In the early morning of December 15, Beijing time, the second round of the Spanish King's Cup was fully launched, and Espanyol played away against Atlético Cristo. After missing a good opportunity in the first half, Wu Lei scored just 21 seconds into the second half to help the Spaniard equalize 1-1 and end a 343-day goal drought.
The Copa del Rey stipulates that high-level teams play away against lower-level teams, so after espanyol eliminated Spain's sixth-tier team Solaris in the first round, the second round was still an away game, this time the opponent was replaced by La Liga B side Cristo Athletic.
The Copa del Rey tournament gave Espanyol substitutes the opportunity to play, including Wu Lei. In the first round, Wu Lei started and played the whole game, sent 1 assist, did not break the goal, the new season goal drought is still not broken, and now he is playing in the Copa del Rey again, and he needs to seize the opportunity.
In this round of the Copa del Rey against Atlético Cristo, the Spaniard sent a 433 formation in the starting lineup, Wu Lei's forward partner Embarba and Morón, two consecutive Copa del Rey starts, Puado substituted, de Thomas was absent from the round.
In the opening 7th minute, Cabrera was fouled by a hand at the back, and then Cristo Athletic took a free kick in front of the field, and Suardo flicked his head to help the team take a 1-0 lead.
Then the Spaniard frantically counterattacked, and Wu Lei was very active in the front. In the 8th minute, Embarba's free kick found Wu Lei, who headed the ball high over the goal. In the 11th minute, the Spaniard passed the ball into the box, Moron was interfered with and pushed, Wu Lei wrapped up the empty goal to win, the referee ruled that the penalty was invalid, indicating that Moron was offside. In the 16th minute, Wu Lei pushed the ball high over the crossbar in the penalty area and missed another good opportunity.
In the 21st second of the second half, Wu Lei helped espanyol to equalize 1-1, Moron knocked on the left side of the penalty area in front of the goal, Wu Lei rushed to the horse, a kick burst into the net.
After breaking the goal, Wu Lei immediately ran to hug Mo Long, expressed his gratitude, did not make an excited celebration action, did not smile, and calmly walked back to his own half to wait for the opponent to kick off.
This goal is Wu Lei's second goal for Espanyol after 343 days, which is also a Copa del Rey match. In addition, Wu Lei scored the fourth goal in the Copa del Rey, setting a new record for the number of goals scored by Chinese players in the Copa del Rey, as well as breaking the goal drought this season, setting three consecutive records.