Seven Crowns

In the blink of an eye, Lu Wenbin had been training with the Hoffenheim first team for half a month, and the time came to January 28, 2008.

In half a month, Lu Wenbin, who has no language barrier and deliberately mingled with the old players, has completely integrated into the team.

In order to play the game as soon as possible, help the team win the double championship, and complete the three system tasks, Lu Wenbin's training attitude is very serious.

Although Lu Wenbin's speed, physique, dribbling, etc. have become ordinary in the first team, he still has a firm foothold with his 17/17 shooting attributes.

After half a month of training, both the coach and the players were surprised to find that the youngest 17-year-old Chinese teenager who had just risen from the youth team was the most accurate shooter in the Hoffenheim first team.

As long as he has the opportunity to shoot in front of the goal, the probability of hitting the goal frame is much higher than other strikers, and the scoring efficiency is naturally much higher than others.

Such a performance on the training ground made Ralph Rannick decide to give Lu Wenbin a chance to play, and use a real game to test Lu Wenbin's quality.

However, this opportunity is not a league, but a cup.

Anyway, Hoffenheim's goal this season is promotion, not the German Cup.

Therefore, it is not bad to give Lu Wenbin a chance to perform in the cup.

The German Cup is a one-off game, if you lose, you're out. But Ralph and the boss Hope are not interested in this, out of the game is out, it doesn't matter.

Tomorrow, is the first game after the winter break in Hoffenheim: the 2007/2008 German Cup 1/8 final Hoffenheim at home against the first-tier team Rostock.

And only three days after the German Cup is over, it is the first Bundesliga game after the winter break: the 18th round of Hoffenheim away against Wayne Wiesbaden.

The interval between the two games is too short, and the second Bundesliga with Wayne is more important.

Therefore, in the 1/8 finals of the German Cup, Hoffenheim is destined to not be able to play the main force, and must stay for the league.

So, on the afternoon of January 28, when Ralph Rangnick announced the 18-man squad for the next day's German Cup 1/8 finals, he announced a half-main half-substitute list.

And Lu Wenbin's name is also among these 18 people.

The first official game to be promoted to the first team was a cup game that was not taken seriously, so it was his luck that Lu Wenbin was able to enter the squad.

One night later, on the evening of January 29, Lu Wenbin walked into Hoffenheim's home stadium, the Hope Stadium, for the first time as a first-team player.

Although he entered the 18-man squad, Lu Wenbin failed to start. He and several other substitute players sat on the bench and waited for the start of the game.

The Hope Stadium, which can accommodate more than 6,300 seats, was full at this time, and the audience chanted the slogans of Hoffenheim Come on or Victory in the Holy Village to welcome the first game of the Hope Stadium in 2008.

Although Hoffenheim is only a village, the Hoffenheim Club also belongs to the county of Rhein-Neckar and the city of Sinsheim.

Therefore, many fans of Rhein-Neckar and Sinsheim regard Hoffenheim as their home team and drive to watch every home game, making every home game in Hoffenheim an full.

Lu Wenbin had seen such a scene before when he was watching a home game in the stands.

However, it was the first time he was sitting on the bench as a player and saw the cheers of the audience in the stands.

Don't feel it.

When the live broadcast began to broadcast the player lists of both sides, every Hoffenheim player was applauded and cheered by the audience, even the substitute Lu Wenbin and others were no exception.

However, Lu Wenbin's applause was lower than those of his teammates known to the fans, and some fans who were not local villagers inexplicably asked each other who this Lu No. 90 suddenly appeared.

At 19:00 on the evening of January 29, German time, the 1/8 finals of the 2007/2008 DFB Cup in Hoffenheim at home against the Bundesliga team Rostock officially began.

In fact, not only Hoffenheim has no intention of upgrading the German Cup, but Rostock is also unintentional in order to avoid relegation in the Bundesliga.

After the 17th round of the Bundesliga before the winter break, Rostock ranked fourth from the bottom of the Bundesliga standings with 17 points, only more than the third-to-last Nuremberg and the second-to-last Cottbus with the same points in the relegation zone. 2 minutes.

If you are not careful, Rostock may fall into the relegation zone after a game.

Therefore, in this German Cup match, Rostock rotated more thoroughly than Hoffenheim. Except for the two or three main players, the others are all substitutes in the usual league.

This German Cup 1/8 final has been strategically abandoned by Rostock.

Moreover, even the players on the court are absent-minded.

The result is that in the 38th minute of the first half, Hoffenheim scored a long-range shot by Brazilian midfielder Carlos Eduardo from outside the penalty area. 0 ahead of the first division team Rostock.

Immediately, the entire Hope Field was boiling, and the audience shouted Eduardo's name and celebrated wildly.

The momentum from the thousands of spectators was greater than the momentum from the tens of thousands of fans at the scene when Lu Wenbin played the high school league final at the Tianjin Olympic Sports Center.

European fans looked even crazier.

The spectators don't care whether Rostock has tried their best, they only know that the second-tier team they support Hoffenheim is ahead of the first-tier team Rostock in the game.

This reason alone was enough for the audience to celebrate with ecstasy.

However, the goal also ignited the anger of Rostock players.

After all, Rostock is also a first-class team! Even if they are relegated next season, this season is one level higher than Hoffenheim.

Therefore, in the next game, Rostock launched a crazy attack on Hoffenheim to counterattack.

Although Hoffenheim held the lead in the last few minutes of the first half and did not concede the ball, Rostock scored a goal in the opening 4 minutes of the second half to equalize the score, and the two sides were tied 1-1.

Afterwards, the game continued until the 70th minute with Rostock's mad attack and Hoffenheim's tough defense, and the score remained unchanged.

Among them, Hoffenheim got two excellent counterattack opportunities, but was completely wasted by the No. 17 backup striker Tobias Weiss.