After Lu Wenbin scored, the Manchester United and Manchester City fans in the stands were more excited than the Chinese fans. They kept shouting Lu Wenbin's name, trying to attract his favor.
Just a wave of Lu Wenbin's hand towards the stands can elicit responses from tens of thousands of fans.
This is the appeal of the world's number one superstar.
The Japanese side felt a little frustrated after Lu Wenbin scored a goal, but they were not discouraged.
Now when Lu Wenbin plays games, scoring goals is a normal thing, and he averages more than two goals per game.
It becomes news only when Lu Wenbin doesn’t score a goal. Everyone has gotten used to it, not only the fans and media, but also the opponents.
However, this will not make them give up the game.
Although all the media before the game, even the Japanese media themselves, felt that they were bound to lose, the Chinese Olympic team with Lu Wenbin would definitely be the winner and would definitely defeat Japan to advance to the final and compete for the gold medal.
But losing the game until the end is different from giving up halfway.
Therefore, the Japanese team, which was behind in the score, did not play passively, but continued to defend firmly and actively looked for counterattack opportunities in an attempt to score back a point.
After all, except for Lu Wenbin, the unexpected pervert, the overall strength of the Chinese team's other players is not higher than that of Japan, and is even lower than the overall strength of Japan.
In the 25th minute, the Japanese team actually launched a high-quality counterattack, and finally striker Kensuke Nagai completed the lob shot.
The ball flew over the head of goalkeeper Zeng Cheng who was standing in front and fell towards the goal.
The Japanese players and fans are ready to cheer.
As a result, everyone's eyes were on Kensuke Nagai and the ball, and they did not notice Lu Wenbin returning to defense.
Lu Wenbin ran all the way at his speed of 100 meters in 10 seconds, rushed back to the small penalty area line, then flew up and hooked the ball out before it crossed the goal line.
Then, Lu Wenbin fell into the goal.
A very thrilling goal-line rescue.
The Japanese commentator said in rapid-fire commentary:
"Fight back, we got a rare chance to counterattack."
"Great pass, Kensuke Nagai successfully beat the offside and got the chance!"
"Clip shot, Kensuke Nagai fired a lob shot from outside the penalty area!"
"Good shot! The ball went over the Chinese goalkeeper's head and into the opponent's goal. The Japanese team is about to equalize the score!"
“The ball goes in!!!!!!!!!!!!”
"Ah... What happened..."
"Who is this? Number 6? Lu Wenbin? How did he appear in front of the goal?"
"The ball was hooked out by Lu Wenbin, but it should have crossed the goal line, so it should be counted as our goal!"
"The referee indicated that the ball didn't go in. It's ridiculous. It obviously went in. It was our goal!"
"Black whistle!"
"Uh... everyone, look at the replay. The ball just touched the goal line when Lu Wenbin hooked it out. As long as the ball didn't cross the goal line, this goal doesn't count as a goal."
"Alas, Lu Wenbin is invincible in offense, but why is his defense so strong?"
"If it wasn't for Lu Wenbin, we would have scored this goal."
The Japanese fans in front of the TV felt like they were on a roller coaster as they followed the commentator's explanation. They were just in heaven just now, and now they have fallen into hell.
After hearing the commentator's final remarks, a Japanese fan complained: "What nonsense! If it weren't for Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team wouldn't even be able to make it to the Olympics, let alone save the game on the goal line."
Lu Wenbin's first goal did not hit the Japanese. Instead, his save on the goal line left the Japanese players stunned and feeling a little frustrated.
Before, everyone thought that Lu Wenbin was just good at attacking, and the Japanese team could still compete with Lu Wenbin in attack.
As a result, it is now discovered that Lu Wenbin is versatile in both offense and defense. Standing in the attacking midfielder position, he can even rush all the way back to his own penalty area to save the ball on the goal line.
Lu Wenbin is such a person that makes people despair.
Over the next ten minutes or so, Japan began to make mistakes in both offense and defense.
In the 32nd minute, Lu Wenbin forced his opponent to make a mistake in the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Wu Lei.
Wu Lei and Lu Wenbin made a wall pass and then broke into the penalty area, shooting low into the far corner, and the Chinese team took a 2-0 lead.
In the 39th minute, when Lu Wenbin was holding the ball in the penalty area, he was pulled to the ground by Japan's central defender Suzuki Daisuke. Suzuki Daisuke received a yellow card and the Chinese team was given a penalty kick.
When the referee took out the yellow card, Suzuki Daisuke was shocked and tried to explain, but it was too late.
The penalty kick was no difficulty at all for Lu Wenbin, he kicked the ball steadily into the dead corner.
Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda judged the direction correctly, but he was helpless against Lu Wenbin's penalty kick, which had an excellent speed and angle.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and the Chinese team led the Japanese team 3-0.
After losing two goals in a row, the Japanese team finally woke up from their dream under the scolding of the head coach on the sidelines, stabilized, and maintained the score until the end of the first half. Both sides entered the halftime break with a score of 3-0.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and the Japanese team took advantage of the opportunity at the beginning of the second half to launch a strong attack, trying to catch the Chinese team off guard.
But the Chinese team was well prepared and was not ambushed by the Japanese team, and they maintained the 3-0 score steadily.
As time went by, the 3-goal gap was like a mountain, making the Japanese team more and more impatient, their offense became more and more disorganized, and their defense began to show loopholes.
After all, they are young players of U23, and there is still a big gap between their personality, cooperation, tacit understanding, etc. and those of the first-line national team.
In the 72nd minute, Japan's aggressive attack failed to score a goal as Zhang Linpeng intercepted the ball before entering the penalty area.
After intercepting the ball, Zhang Linpeng did not waste any time and passed the ball directly to Lu Wenbin in front of the center line.
After receiving the ball, Lu Wenbin turned around and dribbled past Takahiro Ogihara who was defending him closely. Seeing that goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda was standing a little forward, Lu Wenbin kicked the ball directly from a position a little in front of the center line.
Seeing Lu Wenbin suddenly shoot, Shuichi Gonda rushed towards the goal in a panic, trying to save the ball.
But Lu Wenbin's lob shot was faster than Gonda Shuichi's.
In the end, Shuichi Gonda was unable to get the ball over the crossbar, but watched the ball fall into the goal in front of him.
Lu Wenbin completed a hat trick, and the Chinese team took a 4-0 lead, completely securing the victory.
With a gap of four goals, no matter how strong the Japanese team was, it was impossible for them to turn the tables.
Therefore, head coach Blazevic began to make substitutions to give other players a chance to play and to allow the main players to rest and prepare for the final.
The Olympic schedule is too tight.
After replacing three players in a row, the Chinese team's defense became lax and allowed the Japanese team to score a goal in the 85th minute.
However, this was the only goal scored by the Japanese team.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Thanks to Lu Wenbin's hat trick and an assist, the Chinese team defeated Japan 4-1 and advanced to the London Olympic men's football final.
This is the first time that the Chinese men's football team has reached the final of a world championship. Although it is not as good as the World Cup, it is already a rare highlight moment for Chinese football.