Seven Crowns

After the 16th round of the Bundesliga between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, media coverage of the match was polarized.

The media who like and support Hoffenheim naturally praised Hoffenheim for withdrawing from the Allianz Arena and taking away a "brilliant record" of 1 point.

The media that leaned towards Bayern, or did not like Hoffenheim, focused their reports on Bayern's tactics of successfully freezing Lu Wenbin with two defensive players.

The intention is to tell all of Hoffenheim's next opponents that the next time they encounter Hoffenheim, they only need to send two people to closely guard Lu Wenbin.

As for the other Hoffenheim players, even if the number becomes 9 on 10, it is much safer than letting Lu Wenbin catch the ball and shoot.

Fans of the rest of the Bundesliga rejoiced that a solution had been found against the dark horse Hoffenheim.

Next, let's see if Schalke 04 can use this tactic to defeat Hoffenheim in the next round of the league.

However, just when many people were rejoicing and Lu Wenbin was also a little depressed because he had not scored a goal and gained no experience, the final ranking of the 2008 European Golden Boy Award announced by the Turin Sports Daily washed away Lu Wenbin's depressed.

On December 7, the 2008 European Golden Boy Award, which was selected by the Italian "Turin Sports Daily", was officially announced.

In the past 2008, Lu Wenbin was the main striker in the Hoffenheim team, and led Hoffenheim to win the 2007/2008 Bundesliga championship, the 2007/2008 German FA Cup championship, and the 2008 /The 2009 Bundesliga half-time champion, the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup group stage advance, the 2008/2009 German Cup advance to the third round and other collective honors.

In terms of personal honor and performance, Lu Wenbin won the 2007/2008 Bundesliga League and the German Cup double top scorer, the best player in the Bundesliga, the best foreign aid in the Bundesliga and other honors, and was selected for the 2007/2008 season. The best player in the game, the best team in a single round and other honors are numerous, in the 2008/2009 new season of the Bundesliga, the German Cup, the UEFA Cup, the top scorer list, and far ahead in the European Golden Boot rankings Go Forlan, Ronaldo, Messi and many other super shooters.

If Manchester United's Anderson in collective honor can still compare with Lu Wenbin with a Champions League title, then in terms of personal honor and personal performance, Lu Wenbin is simply crushing his peers.

Moreover, Anderson's role in Manchester United's formation is not the same as Lu Wenbin's central role in Hoffenheim's formation.

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In the media selection of the European Golden Boy Awards, which is more inclined to personal performance, Lu Wenbin's vote rate was unrivaled, leaving other young people under the age of 21, including the Champions League winner Anderson, far behind.

Although there is no national team achievement, it does not affect everyone's evaluation of Lu Wenbin.

In a total of 40 nominated candidates, Lu Wenbin got 247 points of media votes, the second place Anderson had only 104 points, and the third place Arsenal's Walcott had only 101 points.

Lu Wenbin's score was more than twice that of the second-placed Anderson, which fully proved the recognition of Lu Wenbin by the voting media.

After the results of the Golden Boy Award were announced, the discussion that Lu Wenbin was frozen by Bayern Munich disappeared. All the media and fans were involved in the discussion of the Golden Boy Award, and the Chinese media was a collective climax.

"Lu Wenbin scored far more than the second and won the 2008 European Golden Boy Award! 》

"The 2008 European Golden Boy Award was announced, and Lu Wenbin won the championship with a high score of 247! 》

"Chinese football player Lu Wenbin won the 2008 European Golden Boy Award! 》

"Lu Wenbin conquered Europe and won the Golden Boy Award, becoming the first young football player in the European League under the age of 21! 》

On the Chinese Internet, fans' comments on Lu Wenbin also quickly swiped.

"Big news, Lu Wenbin won the first prize of the 2008 European Golden Boy Award!"

"Lu Wenbin 666, this is the European youth version of the Golden Globes!"

"Chinese players will also win the Golden Boy Award one day. I couldn't imagine it before. It's too 6!"

"I'm not a fan. I saw Lu Wenbin's news for the first time today. I decided to start watching football! However, I don't watch domestic football, only Lu Wenbin's games!"

"Upstairs, wise decision!"

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Although some media and fans shouted that Lu Wenbin is the first young player in the European League, Lu Wenbin denied it in an exclusive interview with Turin Sports Daily.

Lu Wenbin said: "I am very happy to win the European Golden Boy Award in 2008, but this is only a recognition of my achievements in the past year, it does not mean that I will become the first young player under the age of 21. At the same age as me Among the young people in the world, there are still many strong opponents that I need to catch up and surpass. Moreover, I am only 18 years old, and my personal strength is far from reaching the peak. For example, the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich just ended, I will Not a goal, nothing. So, I still have a long way to go in the future, and I hope to achieve higher achievements in the future."

Although he accepted an exclusive interview with Turin Sports Daily, Lu Wenbin did not win the Golden Boy Award.

It was a golden ball similar to the European Golden Globe Awards. It needs to be awarded at another time, and the place of awarding is not fixed. Now only the scoring rankings are announced.

After the exclusive interview, "Turin Sports Daily" discussed with Lu Wenbin, Mendes, and Hoffenheim Club, and put the Golden Boy Award ceremony in the last round of the Bundesliga before the winter break, Hoffen Before the match between Heim and Schalke 04.

It happened that the game was Hoffenheim's home game, and tens of thousands of Hoffenheim's home fans and Lu Wenbin's fans could witness his Golden Boy Award ceremony.

However, that's still a week away.

At the same time as the Golden Boy Award was announced, the 16th round of the Bundesliga was held for three days in total. After all the games on the last day, Hoffenheim continued to rank first in the Bundesliga standings with 16 wins, 13 wins, one draw and two losses with 40 points. one.

Bayern Munich ranked second with nine wins, five draws and two losses with 32 points, continuing to trail Hoffenheim by eight points.

Behind are Hertha Berlin, Hamburg, Leverkusen and other teams.

After the 16th round of the league, before the league with Schalke 04, there is a final round of the UEFA Cup group stage.

On December 9, the entire Hoffenheim team flew to the Netherlands to prepare for their away game against Nijmegen the next day.

The two group matches in this round of Group D are Hoffenheim away against Nijmegen, Tottenham Hotspur against Sparta Moscow at home, and Dinamo Zagreb bye.

This is the last group stage of the UEFA Cup this season. Hoffenheim, who had qualified in advance in the previous round, can secure the first place in the group as long as they draw and occupy a better position in the next knockout draw.

Even if they lose, Hoffenheim is likely to be top of the group because of the goal difference advantage.

Of course, no one wants to lose if they can win. Naturally, it is the safest to maintain a level and win.

It's just that, when he has already qualified in advance and has a high probability of securing the first place in the group, there is no need for Ralph to fight with Nijmegen who wants to qualify, but he should retain his strength and prepare for the next league match against Schalke 04. important.

Therefore, in the UEFA Cup away group match between Hoffenheim and Nijmegen, Ralph sent a half-main half-substitute lineup, and Lu Wenbin did not start and sat on the bench.