On December 15, Beijing time, the second round of the Spanish King's Cup, Espanyol challenged Cristo Athletic away. Wu Lei made his debut, scoring goals and breaking the 342-day goal drought!
When was the last time Wu Lei scored for Espanyol? On 7 January this year, the Copa del Rey played against Burgos in La Liga B, and since then he has not scored at the club.
In the second half of La Liga last season, Wu Lei scored 0 goals and 0 assists; so far in La Liga this season, he still has 0 goals and 0 assists, only giving 1 assist in the first round of the Copa del Rey, and the last 2 rounds of the league have not been in 1 minute.
Until today, facing a team from the fourth division in the second round of the Copa del Rey, Wu Lei returned to the starting lineup and finally scored in the 46th minute, finally breaking the 342-day ball drought!
And, it's also Wu Lei's second goal for Espanyol in the entire natural year of 2021 – yes, it's been almost a year since he scored both at the club.
Although the drought is broken, this is only the Copa del Rey after all, the opponent is a low-level team, and in the league, Wu Lei's goals this year are still 0.
You know, the last time he scored in the Spanish league was against Atlético Gijón in La Liga on 6 December 2020; the last time he scored in La Liga was against Alaves on 13 June 2020!
This year, Espanyol has two Games Left in La Liga: Celta on the 18th and Valencia on the 31st, will Wu Lei still have a chance? We'll see!