The next day, Germany won their fourth World Cup title and reached the top of the world by defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final at the Maracanã Stadium, thanks to a Mario Gotze volley in extra time.
Although the Chinese team did not make it to the finals, Lu Wenbin still won two of the most important individual awards.
One is the Golden Boot of this World Cup.
Lu Wenbin won the World Cup Golden Boot with 11 goals in 7 games, and was already very close to the record of 13 goals in a single World Cup set by French star Fontaine, only two goals away.
Perhaps, Lu Wenbin will break Fontaine's world record, which has been untouched for more than half a century, in a World Cup.
In the World Cup history scorer list, Lu Wenbin has entered the top ten thanks to one World Cup, ranking seventh.
Ahead of Lu Wenbin are Klinsmann and Kocsis who also scored 11 goals, Pele with 12 goals, Fontaine with 13 goals, Gerd Muller with 14 goals, Ronaldo with 15 goals, and Klose with 16 goals.
Among them, Klose scored a goal in the semi-final between Germany and China, surpassing Ronaldo and setting a record for total goals in World Cup history.
However, countless people believe that with Lu Wenbin's efficiency, he may surpass Klose in the next World Cup and create a new total goal record that will be impossible to surpass.
In addition to the World Cup Golden Boot, Lu Wenbin also won the Golden Ball Award, which is the best player award of this World Cup.
This means that FIFA and the tournament organizing committee recognize Lu Wenbin as the best performing player in this World Cup.
Although Lu Wenbin did not lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup, he scored 11 goals in 7 games, defeated Chile, tied with Spain, eliminated Brazil and Colombia consecutively, made many key saves as a guest goalkeeper, and led the Chinese team to create a historic record in Chinese football, making Lu Wenbin well-deserved to win the Golden Ball Award.
The quadrennial football feast has come to an end, and German football has achieved new glory, but the biggest topic of this World Cup is undoubtedly Lu Wenbin.
It is normal for Lu Wenbin to win the Golden Boot and lead the Chinese team to the semi-finals. As the world's top superstar, Lu Wenbin has the ability and possibility to do so.
But it was shocking when Lu Wenbin started to play as a goalkeeper in the match against Brazil and showed a goalkeeper-level performance.
Especially in the third and fourth place final against the Netherlands, Lu Wenbin blocked many sure goals for the Netherlands team throughout the game.
If it weren't for Van Persie's final goal for the Netherlands, I'm afraid the Chinese team might have really had a chance to rely on Lu Wenbin to defend until the end of overtime, and then defeat the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to win the third place in the World Cup.
Although Lu Wenbin has never played as a defender, based on his performance as a defensive midfielder, is there any doubt about this
In other words, there is no position on the entire football field, including the goalkeeper, that Lu Wenbin cannot play.
This is the true meaning of all-round offense and defense!
How could such a Lu Wenbin not attract all the wealthy families to scramble for him
Throughout Lu Wenbin's career, he has played in four of the five major leagues, including Hoffenheim, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Although Lu Wenbin did not say it explicitly, everyone can see that Lu Wenbin wants to win the championships of the five major leagues and the treble.
So, the most likely next stop for Lu Wenbin is the Premier League.
The Premier League media and fans were excited and expressed their warm welcome to the world's top superstar Lu Wenbin to the Premier League.
By then, the Premier League will be even more famous as the world's top league. Even if the points in European competitions are not as good as those in La Liga, fans around the world will have their own opinions on commercial influence.
When Lu Wenbin left Brazil and returned to China with the Chinese national team, major Premier League giants also spoke out, expressing their willingness to take Lu Wenbin away in exchange for a penalty fee and offering him an annual salary of more than 30 million euros.
The annual salary offered by Chelsea and Manchester City even exceeded 40 million euros.
Lu Wenbin’s annual salary alone is enough to cover the entire team’s salary expenditure for a top football team.
However, surprisingly, after returning to China with the team, Lu Wenbin said in an interview that his next club had been determined and it was indeed the Premier League, but the specific club was not disclosed for the time being.
The information revealed by Lu Wenbin surprised David, a media and football fan from all over the world. How come Lu Wenbin's next club has been decided just after the World Cup
Did Lu Wenbin already decide on his next club before the World Cup? But why did all the big clubs in the Premier League say that he was not the one
Could it be that Lu Wenbin joined a lower-tier Premier League team, or even a newly promoted team
Stop joking.
Apart from the giants, which team can afford Lu Wenbin's transfer fee and annual salary
At this time, a reporter asked Paris Saint-Germain for confirmation, but got an even more surprising news. It turned out that Lu Wenbin had terminated his contract with Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent after the end of the season.
Therefore, when Lu Wenbin leaves a club, the new club does not have to pay transfer fees or liquidated damages.
How could Paris Saint-Germain agree to terminate Lu Wenbin's contract freely
Is there a bump on your head
No one was able to find out the more detailed information. Paris Saint-Germain remained tight-lipped and Lu Wenbin also refused to disclose any information.
No one could guess why Paris Saint-Germain would let go of Lu Wenbin, their cash cow, for free.
The World Cup Golden Boot, the Golden Ball Award, the guest appearance as goalkeeper, plus the heated discussion in the transfer market, have made Lu Wenbin more popular than the newly crowned world champion Germany.
Various Premier League giants have denied that Lu Wenbin has signed a contract with them, making Lu Wenbin's transfer confusing.
Even without a transfer fee, Lu Wenbin's annual salary is an astronomical figure that is not affordable for lower-tier teams.
Besides, even if he could afford it, with Lu Wenbin's status, why would he go to that kind of team
Only a wealthy family is worthy of Lu Wenbin's status.
While countless people were guessing without any clue, Lu Wenbin had already participated in the celebrations in China and returned to Europe.
Then, a hot news suddenly came out: Premier League newly promoted Leicester City will hold a press conference on July 22 to release breaking news, and Lu Wenbin will attend the press conference.
The major media outlets that received the news were at first incredulous, and then they went crazy trying to find out more information while preparing to go to Leicester City.
In the end, no one got any information. The only gain was that someone said that Lu Wenbin's assistant team had been to Leicester City, proving that Lu Wenbin did have contact with Leicester City.
The news from Leicester City stunned the media and fans around the world.
Is Lu Wenbin going to transfer to a newly promoted polo team
why is that
Does Leicester City have the ability to offer Lu Wenbin an annual salary of 30 to 40 million euros? Even if they do, what benefits will there be for Lu Wenbin to go
Everyone had a lot of questions in their mind.