After Lu Wenbin and Kate became an engaged couple, both sets of parents were naturally very happy and hoped that they would get married soon.
However, after much discussion, this year is more difficult.
Because Lu Wenbin has to participate in the national team's World Cup qualifiers and lead the national Olympic team to participate in the London Olympics.
As club competitions are no longer of much interest to him, these two national team competitions have become Lu Wenbin’s current life pursuit and goal, and he must not be careless.
Therefore, after careful discussion between the elders of both parties and Lu Wenbin and Kate, it was decided not to hold the wedding this year and wait until next year.
As for the marriage certificate, it is better to get it closer to the wedding. Otherwise, it would not be good to just get the certificate without getting married.
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As media and fans around the world reported on Lu Wenbin's proposal, Real Madrid welcomed their last game of the season.
On May 25, 2012, the 2011/2012 Spanish King's Cup final was held at the Calderon Stadium, the home of Atletico Madrid, with Real Madrid facing Athletic Bilbao.
This is the home stadium of Real Madrid's arch-rival Atletico Madrid, so naturally all the Atletico Madrid fans who bought tickets booed Real Madrid.
Fortunately, Real Madrid itself is also in Madrid, so it is relatively convenient for Real Madrid fans to buy tickets.
In the end, Real Madrid fans basically accounted for half, and Atletico Madrid fans and Athletic Bilbao fans accounted for the other half.
At 9 p.m., witnessed by countless spectators at the scene and in front of the TV, the final officially began, and Real Madrid began to attack their fourth championship of the season and the first treble in the club's history.
As mentioned before, many La Liga teams, even when facing powerful Real Madrid and Barcelona, are fearless and insist on attacking even though they know their attack will fail.
This is the characteristic of the entire La Liga league.
Not to mention a team like Athletic Bilbao which is of pure Basque descent.
While Mourinho's Real Madrid, with the world's best overall strength, still deployed a 4231 defensive counterattack formation, Athletic Bilbao still played a 433 offensive formation.
Just when the sides were being chosen before the game, the kick-off right was also taken away by Athletic Bilbao.
So, from the first minute of the game, Athletic Bilbao pressed forward as a whole and launched an attack on Real Madrid's half.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, tightened their defense and launched their defensive counterattack.
In the 3rd minute, Athletic Bilbao almost scored.
Winger Muniain broke through Ramos' defense and made a cross from the bottom. Center forward Llorente followed up in the middle and beat Pepe to get the first point and headed the ball into the goal.
Fortunately, Casillas was in a good position and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
The subsequent corner kick was grabbed by Khedira and headed out of the penalty area, but it did not pose a threat.
In the 7th minute, Athletic Bilbao got another shooting opportunity. Midfielder Martinez broke through the wing and cut inside diagonally, dribbled the ball horizontally outside the corner of the penalty area, created an opening and took a long shot, which hit the far corner of the goal.
Unfortunately, the ball went slightly wide of the goal, stuck to the far post and flew out of the bottom line, causing sighs from Atletico and Bilbao fans at the scene.
Real Madrid had a counterattack opportunity in the 5th minute, but Xabi Alonso's dribbling was intercepted by the opponent's midfielder De Marcos just after crossing the center line and failed to reach the front court to pose a threat.
The two sides fought back and forth, attacking and defending, and the game was quite lively, but no goal was scored.
It wasn't until the 13th minute that the first goal finally came out.
However, the goal was not scored by Real Madrid as everyone expected, nor by the much-anticipated Lu Wenbin, but by Carvalho, and the goal was his own.
In the 13th minute, Athletic Bilbao won a free kick on the front side of the field. The player who took the free kick did not shoot directly, but made a cross. Players from both sides competed for the header in the penalty area.
As a result, although Carvalho grabbed the ball, he failed to head the ball to the place he wanted due to the interference of the opponent's center forward Llorente. Instead, he headed the ball into his own goal. Casillas tried his best but failed to save the own goal.
Athletic Bilbao led Real Madrid 1-0 in the Spanish King's Cup final thanks to an own goal from Carvalho.
The Bilbao fans and Atletico Madrid fans in the stands immediately burst into warm cheers. The Bilbao fans were truly happy, while the Atletico Madrid fans were gloating.
One commentator even commented in surprise: "Real Madrid, which swept all opponents in La Liga and the Champions League, was actually led 1-0 by Athletic Bilbao in the King's Cup final, and it was an own goal scored by Carvalho himself. Is Athletic Bilbao's King's Cup attribute really better than Real Madrid, and Real Madrid is destined not to win the first treble in its club history?"
The Real Madrid players were also quite surprised. They thought that even Bayern Munich had lost to them and Barcelona had been defeated by them six times this season, so it should be quite easy for them to win this final.
I didn't expect that they are now behind in the score.
Especially Carvalho, who scored an own goal, felt frustrated and listless.
At this time, Lu Wenbin stood up, patted Carvalho on the shoulder and encouraged his teammates: "It's just one ball, believe me, we can catch it back!"
Although it is just a simple sentence, the effect is different when it comes from Lu Wenbin, who has the aura of a senior leader.
Everyone put away their frustration and started the game again.
Real Madrid's strength is indeed much higher than that of Athletic Bilbao. Although Athletic Bilbao took the lead 1-0 by luck with an own goal, Real Madrid equalized the score not long after being led by Lu Wenbin.
Just five minutes after Carvalho scored the own goal, in the 18th minute, Real Madrid got a great counterattack opportunity.
Ramos intercepted the opponent's ball in the backcourt and passed it to Lu Wenbin in the middle. Before getting the ball, Lu Wenbin used his keen vision to instantly see the loopholes in the opponent's defense line. After receiving the pass from Ramos, he did not stop the ball, but directly made a long pass on the ground to penetrate the defense line of Athletic Bilbao, forming a wonderful through pass.
However, Benzema started a little slowly and failed to form a tacit understanding.
Although he saw Lu Wenbin pass the ball and then turn around to grab the ball before Bilbao defender Ekza, he was unable to accelerate with the ball and get a one-on-one chance. Under Ekza's pulling and interference, he stumbled into Athletic Bilbao's penalty area.
After Lu Wenbin completed a pass, he did not stand and watch Benzema's performance, but quickly moved forward to support. Although there was a Bilbao midfielder and a central defender closely guarding him, Lu Wenbin sprinted at full speed without the ball and left the two behind after a while.
When Benzema and Ekza were about to reach the penalty area, Lu Wenbin was almost running to the same level as the two of them. The full-back Ortnetzer had to leave Ronaldo behind and run to the middle to defend Lu Wenbin.
But Lu Wenbin did not wait for the full-back Oltnetzer to get into position, and shouted to Benzema before entering the penalty area.
Benzema understood what he meant, and while running, he carried the entanglement of Ekza and passed the ball to the direction of Lu Wenbin's forward advance in the penalty area, giving a certain amount of lead.
Seeing Benzema pass the ball, goalkeeper Ilaisos chose to go out.
However, Lu Wenbin is faster than both Eliezos and Ortnetzer.
Before the two touched the ball, Lu Wenbin had already run to the point and shot without stopping. The ball passed through the crotch of the attacking Iraisos and went into the goal behind him.
Ilesos sat down, but he didn't have time to block the ball.
Lu Wenbin scored the first goal of this foreign cup match and equalized the score for Real Madrid, with the score between the two sides 1-1.