After the second round, Paris Saint-Germain returned to the top of the Ligue 1 standings.
Scoring 12 goals in two games and not conceding a single goal is intimidating.
On August 25, in the third round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Nantes away.
Nantes had one draw and one loss in the first two rounds, accumulating only 1 point, and was in a bad situation. In this game against the terrifying Paris Saint-Germain, Nantes chose to shrink and defend, setting up a bus iron bucket formation.
The iron bucket formation is a world-class problem. Sometimes Barcelona and Real Madrid are helpless when faced with this formation.
But when facing Lu Wenbin, Nantes' iron bucket formation was no longer effective.
Lu Wenbin scored directly from a free kick, and from a direct shot from a corner kick that caused the goalkeeper to lose the ball, Cavani's follow-up shot, and an assist for Ibrahimovic's goal, bringing back a 3-0 victory from the away game.
Even if the opponent sets up a solid defense, Paris Saint-Germain can still win by three goals.
It's almost impossible to play the game.
After three rounds, the only teams that have won all three games are Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille.
However, Paris Saint-Germain has a much better goal difference than Marseille, so it undoubtedly occupies the top spot in the standings.
Before the fourth round of matches, on August 29, UEFA held the 2012/2013 UEFA Champions League Best Awards Ceremony and the 2013/2014 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum Monte Carlo in Monaco.
At the award ceremony, Lu Wenbin naturally won the honors of last season's Champions League Best Player, Best Midfielder and other honors.
Then the draw ceremony began. Real Madrid drew Juventus, Bayern drew Manchester City, and Barcelona drew AC Milan. There was always a fierce battle.
The group of death is Group F, which includes Arsenal, Dortmund, Napoli and Marseille. The gap in strength is not very obvious, so I believe there will be a bloody battle.
Paris Saint-Germain was very lucky to draw Olympiacos, Benfica, and Anderlecht.
Except for Benfica, which may cause some trouble to Paris, the other two teams are basically unable to cause any difficulties to Paris Saint-Germain.
The first Champions League group match will be on September 17th.
Before that, Paris Saint-Germain played two rounds of Ligue 1, facing Guingamp at home in the fourth round of Ligue 1 on August 31, and playing away against Bordeaux in the fifth round on September 13.
No matter how the opponents struggled, it was Paris Saint-Germain led by Lu Wenbin who won in the end.
Lu Wenbin scored five goals in these two games. He has scored 13 goals in the six games after joining Paris Saint-Germain, averaging more than two goals per game.
In just five games, Lu Wenbin has scored a number of goals that many forwards would need to achieve in a season, allowing French fans to experience Lu Wenbin's goal-scoring efficiency up close.
After the fifth round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain is the only team that has won all five games. Paris Saint-Germain alone occupies the top spot in the Ligue 1 standings.
On September 17, in the first round of the Champions League group stage, Paris Saint-Germain played away against Olympiacos, and Benfica played at home against Anderlecht.
Although it is the Champions League, a team like Olympiacos poses no threat to Paris Saint-Germain.
The reason why this game is attractive to watch is that Lu Wenbin has scored 97 Champions League goals when he played in the Champions League for various clubs before.
While ranking first in the historical scorer list of the Champions League, Lu Wenbin's total number of goals in the Champions League is approaching the 100-goal mark.
As long as Lu Wenbin performs a hat trick in this game, he will complete the record of 100 goals in the Champions League.
Everyone knows the significance of this game to Lu Wenbin. Even Ibrahimovic, who is quite independent, is very willing to assist Lu Wenbin and hopes that he can score.
After several official matches, Ibrahimovic has been completely impressed by Lu Wenbin's strength.
Originally, Ibrahimovic's idol was Ronaldo.
Now, although his idol has not changed, through his usual training and these few games, he believes that Lu Wenbin is more terrifying than Ronaldo.
He himself also benefited a lot from Lu Wenbin's passing assists.
Although there are fewer goals, the game is easier, isn't it
Speaking of which, Lu Wenbin has already assisted him in scoring several goals, and he hasn't returned the favor yet!
Ibrahimovic is not a person who likes to owe favors to others.
Therefore, he decided to try his best to assist Lu Wenbin in today's Champions League match and help him create the history of 100 goals in the Champions League as a way of repaying the favor.
However, he did not assist the first goal.
In the 8th minute, Lu Wenbin passed the ball to the wing, and Lavezzi made a cross from the bottom, but the pass was too high and Ibrahimovic at the front point failed to grab the ball.
Instead, it was Cavani at the back post who got the first point and looked like he was going to head the ball.
Both the defender and the goalkeeper were fooled by Cavani.
Although he earned the first point, the header was still outside the back post and the angle was very small. He also had to face blocking and saves from defenders and goalkeeper.
Therefore, Cavani did not attack the goal at all, but headed the ball into the penalty area and passed the ball to Lu Wenbin who was in the back row.
Lu Wenbin rushed in from outside the penalty area and volleyed the ball before the defender could clear it, sending the ball in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper's save.
Paris Saint-Germain led 1-0 away from home, and Lu Wenbin's total number of goals in the Champions League increased to 98.
Next, Olympiacos guarded Lu Wenbin tightly, and then relaxed the defense against Ibrahimovic.
Although Ibrahimovic is tall, he is a player with very delicate footwork. He once scored a goal while playing for Ajax by dribbling past six players inside and outside the penalty area.
In the 24th minute, Ibrahimovic once again dribbled past three players at the top of the penalty area.
Two of them were dribbled past by Ibrahimovic twice, which was equivalent to dribbling past five people in a row. The opponent's defense line fell apart, and they didn't even notice that Lu Wenbin had run into the open space.
Next, Ibrahimovic did not use his dribbling ability to shoot, but passed the ball to Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin simply kicked the ball low into the Olympiacos goal.
Lu Wenbin is only one goal away from scoring 100 goals in the Champions League, but he doesn't seem to be in a hurry.
In the 42nd minute, Lu Wenbin passed three players and then faced the blockade of two defenders and made a diagonal pass to the corner of the small penalty area.
Cavani cut inside successfully and received the pass from Lu Wenbin in the corner of the small penalty area and scored in one go, giving Paris a 3-0 lead over Olympiacos away from home.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Olympiacos finally scored a point and was only two goals behind.
But the gap of two goals is also a huge chasm for Olympiacos.
In the 74th minute, Olympiacos' attack was interrupted and the ball was passed to Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin ran with the ball and counterattacked. After breaking through the defense of two players, he took a long shot from outside the penalty area.
The powerful ball flew straight into the Olympiacos goal without being touched by anyone.
Lu Wenbin performed a hat trick to help Paris Saint-Germain lead their opponents 4-1 away from home.
Most importantly, this is Lu Wenbin’s 49th Champions League game and his 100th goal.
Lu Wenbin raised the standard for the Champions League top scorer to 100 goals. Former Champions League champions such as Raul, Van Nistelrooy, Henry, etc., all had to admit defeat.