After two rounds of World Cup qualifiers, Lu Wenbin and his teammates returned to their respective teams and the league resumed.
However, in the third round of La Liga match between Real Madrid and Getafe at home on September 10, players who participated in the national team competitions such as Lu Wenbin and Ronaldo basically did not start.
Getafe is a small team from a satellite city in the Madrid region. In the hearts of Getafe people, this is also the Madrid derby, although Real Madrid people do not recognize it.
Therefore, even though Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo and other main players who participated in national team competitions did not play, Getafe still forced Real Madrid to a 1-1 tie in the first half.
As a last resort, after the half-time break, Mourinho made three substitutions, replacing Lu Wenbin, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso.
After Lu Wenbin came on the court, the situation was indeed different.
In the 55th minute, Lu Wenbin's breakthrough caused Getafe players to pull him down and commit a foul. Then Lu Wenbin took the free kick himself and hit the dead corner. The Getafe goalkeeper was unable to reach the ball and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Even though he had just returned from a long journey after playing two World Cup qualifiers, Lu Wenbin scored a goal just ten minutes after coming on as a substitute, which shows Lu Wenbin's strength and stable form.
In the 72nd minute, Lu Wenbin planned another attack, allowing Real Madrid to break through Getafe's defense with smooth frontcourt passes. Finally, Di Maria assisted Ronaldo to score Real Madrid's third goal.
In the 84th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through the wing and made a cross, then a reverse triangle pass, allowing Khedira to rush up and shoot a long shot from outside the penalty area to penetrate Getafe's goal.
Finally, thanks to Lu Wenbin's pass and shot and organization of the attack after he came on in the second half, Real Madrid narrowly defeated their city rivals Getafe 4-1 at home in the Bernabeu and achieved three consecutive league victories.
After the game, although Lu Wenbin only scored one goal as a substitute, news about Lu Wenbin still occupied the heavy coverage and even the front page headlines of almost all media.
Because of Lu Wenbin's goal against Getafe, plus his two goals against Jordan in the World Cup qualifiers, his total number of goals in 2011 has reached the 90-goal mark.
The total number of goals scored in official matches has reached 90 for three consecutive years, which is truly astonishing!
Moreover, this year, Lu Wenbin still has many club and national team games left. It is basically a foregone conclusion that Lu Wenbin's total number of goals this year will exceed 100.
This will be another milestone record, and countless media and fans around the world are eagerly waiting for it.
After the third round of La Liga, European football entered the European competition time.
At 20:45 on the evening of September 14, the first round of the 2011/2012 Champions League Group D match between Real Madrid and Dinamo Zagreb officially started at Dinamo's home stadium.
Facing the superstar-studded Real Madrid, Dinamo Zagreb did not shrink its defense.
For teams in small leagues like Croatia, it is useless to think too much and they can only take one step at a time.
In their own home court, they can only attack. If they don't attack at home, can they expect to get points away from home
To put it another way, facing Real Madrid, the attention to this game is bound to be extraordinary.
Even if we can't win the game against Real Madrid, playing with style and momentum and scoring two goals will make us famous.
So, Dinamo Zagreb fought against Real Madrid at their home ground.
For Real Madrid and Lu Wenbin, this is naturally exactly what they want.
Among Lu Wenbin’s various offensive attributes, he likes this open style of play the most.
Just in the fourth minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a successful quick attack.
Lu Wenbin used a Marseille turn to get past the opponent's midfielder in the frontcourt, then used a bicycle kick to get past a defender, and then made a diagonal pass to the empty space in the penalty area.
Di Maria cut in from the wing and shot the ball into Dynamo's goal. Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead away from home and tens of thousands of Croatian home fans were silent.
In the 16th minute, Dinamo Zagreb's attack was interrupted and Real Madrid launched a counterattack.
Lu Wenbin took the ball in the middle and passed it to the side. Ronaldo broke through the side and made a cross. After the pass, Lu Wenbin entered the penalty area and ran a little bit, but he braked and jumped, and did a bicycle kick, kicking the ball into the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored his first Champions League goal for Real Madrid and helped Real Madrid lead Dynamo 2-0 away.
In the 30th minute, Croatia finally scored a goal through the chaos in a corner kick and equalized the score.
However, just a few minutes later, in the 35th minute, Lu Wenbin made continuous breakthroughs in the penalty area, causing the Dynamo defender to foul, and Real Madrid was awarded a penalty.
Lu Wenbin naturally took the lead in scoring the penalty kick he created himself.
However, this time, Lu Wenbin made a lob shot in the middle, fooling the goalkeeper who tried to save the ball.
This was the first time that Lu Wenbin hit the middle in a penalty kick, so it's no wonder the goalkeeper was fooled.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and Real Madrid was already leading 3-0 away from home.
This is not over yet. In the 42nd minute, Dinamo Zagreb attacked again, and Khedira intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Lu Wenbin made a signature long-distance run, and then lobbed the ball into the empty goal from the top of the penalty area.
Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick and an assist in the first half, helping Real Madrid to a 4-0 lead away from home.
There is no suspense about the outcome of this game.
In the second half, Real Madrid's goal was only to win more goals, while Dinamo Zagreb's goal was naturally to score a goal and narrow the goal difference disadvantage.
However, Dynamo has not been able to achieve the goal of scoring a goal.
It’s not that they didn’t have chances to shoot, nor did they lack threatening shots.
However, the goalkeeper standing in front of Real Madrid's goal is one of the top goalkeepers in the world: Casillas.
Dynamo even had a close header from a corner kick, but it was saved by Casillas.
Dynamo did not score a single goal throughout the second half.
On the contrary, Real Madrid scored goals in the 53rd and 67th minutes of the second half respectively by Alonso and Benzema.
Among them, Benzema's goal was assisted by Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin completed a hat-trick of goals and assisted in scoring two goals in this game. His role in Real Madrid's offensive system was too obvious.
Anyone can see that Lu Wenbin performs much better as an attacking midfielder than as a striker.
After assisting Benzema to score, Lu Wenbin was replaced by Mourinho, who let Kaka come on to find his game feeling.
However, Kaka's performance was average and he did not score any goals or get any assists in the rest of the game.
After 90 minutes, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Real Madrid defeated Dinamo Zagreb 6-1 away and got off to a good start in this season's Champions League group stage.