The club, national team and Olympic team are fighting on several fronts and have been busy all the time.
After the Chinese team advanced from the top 20 group stage of the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers, Lu Wenbin can temporarily unload the burden of the adult national team and take a break.
On November 15, the Chinese team played away against Singapore in the fifth round of the group match, but Lu Wenbin did not participate.
However, even without Lu Wenbin's participation, the Chinese team still won 4-0 against Singapore away from home.
In another group match, Jordan lost 1-3 to Iraq at home. However, the Chinese team secured first place in the group in advance by winning all five games and accumulating 15 points.
Of course, it doesn’t matter whether you’re first or second in the group, because the top ten matches will have to be re-drawn anyway.
However, even without Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team was still able to beat Singapore 4-0 away, which gave Chinese fans more confidence.
After returning to Spain, on November 19, Lu Wenbin participated in the 13th round of La Liga match between Real Madrid and Valencia away.
In the end, Lu Wenbin scored twice and assisted one goal, leading Real Madrid to a 5-2 away win over Valencia.
Real Madrid's next game is the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, but Real Madrid has already qualified in the first four rounds, and the fifth round is Real Madrid's home game, and the opponent is Dinamo Zagreb, the weakest team in the group.
Therefore, after the 13th round of La Liga match against Valencia, Lu Wenbin flew back to China.
Although the adult national team has qualified from the top 20, the national Olympic team has not yet qualified. Lu Wenbin still has to lead the young teammates of the Chinese national Olympic team to compete for the qualification of the men's football team for the London Olympics.
On November 22, in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage in which Lu Wenbin did not participate, Real Madrid played at home and still defeated their opponents with a big score of 6-2.
While Real Madrid won five consecutive games in the Champions League group stage, they also secured first place in the group with 15 points, and are in a more advantageous position in the subsequent round of 16 draw.
The next day, November 23, the Chinese U23 National Olympic Team played against the Saudi Arabian National Olympic Team at home in Shanghai.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 5-1.
Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick and assisted for two other goals, completely dominating the game. He did not even play the entire game as he was replaced by the head coach in the 78th minute.
Whether it is the national team or the Olympic team, the Chinese team with Lu Wenbin has no rivals in Asia.
Four days later, the National Olympic Team will face the Qatar National Olympic Team in the same stadium.
However, before that, on November 26, in Madrid, Spain, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, two teams from the same city, played a Madrid derby in the 14th round of La Liga.
Even without Lu Wenbin, the star-studded and powerful Real Madrid still defeated Atletico Madrid 4-1, and ranked first in the La Liga standings with 40 points from 13 wins and 1 draw in 14 games, 9 points ahead of second-placed Barcelona.
The season isn't even halfway through, but Real Madrid is already leaving the competition far behind.
Even without Lu Wenbin, they were able to achieve consecutive scores of 6-2 and 4-1 in the Champions League and the league, which shows how strong Real Madrid's attacking power is.
As long as Lu Wenbin returns, other teams will have almost no power to fight back.
This season's La Liga title is almost in Real Madrid's pocket.
On November 27, the day after the Madrid derby, the Chinese Olympic team continued to host their third opponent, Qatar.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 4-.
After Lu Wenbin performed a hat trick in the first half, he was replaced by the coach during the half-time break.
Then Qatar scored one goal in the second half, but the Chinese team also scored one goal. In the end, the Chinese team won the game at home with a score of 4-1.
After three rounds of group matches, the Chinese Olympic team won all three games and ranked first with 9 points. China's biggest rival, South Korea, failed to beat Saudi Arabia in this round of games and drew with Saudi Arabia away, failing to catch up with China's points.
After three rounds, the Chinese team has 9 points and the South Korean team has only 4 points. This gap is a bit big.
With only one direct qualifying spot in each group in the Austrian and Asian qualifiers, South Korea's threat to the Chinese team is becoming smaller and smaller.
The fourth round of the Austrian and Asian qualifiers, as well as the top ten Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, will both be held next year.
Therefore, after playing the Asian Olympic qualifiers against Qatar, Lu Wenbin returned to Spain and can quietly play the rest of the year's games in the club.
On December 3, in the 15th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Sporting Gijon away. Lu Wenbin sat on the bench and did not start.
After the first half, Real Madrid only led 1-0 away from home, the advantage was not obvious, and the starting attacking midfielder Ozil did not perform very well.
Therefore, during the half-time break, Mourinho replaced Lu Wenbin.
Sure enough, Lu Wenbin's appearance made Real Madrid's attack much more sharp.
Although Sporting Gijon defended Lu Wenbin tightly, they did not allow Lu Wenbin to score a goal.
However, in just 45 minutes of the second half, Lu Wenbin completed a hat-trick of assists, assisting Benzema, Ronaldo and Marcelo to score a goal each, leading Real Madrid to a 4-0 victory away from home.
After this round of league, the next game will be the last round of the Champions League group stage, and Real Madrid will play away against Ajax.
Having already qualified and secured first place in the group, Mourinho clearly gave up on this last round of games. Most of the players he brought to the Netherlands were not the main players. Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo, Casillas, Pepe and others did not even make the roster and were left in Madrid.
Because the next game is the Spanish national derby against Barcelona in the league, and Real Madrid needs Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo and others to focus their main energy on the national derby.
However, even if not all the main players are on the field in the Champions League, Real Madrid's bench lineup is stronger than Ajax's.
Under the successive attacks of Ozil, Kaka, Callejon and Higuain, Ajax failed to defend their goal.
90 minutes later, the score on the big screen was fixed at 0-3. Real Madrid won 3-0 away from home in the last round of the Champions League group stage, completing a record of winning all six games in the Champions League group stage.
Real Madrid played the last two rounds without Lu Wenbin.
Such performance proves that even without Lu Wenbin, Real Madrid is still a very strong team.
If Lu Wenbin is added, there will be no way out for other teams.
Next, it depends on whether Lu Wenbin can lead Real Madrid through the 1/8 finals and break the curse of being the 16th round winner in the Champions League.
However, even the most superstitious people find it hard to believe that this season, despite the team's strong strength and the addition of Lu Wenbin, they still cannot make it past the round of 16 of the Champions League.
This season, Real Madrid is aiming for the championship, their tenth Champions League title in history.
(PS: I will take my wife and children back to my wife's hometown tomorrow. We will be in another province and will be delayed for at least three days. I hereby take three days off. I will not open a separate chapter to notify you. Just know that there are no eunuchs in this book.)