On the afternoon of the 20th, the Swiss Premier League team Grasshoppers officially announced that Li Lei, who plays for Beijing Guoan, will officially join the team in January next year. And this also marks that the international footballer, who is about to turn 30, will embark on his first career in foreign countries in a few days. For Li Lei, being able to jump out of the "comfort zone" to exercise himself to improve his skills is a very affirmative and commendable thing in itself, and for Chinese football, only more and more "Li Lei" can get good results when they go out.
About half a month ago, the media successively disclosed the news that Li Lei would stay in Yang. As a player who has entered the age of establishment, Li Lei can choose to stay in Yang, which is to make a lot of determination, after all, with his ability and level, he can get a good contract with any big team in China, and the reason why he chose to stay in Yang is mainly to meet the world and improve his understanding of football in an all-round way.
Looking back on the past few seasons, Li Lei's performance is obvious to all. Since becoming a member of Guoan in 2015, Li Lei has become the team's "desperate sanlang" with full dedication and no effort, and his progress is also obvious, from the "stunned youth" when he first arrived at the team, gradually became a regular in the rotation lineup, and then later stood in a main position, Li Lei step by step to make his football road very stable. If there is any regret, it may be his international career, in the summer of 2017, he should have been able to report to the national team, but he was absent because of an injury, and although he was also called up intermittently, until now, he has not been able to occupy the main position in the national football team.
But whose football career is flawless? Now Li Lei chooses to go abroad and step into the field of European football, which also makes up for his regret that he did not have a foreign experience before. For him, landing in the Swiss Super League, which is at the second level in Europe, will help him adapt to the rhythm of European football as early as possible and fight for a rotation. Because compared with those familiar top leagues, although the Swiss Super League also has a strong giant team, but the overall competitiveness, or the traditional five major leagues, which for Li Lei to accumulate confidence, as soon as possible into the team, has a positive role in promoting.
It is understood that after the official announcement of the Swiss team, Li Lei's national security career will also come to an end. For him, who expires at the end of the year, he can still play a few league games is also a topic of concern to the outside world. Because according to the schedule, Guoan's final round of the tournament will not end until January 4 next year, but At that time, Li Lei was no longer a player in the contract period. However, for now, Li Lei should continue to stay in the team to play the next few games. As for when he will leave the division for Europe, there is no accurate timetable.
For the current Guoan, Li Lei's departure is bound to have a big impact on the overall strength of the team, because whether he plays as left-back or left-back, he is one of the core players, and after his departure, the current substitute Kim Tae-yeon and Liu Huan, who can play center-back, are bound to take on more responsibilities. After the end of the season, whether this position will use the young players of the reserve team or go to the transfer market to find a replacement for Li Lei, which requires the Guoan coaching staff to make a choice.
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong