Seven Crowns

In the days that followed, Hoffenheim used friendly matches to test the team's strength and player status while training, respectively, with Rostock, which was relegated to the Bundesliga, Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League, and Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga, etc. A friendly match was played.

Although he was hit by Blackburn in the UK, Lu Wenbin believes that he will find his way back one day, and it does not affect his subsequent training and competition.

In the next three friendly matches, Hoffenheim won all of them. Lu Wenbin scored a total of 8 goals and had several assists.

It's not that he can't score more goals, but that he is replaced by the coach in advance every time, and he has to give others a chance to play to find the feeling of the game, even if it is a substitute.

Speaking of which, the biggest change in the team is the goalkeeper position.

The main goalkeeper last season was originally No. 1 Daniel Haas, but it may be that he was too excited to win the double championship last season. He had too much fun during the summer vacation, not to mention his weight soared, and his state also fell sharply.

As a result, Haas was naturally included in the penalty list by Ralph. The first few friendly matches were the original substitute goalkeeper No. 27 Ozjan.

And Ozjan also firmly seized the opportunity. The first three friendly games played well, and the last two friendly games completely put Haas on the bench and did not even get a minute of playing time.

In the 2008/2009 season, Hoffenheim, who was promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, played in Europe for the first time, and whose owner was not short of money, was about to show off his skills, but Daniel Haas estimated that he would lose his main position.

In addition, the news report that Ronaldinho, the Golden Ball Mr. Ronaldinho, who was also late for training at night after becoming famous, was sold at a reduced price by Barcelona in July and switched to AC Milan, made Lu Wenbin take a deep precaution.

Haas was one of the heroes of Hoffenheim's upgrade and championship last season. Ronaldinho is the core of Barcelona and the world-famous Mr. Ballon d'Or. After his state declined, he was abandoned by the team. Cruelty in football.

Lu Wenbin secretly warned himself that even if there is a system to help, he must know how to cherish and self-discipline.

Otherwise, the self who has the potential to become a world superstar may not reach the heights that he should have achieved.

After the last three friendly matches, Lu Wenbin gained a total of 6,200 experience points, and his level experience rose to 58,212/100,000 at level 12.

On August 8, the whole club gathered in the restaurant to watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. The repeated amazement of his teammates made Lu Wenbin full of pride.

A day later, on August 10, Hoffenheim officially started the 2008/2009 season. The first game was the first round of the German Cup away against Dronites of the northern German regional league.

The German Cup is divided into 6 rounds, with 64 teams participating in the first round, divided into 2 groups.

18 Group A teams and 14 top-ranked Group B teams last season (including the Bundesliga relegated teams) are included in the first group, and the other 4 lower-ranked Group B teams (including the Bundesliga promoted teams) and 28 teams of lower divisions are placed in the second group.

The match is between the first group and the second group. The opposing team is determined by drawing lots, and the team with the lower level in the first round has the right to play at home.

All matches are played in the form of a tiebreaker, and if the tie is tied within 90 minutes, extra time will be required to decide the tiebreaker.

If the winner cannot be determined after extra time, the winner will be determined by mutual penalty kicks.

This is also the reason why, even though the German Cup is a champion, the single-game experience given by the system is only twice as high as that of the Bundesliga: because there are not only Bundesliga teams, but also Bundesliga, Bundesliga, and regional leagues. team.

After neutralization, the experience of each game will not be given much, and it will definitely not be comparable to the Bundesliga where all top teams participate.

For a fourth-tier regional league team, Hoffenheim does not need to play any psychological tactics.

You can face it directly.

Therefore, on August 9, at the pre-match press conference, Ralph directly announced the starting lineup for the game one day in advance.

As expected by Lu Wenbin, No. 27 goalkeeper Ozjan got the start, and Daniel Haas was pressed on the bench.

If Ozjan continues to play well in official games, Daniel Haas will really be cold.

In addition, the right-back was replaced by Andres Baker, whom the club had just brought in from Stuttgart.

This is a new defensive star who has become famous in Germany and has attracted the attention of the national team coach Loew.

However, Baker was poached by the wealthy Hope with a higher annual salary, and Stuttgart failed to keep him.

In the previous training camp, Baker showed above-average passing and control, assists, and physical fitness, and was full of typical German fighting spirit and blood.

So, despite being a rookie, he got his start in Hoffenheim's first official game of the season.

The change in the forward line is that the 22-year-old Obasi was called back to China to follow the Nigerian Olympic team to play in the Beijing Olympics.

Therefore, Dengbaba got the starting opportunity and partnered with Ibisevic and Lu Wenbin as the three strikers.

If Demba Ba can seize the opportunity, he may not be able to put Aubasi, who delayed the pre-season training, on the bench.

Others are not much different from last season's main lineup.

However, it can be expected that this season, even those marginal substitutes will definitely get a lot of appearances, and some people will not make 0 appearances in a season like last season.

At 16:30 on the afternoon of August 10th, the first round of the 2008/2009 German Cup between Dronites and Hoffenheim started on time at the home of Dronites.

Although Dronites really wants to defeat Hoffenheim, stage a dragon slaying story, the last news or something.

However, when he was promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, Hoffenheim, who had long wanted to make a big fight, did not give Dronites this chance.

In the 5th minute, Eduardo passed the ball to Lu Wenbin in the penalty area after passing two people at the front of the penalty area.

Although a defender of Dronites rushed over to block the hole, Lu Wenbin's shot was still one step faster than him.

Lu Wenbin pushed the ball into the corner of the goal accurately, and the goalkeeper could only watch the ball go into the net.

Then, the game completely entered the rhythm of Hoffenheim.

Eduardo, Salihovic, Dembaba, and Ibisevic all dribbled in Dronites' half-court, and then passed the ball to Lu Wenbin for the final blow.

Even Lu Wenbin can occasionally perform an extraordinary performance.

Although the players of Dronites are also adult professional players, after all, their strength is far from that of the Bundesliga players, and Lu Wenbin's dribbling and speed can occasionally surpass others.

After 90 minutes, the score was 0-6 on the big screen, with the home team ahead and the away team behind.

Lu Wenbin scored a hat-trick in the first half and was replaced by Ralph in the second half.

In the third-line battle this season, Ralph must always pay attention to saving Lu Wenbin's physical strength, so as to avoid Lu Wenbin not running when there are key games in the later stage.

In this German Cup, Lu Wenbin contributed 6,000 points for 3 goals + 4,000 points for winning, a total of 10,000 experience points, which increased Lu Wenbin's level experience to 68,212/100,000.

After the first round of the German Cup, the new season of the Bundesliga is about to kick off.

The next game will be the first Bundesliga game in Hoffenheim's history.