Whether it is the king of football or the god of football, it is impossible to be recognized no matter how strong Lu Wenbin's personal ability is.
Some people may say that the technical and tactical level of the Champions League is higher than that of the World Cup, and many people admit this.
However, in terms of world-class influence and global fan participation, the World Cup is still greater. After all, the Champions League is held every year, while the World Cup only takes four years to come.
Because of time constraints, the World Cup is destined to be more difficult to obtain than the Champions League.
What's more, the sense of national honor, national pride and political considerations it represents make the World Cup carry the emotions of too many fans around the world.
Naturally, in the eyes of most non-European fans, the World Cup is more important than the Champions League title.
To become a recognized football king, you must have the World Cup championship in your hands.
If Lu Wenbin cannot lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup, no matter how great his achievements are in the club, they will not be recognized by everyone.
Considering that the Chinese team couldn’t even make it to the final of the Confederations Cup, it seems impossible for them to win the World Cup!
However, regardless of whether he is the king of football or not, winning the Ballon d'Or four times in a row is already an unprecedented great achievement, and Lu Wenbin's status as the top superstar of the contemporary era is even more unshakable.
After receiving the Golden Ball, he returned to China. On January 14, in the League Cup quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Bordeaux away.
Only three days after the last game, Lu Wenbin also flew to Switzerland to receive the Golden Ball Award, so his physical condition was naturally affected a lot.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin was placed on the bench.
But Paris Saint-Germain is indeed too strong.
Even without Lu Wenbin on the field, Ibrahimovic and Cavani are enough to deal with the opponent, even if the opponent is the traditional Ligue 1 powerhouse Bordeaux.
90 minutes later, Paris Saint-Germain beat Bordeaux 3-1 away from home thanks to Ibrahimovic's double and Cavani's icing on the cake, and advanced to the semi-finals of this season's French League Cup.
Lu Wenbin sat on the bench for 90 minutes and was unable to play.
On January 19, in the 21st round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain faced Nantes at home.
It seems like there is God’s will in the dark.
Nantes' longest unbeaten record in Ligue 1 is 32 games, while Paris Saint-Germain has previously achieved 31 unbeaten games across seasons.
As long as Paris Saint-Germain does not lose this league match against Nantes, they will tie Nantes' 32-game unbeaten record in Ligue 1.
If Lu Wenbin scores in this game, he will tie his own record of the longest consecutive scoring streak in the top five European leagues of 21 games.
After the first 20 rounds, Nantes ranked 8th in Ligue 1 and performed averagely.
However, Nantes played very hard in this away game against Paris Saint-Germain.
Nantes did not dare to give Paris Saint-Germain a free kick in a dangerous position at the front of the penalty area, so they moved the foul point to the midfield and had a bloody battle with Paris Saint-Germain in the midfield. The midfield area of the Parc des Princes was in chaos.
The reason is that Nantes does not want Paris Saint-Germain to break their record. They can only attack and try to defeat Paris Saint-Germain.
As long as the game is tied, their record will be tied and there is a high probability that it will be broken by Paris Saint-Germain.
Therefore, Nantes put up a strong resistance.
But Paris Saint-Germain is not afraid of Nantes' fight.
Not to mention Lu Wenbin, who has a physique that is beyond belief, people like Matuidi, Silva, and Ibrahimovic are not afraid of getting injured in fights.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin's abnormal physique is more powerful than that of the Nantes team.
In addition to the technical advantage, Nantes' midfield fighting tactics cannot be said to be useless, but the effect is not very great.
Apart from causing more injuries and yellow cards to players on both sides, Southampton failed to defeat Paris Saint-Germain as they couldn't even force a draw.
Finally, Paris Saint-Germain, led by Lu Wenbin, defeated Nantes 4-1 at home, tying Nantes' longest unbeaten record of 32 games in Ligue 1 in the 1994/1995 season with 11 games last season, 12 games this season, and a total of 32 games unbeaten in Ligue 1 across seasons.
At the same time, Lu Wenbin continued to score goals in this game, tying his own record of the longest consecutive scoring streak in the top five leagues of 21 games.
The next league game became particularly eye-catching.
As long as Lu Wenbin continues to score goals and lead Paris Saint-Germain to victory, both Lu Wenbin and Paris Saint-Germain will set new records.
However, before the next round of the league, Paris Saint-Germain will have a French Football Association Cup match.
On January 22, in the 2013/2014 French Cup 1/16 finals, Paris Saint-Germain faced French Ligue 1 team Montpellier at home.
Even strong teams like Monaco, Lille and Bordeaux cannot compete with Paris Saint-Germain, let alone Montpellier, a lower-ranked team that has to fight for relegation this season.
Montpellier had no intention of fighting and even sent out a lineup of half main players and half substitutes. They had no intention of winning and advancing: their minds were all on staying in the league.
Paris Saint-Germain defeated Montpellier without any suspense and successfully advanced to the round of 16 of the French Cup.
Next, it is the French Ligue 1 that determines whether Lu Wenbin and Paris Saint-Germain can break the record.
On January 25, 2014, in the 22nd round of French Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain played away against Guingamp.
After the first 21 rounds, Guingamp ranked 14th, only 8 points away from the relegation zone, and was far from being able to successfully avoid relegation.
Therefore, whether it was out of consideration for relegation or the idea of not wanting to be a stepping stone for Lu Wenbin and Paris Saint-Germain to break the record, Guingamp performed quite well with the cheers of the home fans.
In addition, it rained that day, which also caused some interference to Paris Saint-Germain's technical attack.
It was not until the 22nd minute of the game that Paris Saint-Germain scored a header with Lu Wenbin assisting Cavani to take a 1-0 lead away from home.
But the goal from Lu Wenbin that the fans were expecting has not yet arrived.
Even before the end of the first half, Paris Saint-Germain did not score a second goal. Instead, Guingamp scored an equalizer from a corner kick in the 38th minute.
The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-1.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and Blanco replaced Lavezzi with Menez, who had a greater height advantage. The three forwards in the frontcourt were all over 1.8 meters tall, and Ibrahimovic was as tall as 195cm.
In the rainy game, Paris Saint-Germain had to give up ground attacks and strengthen their tactics of passing from the flanks and heading.
That's why Blanco brought on another striker with better height.
Finally, in the 65th minute, Lu Wenbin passed the ball to the flank, Motta made a cross from the bottom of the flank, Ibrahimovic's header was saved, and Cavani's shot hit the post and bounced into the penalty area.
Guingamp fans were just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Lu Wenbin rushed in from outside the penalty area and volleyed the ball.
The ball flew across the penalty area like a cannonball and into Guingamp's goal.