In addition to Lu Wenbin, the other three teams that advanced to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League are Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Dortmund.
Only La Liga and the Bundesliga have two seats each in the Champions League semi-finals, and the semi-finals may feature two national derbies.
However, this did not happen in the final draw.
On April 12, the 2012/2013 Champions League semi-final draw took place. Barcelona drew Bayern Munich and Real Madrid drew their group stage opponent Dortmund.
Real Madrid defeated Dortmund twice in the group stage, so there should be no surprises in the semi-finals.
Only Barcelona and Bayern Munich look evenly matched, with a slight fight to the bitter end.
After the draw, Real Madrid played the 31st and 32nd rounds of La Liga on April 14 and April 20. Real Madrid won all the games and continued to lead the La Liga standings.
On April 24, in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid traveled to Germany to challenge Dortmund away.
Although Dortmund was in great form with the cheers from the home fans at the Westfalen Stadium and scored four goals, they still failed to win the game in the end.
Thanks to Lu Wenbin's hat trick and a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid drew 4-4 with Dortmund at the Westfalen Stadium and escaped unscathed.
In the other semi-final, Bayern Munich, playing at home, also scored four goals.
The difference is that Barcelona failed to score a single goal and was slaughtered 4-0 by Bayern Munich, so the second round was already in danger.
Because the team failed to win the away game in the Champions League semi-finals, after returning to the domestic league, Mourinho made some rotations in the 33rd round of La Liga, the Madrid derby on April 27.
Even so, Real Madrid still relied on Lu Wenbin's two goals to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 away from home and continued to lead the standings.
What is gratifying is that Barcelona finally encountered a sniper in this round and was tied by Athletic Bilbao, falling behind Real Madrid in points.
Then, Real Madrid faced the second round of the Champions League semi-finals.
The score of 4-4 in the first round did not mean that Dortmund had no chance at all.
Although the Bernabeu Stadium is difficult to play at, as long as Dortmund can beat Real Madrid by one goal, they will advance to the final and have a chance to compete for the Champions League title this season.
For Real Madrid, a draw away from home and 4 away goals are their biggest advantages.
Even if they don't score and keep the score 0-0 until the end of the game, Real Madrid will advance to the final with the advantage of away goals.
Therefore, after the start of the second leg of the semi-final on April 30, Real Madrid resolutely retreated on defense at their home field and launched a counterattack against Dortmund.
Dortmund had to attack aggressively because they had to score and win to have a chance.
At the Bernabeu, after losing the home advantage of Westfalen, Dortmund's condition is not as good as the first round, while Real Madrid is in better condition than the first round.
After more than ten minutes of play, Dortmund had not yet been able to break through Real Madrid's goal, but Real Madrid took advantage of a counterattack opportunity to score the first goal.
In the 17th minute, Khedira intercepted Gotze's ball and passed it to Alonso.
Alonso made a long pass and accurately found Ronaldo who was making a run forward on the wing.
After dribbling the ball on the wing, Ronaldo cut inside and attracted the attention of two Dortmund defenders. However, Ronaldo did not shoot, but passed the ball to the middle.
Lu Wenbin rushed forward and shot the ball into the goal without stopping before defender Subotic.
Goalkeeper Weidenfeller tried hard to save the ball but still couldn't touch it. In the end, he could only watch the ball go into the net.
Real Madrid leads Dortmund 1-0 at home and 5-4 on aggregate. Dortmund is forced into a desperate situation and can only continue to launch a massive and crazy attack.
In the 26th minute, Dortmund got a very good chance.
Lewandowski ran into an open space in the penalty area, and Reus passed the ball to him at the right time. However, Lewandowski hit the ball away due to the interference of Ramos.
At that moment, the sighs of the few Dortmund fans at the Bernabeu could be heard on TV.
Dortmund failed to seize their own opportunity and suffered another heavy blow.
In the 32nd minute, Ozil broke through the wing and cut inside to shoot, but the ball was saved by Weidenfeller.
But it fell right in front of Benzema. Benzema didn't stop the ball, but volleyed it into the air and sent the ball back into the goal.
Weidenfeller, who fell to the ground while diving for Ozil's ball, was unable to get up to prevent the goal.
Real Madrid leads Dortmund 2-0 at home and 6-4 on aggregate.
Dortmund needs to score three goals and prevent Real Madrid from scoring any more goals in order to eliminate Real Madrid and advance to the final.
The difficulty is increasing.
However, no matter how difficult it is, we still have to keep trying.
Before the end of the first half, Dortmund finally scored a point.
This time, it was a penalty kick that was awarded when Götze dribbled into the penalty area and was tackled by Pepe. Although Pepe tried his best to argue that he tackled Götze on the penalty area line and it should not be considered a foul in the penalty area, the referee still insisted on giving Dortmund a penalty kick.
The penalty was taken by Lewandowski, who kicked the ball into the dead corner. Casillas really had no way to deal with such a high-quality penalty.
Dortmund finally scored a point and saw hope of survival again.
Not long after that, the first half was over.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and Dortmund continued to attack while Real Madrid continued to defend.
Dortmund's aggressive attack inevitably left large gaps in the backcourt.
Although they have paid close attention to defending Lu Wenbin, loopholes still continue to appear.
This is the flaw in using offensive tactics, and it cannot be solved by just a few backcourt players concentrating on guarding Lu Wenbin.
In the 59th minute, Real Madrid intercepted the ball and got a chance to counterattack. Lu Wenbin dribbled forward in the midfield. Defender Subotic and midfielder Kyle appeared in front of Lu Wenbin, trying to work together to block Lu Wenbin's way.
But Lu Wenbin did not get entangled with them. He created an angle while running and then directly kicked a long pass to transfer the ball.
C Ronaldo received the pass from Lu Wenbin while making a run forward. Facing the defense of a full-back, he easily broke through and cut inside, then scored with a low shot from the corner of the penalty area.
Real Madrid leads Dortmund 3-1 at home and 7-5 on aggregate.
At this time, there were only a little more than 30 minutes left until the end of the game.
In the 74th minute, Lu Wenbin used a free kick to extend the total score to 8-5, completely killing the game.
Afterwards, Lu Wenbin was substituted and Dortmund scored another goal in the 87th minute, but it was too late to save the defeat.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Dortmund with a total score of 4-4 in the first leg, 4-2 in the second leg, and 8-6, and advanced to the Champions League final.
In the other semi-final, Barcelona, who returned to their home ground, seemed to have not yet recovered from the 0-4 defeat in the first leg away from home. They were beaten 3-0 by Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp and were eliminated with a total score of 0-7.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich met in the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, moving the European derby stage to the Champions League final, staging the most pinnacle showdown in Europe.