After Lyon scored a goal and took a 1-0 lead, they executed their defensive counterattack tactics even more thoroughly.
In the 1/8 finals, they eliminated Real Madrid by winning 1-0 at home and 1-1 away.
Not to mention that Real Madrid was tied by Lyon at the Bernabeu, even if Real Madrid scored another goal and equalized the aggregate score, they would still be eliminated by Lyon because of fewer away goals.
Therefore, after scoring a goal in this game, Lyon's defense became more resolute.
The whole team's idea is the same as in the round of 16, to try to keep Hoffenheim scoreless at home, and then as long as they score an away goal, it will be worth two.
When a French Ligue 1 championship-level team focused on defense and did not attack Hoffenheim, coupled with the influence of weather and turf, Hoffenheim really could not score any goals in open play.
However, there is more to football than just open play goals.
The consequence of Lyon's defensive contraction was that the match between the two sides basically took place in Lyon's half.
Moreover, in order to stop Hoffenheim's attack, Lyon inevitably committed fouls.
The previous few free kicks either missed the goal frame or were saved by Lloris. But Lu Wenbin did not lose heart, as long as there was a free kick, he still stood firmly on the penalty spot.
However, he has not scored a goal.
It was not until the injury time when the game was about to end that the full-back Baker assisted with a cross from the bottom, and the Lyon defender and Ibrahimovic headed the ball out of the penalty area in the competition for the header.
The ball that flew out of the penalty area attracted a scramble from players from both sides. Lyon midfielder Toulalan and Salihovic rushed towards the ball at the same time and jumped up to compete for the header.
As a result, Turan hit Salihovic in the face with his elbow during the header, and Salihovic fell to the ground groaning in pain, covering his face.
Toulalan, who elbowed his opponent, was shown a yellow card by the referee, and Hoffenheim was awarded a free kick outside the penalty area, to the left, about 23 meters away from the goal.
After lying on the ground for a while, Salihovic stood up. He was not injured, but felt a little dizzy.
Lu Wenbin stood behind the ball, and Lyon players nervously formed a human wall.
Although Lu Wenbin had taken several free kicks in this game and none of them scored, Lu Wenbin's free kick skills cannot be underestimated.
Since joining Hoffenheim's first team, Lu Wenbin has scored more than 30 direct free kicks. The free kicks alone are more than the total number of goals scored by many forwards.
Such free kick skills cannot be ignored.
In addition, the game is almost over, and this may be Hoffenheim's last shooting chance. Lyon naturally has to defend tightly to prevent Lu Wenbin from scoring an equalizing goal.
When forming the human wall, players from both teams were crowded in the penalty area, and the human wall moved forward a little from time to time. After Hoffenheim complained, the referee went up and forced them to retreat.
This went on and on until a Lyon defender in the human wall was shown a yellow card by the annoyed referee. Then everyone calmed down a little and waited nervously for Lu Wenbin's penalty kick.
The human wall blocked the near end of the goal, and goalkeeper Lloris was guarding the far end, but his center of gravity was towards the near end.
Because most of Lu Wenbin's free kicks are shot at the near corner, even though Lloris is standing at the far end, he is preparing to rush to the near end after the kick-off.
Lu Wenbin felt a lot of pressure, wondering if he could get the ball past the wall and into the goal frame, or if Lloris would save it...
But no matter what, this is almost the best scoring opportunity in the stoppage time. The position and distance are excellent, and it all depends on your own performance.
Everything was ready. The referee blew the whistle for the penalty kick. Amid the boos from Lyon fans who tried to disrupt Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin started his run-up.
Just as Lu Wenbin took his last step and stood firm with his supporting foot, and was about to kick the football with his right foot, Lloris, who was standing at the far end, suddenly started and rushed towards the near end.
He predicted in advance that Lu Wenbin might play in the near corner, so he was taking a gamble.
He made the right bet too.
The free kick kicked by Lu Wenbin flew into the air, flew over the Lyon team's wall and flew towards the near end.
Loris was delighted and felt that he had a chance to catch the ball.
However, the free kick was too close, only 23 meters.
Moreover, after such a long period of deliberate training and imitation of system skills, Lu Wenbin's free kick technique has already improved in speed, strength and curvature.
Even if we exclude the goals scored by system skills, Lu Wenbin himself has scored quite a few free kicks in the game.
Therefore, the quality of Lu Wenbin's penalty was very high. He had the speed, strength and arc, and he went straight to the near-end dead corner.
This is just like a penalty kick. Sometimes even if the goalkeeper predicts the direction correctly, the distance is too close and the ball is too fast, so the goalkeeper still cannot save it.
The same thing happened to Loris at this time. Although he judged the direction correctly, his happy heart sank again after seeing the speed and angle of the ball.
However, in a split second, he had no time to think any further.
Before he got there, seeing that the ball was about to fall into the goal, Loris had to jump up early and stretched out his hand with all his strength to try to push the ball that was heading straight for the blind corner over the crossbar.
But the speed of Lu Wenbin's ball was indeed too fast, and it went straight into the blind corner.
Although Lloris predicted and moved in advance, the ball was too fast and he couldn't get to the right position and jump, so he could only jump in advance.
In the end, Lloris didn't jump high enough, and the ball almost went into the blind corner of the goal along his fingertips.
"Tooooooooooooooooor..."
The German commentator Dickenson in the commentary booth roared and shouted excitedly:
"The ball goes in, Qiu goes in, Lu's free kick goes in!"
"The game was equalized in stoppage time. Lu scored a direct free kick in stoppage time, equalizing the score for Hoffenheim and scoring an away goal!"
"Loris made a predicted move for this ball, but Lu's free kick was too close, too fast, and too sharp. Loris ultimately failed to stop Lu's direct free kick!"
"At only 19 years old, Lu has become a world-class free-kick master. I don't know how he trained. It's amazing!"
"And this is Lou's 9th consecutive Champions League goal this season, tying Van Nistelrooy's Champions League consecutive goal record!"
"Lu's total number of goals in the Champions League has also reached 17, which is amazing!"
Amid the cheers of Hoffenheim players and thousands of fans who traveled with the team to France, Lyon's players and fans looked very painful and confused.
Goalkeeper Lloris even crawled on the muddy grass in front of the goal and refused to get up for a long time.
If he had been bolder and moved to the near end earlier, he would have been able to save the ball, and Lu Wenbin would not have equalized the score, and Hoffenheim would not have scored an away goal.
Now, the score between the two sides is 1-1. In the next round, Lyon will play at Hoffenheim's home court. I'm afraid they are in real trouble!
(asking for monthly ticket)