watch the ball fly into the net in front of him in the air.
In the 21st minute, Lu Wenbin equalized the score for Hoffenheim with a direct free kick, and the score between the two sides was 1-1.
Of course, the most important thing is not that Lu Wenbin equalized the score for Hoffenheim, but that Lu Wenbin's total number of goals in the natural year of 2009 reached 85, tying the annual total goal record of 85 goals set by Gerd Muller in 1972.
The moment Lu Wenbin's free kick flew into the goal, the whole stadium was boiling.
Fans threw away their umbrellas and applauded, cheered and screamed excitedly for Lu Wenbin's 85th goal of the year in the heavy rain. Lu Wenbin's name resounded throughout the stadium.
All the commentators in the commentary booth and the hosts of the TV broadcasts from various countries also started shouting frantically:
“Toooooooooooooooooooooooor…”
“Goooooooooooooooooooooooal…”
"The ball went in..."
"A direct free kick into the goal!"
"85 goals! Lu scored his 85th goal of the year, tying Gerd Muller's record of 85 goals in the year!"
"Shocking, incredible, Muller's record of 85 goals in a year, which was once regarded as a miracle, was tied by Lu! Moreover, this game is not over yet, Lu still has a chance to break this record!"
Lu Wenbin on the court was also celebrating in the heavy rain.
85 goals in a year is indeed a record worth celebrating.
However, the game is not over yet, Lu Wenbin still wants to break the record instead of sharing it with Gerd Muller!
After Lu Wenbin and his teammates finished celebrating, the game continued.
But the heavy rain did have a significant impact on everyone's performance, and neither side scored a goal in the rest of the first half.
Not only that, the rough offensive and defensive battles in the heavy rain also resulted in one player from each side being injured and replaced.
Hoffenheim's right-back Beck sprained his ankle, while Dortmund's midfielder Grosskreutz was injured and left the field. Both head coaches had to use a substitution in the first half.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, and both sides entered the halftime break with a 1-1 tie.