In the match against Dortmund, Lu Wenbin scored fewer goals than his teammates, which was rare. He only scored two of Real Madrid's five goals, while the other three were all scored by Cristiano Ronaldo.
It was a rare occasion that Ronaldo surpassed Lu Wenbin and performed a hat trick when they played at the same time.
However, all three of Ronaldo's goals were assisted by Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, in the eyes of professionals, even if Lu Wenbin did not score as many goals as Ronaldo in this game, Lu Wenbin is still more important than Ronaldo.
What's more, not only in offense, Lu Wenbin also made great contributions on the defensive end.
Lu Wenbin is still that super pervert.
In another match that was taking place at the same time, Manchester City failed to seize the opportunity to win at home and was tied 2-2 by Ajax away.
After this round, Real Madrid won all four games and ranked first with 12 points. Ajax and Dortmund ranked second and third with 4 points each. Premier League champion Manchester City ranked last with 2 points.
With two rounds left in the Champions League group stage, Ajax and Dortmund will not be able to catch up with Real Madrid in points even if they win the next two rounds.
Real Madrid not only qualified in advance, but also secured the top spot in the group in advance. In the last two rounds of the group stage, they can rotate the main lineup to save the energy.
While Real Madrid advanced ahead of schedule and secured first place in the group, Lu Wenbin's total number of goals for the year reached 142, just two goals away from the record of 144 goals he scored last year.
In the next game, it is entirely possible that Lu Wenbin will set a new record.
However, to the disappointment of the media and reporters, in Real Madrid's away game against Levante in the 11th round of La Liga on November 11, Lu Wenbin was not included in the starting lineup, but sat on the bench.
Mourinho is rotating the players to save the energy of the main players.
In the first half, Ozil scored the first goal for Real Madrid, who were playing away, and the first half ended with a score of 1-0.
In the 64th minute of the second half, Levante equalized the score.
So, in the 73rd minute, Mourinho finally replaced Lu Wenbin.
After Lu Wenbin came on the court, the situation was indeed very different.
First of all, on defense, with Lu Wenbin, Real Madrid's defense has become much more stable and no longer easily gives Levante the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack.
However, in positional warfare, given the strength of Real Madrid's defenders, few can succeed.
While maintaining a solid defense, Real Madrid's counterattacks and attacks also became much sharper.
In the 78th minute, Lu Wenbin made a surgical pass that tore through Levante's defense. Unfortunately, Higuain's one-on-one shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper and hit the bottom line.
In the 82nd minute, Real Madrid intercepted the ball again and launched a quick counterattack.
This time it was Lu Wenbin who took charge personally. He dribbled past three players from the midfield, finally knocked the goalkeeper to the ground, and then dribbled the ball into the empty goal.
Real Madrid once again took a 2-1 lead.
After that, neither side scored any more goals. Lu Wenbin's total number of goals for the year unfortunately stopped at 143. Not only did he fail to break the record, he couldn't even tie it. The media and reporters could only wait for the next game.
However, Real Madrid continued their unbeaten streak in La Liga, having reached 53 games unbeaten, getting closer to AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten streak.
A Real Madrid like this is simply despairing.
After this league game, the international football match day arrived and all the national team players returned to the national team to serve the country.
This is also the reason why Mourinho has to rotate the players, because he is afraid that the players will be too tired and get injured running back and forth between the national team and the club.
Especially Lu Wenbin, without him, Mourinho would never have achieved what he has today. Therefore, he protects Lu Wenbin more carefully.
If the opponent had not equalized the score in the second half against Levante, he would not even have let Lu Wenbin come on as a substitute.
In the end, it was a helpless move to let Lu Wenbin play for 20 minutes.
On November 14, 2012, in the sixth round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers, China played against Iraq away, Japan played against Oman away, and Australia had a bye.
Media and fans around the world paid attention to this Asian match, which should have received less attention. The key reason is that Lu Wenbin is now only one goal away from his own annual goal record of 144 goals set last year.
This game will most likely be the one in which Lu Wenbin will tie or even break his own record from last year.
As expected, Lu Wenbin did not disappoint those who supported and followed him.
Although it was an away game, Lu Wenbin's stable performance has always been talked about.
In the 13th minute, Lu Wenbin poked the ball into the net from a corner kick amidst the chaos in the penalty area, scoring the first goal for the Chinese team, who led Iraq 1-0 away from home.
But in fact, everyone does not attach much importance to the Chinese team's lead. It is normal for the Chinese team with Lu Wenbin to defeat Iraq, even if it is an away game.
The purpose of everyone watching this game today is to see Lu Wenbin tie the record or even break the record.
Therefore, when Lu Wenbin scored a goal, dozens of commentators from various countries around the world explained to the audience in front of the TV in different languages:
"The ball went in, Lu Wenbin scored!"
"The 144th goal is Lu Wenbin's 144th official match goal this year, tying his annual goal record of 144 goals set last year."
"It's unbelievable that he scored 144 goals for two consecutive years, more than twice as much as the second place."
"And today's competition isn't over yet, Lu Wenbin may still break the record, let's wait and see."
However, Lu Wenbin's record-breaking goal made everyone wait a little too long.
Before the end of the first half, Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball from the wing and cut inside. When everyone thought he was going to shoot into the far corner like Robben and two or three Iraqi players rushed towards him at the same time, Lu Wenbin did not shoot but chose to pass the ball sideways.
Wu Lei rushed up from outside the penalty area and shot the ball. The ball successfully avoided the goalkeeper's save and went into the far corner of the goal. The Chinese team took a 2-0 lead away from home.
After the start of the second half, Iraq finally scored a goal amid the cheers of the fans on the scene and pulled one point back.
However, they were still one goal behind, so Iraq had to continue attacking, leaving enough room for the Chinese team to counterattack.
In the 64th minute, the long-awaited goal by Lu Wenbin finally came.
This time, Lu Wenbin dribbled past two players in the middle, then made a wall pass with Wu Lei, passed the last central defender and entered the penalty area, then faced the goalkeeper and shot low to score.
The moment Lu Wenbin's shot went in, the entire stadium and the whole world were shocked.
“Goooooooooooooooooooooal…”
"The ball goes in, the 145th goal, Lu Wenbin scored his 145th goal this year!"
"A new record, Lu Wenbin broke his own annual total goal record set last year and set a new annual total goal world record with 145 goals."
"Lu Wenbin is simply a goal-scoring machine!"