At the national team training base in Kunming, Gao Hongbo expressed his gratitude to Lu Wenbin for his support.
If Lu Wenbin had not supported him, he might have been replaced by Camacho.
Lu Wenbin said that he just didn't want the national team to be in turmoil. A new coach would have to re-select players and practice tactics when the World Cup qualifiers are about to start. Such an approach would obviously be extremely disadvantageous to the Chinese team.
Therefore, he strongly supported Gao Hongbo and opposed the change of leadership before the war.
Gao Hongbo said he understood.
Later, Gao Hongbo suggested whether Lu Wenbin could play as attacking midfielder instead of as a striker.
The Chinese national football team adopted the same 4231 formation as Mourinho, letting Lu Wenbin play as the attacking midfielder, which is in line with Real Madrid's formation, allowing Lu Wenbin to take on more responsibilities, not only to score goals himself, but also to assist his teammates in scoring goals.
If Lu Wenbin played as a lone striker, he might really be pinned down by the opponent who would send more people.
But if Lu Wenbin takes a step back and plays as a front midfielder, he can shoot, assist, play on the wing or in the middle, and can advance or retreat, then it will be much more difficult for the opponent to defend against him.
Just as Lu Wenbin did in the attacking midfielder position of Real Madrid, although the number of goals did not increase a lot, the effect on improving the offense of the entire team was extremely obvious.
Lu Wenbin naturally agreed.
With full vision, passing and judgment, Lu Wenbin also feels that he is more threatening in the attacking midfielder position than in the forward position, and is more conducive to his team winning.
After this was agreed, on the evening of September 2, 2011, when the first round of Group A of the Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers between China and Singapore officially started at Kunming Tuodong Stadium, Lu Wenbin appeared in the attacking midfielder position of the Chinese team's 4231 formation.
Moreover, according to the information revealed by Gao Hongbo at the pre-match press conference, Lu Wenbin will play in this position for a long time in the future and will be responsible for the Chinese team's counterattacks and organizing offense.
Zheng Zhi, the original organizing midfielder, retreated to play as a defensive midfielder, which can better bring out Zheng Zhi's comprehensive ability of both offense and defense.
Singapore is undoubtedly the weakest team in Group A. Any of the other three teams, China, Iraq and Jordan, are stronger than Singapore.
Singapore is the underdog team that relies on the other three teams in Group A to gain points and goal difference.
Facing such a weak team, China naturally had no need to cautiously shrink its defense. Instead, it pressed forward and started attacking from the beginning of the game, which gave full play to Lu Wenbin's ability to organize offense.
When other Chinese players encountered obstacles while dribbling the ball, they could always see Lu Wenbin appearing in the open space nearby, and they just had to pass the ball to Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin's ability to run without the ball, his physique and speed allow him to always get rid of defensive players and appear around his teammates in time to provide support, and then choose to break through or pass the ball.
However, the shooting skills of Chinese players do need to be praised.
The starting lone striker for this game is Gao Lin, nicknamed Gao Airplane.
In the 8th minute, Lu Wenbin made a wall pass with winger Hao Junmin and suddenly made a straight pass that broke through Singapore's defense. Gao Lin received the pass in the penalty area and shot with almost no interference.
As a result, he kicked the ball high over the crossbar and went straight into the stands. The Tuodong Stadium was immediately filled with the sighs of countless fans.
Gao Lin himself also held his head in his hands with an expression of disbelief.
But that's the fact. He wasted a great pass from Lu Wenbin and a great scoring opportunity in the first group match of the top 20 World Cup qualifiers.
The abilities of the other players on the Chinese team are really not compatible with Lu Wenbin.
However, there is no other way. Lu Wenbin cannot change his nationality and join another national team. He can only continue to persevere, just like Shevchenko and Drogba.
The game continues.
Although his teammates were not very strong, Lu Wenbin's personal ability was still too strong and he could not be stopped at all.
In the 13th minute, Singapore's attack was intercepted by Zheng Zhi and passed to Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball from the backcourt and passed three people directly into Singapore's penalty area.
Facing Singapore goalkeeper Iswan, Lu Wenbin first dribbled the ball to the left, tricking the nervous Iswan into moving to the left as well.
Then, Lu Wenbin moved the ball to the right, preparing to pass the goalkeeper and shoot into the empty goal.
If it was a goalkeeper of the level of Casillas or Buffon, it would be unlikely for Lu Wenbin to break through with this simple dribble and dribble.
But Iswan's ability was far inferior to Lu Wenbin's, and he was too nervous, so Lu Wenbin fooled him with his first fake move. When he found that Lu Wenbin was dribbling to the other side, it was too late for him to catch the ball.
As long as Lu Wenbin breaks through, it will obviously be an empty goal.
With Lu Wenbin's footwork and shooting skills, there is no way that the ball can be kicked away.
He is not Gao Lin, who is also known as Gao Feiji.
Iswan was anxious and didn't think much. He just wanted to prevent Lu Wenbin from breaking through and shooting at the empty goal.
So, Ishwan, who could no longer catch the ball, reached out and grabbed Lu Wenbin's feet, and pulled Lu Wenbin directly into the penalty area.
Then, when the referee rushed over with a "beep", pointed to the penalty spot, and showed Iswan a yellow card, Iswan suddenly realized how big a mistake he had made.
This business is really a huge loss.
Does it make a big difference for Lu Wenbin whether it is shooting at an empty goal or taking a penalty kick
But he got a yellow card for nothing, it was totally unfair.
However, regretting it now was of no use.
Lu Wenbin stood up, picked up the ball and walked to the penalty spot. After waiting for the referee to blow the whistle, he kicked the ball directly into the dead corner. Ishwane even misjudged the direction, let alone making a save.
In the 13th minute of the first half, Lu Wenbin created a penalty kick and scored it himself, helping the Chinese team lead Singapore 1-0 at home and scoring the first goal in the top 20 group stage of the World Cup qualifiers.
The excited cheers of countless Chinese fans rang out at the scene, in front of the TV, in the square, and in the park.
After scoring the first goal, the Chinese players seemed to have less pressure and performed better.
In the 25th minute, Lu Wenbin launched an attack and tore through Singapore's defense through continuous passing. Finally, Qu Bo assisted Gao Lin to score the second goal for the Chinese team.
Gao Lin finally didn't miss the shot this time, and the Chinese team led 2-0.
In the 32nd minute, Zheng Zhi was pulled down by Singapore midfielder Qiu Li while dribbling forward, winning a free kick in the frontcourt for the Chinese team.
Lu Wenbin activated the system skills and scored twice in one go, giving the Chinese team a 3-0 lead.
More than ten minutes later, before the end of the first half, Lu Wenbin made a cross from the side to assist Qu Bo to score a goal, and the Chinese team led 4-0.
In the first half alone, the Chinese team had almost secured victory in the game.