That night, when Hoffenheim's players were celebrating in the hotel, the news of Hoffenheim's championship had spread all over the world.
"Hoffenheim reversed 3-2 and defeated Inter Milan to win the 2009/2010 Champions League!"
"Lu Wenbin scored twice in 3 minutes and scored a last-second goal to help Hoffenheim win the Champions League!"
"Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick in the Champions League and became the fourth person in history!"
"Hoffenheim becomes the sixth team in Europe and the first in Germany to win the treble!"
"Lu Wenbin's 26 Champions League goals once again set a new European goal record!"
The news was overwhelming. Any fan who paid a little attention to sports could see the news about Hoffenheim winning the championship and Lu Wenbin scoring a hat trick in the final from various television, newspaper and Internet media channels.
If the Bundesliga or the UEFA Cup have 100 million fans following them worldwide, then the Champions League has 500 million fans following it.
The global influence of the Champions League is definitely not inferior to that of the World Cup.
Putting aside the added factor of national honor, many veteran fans even believe that the technical and tactical level of the Champions League is higher than that of the World Cup, which shows the status of the Champions League in the eyes of fans all over the world.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin's decisive performance in the finals naturally won him the admiration of a large number of fans.
The original fans are very excited about Lu Wenbin's success, and the new fans are eagerly searching for everything about Lu Wenbin.
A hat trick in the Champions League final and the championship trophy earned Lu Wenbin widespread praise from fans around the world.
After returning to Germany, Hoffenheim held a city-wide parade in the Rhine-Neckar County and the city of Sinsheim, and then held a grand championship celebration in the Sinsheim Town Square.
Lu Wenbin and all Hoffenheim players became heroes of Sinsheim.
Even across Germany, there are countless new Hoffenheim fans.
The influence of a Champions League champion and Germany's first treble-winning team is truly unparalleled.
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After the championship celebration, the club also held a celebration party and invited players and their families to a dinner.
Then, everyone went their separate ways. The players who participated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa reported back to their national teams and went to participate in the World Cup.
If there is no World Cup, then go on vacation.
The Chinese team that Lu Wenbin is in cannot participate in the World Cup, but he cannot sit back and take a vacation either.
With his continued stable performance and more dazzling performance in the Champions League this season, Lu Wenbin's commercial value has undergone a drastic change.
Not to mention foreign companies, they have long accepted Lu Wenbin's identity as a world-class striker and are now paying more attention to him.
Domestic companies also put aside Lu Wenbin's identity as a member of the national football team and flocked to him.
In the past, people were concerned about the bad image of Chinese football in the minds of the people, but now they have no concerns at all.
Lu Wenbin's performance in Europe and the honors he has achieved have completely overwhelmed the bad image of the Chinese national football team in the hearts of domestic fans, and he has become the most popular sports star, much more popular than Liu Xiang who won the championship in Athens in 2004.
After all, the base of football fans is much larger than that of track and field fans.
Whether at home or abroad, many large companies and brands have approached Lu Wenbin to be their spokesperson.
Everyone has already anticipated that Lu Wenbin will win the first FIFA Ballon d'Or this year after the merger, and become the new number one in world football after Kaka, Ronaldo and Messi.
Therefore, many brands and companies are hoping to take advantage of Lu Wenbin by signing endorsement contracts before he wins the Golden Globe Award.
The shrewd agent Mendes naturally did not let them get their wish.
Except for the truly sincere offers, many companies and brands that wanted to speculate were rejected by Mendes.
Even so, Lu Wenbin's schedule for shooting commercials and attending press conferences was still very tight.
Not only advertising endorsements, but also many invitations from various TV stations.
Although there are no World Cup matches and no national team training missions, Lu Wenbin will not be relaxed either, as this is destined to be a busy summer for him.
While Lu Wenbin was busy accepting advertisements, the world of football gradually entered the carnival period of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
In the opening match of the first day, South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico and did not get off to a good start. Mexico also failed to break the curse that visiting teams cannot beat the host in the opening match of the World Cup.
As the World Cup group stage progresses, some people laugh and some cry.
The 1998 World Cup champions France and 2006 World Cup champions Italy were eliminated in the group stage, which was a big upset. Portugal and Argentina advanced to the round of 16, retaining a little hope of winning the World Cup and threatening Lu Wenbin's Golden Ball Award.
As a result, Portugal was defeated 1-0 by Spain in the round of 16, and Argentina was defeated 4-0 by Germany in the quarter-finals. Ronaldo and Messi completely lost the possibility of competing with Lu Wenbin for the Golden Ball.
As for the stars of other teams, no one can threaten Lu Wenbin in terms of personal data, fame and popularity.
Lu Wenbin’s FIFA Ballon d’Or is secured.
On July 11th local time in South Africa, the globally-anticipated 2010 World Cup final was staged at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, with two teams, Spain and the Netherlands, neither of which had won the World Cup, engaging in a life-and-death battle.
As a result, in the 116th minute of extra time, Iniesta's volley helped Spain defeat the Netherlands. Spain lifted the World Cup and became the World Cup champion for the first time after winning the European Cup in 2008.
As for the Netherlands, they can only continue to be the uncrowned king.
When the noise and heat of the World Cup gradually faded, fans and media turned their attention to the summer transfer market.
In the summer of 2010, the transfer target that the world was most concerned about was undoubtedly Lu Wenbin.
Although the summer transfer window opened on July 1, Lu Wenbin's contract renewal or transfer has yet to be finalized.
After the end of the season, Hoffenheim club tried to find Mendes to renew Lu Wenbin's contract.
But the 300 million euros in penalty clauses and only 10 million euros in annual salary after tax demanded by Hoffenheim are completely unworthy of Lu Wenbin's current worth.
As for a higher annual salary, Hoffenheim is not unable to offer it, but dare not offer it because it would too disrupt the team's salary structure.
Although the annual salary of 10 million euros after tax has increased significantly compared with last season, it is completely inconsistent with Lu Wenbin's performance of more than 90 goals in a season, 26 goals in the Champions League, leading the team to win the treble, and booking the Ballon d'Or.
The annual salaries of Ronaldo and Messi are higher than Lu Wenbin's, which is unacceptable to both Lu Wenbin and Mendes.
Now Lu Wenbin must have the highest annual salary in the football world before he can negotiate.
But Hoffenheim, as a German club, obviously could not meet Lu Wenbin's requirements.
Therefore, the contract renewal negotiations between Hoffenheim and Lu Wenbin have made no progress from the end of the season to the end of the World Cup, and the two sides have too many differences. (Seeking monthly votes)