Chapter 217: Retreat (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
At the Allianz Stadium, after being stared at by the opposing two for 20 minutes without any shooting opportunities, Lu Wenbin took the initiative to find captain Salihovic and asked his teammates to stop using him as the end point of attack.
The opposing two defenders defend themselves full-time, and it is really difficult for them to get a chance to shoot.
Even if you get the occasional chance to shoot, you will definitely face interference from the opposition, and the chances of scoring a goal are far worse than shooting without interference.
Instead, the opponent sent two full-time guards to defend themselves, and other places must face a weakened defense, teammates attacking from other places, and possibly scoring.
Next, Lu Wenbin began to take Otter and Demichelis on a walk outside the no-go zone and on the side, while Hoffenheim launched an onslaught from other directions.
Salihovic, Eduardo, Ibisevic, and Demba Ba bypassed Lu Wenbin and began to give full play to their offensive strength.
Bayern Munich played the 442 formation, and after Lu Wenbin was involved in a midfielder and a central defender, Bayern's midfielder and backline were left with only 6 people.
Salihovic's 4-man attack on the opponent's 6-man defense can still get a lot of opportunities when he takes the offensive initiative.
It's a pity that the shooting accuracy of his teammates is much worse than Lu Wenbin's, which is probably why Klinsmann dared to send two people to target Lu Wenbin to death and give Hoffenheim more chances.
It is because everyone knows that only Lu Wenbin has the greatest threat to the accuracy of his shooting in the Hoffenheim team. Even if others give them the opportunity to shoot, the goal rate is too far from Lu Wenbin.
In the 27th minute, Eduardo's long-range shot from outside the no-go zone almost pierced the Bayern goal.
It's a pity that this heavy kick hit the door and was finally touched by Bayern goalkeeper Rensing with his fingers with all his strength and poked out the bottom line.
In the 33rd minute, Demba Ba grabbed a close spot in the forbidden area, but hit the plane, which made people sigh.
Fortunately, after unremitting efforts, Hoffenheim finally knocked on the goal of Bayern Munich in the 39th minute, and Ibisevic turned and hit the goal successfully after receiving the ball with his back in the forbidden area.
However, just a few minutes later, in the 43rd minute, Bayern Munich scored a beautiful counter-attack goal from Ribery's long-distance run.
Both sides ended the first half with a 1-1 scoreline.
At half-time, the commentators and fans alike were talking about the situation in the first half.
In particular, the managers and players of other teams in the Bundesliga have been impressed by Klinsmann's tactics of sending two defenders to target Lu Wenbin and achieve good results.
After all, Lu Wenbin was too young and his speed was too fast, so everyone still didn't pay absolute attention to it before, and only sent one person to keep an eye on Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin always gets a lot of opportunities to catch and shoot with his excellent off-ball running and the overall assistance of his teammates, and he has scored in almost every game.
So far, the winter break has not yet arrived, and Lu Wenbin has scored more than 20 Bundesliga goals, which is almost equivalent to the goal of the first place in the season scorer list with fewer goals for the whole season.
Moreover, in the European Golden Boot list, Lu Wenbin is also far ahead.
Now it seems that in order to contain Lu Wenbin, it is really not possible to do it alone, and it has to be more extreme.
Like Bayern Munich, even if there are loopholes in other places, it is worth learning from sending two people to help prevent Lu Wenbin from being targeted.
As long as Lu Wenbin is killed, Hoffenheim's threat will be much lower.
Today's game has given a lot of inspiration to many people.
After 15 minutes of halftime, Lu Wenbin's situation still did not change, and Otter and Demichelis continued to stare at Lu Wenbin without relaxation.
Even if Eduardo and others are allowed to get more shooting opportunities, they must not let Lu Wenbin catch the ball and shoot.
However, the result of the game was still very disappointing for Bayern head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
He originally thought that as long as he sent two people to completely freeze Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim's offensive strength would be scrapped by half.
Then, with Bayern's own attacking strength and home advantage, it should be no problem to win the game.
Unexpectedly, without Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim others could still score.
Lu Wenbin did not score a goal in the whole game under the marking of Otter and Demichelis, even if he got a few opportunities to shoot with his feet, and there were three free kick opportunities, but his luck was not very good, and he did not score a goal in the end.
But while Lu Wenbin involved Bayern's two big defenders, Hoffenheim's other players got a lot of opportunities.
Although the shooting accuracy is not as good as Lu Wenbin's, the more shots on goal can score.
Ibisevic was even more in form, scoring a goal in the first half and scoring a brace in the second half with a penalty shot.
Bayern Munich's luxury attacking group went crazy in the second half, but their shooting accuracy was actually not much different from Hoffenheim's others except Lu Wenbin, and it depended on some luck to score.
In the end, Bayern only scored a goal in the second half through Luca Toney from the penalty area.
Both sides scored one goal in each half and ended in a 2-2 draw.
Lu Wenbin didn't score a goal, the team didn't win, and there was no experience reward in this game.
For Hoffenheim, though, it wasn't a failure.
There are not many teams that can get out of the Allianz Arena, and it is not easy for teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona to get a draw at the Allianz Arena.
Hoffenheim's ability to draw away from Bayern is impressive enough.
Bayern did not hesitate to send two defenders to completely freeze Lu Wenbin, but he failed to win at home and scored three points, allowing Hoffenheim to retreat, which is really not a success.
This game, although other teams have new ideas about how to freeze Lu Wenbin, everyone has to re-evaluate the Hoffenheim team.
Before this game, everyone thought that Hoffenheim survived on the big legs of super scorer Lu Wenbin.
Without Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim may still be a promoted horse in relegation.
At the beginning of the game, seeing that Bayern did not hesitate to send two defenders to keep an eye on Lu Wenbin, everyone's eyes lit up, and at the same time, they thought that Hoffenheim would lose this game.
Unexpectedly, in the end, Lu Wenbin did not score a goal, but Ibisevic scored twice to help Hoffenheim retreat at the Allianz Stadium.
Except for Lu Wenbin, Hoffenheim's other players showed no worse strength than Bayern Munich.
This is quite surprising.
The strength of players such as Eduardo, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Demba Ba, and Gustavo has been widely recognized by the media and fans.
Hoffenheim was able to lock the Bundesliga halfway championship two rounds in advance, not just relying on Lu Wenbin's big legs as everyone thinks on the surface!