I believe that recently many fans feel that Chinese football has hope again, the reason is that our foreign players have improved. Recently, Li Lei, the main left defender of the national football team, ended the Chinese Super League early, went to Switzerland, joined the Grasshoppers of the Swiss Super League, and became another international footballer who stayed in the West. In addition, our young player Liu Yang also made a breakthrough, 18-year-old Wuhan Three Towns small goalkeeper Liu Shaoziyang officially announced that he joined the Bundesliga giants Bayern, becoming the first Chinese player in Bayern's history to sign a contract. A national footballer, a potential rising star, two ways, two generations of players, this seems to mark the beginning of a new era of Chinese football staying in the ocean, so that our fans have a good vision.
You should know that now the foreign players are already a sign of the asian powerhouse. Our neighbors, Japan and South Korea, have a number of players playing in the five major leagues or the main force, and in addition to the five major leagues, there are many fans in many first- and second-tier leagues who play the main force. It can be said that if they let the players in Europe form a national brand, they can form 2-3 national teams. These players play European football, so back in Asia they have a huge advantage, fast pace, strong confrontation and crushing other teams. So we saw our national football team lose 0-2 to South Korea in the Asian Cup, 0-1 against Japan in the World Preliminary Tournament, and there was no shot on goal, and we were completely overwhelmed by the rhythm of the other side.
So if the national football team wants to improve in the future, the players must learn to go out, and more people need to go out and play in Europe. Even if you go out and don't play, you will come back to see more, you will know how world football is playing now, and you will contribute to the improvement of the Chinese Super League. However, this is not the first time we know this truth, but before the Chinese Super League was in the Golden Dollar era, our players really couldn't go out. Taking one step is equivalent to more than ten times the annual salary reduction.
But even so, there are people who are willing to boldly try to go out, and it is precisely because he goes out that Chinese football has benefited. He is the Wulei Wuqiu King. Wu Lei reached the peak of his career in the Chinese Super League in the 2018 season, scoring 27 goals to break Li Jinyu's single-season goal record, and helping the team Shanghai Harbor team win the first league title in the team's history, and Wu Lei became recognized as the best player in China. The best player in China also chose to take on the responsibility of Chinese football at the end of this season, and he resolutely chose to give up the top treatment of the Chinese Super League and transferred to Espanyol in La Liga with low transfer fees and low annual salary. He became the only player in Chinese football at that time to play in the five major leagues.
Wu Lei, who was not optimistic at the beginning, worked very hard to get to La Liga, and he proved himself with his good performance, and at the same time proved that Chinese players can stand in La Liga. He soon staged the first La Liga starter, the first La Liga assist and the first La Liga goal of a Chinese player. The first Copa del Rey goal, the first Europa League goal, and the first Chinese player to break through Barca's door. It can be said that for a time, Wu Lei became a representative of Chinese football and an idol in the hearts of hundreds of millions of fans. And it is precisely because of Wu Lei's outstanding performance in La Liga that his value has also soared, from the beginning of 1 million euros, jumping to 10 million euros, becoming the most expensive player in the history of Chinese football.
Moreover, after Wu Lei played in La Liga, his ability and confidence have also been greatly improved. In this World Preliminary Tournament, Wu Lei is the strongest weapon in the national football front, scoring 12 goals, ranking second in the World Preliminary Tournament top scorer list. In the round of 12, Wu Lei also scored 4 goals, ranking first in the top 12 scorers list, becoming the most dazzling striker in Asia.
But Wu Lei, who is becoming more and more popular in the national team, has encountered difficulties in the league. This season, Wu Lei has lost his main position in the team, and even the substitutes have played garbage time. At present, Wu Lei's statistics are 3 starts in 12 games in the league, with no goals and no assists. Wu Lei's first goal of the season was scored against the weak team in the Copa del Rey. It can be said that wu lei is really very difficult as a team forward player, in the league 0 data, is not qualified. And it is precisely because of the long-term inability to play, Wu Lei's value is also greatly reduced, according to the latest Update information on the market value of the German transfer, Wu Lei's current value is only 2.5 million euros, which is also the final value of Wu Lei this year.
Compared with Wu Lei's value in 2019, it has fallen by 7.5 million euros, which is really too big. The main reason why Wu Lei faced such a dilemma was his ability to grasp the opportunity, this season the head coach did not give Wu Lei a chance, but several times his teammates sent a single knife ball to Wu Lei, especially a big single knife, all of which were lost. Over time, his teammates lost confidence in him and didn't give him passes, and the coach didn't want to give him more playing time. This can also explain how cruel the competition in the five major leagues is, and you will lose the main position if you are not careful.
But as a representative of the strongest player in Chinese football, the banner of Chinese football to stay in the west, Wu Lei still carries a lot of expectations from everyone, so Wu Lei must be strong and survive. If Wu Lei wants to survive, he must solve the problem of his own foot in the door, and solve the problem that he can run out of a single knife but cannot enter a single knife. And how to solve this problem?
In fact, as early as a few years ago, C Luo said after watching Wu Lei's game that Wu Lei is very strong, but Wu Lei's left foot ability is insufficient, and he needs to improve his reverse foot ability. It can be said that the point that C Luo saw was correct, because Wu Lei's shot after the sprint always liked to adjust to his right foot, but in the high-speed running, he needed to adjust to his right foot to shoot, so he always missed the best time to shoot, so he did not score. It can be said that Wu Lei is too unconfident in his left foot.
Do you think that Wu Lei frequently wastes single knives because his ability to reverse his feet is too weak? If you were asked to support Wu Lei, what advice would you give him? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!