Six days after losing to Juventus away, Inter Milan returned to their home ground and slaughtered Cagliari under the leadership of Lu Wenbin.
On February 19, in the 26th round of Serie A, Inter Milan faced Cagliari, ranked 9th in the standings, at home.
In this game, Lu Wenbin got two free kick opportunities with good positions and distances in the 16th and 84th minutes respectively.
Then, for these two free kicks, Lu Wenbin activated the intermediate free kick special skill, and the system kicked the ball into the goal, scoring twice from free kicks.
Moreover, in the mobile warfare, Lu Wenbin also scored a long-distance counterattack goal and also had an assist.
Lu Wenbin scored 4 goals by himself.
In addition, Stankovic also assisted Eto'o to score a goal.
Cagliari only managed to score a goal to save face near the end of the game.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score on the big screen was 5-1. Inter Milan slaughtered Cagliari 5-1 at home.
Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick and had an assist. The super striker who scored so many goals has returned.
This makes the fans feel more at ease for the next Champions League quarter-final match.
Inter Milan's next game will be the 2010/2011 Champions League quarter-final away against Hoffenheim, a repeat of last season's Champions League final.
Although Hoffenheim has lost many key players including Lu Wenbin, they are still the defending champions after all and should not be underestimated. Lu Wenbin's condition can make the fans feel a lot more at ease.
Generally speaking, when you go abroad for adaptive training in advance for an away game in the Champions League, it is impossible for the opponent to provide you with a training venue, so you can only find the training base of the opponent's rival team.
For example, when Bayern Munich plays Real Madrid away, they can basically only go to Atletico Madrid's training base for adaptive training.
Then, when Real Madrid played Bayern Munich away, they could only go to the Munich 1860 training base for adaptive training.
This is the case with most cross-country races.
But Inter were treated differently this time.
After the draw ceremony for the Champions League round of 16, Hoffenheim took the initiative to contact Inter Milan, saying that Inter Milan could use their training base without having to look for the more distant Mannheim club.
Obviously, it is Lu Wenbin's face that is at work. Hoffenheim does not mind providing training grounds to the opponent.
At present, Hoffenheim has been eliminated from the German Cup and ranks 9th in the Bundesliga standings. It is completely incomparable with the power of the previous seasons when they won all the championships, killed all those who stood in their way, and created a dynasty.
When Lu Wenbin transferred to Inter Milan last summer, there were indeed many Hoffenheim fans who hated Lu Wenbin and felt that Lu Wenbin had betrayed them and Hoffenheim, which gave him the opportunity to start his career.
But as time passed, the hatred gradually faded. Compared with Hoffenheim's current results, the Champions League title, the treble, the Hoffenheim miracle, etc. that Lu Wenbin left them have all become precious and beautiful memories for everyone.
Now, let alone the club, even among the fans, there is only nostalgia for Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, when Inter Milan arrived in Hoffenheim two days in advance on February 21, they were welcomed not only by the club, but also by thousands of Hoffenheim villagers.
There were even many fans from Rhine-Neckar County and Sinsheim city who drove to welcome Lu Wenbin.
Many fans held up banners that read "Lu, welcome home" to express their warm welcome to Lu Wenbin.
When the bus entered the village, the cheers from the fans along the way made Lu Wenbin feel as if he was back in his days at Hoffenheim.
Lu Wenbin opened the window and thanked the fans repeatedly, which caused the fans to cheer again.
Afterwards, the bus entered Hoffenheim's training base. Hoffenheim allocated a training ground for Inter Milan to train.
Lu Wenbin went to meet with Chairman Hope, head coach Ralph, and those former teammates who had not yet transferred away.
Everyone congratulated Lu Wenbin on winning the FIFA Golden Ball, Asian Cup and Laureus Award. Lu Wenbin also expressed encouragement to the entire Hoffenheim team, hoping that the team will continue to maintain its high morale and become a truly top team in the Bundesliga.
Afterwards, players from both sides occupied a training ground each and began their preparations.
After the first day of training, Lu Wenbin signed autographs for hundreds of fans, including many familiar faces, and everyone had a great time chatting with each other.
Moreover, all the other players stayed in hotels, but Lu Wenbin returned to the house he had rented in the village. The landlord had hired a housekeeper to clean the house regularly, so Lu Wenbin could move in directly when he arrived.
A day later, on February 23, was the day for the match between the two sides.
In the evening, after dinner, Hoffenheim fans entered the stadium one after another, and the Rhine-Neckar Arena was packed.
When Lu Wenbin led his teammates into the stadium for pre-match warm-ups, the audience burst into warm applause and cheers, and the cheers of "Lu-Lu-Lu" were heard incessantly.
Many fans wore the No. 9 jersey that Lu Wenbin wore when he was in Hoffenheim, expressing their love and welcome for Lu Wenbin.
Not only that, there were countless banners in the stands with slogans such as "Lu, welcome home", "Thank you, Lu", "Lu, you are Hoffenheim's eternal hero" and so on.
There was even a spray-painted portrait of Lu Wenbin that took up half of the stands, which moved Lu Wenbin so much that he kept bowing to the fans to express his gratitude.
However, when the game officially started at 20:45, these banners and portraits basically disappeared and were put away by the fans.
After all, Lu Wenbin is now their opponent.
However, the booing that is common in football stadiums was gone, and fans of both teams did not boo each other's players, which seemed very friendly.
However, friendship is friendship and competition is competition.
On the field, although Lu Wenbin has deep feelings for Hoffenheim and is very moved by the fans' welcome, he will not show mercy.
He is a professional player and he must live up to Inter Milan's fans and the salary the club gives him.
In the 7th minute, Lu Wenbin used a Marseille turn in the frontcourt to pass his old teammate Walsa and shot, almost scoring a goal.
Fortunately, Daniel Haas knew how powerful Lu Wenbin was, so he concentrated his energy and used his fingertips to poke the ball out of the baseline.
Even though there was no goal, this ball scared Hoffenheim's players and fans.
Walsa patted Lu Wenbin on the shoulder and shook his head: "Lu, you are getting better and better, even better than when you were in Hoffenheim!"
Lu Wenbin smiled and said, “Thank you for the compliment, but I won’t be soft-hearted!”
Walsa rolled his eyes and said, "I won't show mercy either!" (Please give me a monthly ticket, I've fallen out of the top five in the category)