Seven Crowns

Lu Wenbin's goal in the 88th minute helped Hoffenheim regain a point, making the score between the two sides become Hoffenheim 12 Udinese.

But this is not enough.

Lu Wenbin turned over and got up without celebrating. He rushed to Udinese's goal to pick up the ball, ran back to the midfield and put the ball in the center circle, signaling the opponent to kick off quickly.

Lu Wenbin's teammates and coaches, the German commentator in the commentary booth, and the Hoffenheim fans in the stands also did not celebrate loudly, but just applauded.

Because the current score really makes people want to celebrate.

Only the commentators and guests in the China 5 CCTV live broadcast room were excitedly announcing to the audience that this was the second goal of a Chinese player in a European competition.

The first goal of a Chinese player in the European competition occurred when Sun Jihai played for Manchester City in the Premier League.

On August 15, 2003, when Manchester City slaughtered the Welsh team 50 times in the first round of the UEFA Cup preliminaries, Sun Jihai scored the first goal of a Chinese player in the European competition with a header in the 60th minute.

Before and after Sun Jihai, although Jia Xiuquan, Liu Haiguang, Shi Jun, Gao Leilei and other Chinese players had played in the UEFA Cup, none of them scored a goal.

In addition, Sun Xiang and Dong Fangzhuo won the UEFA Champions League in Eindhoven and Manchester United respectively, but they did not score goals.

Sun Jihai's header at Manchester City in 2003 turned out to be the only goal scored by a Chinese player in European competitions.

Now, Lu Wenbin finally scored the second goal of a Chinese player in the European competition. It is no wonder that the CCTV commentator and guests are very excited.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also sincerely happy for Lu Wenbin's goals and achievements.

As for whether Hoffenheim will be eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Udinese, it is not within the concern of Chinese fans.

In Hoffenheim now, no Chinese fans have become their fans.

Chinese fans are all fans of Lu Wenbin, or because of Lu Wenbin, they paid attention to Hoffenheim's games.

As long as Lu Wenbin performs well, no one cares about the life and death of Hoffenheim.

Everyone hopes that Lu Wenbin will perform better and Hoffenheim's performance will be worse.

Then Lu Wenbin transferred to their favorite giants team as a matter of course.

This is the common thinking of Chinese fans, the best of both worlds.

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Domestic fans don't care about the life and death of Hoffenheim, but Lu Wenbin himself can't help it.

He still wants to make persistent efforts and score another goal to help the team equalize the score, so as to keep more hope for the second round of the game, and also keep more hope for his UEFA Cup championship and Triple Crown Albert.

However, it was already the 88th minute when he scored, and there was not much time left.

A few minutes later, the referee brutally blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Udinese relied on their solid Italian defense to keep the victory of the away game 21.

Hoffenheim, who has no experience in European competitions, paid the tuition fee for the first European competition in the club's history, and also reaped the team's first defeat since the beginning of the season, ending their various The winning streak of the tournament.

Fortunately, Lu Wenbin finally scored a goal, and the difference between the two sides was only 1.

If Lu Wenbin hadn't scored a goal at the last minute, the away game in the second round would have been even more desperate for Hoffenheim.

Now, Lu Wenbin has scored a goal, narrowing the point difference in the total score, and Lu Wenbin himself may complete the upgrade and add points after the next Bundesliga match with Dortmund, at least there is still a possibility of a comeback.

It's not really hopeless to go to Italy to beat Udinese away to advance to the UEFA Cup group stage in the second leg.

Of course, this is just Lu Wenbin's own idea.

To the outside world, Lu Wenbin's goal in the 88th minute was nothing more than saving face for Hoffenheim.

In the European competitions with statistics, as long as the first round has the right time, place and people, it can lose at home, and the proportion of the second round that can come back and advance to the away game is less than 5.

Teams with more than 95 schedules that start at home and then away and lose at home are finally eliminated.

In the eyes of the outside world, the first European tour in the history of the Hoffenheim club has ended early. Even if there is still the second round of the match, it will not help.

This is also in line with Hoffenheim's identity.

It is quite normal for a country club that has never played in European competitions to participate in European competitions for the first time and be eliminated by the same top league team and more experienced Udinese.

Although Hoffenheim currently ranks first in the Bundesliga and Udinese ranks seventh in Serie A, this season has just begun, and that ranking does not have much reference value, let alone two countries with completely different styles of leagues.

In the end, the German commentator could only regret that Hoffenheim still had a chance, but the Italian media announced without hesitation that the suspense was lost in the second round.

Udinese players, coaches, and even the fans in the stands all had smiles on their faces and celebrated beamingly.

Ozcan, Baker, Eduardo, Ibisevic and others had tears in their eyes, very unwilling.

Ralph had already reminded them of the difference between the European competition and the league before the game. Everyone also paid attention to it, and they were not proud of underestimating the enemy. In this game, everyone almost tried their best.

Unexpectedly, in the end, they still got a defeat at home, which almost lost the suspense in the second round.

Sometimes, fate is so cruel, and it's not that you can get a good result with your best efforts.

Because others may work harder than you, and have better luck than you.

However, Salihovic, the captain, was not discouraged, and Lu Wenbin, who had the system as his hole card, was even less discouraged.

The two called their teammates together one by one, and then walked to the sidelines to apologize to the Hoffenheim fans who had come to watch the first European game in the club's history with great anticipation, but witnessed the team being defeated by their opponents.

What Lu Wenbin and others did not expect was that almost none of the Hoffenheim fans who witnessed the team's defeat left the field, but all stayed behind.

After the players walked under the stands, everyone, led by the fan group, shouted the names of the team members one by one.

Every time a name is called, the fans collectively applaud three times.

Finally, everyone shouted together: "Long live the holy village!"

An unexpected defeat not only did not make Hoffenheim lose the support of the fans, but instead gained the hearts of more fans.

Lu Wenbin also had mixed feelings in his heart, and his determination to defeat Udinese in the second round and advance to the UEFA Cup group stage became even stronger.

Even if it is not for his mission, but for these ordinary fans, Lu Wenbin must lead his teammates to complete the miracle of an away game comeback.