At the Berlin Olympic Sports Center, the German Cup final between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich was deadlocked until the 65th minute, with neither side scoring a second goal.
But in the 66th minute, Robben broke into Hoffenheim's penalty area and fell, almost causing a conflict between players from both sides.
Because the referee judged that Jancker committed a foul and awarded Bayern Munich a penalty kick. But Jancker believed that he did not touch Robben at all, and Robben was diving and faking a penalty kick.
Both sides surrounded the referee and held different opinions. Bayern naturally insisted that Robben was brought down by Jancker's foul, but Hoffenheim believed that Jancker did not commit a foul.
In the end, the referee insisted on his own opinion and showed a yellow card to warn the excited Hoffenheim captain Salihovic. In addition, there was no video assistant referee to assist, so Hoffenheim could only accept the penalty kick with frustration.
Robben fooled Ozcan and scored the penalty. Robben scored twice to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 lead.
Amid the excited celebrations of Bayern players and fans, Hoffenheim players seemed a little annoyed and angry.
Lu Wenbin clapped his hands and shouted, "Don't be discouraged, we haven't lost yet! If they score one penalty, we can score two of them. Think about how we defeated Bayern so many times in the past two years!"
Encouraged by Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim players regained some morale.
Indeed, since the first meeting in the German Cup final in the 2007/2008 season, Hoffenheim has had more wins than losses in its matches against Bayern Munich and has the upper hand.
This season, Bayern Munich changed its head coach and introduced new stars. Its strength and technical and tactical levels have been enhanced, but Hoffenheim has not stood still.
The players cooperate better and Lu Wenbin is stronger. There is no need for Hoffenheim to give up just because of the score deficit.
After all, it’s only been over 60 minutes, and there are still more than 20 minutes left.
Hoffenheim fans in the stands also shouted "Come on Hoffenheim" loudly to cheer for the lagging team.
After the game resumed, Bayern Munich defended more firmly and steadily, with few fouls in dangerous areas, and would not easily give Lu Wenbin a threatening free kick.
Usually when Lu Wenbin is dribbling the ball, two or three people will surround him, forcing him to lose control of the ball and snatch it.
But Lu Wenbin's qualities required of a striker are indeed too good, and his range of activities is also quite large, not limited to the middle.
In the 82nd minute, when Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball from the wing to near the end line and faced Lahm's defense, he suddenly used a stunning rainbow pass to dribble past Lahm.
Amid the exclamations and screams of the fans in the stadium, Lu Wenbin used his slightly faster speed to touch the ball before Contento who wanted to disrupt it, pushed the ball forward a little, then jumped up to avoid Contento's tackle and broke into the penalty area.
At this time, goalkeeper Butt had blocked the near corner, and Van Buiten in the middle also came over to defend. The angle for Lu Wenbin to shoot was very small, almost zero.
Lu Wenbin had no intention of shooting himself.
His breakthrough on the wing has attracted the defense of three defenders, Lahm, Contento and Van Buyten. Ibisevic and Demba Ba in the middle have also attracted the attention of other defensive players. The top of the penalty area has become an open space, and Gustavo, the midfielder who has joined the attack from the back row, is rushing towards the top of the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin did not hesitate. After dodging Contento's tackle, he passed the ball to the top of the penalty area without waiting to stand firm. Van Buiten, who came to defend, kicked the ball but did not touch the ball.
The ground ball passed by Lu Wenbin passed through the penalty area and rolled to the top of the penalty area. Gustavo, who rushed towards him, did not stop the ball, but used all his strength to kick a world-shattering goal.
The ball flew through the penalty area like a cannonball and into the goal on the other side.
When he saw Lu Wenbin pass the ball, Butt rushed back to the middle, but Gustavo's shot was too fast and powerful, and Butt failed to catch it.
Suddenly, all Hoffenheim fans were boiling with excitement.
Hoffenheim equalized the score with Lu Wenbin assisting Gustavo's goal, and the two sides tied the score at 2-2.
Hoffenheim finally got the penalty that Robben got by diving.
Suddenly, the morale of the entire Hoffenheim team was boosted and they regained their confidence in victory.
Next, after the game resumed, although Bayern Munich wanted to score another goal to end the game within 90 minutes, the defensive midfielder Gustavo, who had rarely scored a goal, was quite excited. He repeatedly disrupted Bayern Munich's interception in the midfield, causing the opponent's attack to fail or be forced to slow down the advancement.
Other Hoffenheim players also worked together to block Bayern Munich's attacks from other directions.
However, Hoffenheim failed to score any more goals.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the 90-minute game. Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich tied 2-2 in the 90 minutes of regular game time at the Berlin Olympic Sports Center, and both sides had to enter overtime.
After a short break, overtime began.
At this time, Hoffenheim's advantage of locking the league title several rounds in advance and Bayern Munich's disadvantage of competing with Schalke 04 for the second place in the league until the last round were both revealed.
In fact, both teams are fighting on three fronts this season, and Bayern Munich has a much better player configuration than Hoffenheim in other positions except Lu Wenbin.
But they did not have a super striker like Lu Wenbin, so it was difficult to advance on all three fronts. They fought with Hoffenheim for two rounds in the Champions League semi-finals but were eliminated. It was not until the last round of the league that they managed to get second place because of the goal difference.
Therefore, after the game entered overtime, Hoffenheim's physical fitness was obviously much better than Bayern Munich. Even Van Gaal replaced two players but failed to make up for their physical disadvantage.
In the first half of extra time, Bayern Munich could barely keep up, but in the second half they were completely out of it, with one Bayern player even running until he got cramps.
In the 114th minute of extra time, Bayern Munich launched a counterattack, but was intercepted by Gustavo, who then passed the ball to Beck.
Baker broke through the wing, and Bayern's full-back Demichelis couldn't keep up with Baker's speed.
Beck successfully broke through Demichelis and made a cross, but the Bayern Munich players had not yet fully returned to defense: they were too tired and it was difficult for them to return to defense in a short time after attacking.
Ibrahimovic attracted the attention of two central defenders while competing for the first point in the middle. Then he got the first point but did not head the ball. Instead, he headed the ball to the empty space on the right side of the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin used his excellent off-ball running to predict the landing point, rushed to the ball before the struggling Van Bommel, and volleyed the ball without stopping. The ball passed through the penalty area like a sharp arrow and went straight into the goal.
The ball hit the goal post and went into the net. Goalkeeper Butt was unable to save the ball and could only watch the ball go into the net.
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