Not long after Lu Wenbin assisted Bernie Gershwin to score Hoffenheim's third goal, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
In the end, Hoffenheim U19 defeated Wolfenburg U19 with a score of 3-1 and won this round of the league.
Lu Wenbin, who made his first substitute appearance in this game, scored a goal and made an assist in less than 20 minutes.
It was a perfect debut as a substitute.
When the game was over, head coach Ian Balfour hugged Lu Wenbin and patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Lu, congratulations, you played well in this game. As long as you keep performing like this, I think you will be called up to the first team soon."
After thanking the head coach for his encouragement, Lu Wenbin celebrated with other teammates for a while.
However, although this game was an official U19 league, there were few spectators.
Apart from dozens of local fans from Wolfenburg, who might also be relatives and friends of the Wolfenburg U19 players, there were no other spectators.
Apart from attracting the attention of his opponents, Lu Wenbin's performance did not receive any thunderous applause.
To enjoy the applause of thousands of spectators, it is only possible to play in the first team at home, Hope Stadium.
As Ian Balfour said, Lu Wenbin needs to continue to perform well.
Fortunately, although there was no applause from the audience, the system experience gained after the game gave Lu Wenbin a surprise.
According to the system's judgment, in the German U19 League South Division, each game can earn 100 experience points for assists, 200 points for goals, and 400 points for wins.
However, when coming on as a substitute, you can only get half the experience points for a win.
Lu Wenbin earned 300 experience points for one assist and one goal in this game, plus 200 experience points for the team's win after he came on as a substitute. Lu Wenbin earned 500 experience points in just 20 minutes of play in this game.
In this way, Lu Wenbin's system profile and skill attributes become:
Host: Lu Wenbin
Nationality: China
Age: 17
Height: 170cm
Weight: 61kg
Club: Hoffenheim U19
Level: 7
Experience: 1812/2000
Skill Points: 2
Shots: 14/14
Passing: 13/13
Dribbling: 13/13
Speed: 11/11
Physique: 12/12
Defense: 4/7
Goalkeeping: 1/5
Field of view: 11/11
Off-ball Movements: 8/8
European competitions are really exciting. Even in the regional league of the U19 youth team, the experience is so rich that after one game, Lu Wenbin is only 100 points of experience away from being promoted.
Lu Wenbin is even more eager to play in the German Second Division.
If the youth team has so much experience in the regional league, then the German 2nd League must be even more amazing. There are also higher-level Bundesliga, Champions League, etc. Just thinking about it makes Lu Wenbin fascinated.
This further strengthened Lu Wenbin's determination to learn German hard, integrate into the team, play more games, and be promoted to the first team as soon as possible.
However, I don’t know if my performance of one assist and one goal within 20 minutes can give the head coach a chance to start in the next game.
It would be great if I could complete the system task upgrade as soon as I start.
After returning to Hoffenheim, Lu Wenbin continued to train and study step by step, and put more concentration and perseverance into learning German.
Lu Wenbin's performance was also reported by Balfour to Hoffenheim's youth training director Nigel Neuss.
Neus was a little surprised to hear that Lu Wenbin made one assist and one goal in 20 minutes in his first substitute appearance.
As the director of the youth training department, Neuss is well aware of Lu Wenbin's performance in the youth team.
It was thought that this young player, who was personally brought in from China by the boss, had failed. Unexpectedly, he changed his attitude recently, worked hard to learn German, actively communicated with the coach and teammates, integrated into the team, and got a chance to play as a substitute.
Moreover, it was really unexpected that he put on such an outstanding performance right at the start.
Hoffenheim's first team's first trip to the Bundesliga this season was not ideal.
In its first season as a newly promoted team in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim has now escaped the relegation zone and is ranked in the middle. Most teams should be satisfied with this.
But Hoffenheim didn't.
Boss Dietmar Hopp has basically completed the comprehensive investment and transformation of the team's hardware and software facilities. Now all that's left is for the first team to make a name for itself through performance.
Therefore, although the team has just been promoted to the German Bundesliga this season, its actual goal is not to avoid relegation, but to be promoted to the German Bundesliga.
But if the goal is to be promoted to the First Division, the first team seems to be struggling at the moment. In the last round of the league, they drew with their opponents away from home. Everyone feels that they are still lacking in strength and need to improve.
First-team head coach Ralf Rangnick once went to the youth team to watch a U19 home game, but Lu Wenbin was not even included in the roster for that game, so naturally he did not enter Ralf Rangnick's vision.
None of the other players caught Ralf Rangnick's eye, so he left the youth team without fancying any of them.
Now, when Lu Wenbin, who had signed a professional contract and was brought in by the boss according to the standards of a German second division player, began to integrate into the team and performed so well in his first substitute appearance, Nigel Neuss was ready to recommend Lu Wenbin to the first team as a tribute to the work of his youth training department.
However, to be cautious, we still need to observe one more game to prove that Lu Wenbin's outstanding performance in the last game was not a flash in the pan.
Coincidentally, the next U19 game is at home, and Nigel Noyce can watch Lu Wenbin's performance in person.
On December 7, the day before Hoffenheim U19's home game against Munich 1860 U19 in the 12th round of the league, when head coach Ian Balfour announced the roster for the next day's game, Lu Wenbin's name naturally appeared on the roster.
This is no longer a surprise.
It would be ridiculous if Lu Wenbin, who came on as a substitute in the last round and made one assist and one goal for 20 minutes, still couldn't be included in the roster.
What Lu Wenbin cares about most is whether he can start in the game. However, he won't know until the next day before the game.
On the morning of December 8, two hours before the game started, Ian Balfour announced the starting 11 of Hoffenheim U19 against Munich 1860 U19 in the home team locker room, and Lu Wenbin's name was on the list.
The teammates in the locker room all looked at Lu Wenbin with smiles on their faces. Although they didn't say anything, their intention to congratulate him was still very obvious.
Only forward Edgar, who was replaced by Lu Wenbin in the last game and failed to make the starting lineup in this game, looked unhappy.
Lu Wenbin naturally wouldn't care about him, he was also very happy in his heart!
Starting the game not only completed the system task and gained experience and skill points as rewards, but also proved that the head coach valued him.
Once there is a first time, there will be a second time.
As long as he continues his outstanding performance, it will not be easy to take him off the starting list again.
This not only allows you to gain more experience rewards in each game, but also greatly increases your chances of being promoted to the first team.
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