Amid heated discussions among the media and fans, three days later, Hoffenheim faced Frankfurt in the 16th round of the Bundesliga.
Because all the main players in the last round of the Champions League group stage were rested, Hoffenheim played with all their main players in this league and beat Frankfurt 4-1 at home.
Among them, Ibisevic performed a hat trick and stole the show.
Lu Wenbin may have overdrawn some energy in the last Champions League match without the help of his main teammates. He was in poor form in this game and only scored one goal.
But Lu Wenbin's poor form is only for himself. To the outside world, Lu Wenbin's annual total goal record has risen to 91 goals, and Lu Wenbin's Bundesliga scoring streak has also extended to the 12th game.
Gerd Muller is four games away from scoring in 16 consecutive Bundesliga games.
Even after the game, the media focused on Lu Wenbin's 91st goal of the year rather than Ibisevic's hat trick.
This made Ibisevic a little depressed.
Of course, with Lu Wenbin's prestige in the team, Ibisevic would not have any other ideas. It will be fine in two days.
After this round of Bundesliga, Ralph gave everyone two days off because the next game would not start until a week later.
That league game was also the last league game before the Bundesliga winter break.
During the holiday, Lu Wenbin accepted exclusive interviews from two foreign media outlets, filmed an advertisement, and helped Kate organize a book signing event.
Kate's debut novel has won the love of many young readers thanks to Lu Wenbin's influence and simple and straightforward way of upgrading the refreshing text.
Although some literary scholars criticized it for having little substance and literary quality, Kate didn't care.
Her current level is not enough to write a classic masterpiece, but she will be satisfied as long as what she writes can be printed and published and sell well.
On December 14, the team resumed training.
It has been more than a month since Lu Wenbin last added points to his speed attribute.
Therefore, before the training began, Lu Wenbin used one skill point to increase his speed attribute to 19/20, leaving one skill point for the next increase.
The speed of 19/20 is already the peak speed of speed players such as Owen, Robben and Bale.
So, when the training started, when Lu Wenbin was running wildly on the training ground at a speed of 19/20, his teammates could not keep up with Lu Wenbin's speed at all, and could only follow behind Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin simply dribbled the ball, without any dribbling skills, and was able to pass two or three people in the midfield and enter the penalty area to score a goal.
Double-man defense is no longer effective against Lu Wenbin. Only one-on-one defense and stealing the ball when Lu Wenbin dribbles too far can be effective.
When Gustavo was dribbled past by Lu Wenbin, and couldn't even be pulled back, and then watched Lu Wenbin shoot the ball into the goal from behind, Gustavo asked breathlessly:
"Lu, how come you suddenly become so fast? Your speed is too fast, isn't it? I remember you were very slow last year."
The guards nearby also looked at Lu Wenbin eagerly, expecting him to reveal some secrets.
Lu Wenbin lied with his eyes wide open: "Isn't it said that my body is still developing? Moreover, I hired a sprint coach to help me train my speed, so it is natural that I can improve so quickly. Of course, the most important thing is that this is a talent, understand
Gustavo still said in disbelief: "Even if it's talent, it's hard to believe that he has improved to this level in just one year!"
Lu Wenbin shrugged and said, "There's nothing you can do if you don't believe it. This is the fact!"
Lu Wenbin's answer made his teammates quite helpless.
Of course, after hearing what Lu Wenbin said, some people also wanted to ask a sprint coach to train them, but Lu Wenbin would not guarantee whether they would get any results.
As his coaches and teammates marveled at Lu Wenbin's improvement in speed, on December 18, 2009, UEFA held the draw ceremony for the 2009/2010 Champions League round of 16.
According to the principle that teams from the same group and the same country do not meet in the group stage, and the first place in the group will not meet each other, Hoffenheim, the first place in Group G, drew Olympiacos, the second place in Group H, which can be said to be a very good draw.
Hoffenheim, who participated in the Champions League for the first time, drew weak teams from the group stage to the round of 16. This kind of luck is really enviable.
For example, as for the two Milan clubs, Inter Milan drew Chelsea and AC Milan drew Manchester United, and neither of them is sure of qualifying.
Especially for Inter Milan and Chelsea, it is hard not to think of UEFA's "conspiracy".
Because Inter Milan coach Mourinho coached Chelsea before coaching Inter Milan. Draw Inter Milan and Chelsea together, it is definitely a hot topic.
However, that was all the news about the draw. After a day or two of media hype, the story died down.
After all, the Champions League quarter-finals will not be held until next year, after the winter break. It is too early to talk about who will advance to the quarter-finals. Let's focus on our respective leagues first!
At 18:30 on the evening of December 19th, in the 17th round of the 2009/2010 Bundesliga season, Hoffenheim's last game before the winter break, Hoffenheim away challenged Stuttgart.
There are no major matches in this round of the Bundesliga, so everyone's attention is on the match between Stuttgart and Hoffenheim.
Although Stuttgart is currently ranked fourth from the bottom in the Bundesliga standings, the match with Hoffenheim cannot be described as a strong dialogue.
But as long as Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin are involved, this game will be attractive enough.
Because this game will determine whether Lu Wenbin will improve his annual record of 91 goals again, or by how much.
This is the final match that will determine Lu Wenbin's final total number of goals for 2009, and everyone wants to watch the live broadcast first.
Therefore, not only the German sports TV station chose to broadcast the match between Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, but dozens of countries in Europe and around the world also broadcast this game live. The number of fans who followed this game is estimated to be hundreds of millions.
After the start of the game, Hoffenheim took the initiative and began to attack Stuttgart.
Stuttgart, a traditional German powerhouse, was ranked fourth in the Bundesliga last season, but has fallen rapidly since participating in the UEFA Cup this season. It is currently ranked fourth from the bottom in the Bundesliga, a typical failure in fighting on two fronts.
In this round of the game, they faced the defending champion Hoffenheim, and Lu Wenbin, who had just received a speed bonus and wanted to increase his total number of goals for the year again, so naturally they were unlucky.
The game had just started for the third minute when Lu Wenbin got the ball near the center circle, but Stuttgart did not pay much attention and only had one player to defend Lu Wenbin.
Because, at this distance, as long as the goalkeeper is not careless, it is impossible for Lu Wenbin to score with a long-range shot.
As for dribbling and shooting, Lu Wenbin has never scored such a long-distance goal in an official game!
The people in Stuttgart subconsciously thought that Lu Wenbin could only pass the ball!
Therefore, Stuttgart only had one defensive midfielder, Traas, to defend Lu Wenbin, and while running, Traas was glancing at the Hoffenheim players around him with his peripheral vision, ready to predict and intercept the ball when Lu Wenbin passed the ball.
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