The reason why the negotiations could not be finalized was not only that the club needed to be promoted to the Super League, but Lu Wenbin also needed to ensure that Paris Saint-Germain won the treble this season before signing the contract.
Otherwise, even if the other team is promoted to the Super League, Lu Wenbin will not be able to terminate his contract with Paris Saint-Germain and leave unless Lu Wenbin pays the penalty fee himself.
Therefore, Blanco may need to strive for a perfect league season due to pressure from the club's top management, but Lu Wenbin himself will not be foolish enough to follow the team that has already won the championship.
He will prioritize allocating his physical strength and energy to the Champions League and the French Cup, unless his physical strength is sufficient for him to fight on all fronts.
In addition, Lu Wenbin will also privately influence his teammates, asking them to conserve their physical strength as much as possible, fight for the Champions League and the French Cup, and win the treble.
As for winning the league championship, it all depends on luck. If you can win it, then win it. If you can't win it, don't force it.
With Lu Wenbin's prestige and the power of the senior leader's aura, Paris Saint-Germain's teammates are easily influenced by Lu Wenbin.
Although Blanco made some mobilization efforts, saying that winning the championship with all wins in the season is an honor that the players will rarely encounter in their lifetime, in fact, everyone agreed on the surface, but in their hearts they had already stood with Lu Wenbin and focused their attention on the Champions League and the French Cup.
The confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea is known as a battle between the two "money-rich teams".
Needless to say, Paris Saint-Germain's transfer of Lu Wenbin alone is equivalent to the transfer expenses of other teams for several seasons, not to mention the signings of Cavani, Marquinhos, Digne and others.
Paris Saint-Germain's transfer spending last summer exceeded 200 million euros, which was staggering.
Moreover, earlier, a number of star players such as Ibrahimovic, Matuidi, Thiago Silva, Alex, Motta and others were introduced.
Today's Paris Saint-Germain is a different team from the Paris Saint-Germain before the acquisition by Qatar Investment Authority.
Chelsea is an old rich team. It introduced Hazard and Oscar the year before last, and Schurrle and William last year. In addition, it has a number of superstars such as Cech, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Terry and Torres. The nouveau riche in football started with Chelsea.
Last summer, Chelsea not only introduced Schurrle and William, but more importantly, paid Mourinho's penalty for not completing his contract, allowing Mourinho to take charge of Chelsea for the second time.
This Champions League quarter-final can also be said to be the "feud" between Lu Wenbin and Mourinho.
At 20:45 on the evening of April 2, with the referee's whistle, the first leg of the 2013/2014 Champions League quarter-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea at home officially began.
Paris Saint-Germain continued with the 433 formation, while Chelsea deployed a 4231 counterattack formation, with Paris Saint-Germain focusing on attack and Chelsea focusing on defense.
Three minutes into the game, Paris launched a quick attack, but Ibrahimovic did not shoot in time after receiving the pass from Lu Wenbin. He also wanted to pass the central defender Terry and then shoot alone.
When Ibrahimovic tried to get past Terry, Terry made a decisive sliding tackle and poked the ball away.
Ibrahimovic missed the chance to open the scoring in just three minutes.
Next, PSG launched a massive attack and bombarded Chelsea’s half.
But Chelsea under Mourinho's coaching is not easy to break through.
First of all, Chelsea's defenders and goalkeeper.
Central defender Terry and goalkeeper Cech are both world-class superstars in their respective positions.
Just like Ibrahimovic's failed attempt to get past Terry, Terry's defense is difficult to bypass. Even if you bypass it and shoot against Cech, it is difficult to score.
Secondly, Chelsea not only tightened their defense, but also started high-pressure defense from the midfield, making Paris Saint-Germain, which only had three lines, somewhat disconnected.
Especially when playing with three forwards, the midfield lacks depth. Apart from Lu Wenbin who can win with ease, Matuidi and Motta both have trouble holding the ball and are counterattacked from time to time.
Fortunately, Chelsea's attack cannot be as quick as Lu Wenbin's, so they haven't lost the ball yet.
In the first 20 minutes, the two sides were tied and the score remained 0-0.
But the reason why Paris Saint-Germain is better than Chelsea is that they have Lu Wenbin.
In the 24th minute, Ibrahimovic approached the penalty area with his agile dribbling, forcing two central defenders Terry and Cahill to defend him.
After controlling the ball, Ibrahimovic turned his back to the goal and then knocked the ball back to Lu Wenbin who was making a forward run.
Lu Wenbin was closely guarded by two defensive midfielders, Ramirez and David Luiz, but they were unable to keep up with the extremely fast Lu Wenbin in this attack.
Lu Wenbin rushed to the ball one step ahead and took a violent shot about 30 meters away from the goal in response to Ibrahimovic's return pass.
The ball flew into the air, passed over the head of Ibrahimovic who was lowering his head and shrinking his neck, and then drew a faint arc and went straight to the upper right corner.
Cech jumped into the air and tried to save the ball.
It turned out that the ball was going faster than he thought.
Before Cech's palm reached the ball, it passed in front of his hand and went into the goal along the post.
Lu Wenbin scored the first goal for Paris Saint-Germain, helping them lead Chelsea 1-0 at home, demonstrating his value as the world's top superstar.
In fact, Paris Saint-Germain spent such a huge price to introduce Lu Wenbin and agreed to such harsh conditions for Lu Wenbin, just to let Lu Wenbin stand up at this time.
The Paris fans at the Parc des Princes suddenly shouted excitedly.
Being able to lead Mourinho's team is definitely worth cheering and celebrating.
From then on, the entire game became Lu Wenbin's performance.
In the 39th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through and caused David Luiz to foul, winning a free kick opportunity for Paris Saint-Germain.
Lu Wenbin took the penalty kick himself and kicked the ball into the goal. Cech was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Lu Wenbin broke through the side and suddenly made a long pass. Cavani received the ball on the other side and broke into the penalty area and made an inverted triangle pass. Ibrahimovic made a low shot without stopping on the line of the penalty area and penetrated Cech's fingers.
Paris Saint-Germain is already leading 3-0.
Just when everyone thought that Paris Saint-Germain was going to easily defeat Chelsea, Hazard broke through the wing and cut inside, shooting into the far corner from the corner of the penalty area.
The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, bypassed the palm of goalkeeper Duchez, and flew into the goal along the far post.
Chelsea pulled one point back and scored an away goal.
Only two goals behind and one away goal, the score is quite delicate.
In the next round back at Stamford Bridge, if Chelsea can beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0, they will advance with the advantage of away goals.
Therefore, if Paris Saint-Germain wants to continue scoring goals and Chelsea also wants to score another goal, the game will become more intense and exciting.
Even Ibrahimovic was violated and left the field injured.
Fortunately, Lu Wenbin has been fine.
Finally, before the end of the game, in the 88th minute, Lu Wenbin rushed into the penalty area and received an aerial ball from Lavezzi's cross. He overpowered Terry to get the first point and headed the ball into the goal.
The distance was too close, even a strong player like Cech could only sigh helplessly.
In the end, thanks to Lu Wenbin's hat trick, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Chelsea 4-1 at home.
This score basically announced the end of the second round of the game.
Even someone as strong as Mourinho can't do anything to Lu Wenbin.