Espanyol will play a Copa del Rey round 2 match at 4am on 15 December against La Liga B side Atlético Cristo. Espanyol have also unveiled a big roster, with main striker De Tomas sidelined for the game. De Thomas is the spaniard's strongest thigh, scoring eight goals in 16 league games and delivering two assists. Espanyol were able to finish 9th in the league, with De Thomas giving the most credit. This time, the Copa del Rey did not take De Thomas, but also to allow him to get more rest time to devote his energy to La Liga, after all, for Espanyol the league is the most important.
De Thomas did not play with the team, which meant that Wu Lei had hope of starting. In the first round of the Copa del Rey match between Espanyol and Solares, De Thomas also stopped, and Wu Lei started in that game. Although Wu Lei did not score in the match against Solares, he delivered 1 assist and 2 key passes, which was not bad. This time against a relatively weak team, if Wu Lei plays, there may be hope to score. Wu Lei has not scored a goal this season, playing a total of 13 games, and only has 1 assist in the Copa del Rey. The worst thing for a striker is the long-term goal drought. Wu Lei needs to score goals to regain confidence.
Wu Lei is now in a more awkward situation, his position in the team is gradually marginalized, and although he has entered the big list in the last two rounds of the league, he has not played. In the battle with Vallecano, although the Spaniards were behind, the head coach Moreno still did not give Wu Lei a chance, and the 4 people did not have Wu Lei's share. In the past, if the situation was behind the head coach, he might let Wu Lei have a chance to play and see if he could change the situation, but now Wu Lei has not been trusted by Moreno. In the last match between Espanyol and Levante, Wu Lei also sat on the bench for a whole game.
If Wu Lei wants to change his situation, he needs to perform well in a limited time. Wu Lei's characteristics are relatively single, basically only one advantage of strong running ability, but other weaknesses are too fatal, including weak ability to pass with the ball, weak long-range shooting ability, and weak single knife grasp ability. He needs to break through, improve his shortcomings, and come up with a convincing performance in order to gain the trust of the manager and gain more playing time. I hope that Wu Lei can get out of the downturn.