In addition to ordinary media reports, Lu Wenbin has also accepted exclusive interviews from several world-class media outlets including German National Television and CCTV.
Lu Wenbin also expressed his happiness and honor for the annual total goal record he created, and said that he would continue to work hard and present better performances to his fans.
Of course, there were actually many media outlets that applied for exclusive interviews with Lu Wenbin, but Lu Wenbin was unable to receive them all, so he asked the assistant sent by Mendes' agency to reject most of the media applications.
On December 1, the popularity of Lu Wenbin's annual total goal record had not yet subsided, and the final ranking of the 2009 European Golden Ball Award announced by "France Football" added fuel to the fire for Lu Wenbin.
Although the first place in the Ballon d'Or voting was undoubtedly Messi, the Barcelona core who won the treble last season and the Champions League Golden Boot, many people were surprised that Lu Wenbin surpassed Ronaldo and ranked second.
You know, last season Ronaldo led Manchester United to win the Premier League championship and reached the final of the Champions League, where they lost to Barcelona where Messi was.
Subsequently, Ronaldo transferred to the Galacticos Real Madrid for the world's highest fee in the summer.
Both Manchester United and Real Madrid are world-class giants and are more well-known than Hoffenheim.
The Premier League is more well-known than the Bundesliga, and in the eyes of many people, the Premier League championship is more valuable than the Bundesliga championship.
The fact that Lu Wenbin was able to win the second place in the Ballon d'Or in the Bundesliga and Hoffenheim, beating Ronaldo, is undoubtedly because Lu Wenbin's personal performance was too dazzling to be ignored.
Last season, Lu Wenbin set the Bundesliga single-season goal record, the European Cup goal record, the European Golden Boot, the small treble, and in the new season, he won the European Super Cup, the Champions League scorer list, the Bundesliga scorer list, etc., making him as dazzling as a night pearl in the dark even though he is in a small club Hoffenheim instead of a world giant.
Although Lu Wenbin only received a few more votes than Ronaldo in the end, the fact that he was a Bundesliga player, Hoffenheim player and Asian player and ranked second over Ronaldo already shows Lu Wenbin's status in the minds of reporters.
Including the annual total goal record set two days ago, Lu Wenbin's popularity is no less than Messi.
"The 2009 European Golden Ball Award was officially announced, Messi was elected, and the 19-year-old Lu Wenbin beat Ronaldo to win the Silver Ball!"
"Messi won the 2009 European Golden Ball Award, Lu Wenbin beat Ronaldo to win the Silver Ball Award!"
"Lu Wenbin, who just set the annual total goal record, won the second place in the 2009 European Golden Ball Award. The first place was Barcelona's core Messi, and Ronaldo ranked third! "
"Our player Lu Wenbin created a new history in Chinese football and won the second place in the 2009 European Golden Ball Award!"
Messi, who won the new Ballon d'Or and should have become the focus of world football, unfortunately had a lot of attention diverted away by Lu Wenbin, who just made headlines with the annual total goal record.
Outside the top three, Xavi ranked fourth, Iniesta fifth, Eto'o sixth, Kaka seventh, Ibrahimovic eighth, Rooney ninth, and Drogba tenth.
The fact that Lu Wenbin was able to rank second despite not having the halo of a Champions League champion and playing for a non-elite club, Hoffenheim, beating two world-renowned former Ballon d'Or winners, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, shows that Lu Wenbin's personal strength is so dazzling that it cannot be ignored.
Of course, the final ranking of the Ballon d'Or was not what everyone expected.
There is no controversy about Messi ranking first, but apart from his impressive personal data, Lu Wenbin does not have an overwhelming advantage over the players behind him, so his ranking second is somewhat controversial.
Especially Xavi, as the core midfielder of the Spanish national team that won the 2008 European Cup and Barcelona's treble last season, it is quite unacceptable that he couldn't even make it into the top three.
Many Spanish media and fans felt sorry for Xavi, claiming that he should be ranked second instead of not even being able to make the top three.
No matter how strong Lu Wenbin's personal ability is, he has not won the Champions League after all. The UEFA Cup championship is definitely not as good as the Champions League championship.
To achieve the status that everyone expects, it is not enough to have outstanding personal data, but also to lead his club to win the Champions League trophy.
As long as Lu Wenbin can win a Champions League, there will be no doubt that he will become the first Asian player to win the European Golden Ball.
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Amid heated discussions among the media and fans, the time came to December 5, the 15th round of the Bundesliga, and Hoffenheim challenged Hamburg away.
After the first 14 rounds, Hamburg has dropped from the first place at the beginning of the season to sixth place, which cannot be compared with Hoffenheim's stability.
Even at Hamburg's home ground, not many people were optimistic that Hamburg could beat Hoffenheim.
Of course, most people are not interested in who will win or lose between Hamburg and Hoffenheim. What they are more interested in is whether Lu Wenbin can continue his scoring streak and continue to increase his total number of goals for the year.
Lu Wenbin did not disappoint those who hoped he would score a goal.
In the 24th minute, Lu Wenbin ran out of the penalty area and received a pass from Eduardo. He then swung his thigh and made a powerful long shot.
The ball penetrated Hamburg's defense like a sharp arrow and went into the goal.
Although Hamburg goalkeeper Luster made a save, it was too late and he could only watch the ball go into the net in front of him.
Hoffenheim leads 1-0 away from home.
In the 37th minute, Ibisevic scored a header for the team from a Hoffenheim corner kick, allowing Hoffenheim to lead Hamburg 2-0 away from home in the first half.
In the 55th minute of the second half, Hamburg counterattacked and entered Hoffenheim's penalty area. Their striker Boakye poked the ball into the goal in the chaos in the penalty area, earning a point for Hamburg. The score between the two sides became Hamburg 1-2 Hoffenheim.
However, just 10 minutes later, Hoffenheim scored again.
In the 65th minute, Lu Wenbin got the ball in the penalty area and was about to shoot, but was tackled to the ground with the ball by Hamburg defender Wolf.
Lu Wenbin, who had no injury risk, was unharmed, but Hamburg was given the ultimate punishment by the referee: yellow card + penalty kick.
Lu Wenbin steadily kicked the penalty kick into Hamburg's goal, helping Hoffenheim to lead Hamburg 3-1 away from home.
After Lu Wenbin scored a penalty, Ralph started to make substitutions and neither side scored any more goals.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 1-3, with the home team Hamburg in front and the visiting team Hoffenheim behind.
Hoffenheim won the game and continued to lead the standings with all three points. Lu Wenbin received 2 goals for 20,000 + 20,000 for winning, a total of 40,000 experience points, and the system experience increased to level 17, 3.169 million/5 million
Of course, the result of the game is not the focus of everyone's attention. What everyone is concerned about is Lu Wenbin's performance.
Lu Wenbin scored twice in this game, a long shot from outside the penalty area and a penalty kick, bringing his total number of goals for the year to 88.
The 90-goal mark is just around the corner.
Every goal scored by Lu Wenbin now is creating new history!