After arriving in Hangzhou, Lu Wenbin accepted an exclusive interview with Zhejiang TV before returning to the team for training to prepare for the fifth round of Group D of the 15th Asian Cup qualifiers between China and Syria.
After the first four rounds, Syria ranked first with 10 points, China ranked second with 9 points, and Vietnam ranked third with 4 points.
In the last match between the two teams, the Chinese team lost 2-3 to Syria away. If the Chinese team can beat Syria in this home game, they will advance to the next round one round in advance.
Therefore, on match day, Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium continued to be packed.
In addition to watching Lu Wenbin, who just set a record of 94 goals in the year and won the second place in the 2009 World Footballer of the Year, fans also hope to see the national team qualify from the qualifiers in advance.
Moreover, after losing to Syria in the last away game, everyone hoped that the Chinese team could take revenge in this game under the leadership of Lu Wenbin.
At 19:30 on the evening of January 6, 2010, the referee blew the opening whistle and the fifth round of the 15th Asian Cup Group D qualifiers between China and Syria officially began at the Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center.
For this game, Gao Hongbo also called up Shao Jiayi from the German second division Cottbus into the team.
Although they are not on the same level, as they are both in Germany, Lu Wenbin is still very familiar with Shao Jiayi.
Moreover, as they all play football in Europe, Shao Jiayi, as a midfielder, is more in sync with the thinking and rhythm of the game than other domestic players.
At least, from the large amount of television and news reports in Germany every day, Shao Jiayi fully understands Lu Wenbin's strengths. He is slightly better than other teammates in passing, positioning and cooperation.
In the 9th minute, when Lu Wenbin was preparing to counter-attack, Yu Hai passed the ball a step too slowly, resulting in Lu Wenbin being judged offside and wasting a good scoring opportunity.
But in the 16th minute, Lu Wenbin had just started and had not yet crossed the Syrian defense line when midfielder Shao Jiayi, who had the ball, made a slightly more powerful pass behind the Syrian defense line.
Then, with his 19/20 speed and full physique, Lu Wenbin squeezed through the closed defense of the two Syrian central defenders like Ronaldo, and received the ball just before goalkeeper Barhous cleared the ball.
After receiving the ball, Lu Wenbin moved the ball to the side, passed the goalkeeper, caught up with the ball in the corner of the small penalty area, and kicked the ball into the empty goal.
All the fans in the stadium stood up immediately, applauded and cheered, and the stands were filled with boiling red.
The commentator also shouted in the broadcast: "The Chinese team scored a goal, the goal was scored by No. 6..."
The audience responded with the loudest voice possible: "Lu Wenbin..."
Lu Wenbin also rushed to the sidelines, running while pretending to listen with one hand, and the fans in the stands shouted and cheered even louder.
Then, teammates also rushed up to celebrate.
Lu Wenbin clapped his hands with Shao Jiayi and said, "Brother Shao made a great pass just now!"
Shao Jiayi, who had received an assist, said with a smile: "I knew you could catch the ball!"
After Lu Wenbin scored the first goal to help China take a 1-0 lead, Syria began to fight back.
In the 18th minute, Syria's counterattack caused midfielder Zhao Xuri to foul, giving the opponent a free kick.
Abdulriah's free kick was good, and it went over the wall and hit the goal frame. Fortunately, the Chinese national football team goalkeeper Yang Zhi chose a good position and jumped in time to lift the ball over the crossbar.
Afterwards, the Chinese team, with almost all its players except Lu Wenbin on defense, did not give Syria any decent chances.
On the contrary, after the Chinese team had Lu Wenbin, their frontcourt offensive power increased significantly.
Although they are playing a defensive counterattack, it does not mean that the Chinese team will not attack.
In the 27th minute, after Lu Wenbin attracted most of Syria's defensive attention by running in the frontcourt, Zheng Zhi broke into the penalty area and faked a shot, and Shao Jiayi, who came in from the back row, shot the ball.
The goalkeeper was shaken by Zheng Zhi and failed to block the angle in time. If Shao Jiayi had hit the ball within the goal frame, it would have been very likely that he would have scored.
As a result, the ball hit the goal post and went out of the bottom line, causing the Chinese fans in the stands behind the goal to sigh.
Shao Jiayi also slapped his forehead, quite annoyed.
There is indeed a big gap between the shooting accuracy of others and Lu Wenbin, and their ability to seize opportunities is relatively poor.
However, no matter how high Lu Wenbin's shooting accuracy is, he must have a chance to shoot.
The team played a defensive counterattack and had few offensive opportunities. With only Lu Wenbin as the forward, it was relatively easy for the opponent to mark him.
In addition, his teammates did not cooperate well and wasted a lot of opportunities, so Lu Wenbin did not have many shooting opportunities in the first half.
But even so, Lu Wenbin scored another goal at the end of the first half.
This time it was Yu Hai's cross from the wing, Zheng Zhi got the first point and headed the ball, Lu Wenbin got the first point in the penalty area and volleyed the ball, and the ball flew into the goal like a cannonball.
The Syrian goalkeeper didn't even have time to react before the ball flew into the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and helped the Chinese team lead Syria 2-0.
In the first half, Lu Wenbin shot a total of 5 times, 4 of which hit the goal frame, and scored 2 goals.
This efficiency is simply unbeatable.
The fans in the stands cheered and screamed excitedly, and many even shouted "hat trick", allowing Lu Wenbin to score another goal and perform his first hat trick for the national team.
A hat trick is not something you can perform whenever you want, especially when your teammates are not strong enough.
But Lu Wenbin's personal strength is indeed outstanding.
The defenses of European teams were all riddled with holes by Lu Wenbin, let alone Asian teams.
In the 73rd minute of the second half, Lu Wenbin retreated to get the ball and started to break through from the midfield wing. He used his speed and physique to dribble, chase the ball, dribble, and chase the ball. He passed three people in a row, then cut inside and shot in the corner of the penalty area, which went in an arc.
The ball passed through the fingers of goalkeeper Balhous and went into the far goal along the goal post.
Lu Wenbin really performed a hat trick and led the Chinese team to a 3-0 lead over Syria.
The entire Huanglong Stadium suddenly became boiling, with countless people shouting Lu Wenbin's name and admiring him endlessly.
After leading 3-0, Gao Hongbo started making substitutions to give other players more playing time and match experience. The Chinese team also slowed down the pace and tightened their defense to prevent Syria's counterattack.
Gao Hongbo doesn't want something like the black three minutes to happen to his team.
In the end, neither side scored any more goals. With Lu Wenbin's hat trick, the Chinese team defeated Syria 3-0 at home, won their fourth victory in the qualifiers, and surpassed Syria with 12 points to rank first in Group D. They advanced to the 15th Qatar Asian Cup in 2011 one round ahead of schedule.