Seven Crowns

Before the UEFA Champions League knockout draw ceremony, Inter Milan still has a league match.

On December 12, in the 17th round of Serie A, Inter Milan played against Cesena at home.

Cesena currently ranks second to last in the standings and is weak.

Although they also desperately wanted to stage a counterattack against Inter Milan in Meazza and earn the points they desperately needed to relegation, the huge gap in strength cannot be made up by their hard work.

The process of the game was lackluster, and Cesena lost to Inter Milan by a big score in the end.

The only thing that excited Inter Milan fans was when Lu Wenbin scored the first goal.

In the 27th minute, when Lu Wenbin received a wonderful pass from Sneijder in the penalty area and turned around and volleyed the goal, all the commentators and fans shouted excitedly.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo And..."

"For the 11th consecutive Serie A goal, Lu scored the 11th consecutive Serie A goal!"

"Lu tied the record of 11 consecutive Serie A goals created by Batistuta in 1994!"

"In his first season in Serie A, Lu Wenbin tied the record for the longest consecutive scoring streak in Serie A. It's amazing!"

Countless reporters and fans were overwhelmed by Lu Wenbin's goal, and they were so impressed.

Watching Lu Wenbin play football is simply enjoyable.

Not only this goal, Lu Wenbin scored 2 more goals later, and the other two goals were scored by Milito and Sneijder.

Among them, the goal scored by Milito was assisted by Lu Wenbin.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 5-0. Inter Milan beat Cesena at home, took all three points and continued to lead the Serie A standings.

Lu Wenbin scored a hat-trick in this game, and the total number of goals for the year reached 93, which is only one goal away from the record of 94 goals he created last year.

At the same time, Lu Wenbin's goal in this game also brought his consecutive Serie A goals to 11 games this season.

After being zero-blocked by Roma in the fifth round of Serie A,

From the 6th round until now, Lu Wenbin has maintained the record of scoring goals in each game.

Lu Wenbin also tied the record of 11 consecutive Serie A goals created by Batistuta in Fiorentina in 1994 with his 11 consecutive goals, and became the focus of media reports after the game.

After this round of the league, after a few days of rest, on December 17, UEFA held the 2010/2011 Champions League knockout round of 16 draw ceremony at the headquarters in Switzerland.

The teams entering the top 16 of this season are Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Schalke 04, Lyon, Manchester United, Valencia, Barcelona, ​​Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Roma, Chelsea, Marseille, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal.

Among them, 15 teams come from the five major leagues, and only Shakhtar Donetsk is from Ukraine.

Although UEFA President Michel Platini vigorously supported the small leagues after he came to power for votes, after the waves of the Champions League group stage, only the giants and strong teams of the five major leagues are the mainstream of the Champions League.

Only the teams in the five major leagues have the funds and strength to form two or three lineups, and they have achieved good results in multi-line battles.

Minor league teams will occasionally have a dark horse or two, but they won't be mainstream.

It can be seen that there is only one team in the top 16 that is not from the top five leagues.

The rules of the 1/8 final draw are that teams qualifying from the same group avoid, teams from the same country avoid, and teams with the same ranking avoid.

In other words, Inter Milan will not face Tottenham Hotspur and Roma, who are second in the group. Inter Milan's opponents will be in Lyon, Valencia, Hoffenheim, Marseille, Real Madrid, and Arsenal. from the second team of the other group.

Under the auspices of UEFA Secretary-General Infantino, the draw ceremony officially began.

When drawing lots, a group of opponents first draws the second place in the group, and then draws the first place in the group. The first place in the group has the initiative in the schedule.

The first group drawn was second place in Roma, but their opponent happened to be the only non-five major league team drawn out, first in Group H: Shakhtar Donetsk.

This is a good lottery, and the Roma general manager who participated in the draw ceremony had a smile on his face.

Subsequently, one by one teams were drawn, and the matchup table for the 1/8 finals gradually became clear.

When last season's Champions League final opponent, Hoffenheim, was drawn to Inter Milan, the audience, both at the scene and in front of the TV, were in an uproar.

It was a bit too much of a coincidence.

The two opponents in the finals of last season met again in the knockout round this season, and there is also the gimmick of Lu Wenbin's transfer to Inter Milan. This game is undoubtedly the highlight of the 1/8 finals.

For ratings, UEFA can be said to be doing everything they can.

Although there is no evidence, many commentators bluntly said in the live commentary that this must have been arranged by UEFA.

In addition, Arsenal's draw to Barcelona is also a strong dialogue at the giant level, and Real Madrid's encounter with Bayern Munich is a European derby where sparks hit the earth.

Of course, Real Madrid, who are in a bad situation, definitely don't want to meet Bayern Munich.

Judging from the results of previous matches, Real Madrid is more afraid to play against the German team, let alone Bayern Munich.

Now that Mourinho has not gone to Real Madrid, the Galacticos under Pellegrini's rule is not very effective.

After the draw ceremony, the major media were all attracted by the repeat of the Champions League final between Inter Milan and Hoffenheim.

Especially under the background that Lu Wenbin has just transferred to Inter Milan, this 1/8 final matchup is very attractive.

After Lu Wenbin left, Hitzfeld, Nilsson, Jankel, Gustavo, Eduardo, Demba Ba and many other Hoffenheim players who had achieved great success all left.

Although Hope has introduced many powerful players, Hoffenheim's strength has dropped a lot.

So far, Hoffenheim is only ranked seventh in the Bundesliga standings, and only won the second place in the Champions League group stage, which is far from the outstanding record of winning the Triple Crown under the leadership of Lu Wenbin last season.

Compared with Abramovich and other Chelsea bosses spending a lot of money, Hope's rational investment in football team building is still a little less heroic, and it also directly affects the quality of Hoffenheim's signings and the team's rebuilding effect.

Perhaps, the triple crown won under the leadership of Lu Wenbin was originally an accident, and Hoffenheim should have been in the middle of the Bundesliga.

After the lottery ceremony came out, naturally many reporters went to interview Lu Wenbin and asked him his opinion on the result of the lottery.

Lu Wenbin was naturally quite surprised by the result of the lottery, and it was difficult to describe his complicated feelings.

He finally said: "Hoffenheim is the place where I started my career, and I will always love it! However, now I am an Inter Milan player, and I will do my best in the away game to help Inter Milan beat Hoffenheim." monthly pass)