The strength brought by Lu Wenbin's full physique and full shooting accuracy make him a great threat even if he does not enter the penalty area, his long shots outside the penalty area are very threatening.
Although most of the time the ball would be blocked by the densely packed Bayern players or cleared by chance, there would occasionally be one or two shots that would pass through the defensive players in the penalty area and go straight to the goal.
However, today, in addition to being limited to very few shooting opportunities, Lu Wenbin's luck in scoring was a bit weird, and it was difficult for him to score in the few shooting opportunities he had.
For example, in the 28th minute, Lu Wenbin successfully penetrated Bayern's penalty area with a long shot, but the ball hit the goal post heavily and bounced out of the bottom line, scaring all the Bayern fans in the stadium into breaking out in cold sweats.
But for Lu Wenbin, there is no point in scaring people if he doesn't score a goal.
Seeing that Lu Wenbin had increased his long-range shots, Bayern also expanded their defensive range, trying to force Lu Wenbin further away, making his long-range shots longer and less threatening.
In the 37th minute, Lu Wenbin fired another long shot from outside the penalty area, but Schweinsteiger, who rushed over, successfully blocked the shot.
Although the ball hit Schweinsteiger's chest hard, leaving him pinned to the ground for a long time before he recovered, Lu Wenbin's shot was ultimately blocked by Schweinsteiger.
In the 42nd minute, Lu Wenbin's shot in the penalty area was kicked out of the bottom line by Ram. Although it was a corner kick, it was successfully defended by Ram.
Hoffenheim started to take corner kicks. Eduardo's corner kick went to the front point. Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point in the tug of war between Van Buyten and Contento, jumped up and headed the ball.
As a result, the ball went wide of the goal and hit the side net, causing thousands of Hoffenheim fans to sigh.
Hoffenheim failed to score a goal until the end of the first half.
Lu Wenbin took several shots, but some of them went wide of the goal, some were blocked by the opponent or their clearance was disrupted. The few that hit the goal frame, he still failed to score a goal.
Other teammates had even fewer shooting opportunities.
Bayern Munich's reckless defensive counterattacks basically restricted Lu Wenbin, even though several of Lu Wenbin's attributes were at full value.
If it comes to a one-on-one duel, Lu Wenbin is not afraid of anyone.
But the opponent couldn't move against two or three extremely powerful defensive stars to double-team them, and there were other defensive players to provide backup defense, leaving Lu Wenbin helpless.
Sometimes, even if you break through three or four people and get a chance to shoot, the ball will be deflected or fly away due to interference from opponents, or it will be intercepted or cleared by other people.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
Both sides knew that they didn't have much time left, and Hoffenheim no longer thought about winning away, but they still wanted to pursue away goals and gain some initiative for the second round of the home game.
Bayern Munich must pursue a home victory, otherwise it will be even more difficult to defeat Hoffenheim away in the second round.
Therefore, the pace of the game between the two sides was faster in the second half.
In the 54th minute, Demba Ba made a good cross from the bottom of the wing with excellent height, speed and landing position.
With the support of his full off-ball running attribute, Lu Wenbin took the initiative, jumped high under the interference of Demichelis and Contento, and grabbed the first point.
Lu Wenbin, who had improved his heading ability, felt very good this time. Although he could not completely control the angle, he still managed to head the ball into the goal frame with a standard header.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin deliberately headed the ball which rebounded from the ground to increase the difficulty for goalkeeper Butt to save the shot.
After the ball was headed out, Lu Wenbin was hit by Demichelis and lost his balance and fell to the ground, but the ball had bounced on the ground in the small penalty area and went straight to the left side of the goal, about to hit the goal post and go into the goal.
Even though Lu Wenbin was still in the air and had lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground, his face was already filled with joy at finally scoring a goal.
Bayern's defense was very good in today's game, making it extremely difficult for Lu Wenbin to score a goal.
But no matter what, the header was finally going in.
As a result, the next second, Lu Wenbin saw a gloved hand appear on the flight path of the ball. With a flick of the fingertips, the ball changed its course, hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area.
Then Lu Wenbin, who fell to the ground, saw the ball kicked out of the penalty area by Van Buiten and flew to the midfield.
Lu Wenbin fell to the ground and cursed inwardly. He pounded the ground, stood up unwillingly, and prepared to wait for the opportunity to attack.
His previous headers were mostly due to luck, but this header was one of the few times in official matches where he was able to control the direction of his head and the angle of the ball's rebound.
I didn't expect that Butt's godly performance would save the ball. It's really unlucky.
As a result, Lu Wenbin was still in the penalty area regretting his failed header, while Bayern Munich had already taken advantage of Butt's wonderful save to launch a successful quick counterattack.
Van Buyten kicked the ball to the midfield, but Thomas Muller successfully headed the ball to Robben.
Robben got the ball and started to counterattack. He rushed forward on Bayern's right side, broke through the defense of Jaisler and Gustavo and cut inside successfully, and shot with his left foot before central defenders Jancker and Nilsson blocked the ball.
The ball drew an arc in the air, avoided Ozcan's save, and went into the far goal along the post.
Bayern Munich, who defended firmly for 54 minutes regardless of their reputation, finally scored the first goal. Robben scored a goal to help Bayern lead Hoffenheim 1-0 at home.
Seeing the ball shot by Robben fly into Hoffenheim's goal, tens of thousands of Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena cheered wildly.
Although Bayern fans are not as completely unacceptable to defensive counterattacks as Real Madrid fans, they are indeed very depressed when they are suppressed by Hoffenheim on the field.
Now that I see Bayern finally score a goal and take the lead, I naturally want to vent my frustration.
After Bayern players Robben and others celebrated for a while, the game resumed. Hoffenheim was more anxious to equalize the score, but they failed to do so.
Among them, Lu Wenbin had a free kick in the 74th minute that went straight to the dead corner, but Butt predicted it in advance and saved it.
Bayern Munich's overall defensive counterattack tactics coupled with goalkeeper Butt's exceptional performance meant that Hoffenheim failed to score a goal for the first time this season when Lu Wenbin started, and suffered their first defeat in the Champions League.
Lu Wenbin also ended his Champions League scoring streak, with his streak ending at ten games, and he did not gain any experience points in this game.
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