After using his speed to successfully avoid offside and almost creating a shooting opportunity in the 6th minute, Lu Wenbin's speed caused bursts of exclamations in the following games.
Fortunately, the heavy rain and water accumulation at the scene had a certain impact on Lu Wenbin's speed, and he was not much faster than in previous competitions.
Everyone was just exclaiming at Lu Wenbin's speed, but they had not yet seen Lu Wenbin's maximum speed.
Even though Lu Wenbin's speed did not reach its peak, his frequent quick sprints back and forth still posed a huge threat to Hannover 96's defense, forcing them to send out a midfielder and two defenders to closely guard him.
Of course, the reason why Hannover 96 dared to use three people to defend Lu Wenbin was that their formation was very conservative, a 532 defensive counterattack formation. There were as many as five defenders on the back line, and two people could be drawn out to specifically guard Lu Wenbin.
Moreover, the media and fans' pre-match hype about Lu Wenbin's potential to score a goal and set a new Bundesliga record for consecutive goals per game did give the Hannover 96 players some stimulation.
Therefore, during the game, not only were there three defenders surrounding and double-teaming Lu Wenbin at any time, but other players also focused most of their attention on Lu Wenbin.
As long as Lu Wenbin showed signs of getting the ball, everyone would quickly gather around Lu Wenbin and defend him tightly. Sometimes there would be as many as four or five players around him.
In such a highly anticipated game, if they can defend Lu Wenbin, they can also become famous.
Therefore, Hannover 96's defenders are very motivated.
But Lu Wenbin was not obsessed with scoring a goal himself.
Although he scored a goal in the last game, the team lost, so Lu Wenbin was still quite depressed.
Compared to any consecutive goal records, he still hopes that the team will keep winning and win the league championship.
There is no reward for setting a record for consecutive goals, but there is winning experience for helping the team win, and there is a championship reward for leading the team to win.
What's more, he is the captain of the team and he wore the captain's armband in this game, so he should put the overall situation first.
Therefore, although it seems that Lu Wenbin scored a lot of goals, the opportunity was at his feet and he had a greater chance of scoring a goal, so he naturally would not be polite.
In the German Second Division, when Lu Wenbin's personal ability was not so outstanding, his number of assists was actually quite a lot.
If he himself has little chance of scoring, Lu Wenbin doesn't mind creating scoring opportunities for his teammates.
It is actually not rational for Hannover 96 to gather heavy troops to defend Lu Wenbin alone.
In the 17th minute, Lu Wenbin showed his opponents, media and fans that he pays attention to the overall situation.
Lu Wenbin received a pass from Copado near the penalty spot. At such a close distance in the penalty area, everyone thought that Lu Wenbin would definitely shoot the ball himself.
But there were three defensive players surrounding Lu Wenbin, and the goalkeeper was also concentrating on Lu Wenbin's feet.
Even though Lu Wenbin's shooting attribute was as high as 20/20, he was not sure he could score the goal.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin did not force a shot in the penalty area, but instead used his heel to knock the ball to the corner of the penalty area diagonally behind him, sending the ball into the open space.
Obasi, who was in an open space, rushed up and shot the ball without stopping. The ball hit the post and went into the goal.
Goalkeeper Florian, who had just been concentrating on defending Lu Wenbin in the middle, was unable to save the ball and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Hoffenheim leads Hannover 96 1-0 at home. The goal was scored by Obasi and the assist was by Lu Wenbin.
The commentators and spectators, who had already stood up after seeing Lu Wenbin receive the ball in the penalty area, held their heads in their hands with expressions of surprise and disappointment.
Everyone was looking forward to Lu Wenbin setting a new record for consecutive goals in the Bundesliga, but unexpectedly, when Lu Wenbin got the ball in the penalty area, he did not shoot, but passed it out, assisting his teammates to score.
The temptation of setting a new record for consecutive goals in the Bundesliga did not even make Lu Wenbin lose his mind. Some scouts from European giants in the stands even gave Lu Wenbin a higher evaluation.
Lu Wenbin's assist and Obasi's goal made the players of Hannover 96 realize that Hoffenheim does not rely on Lu Wenbin alone to conquer the world, and Lu Wenbin is not only able to shoot by himself.
He also makes assists.
Hannover 96 had to strengthen their defense against Obasi, Ibisevic, Eduardo and others.
However, the intensity of defense against Lu Wenbin did not decrease much.
Even if they lose, they would rather choose not to let Lu Wenbin score.
After all, Hoffenheim is first in the standings, and they are third from the bottom. It is Hoffenheim's home court, so it is not surprising that Hannover 96 lost.
But if they can keep a close eye on Lu Wenbin in this much-anticipated game and prevent him from scoring and setting a new record for consecutive goals in a game, they will have made a big splash.
Coupled with the interference of heavy rain and the slippery field, Lu Wenbin still did not get many good opportunities in the following games.
However, Lu Wenbin still used his strong physique, abundant physical energy, amazing speed and full off-ball running to continue to disrupt Hannover 96's defense.
For the sake of the overall situation, Lu Wenbin did not mind creating scoring opportunities for his teammates. But when the team was already ahead, Lu Wenbin still hoped that he could score a goal.
After all, there are goal awards for goals.
Because of Lu Wenbin's outstanding personal ability and his sprinting back and forth, Hannover 96's three-man defense was unable to keep close to him at all times.
Sometimes in a game, you can't just defend against the opponent by just having a large number of people, otherwise there wouldn't be so many wonderful goals scored by single-handedly breaking through the barriers and venturing into the dragon's den.
After sprinting and running back and forth for more than half an hour, in the 34th minute, Lu Wenbin finally had his best shooting opportunity.
This was a counterattack launched by Hannover 96 after their attack was interrupted. Lu Wenbin was still near the center line at the time. There were two opponent's full-backs parallel to him and three central defenders behind him.
Lu Wenbin was seven or eight meters away from the opponent's defense line.
But Nilsson, who intercepted the opponent's attack and successfully stole the ball, did not hesitate or pass the ball slowly. Instead, he kicked the ball directly behind Hannover 96's defense line.
The moment Lu Wenbin saw Nilsson preparing to kick the ball, he immediately turned around and rushed towards Hannover 96's half. He used his speed and body to overtake the opponent's entire defense line, successfully got offside, and received the ball before the opponent's three defenders.
Although the distance was too far and Lu Wenbin's ball-stopping technique was not very good, there was no need for Lu Wenbin to hold the ball very steady. He just had to take the ball off and let it roll forward.
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