Just when Mourinho was still hesitating about how to play the next game, the game started again.
Hoffenheim was not satisfied with equalizing the score, but launched a more fierce attack stimulated by Lu Wenbin's second goal in 3 minutes.
Everyone wants to continue to reverse the score.
In the next few minutes, Inter Milan's ball couldn't even get past half court.
Even if Inter Milan got the ball, it would be snatched back by Suculini and others through crazy pressing.
Seeing this, Mourinho's gambling gene broke out.
Mourinho was very unhappy after Hoffenheim equalized the score by scoring two goals in three minutes, and his tactic of using the bus to defend the championship also failed.
Although the game is a draw now, there is still a chance to win if they defend until the penalty shootout. Moreover, Inter Milan's goalkeeper and players' penalty shootout skills are stronger than Hoffenheim's.
But penalty kicks are more of a test of luck, and even experienced Inter players may not necessarily win a penalty shootout.
Mourinho didn't want to defend until the end of the 120 minutes of the game and then pin his hopes of winning the championship on the luck of a penalty kick.
What's more, given Inter Milan's average age and overall physical fitness, it is a question whether they can defend until the end of the 120-minute game!
Therefore, Mourinho simply went all out and replaced the 37-year-old captain Zanetti, whose physical fitness had begun to seriously decline, with center forward Diego Milito. He changed to a 4132 formation and attacked Hoffenheim, hoping to resolve the battle within 90 minutes.
Lu Wenbin was completely left to Cambiasso to defend alone.
Although there was one less person on the back line to mark him, Lu Wenbin's luck seemed to have run out.
In the following time, the two sides fought fiercely, but neither side was able to score a goal.
Milito had a shot in the penalty area, but Suculini blocked it.
Lu Wenbin also had a wonderful overhead kick, which was saved by Cesar. Otherwise, it would have become another classic goal in the Champions League final.
The game was stopped for 4 minutes of injury time. Until the 3rd minute of the stoppage time, neither side had scored a goal and the score was still 2-2.
The time has come to 93 minutes and 30 seconds, and everyone thought that Hoffenheim and Inter Milan were going to play overtime.
At this time, Demba Ba was about to break through the wing and make a cross when he was about to do so, causing a foul by defender Zidane. Hoffenheim was awarded a free kick outside the penalty area less than 5 meters away from the baseline.
This position is not much different from a corner kick, except that it is a little closer to the goal and has a slight angle.
But it is also difficult to score a goal with a direct free kick.
In the past, when Hoffenheim got free kicks in this position, Lu Wenbin never took the penalty kick. Instead, he let other teammates take the penalty kick. He went to the penalty area and used his off-ball running, body and jumping to compete for headers.
But this time, Eduardo stood in front of the ball and looked at the two Inter Milan players Stankovic and Milito who were forming a human wall. He waved to Lu Wenbin and asked him to come over.
Lu Wenbin, who was running around in the restricted area, ran over in confusion and asked Eduardo, "What's wrong?"
Eduardo leaned close to Lu Wenbin's ear, covered his mouth and whispered, "There's not much time left now. You take the penalty and see if you can score it directly. If you score it, we'll win the championship by scoring the winning goal in the last seconds."
Lu Wenbin looked at the human wall and the goal. The angle was too small.
His free kick system skills had been used in the first half. Although the ball hit the goal frame, it was saved by Cesar and no goal was scored.
Now he is asked to use his own skills to take the penalty. Although he has scored many free kicks himself, he has rarely practiced free kicks from this position in training, let alone scoring them in a match. How can he play
Therefore, Lu Wenbin said hesitantly: "The angle of this ball is too small. I have no confidence that I can hit the goal frame, let alone score a goal."
Eduardo continued to whisper in his ear: "Let's take a tactical free kick instead of a direct one. In the past, you always took the free kick directly, and they might not be able to react in time. I'll stand on the penalty area line, and you'll fake a shot and pass the ball to me. I'll hold it for you, and then you take the free kick. This way, the free kick angle will be much larger, and you can avoid the wall of people."
Lu Wenbin's eyes lit up, he observed for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, let's try it."
Then, Lu Wenbin stood behind the football, and Eduardo stepped back and stood about eight or nine meters away from the baseline, and no one defended him.
Because there has never been a precedent of Lu Wenbin taking a tactical free kick since he took the free kick, both Hoffenheim and Inter Milan players were staring at Lu Wenbin, thinking that he was going to shoot directly.
Inter Milan's wall Stankovic and Milito are ready to head the ball, goalkeeper Cesar is ready to save the shot, Inter Milan players are ready to head the ball to clear the ball, and Hoffenheim players are ready to head the ball to attack.
No one knew that Eduardo and Lu Wenbin had just discussed a tactical free kick. Everyone thought that Eduardo just asked Lu Wenbin to take the free kick.
When everyone was ready, the time had come to 93 minutes and 50 seconds of added time. The commentators were explaining to the audience that this ball should be Hoffenheim's last offensive chance.
After Lu Wenbin made the free throw, regardless of whether the goal went in or not, the referee might blow the whistle to end the 90-minute regular game time and start overtime.
Then, the referee blew the whistle for the free throw and Lu Wenbin started his run-up.
When he ran to the ball, Lu Wenbin made a shooting gesture, which caused Stankovic and Milito, who were forming a human wall, to jump up, but Lu Wenbin stopped and did not shoot. Instead, he passed the ball to Eduardo on the penalty area line.
Eduardo stepped on the ball to hold it, then took a step back. Lu Wenbin ran over and made a curved shot towards the far upper corner of the goal.
Without the obstruction of the human wall, Lu Wenbin's shooting attribute is full, so it is much easier to shoot from set pieces. It is only slightly more difficult than a penalty kick, but much simpler than a direct free kick.
Stankovic and Milito, who had just landed after being tricked by Lu Wenbin into jumping, wanted to rush up to block the bullet hole, but it was too late.
Goalkeeper Cesar also rushed out and stretched his arms as hard as he could to push the ball out, but in the end he failed to touch the ball.
The ball passed through Cesar's fingertips, then spun along the far post and went into the goal.
In the commentary booth, German commentator Dickenson roared: "Toooooooooooooooooooooor..."
"A buzzer beater! This is Lu's buzzer beater in the last second!"
"Lu scored a hat trick to defeat Inter Milan!"
"Hoffenheim is the champion!"
Except for the Italian commentator, commentators from other countries and TV stations all shouted:
"Oh my god, a buzzer beater, a buzzer beater in the last few seconds, Lu used a tactical free kick to beat Inter Milan!"
"A classic game, a classic confrontation, Inter Milan was defeated by Lu alone!"
"Lu completed the feat of a hat-trick in the Champions League final. This is the fifth hat-trick in the history of the Champions League final. Lu is the fourth person to complete this feat. The previous three were Puskas 2 times, Di Stefano 1 time, and Prati 1 time."
"Lu decided who the champion would be. He is worthy of being the most efficient super striker in the world today!"
"A last-gasp goal, a comeback, two goals in three minutes, a hat trick in the final, this is a classic game that is destined to go down in history!"
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