In the 20th round of the second stage of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan drew 1-1 with Shandong Taishan. Li Lei said goodbye and left the last touch of majestic style in the national security team. In the game, Li Lei spared no effort, showed outstanding defensive comprehensive quality, led his teammates to stabilize the defense line in the case of physical decline and faced with strong attacks, and forced the Chinese Super League champion to draw, and Li Lei will also play an indispensable role in attack. His stay in the ocean brings us not only another freshness, but also a kind of nostalgia, a kind of precipitation.
This game has a special significance for Guoan left-back Li Lei, who has previously officially announced that Li Lei will stay in Yang Ruichao, originally playing for Guoan this season, but the current itinerary has changed. The campaign was the last game for Guoan before the 29-year-old international traveled to Europe, wearing the captain's armband for the farewell match. With a farewell from Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan, Li Lei will leave the division and fly from Shanghai to Zurich on January 4 to begin his journey abroad.
In the 13th minute, Li Lei successfully prejudged in front of the goal and took the lead in releasing the ball in mid-air. In the 17th minute of the game, Guoan broke through the door of the Chinese Super League championship! Cao Yong broke the ball, brought it into the box and crossed to Silva in the middle, who calmly drew a shot and Wang Dalei did not react. Guoan dedicated this goal to Li Lei, who was about to leave the team, and Li Lei also celebrated with his teammates with a smile on his face for the first time.
In the game, Li Lei did his best to do a very good job of assisting and supplementing the left and middle roads, and inserted them at the right time, which enhanced the thickness of Guoan's backcourt defense, and would also insert deeply forward to advance the left side of the attack. Taking the 32nd minute as an example, Guoan faced the continuous offensive pressure of the Taishan team, the defense line only contracted, and on the left side of the penalty area, it was Li Lei's unrelenting frontal card position and heel defense, which greatly limited the offensive space on the left side of the penalty area and prompted the Taishan team to shift the direction of attack.
But it has to be said that Guoan's lack of control over the midfield has largely increased the pressure on Li Lei's defense, while compressing the space for the left side to participate in the attack. In the 51st minute, Li Lei inserted into the left side of the opponent's penalty area and made a cross that slightly deviated from the coverage of the players in the middle.
In the second half, the Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan continued to launch strong attacks, aiming to win, compared with the overall physical fitness of the National Security Team's defense. Li Lei withstood greater defensive pressure, but still maintained full combat effectiveness, actively retreated while thinking clearly, constantly appeared in the position that should appear most, and also tried his best to maintain the balance of attack and defense, helping the team to counterattack. For example, in the 82nd minute, Guoan quickly counter-attacked and pressed into the opponent's penalty area, which originated from Li Lei's score in the backfield. Two minutes later, Li Lei quickly threw himself into the Guoan team's frontcourt attack, sending a precise cross on the left side, giving his companions the opportunity to attack the goal with a hammer in front of the goal. In the end, the two sides played 1-1!
Although Li Lei Liuyang is not as good as Wu Lei in terms of attention, he has also filled the gap in Chinese football for a period of time. Considering the age of 29, Li Lei took this step, just like Wu Lei's motivation, which in itself gave more young players the motivation to play abroad. In addition, being able to successfully go abroad as a left-back also means that domestic players are given more choices and attempts. You know, there are not many players who choose to stay in Yang in this position, and the most successful full-back Liu Yang is Sun Jihai, but the latter is a right-back.
In The farewell battle of Guoan, Li Lei showed a sense of position, defensive awareness, and support for the attack, especially the spirit of sparing no effort to compete, which is worthy of the position of the best left-back in China. After the game, Li Lei exchanged jerseys with Xu Xin, who had experienced staying in the West, and said goodbye.
In the post-match interview, Li Lei choked up tears, he said emotionally: "7 years, only 1 FA Cup champion, did not win the Chinese Super League championship, is a big regret, I hope Guoan can continue to maintain the first echelon, young people hold up a piece of the sky!" The off-court commentary commented: "Li Lei is not only a good player, but also a good person! ”