Seven-time Champion

Chapter 673: Winner of the European Golden Shoe Award for five consecutive years

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Even Monaco can't stop Paris Saint-Germain, let alone other Ligue 1 teams.

On September 25, in the 7th round of French Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain played away against Valenciennes and left with a score of 4-0.

Back at home, on September 28, Paris Saint-Germain will face Toulouse at home.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 5-1. Toulouse scored a goal from a corner kick, but eventually lost the game by a large margin.

There was no fierce confrontation to watch in the game; it was just Lu Wenbin and Paris Saint-Germain bullying their opponents.

On the contrary, the fifth European Golden Boot Award awarded to Lu Wenbin by Adidas before the game started caused quite a stir before and after the game.

In the 2012/2013 season, Lu Wenbin scored 87 goals in 36 La Liga games for Real Madrid, setting a new European Golden Boot record for goals and points, and won the European Golden Boot award that season.

When Lu Wenbin laid out his five Golden Boots, including the one he won today, at the Parc des Princes for the media to take pictures, the audience at the scene and in front of the TV were deeply shocked.

For a shooter, winning the European Golden Boot once is enough to bring him lifelong glory.

As a result, Lu Wenbin won the title for five consecutive years, and his number of goals increased year by year, leaving no chance for other forwards to catch up.

Now watching Lu Wenbin's game in Ligue 1, this season's European Golden Boot belongs to Lu Wenbin again.

It seems that as long as Lu Wenbin plays in the European league, no one else will have a chance of winning the European Golden Boot.

After the 8th round match of Ligue 1 against Toulouse, on October 2, the team faced Benfica in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

This is the home ground of Paris Saint-Germain, who will face Benfica at the Parc des Princes.

Benfica is one of the most successful teams in Portugal, having won the Champions League twice.

Another Portuguese Super League giant, Porto, has also won the Champions League twice, and the Portuguese Super League has won a total of four Champions League titles.

In Ligue 1, only Marseille has won the Champions League trophy once.

Therefore, in terms of the Champions League results, Ligue 1 is not as good as the Portuguese Super League. In the UEFA's annual points rankings, the Portuguese Super League sometimes surpasses Ligue 1 and becomes the fifth league.

There is actually controversy as to whether the fifth league among the top five European leagues is Ligue 1 or Portugal.

It's just because France is richer and stronger than Portugal, the team is richer, more superstars have been produced, and France has also won the World Cup and European Cup.

Therefore, the five major European leagues generally recognized by the media and fans include Ligue 1 but not the Portuguese Super League. The Portuguese Super League can only be regarded as a second-level league at the same level as the Eredivisie.

In Lu Wenbin's football championship system, the main task for a club to win three championships in the five major leagues is Ligue 1 rather than the Portuguese Super League.

But whether the Portuguese Super League is one of the top five leagues or not, it does not affect Benfica's own strength.

This is a true giant that has reached the Champions League final more times than only Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Juventus.

It has much deeper foundation than the upstart team Paris Saint-Germain.

Moreover, in the previous four European matches between the two sides, Benfica had the upper hand with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Even though Paris Saint-Germain has Ballon d'Or winner Lu Wenbin and Swedish god Taib leading the team, Benfica is not afraid at all.

After the game started, Benfica, who kicked off first, took the initiative to attack Paris Saint-Germain.

In the 5th minute, forward Gaitan made a cross from the bottom of the wing, and center forward Cardoso headed the ball in the middle, but under the defense of Lu Wenbin, the ball went directly out of the goal.

In the 9th minute, Paris left-back Digne committed a foul and gave Benfica a free kick on the left side of the penalty area.

However, Djuricic, who took the penalty kick, did not pose any threat to Paris, as his free kick flew high over the crossbar.

In the 14th minute, Benfica got another good chance.

As a result, striker Cardoso received a wonderful pass from his teammate in the penalty area and kicked the ball into the sky less than 10 meters away from the goal.

Within 15 minutes, Benfica had three shooting opportunities, but none of them hit the goal frame. Benfica's accumulated morale was dampened after three failed attacks.

Paris Saint-Germain, after withstanding Benfica's opening three attacks, showed their fangs.

In the 18th minute, Lu Wenbin made a long pass across the field, allowing winger Cavani to receive the ball without any defense.

Cavani then cut inside from the bottom and made an inverted triangle pass near the penalty spot after getting close to the penalty area.

Lu Wenbin rushed up from behind and prepared to shoot the ball, which caused the Benfica defenders in the penalty area to block the shots and the goalkeeper also tried to block Lu Wenbin's shot.

As a result, when Lu Wenbin's foot landed, he did not shoot at all, but just made a light side pass.

Benfica's goalkeeper and defenders were in vain.

Ibrahimovic received the ball on the other side of the penalty area and easily pushed the ball into the goal.

After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic rushed over and hugged Lu Wenbin, saying, "Thank you!"

Lu Wenbin also said to Ibrahimovic: "Happy birthday!"

Yes, October 3rd is Ibrahimovic’s birthday. On October 3rd, 2013, Ibrahimovic turned 32 years old.

He did not shoot when he got the ball in the penalty area, but passed it to Ibrahimovic, which was a birthday gift from Lu Wenbin to Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic also understood Lu Wenbin's good intentions and seemed very happy, celebrating his birthday with a goal.

After the opening goal, the game became easier.

Today's Benfica is no longer the giant club that won the Champions League twice. And Paris Saint-Germain is no ordinary upstart: they have the world's top star Lu Wenbin.

In the 30th minute, Cavani's shot resulted in a corner kick.

Lu Wenbin took the corner kick and shot directly, but the ball fell into the goal from the intersection of the crossbar and the post at the back of the goal.

Neither the goalkeeper nor the defender behind the goal could stop the ball.

Lu Wenbin completed another zero-degree shot, and Paris Saint-Germain led Benfica 2-0.

Paris Saint-Germain completely dominated the game.

Although Benfica scored a goal from a free kick in the second half, they were eventually defeated by Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 with three goals.

In another match that was taking place at the same time, Olympiacos defeated Anderlecht away and ranked second and third with Benfica on 3 points.

Paris Saint-Germain has won two consecutive victories in the Champions League and is leading the standings, showing its dominance in Group C.

Including the consecutive goals he scored in the Champions League for Real Madrid last season, Lu Wenbin also tied a record in this Champions League, which is the record of 10 consecutive goals in the Champions League that he set when he played for Hoffenheim.

As long as he scores in the next Champions League game, Lu Wenbin will set a new record for consecutive goals in the Champions League.