Seven Crowns

After the Golden Boy Award Ceremony, at 17:00 on December 14th, with the whistle of the referee, the 17th round of the Bundesliga in the 2008/2009 season, the last round of the league before the winter break, Hoffenheim vs. Sands The game of Erke 04 officially started.

Schalke 04 is a veteran Bundesliga team with a long history. Before this round of games, they ranked 7th in the Bundesliga standings this season, ranking well.

Coupled with Bayern Munich's demonstration of how to freeze Lu Wenbin, Schalke 04 head coach Ruten called out before the game that he could freeze Lu Wenbin and lead his team to victory over Hoffenheim.

However, the fact that the two players he dispatched did not reach the level of Bayern Autor and Demichelis in defense.

After the start of the game, although Schalke 04 also dispatched No. 8 midfielder Ernst and No. 20 defender Kerstajic to jointly mark Lu Wenbin's tactics, the effect was not as good as that of Bayern Munich.

Sacrificing two people to mark Lu Wenbin, the effect is definitely there, but it can't achieve the effect of Bayern Autor and Demichelis marking Lu Wenbin, so that Lu Wenbin still got a lot of opportunities to catch the ball and shoot.

In the face of Lu Wenbin's 2019/19 off-the-ball movement, Ernst and Kerstajic's man-marking awareness, help-defense coordination, etc., are somewhat different from the combination of Autel and Demichelis.

If not for Schalke 04's goalkeeper, Hoffenheim would have scored a goal long ago.

In the 8th minute, Lu Wenbin threw off the marks of Entes and Kerstajic at the corner of the big penalty area and received a header from Ibisevic. Goal.

Thanks to Schalke 04's goalkeeper Neuer, he made a world-class save like a goalkeeper, saving Lu Wenbin's volley from the goal frame to save the bottom line.

Otherwise, Lu Wenbin scored in the 8th minute.

In the last round of the away league game against Bayern, the team couldn’t win without scoring a single goal. Many people think that they have found a way to freeze Lu Wenbin and deal with Hoffenheim, which in itself makes Lu Wenbin full of fighting spirit and wants to play in this round. prove yourself.

In addition, before the game, he won the Golden Boy Award in front of so many people, and his girlfriend Kate was sitting in the stands, so Lu Wenbin was not allowed to be laughed at.

In today's game, Lu Wenbin wanted to score goals and lead the team to victory, proving that they were ineffective against Hoffenheim and their tactics.

The minimum goal, but also to help the team win.

In this regard, Lu Wenbin has confidence in his teammates.

After a year of getting along, Lu Wenbin has no doubts about the abilities of his teammates. These teammates, even without themselves, have the ability to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga, as evidenced by the fact that they scored two goals at the Allianz Arena in the last round of the league.

The opponents are heavily guarding themselves, and other places are bound to create loopholes and gaps, creating shooting opportunities for Lu Wenbin's teammates.

He does not believe that Schalke 04 also has the defensive and offensive strength of Bayern Munich. It can concede fewer goals and counterattack when the number of opponents is small and the number of opponents is large. In the end, it was a draw with Hoffenheim or even a victory over Hoffenheim. .

No matter how good Neuer is, he is just a goalkeeper, not a bus. He cannot completely seal a goal that is more than 7 meters wide.

He can save Lu Wenbin's first must goal, then Lu Wenbin will look for the next opportunity and help his teammates to attack.

Anyway, after this game, it is the winter break, so there is no need to keep any physical fitness. Lu Wenbin released all his physical strength in this game without hesitation.

Next, he not only ran around with Ernst and Kerstajic, disrupted Schalke 04's defense and created opportunities for his teammates, he also used his 19/19 off-the-ball movement to occasionally get shots. .

As Ralph said, Hoffenheim is not Lu Wenbin's team alone.

While Lu Wenbin's chances of shooting were greatly reduced under two opponents' marking, other players at Hoffenheim began to get more performance opportunities.

Eduardo, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Dembaba, Gustavo, Baker and others launched wave after wave of offensives against Schalke 04's defense line amid the cheering of the home fans.

On average, there is one shot in four or five minutes.

However, what is unexpected is that Hoffenheim has never scored such a powerful offensive.

In the 11th minute, Demba Ba succeeded in anti-offside and almost received a through ball from Salihovic to get a single-handed chance. Unfortunately, Neuer attacked ahead of time and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

In the 14th minute, Lu Wenbin got a long shot from outside the penalty area. However, this shot was interrupted in time by Entes's body collision and missed the goal post.

In the 19th minute, Hoffenheim full-back Baker dribbled the ball to the bottom and made a cross, Ibisevic grabbed the first point, but unfortunately his close headers were magically set aside by Neuer.

In the 21st minute, Hoffenheim got a free kick in the frontcourt. Lu Wenbin turned on the system skill and hit a free kick that went straight to the dead corner of the goal, but Neuer predicted it in advance and saved it.

In the 23rd minute, Ibisevic received a wonderful pass from Salihovic in the penalty area and turned to hit the goal. The ball went straight to the dead corner, but unfortunately it was stabbed by a world-class save from Neuer who responded quickly. Bottom line.

In the 26th minute, Lu Wenbin successfully formed a single-handed shot against offside at the front of the penalty area, but he was saved by Neuer who attacked in advance before he had time to take a shot.

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Hoffenheim did not score a single goal until the 40th minute of the first half.

Schalke 04's only 22-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer performed brilliantly today, making a lot of wonderful, even world-class saves from high receptions to keep Hoffenheim's shots out of the door outside.

Neuer's performance reminded everyone of his performance in the Champions League home game against Schalke 04 in Porto last season.

In that game, the Schalke 04 team performed poorly and was beaten by Porto.

However, Neuer stood in front of the goal as a man, and saved Porto's close goals many times, dragging the game into a penalty shootout.

In the penalty shootout, Neuer threw two other penalty kicks in a row, completely sending Porto out of the game, and also led Schalke 04 to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the 2007/08 season, creating the best record in the history of the Champions League.

Today, Neuer also seems to be in an extraordinary state by Hoffenheim's continuous attack, and he presents various punches in a row, so that the commentators have to think of Neuer's fame in Porto's Dragon Stadium. battle.

The commentators at the commentary all talked about the possibility of a world-class goalkeeper in German football after the Lion King Kahn.

And Lu Wenbin, the sharpest spear ranked No. 1 in the Bundesliga scorer list, was not only marked by the opponent's two defenders, but also encountered the best goalkeeper and the toughest shield in all the games he has participated in.

Whether Lu Wenbin, the sharpest spear in the Bundesliga, can get rid of Entes and Kerstajic's marking and break through Neuer's strong shield, everyone is full of doubts and curiosity.