After Lu Wenbin came on the court, the spirits of the Roma players became tense.
A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Although Lu Wenbin is only 20 years old and this is his first time making a substitute appearance for Inter Milan, no one dares to underestimate Lu Wenbin.
Just based on Lu Wenbin's performance of scoring 95 goals in 51 games last season, no one dares to underestimate him.
Therefore, Roma immediately sent midfielder Perrotta and defender Mex to closely guard Lu Wenbin, while the others performed zone defense and guarded him tightly.
However, Lu Wenbin, who already has many skills maxed out, cannot be defended by just numbers and concentrating energy on zone defense.
Sure enough, Lu Wenbin, who is fast, physically fit and has a wide coverage area, created a threat within less than 5 minutes after coming on the court.
In the 66th minute, Lu Wenbin created a gap in the Roma penalty area.
If Stankovic's pass had not been a little weaker in power and a little off in direction, and had not been blocked by the Roma defender who fell to the ground and blocked the ball before Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin would have had a chance to shoot in the penalty area.
Everyone knows that Lu Wenbin's shooting accuracy and goal rate in the penalty area are quite high.
In addition to his ability to run without the ball, Lu Wenbin's speed, physique, dribbling, etc., all caused Roma a lot of trouble and made the fans in the stands fascinated.
In the 73rd minute, Lu Wenbin suddenly accelerated after getting the ball on the wing, quickly shook off Perrotta, broke through the full-back Riise, then cut inside and shot into the far corner from the corner of the penalty area.
Under the expectant gaze of Inter Milan fans, the ball bypassed the fingers of Roma goalkeeper Lobont, but hit the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line.
There was a sigh from Inter Milan fans in the stands, while Roma fans were celebrating.
Seeing Lu Wenbin's brilliant performance, Roma guarded Lu Wenbin more closely.
The Italian team's defense is rooted in the team's genes. In addition, Lu Wenbin has just joined the team and has not yet established a tacit understanding with his teammates.
Therefore, it was difficult for Lu Wenbin to get assists from his teammates in the frontcourt.
Although Sneijder, Stankovic and Eto'o all wanted to pass the ball to Lu Wenbin, they were always unable to coordinate their passing and cutting and lacked tacit understanding.
In the first official match, the team’s cooperation was still far behind Hoffenheim.
Fortunately, Lu Wenbin also has outstanding personal abilities and he has his own solution.
Due to insufficient cooperation in the frontcourt, Lu Wenbin retreated and took the ball to actively create opportunities.
In the 81st minute, Roma's attack was interrupted. Lu Wenbin got the ball near the midfield and started to rush forward and broke through with the ball.
He made a wall pass with Eto'o to get past Perrotta, and it seemed that he would soon break through Roma's last line of defense and rush into the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin's speed, dribbling and physique have already left a deep impression on the Roma players. If he breaks through into the penalty area, the goalkeeper may not be able to do much.
According to Lu Wenbin's historical data statistics, Lu Wenbin's chance of successful shooting is quite high when facing the goalkeeper alone.
Therefore, when facing Lu Wenbin's breakthrough, the last player, Mex, did not fight and retreat, but chose to commit a tactical foul and knocked Lu Wenbin down outside the penalty area.
There was a deafening booing in the stands, as everyone was afraid that Lu Wenbin would be injured by Mex in his first appearance.
But it turned out that everyone was worrying too much.
Lu Wenbin, who has a zero injury tendency, will not get injured easily.
He rolled on the ground twice, then released the force and got up by himself.
The referee showed a yellow card to Mexes for a tactical foul and awarded Inter Milan a free kick about 24 meters away from the goal.
Inter Milan has many free kick experts, Sneijder and Stankovic both have good free kick skills.
Lu Wenbin, who had just joined the team and was new to the team, should not have taken the lead.
However, the distance and angle of this ball were too good. Moreover, it was Lu Wenbin who broke through and caused the opponent to commit a foul, creating a free kick opportunity.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin did not give up the ball, but said to Sneijder and Stankovic who were coming up: "I want to take the penalty myself."
Sneijder and Stankovic looked at each other and chose to accept.
Lu Wenbin's reputation for free kicks in Hoffenheim is also well-known throughout the world. When Lu Wenbin, who created the free kick opportunity himself, clearly requested to take the penalty, Sneijder and Stankovic could not refuse.
The two wanted to see the quality of Lu Wenbin's free throws first.
If Lu Wenbin's free throw quality is not high, it will definitely affect his future free throw rights.
Under the attention of everyone in the audience, Lu Wenbin activated the special skill of the free kick system and kicked the ball out.
The ball passed over the wall of people, drew a beautiful arc in the air, bypassed the goalkeeper's fingers, and went into the blind corner of the goal.
Lobont was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.
The moment they saw the ball go into the net, the commentators in the commentary booth started shouting frantically:
“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal…”
"The ball goes in, Lu scored his first official Inter Milan goal!"
"Lu used his breakthrough to create a free kick opportunity and kicked the ball directly into the goal!"
"A wonderful arc, a beautiful direct free kick! Lu used a direct free kick to help Inter Milan overtake the score. Inter Milan leads Roma 2-1!"
The other Inter Milan fans were also instantly excited. They applauded, cheered, and screamed while discussing:
"What a beautiful goal! The free kick went straight into the goal!"
"As expected of a free kick master!"
"He scored a goal in his first debut. Lu Wenbin is truly the best superstar in the world!"
"Although he has not yet integrated into the team, Lu Wenbin's personal ability is enough to solve the problem!"
"I have a feeling that Chairman Moratti's investment will not be a loss, and may even be worth the money!"
"Yeah, I feel like we have a chance to win the Champions League!"
In the grandstand box, Inter Milan chairman Moratti was indeed very happy.
The investment was more than 100 million euros, and it was not his own money but the family's money. There was a lot of gossip in the family, and Moratti was indeed under great pressure.
Now, Lu Wenbin scored a beautiful free kick in his first appearance as a substitute, and Moratti's pressure was reduced a lot.
Lu Wenbin on the court was also very happy. He ran wildly on the field to celebrate. His teammates also rushed over to hug Lu Wenbin and celebrate.
On the football field, strength is what matters after all.
Lu Wenbin's free kick goal made his teammates completely accept Lu Wenbin. Sneijder and Stankovic also had no complaints about Lu Wenbin's move to take the free kick.
The game continued, and there were only about 10 minutes left before the end of the 90-minute game. The Roma team, which was behind in the score, had to start a massive attack in an attempt to equalize the score as soon as possible.
However, when attacking, they were still very careful in defending Lu Wenbin.
After all, Lu Wenbin had used his breakthrough to create a free kick and scored directly.
Roma didn't want to give Lu Wenbin any more chances.