In the early morning of January 5, Beijing time, the third round of the Spanish King's Cup ushered in a match, the Spaniard was dragged into a penalty shootout after 120 minutes of hard fighting, and finally the Spaniard won 3-1, and the three consecutive rounds of the King's Cup were thrilling to advance. In this battle, Wu Lei came off the bench for 36 minutes, did not score, did not assist, only created a dangerous situation, and performed mediocrely.
Espanyol have won the Copa del Rey 4 times in their history, the most recent of which dates back to 2006, and now the overall strength of the team is at the middle and lower levels of La Liga, there is no strength to compete for the title, and the team's attitude towards the Copa del Rey is where to play.
In the previous two rounds of the Copa del Rey, espanyol eliminated Solaris 3-2 and Cristo Athletic 2-1 respectively, and the promotion process was very thrilling. This time the opponent became La Liga side Ponferradina, the strength has been enhanced, Espanyol last season in the La Liga, 2-0 at home and 4-1 away to complete the double.
In this game, Wu Lei unexpectedly continued to sit on the bench, and manager Moreno sent three major forwards de Thomas, Moron and Puado, almost extending the starting list of last weekend's La Liga matches.
Just four minutes into the opening, espanyol got off to a fantastic start, With Cabrera stealing and sending an oblique pass, De Thomas thrusting straight into the box and follow-up Pedrosa pushing the goal to give the team a 1-0 lead.
After that, Ponferradina fought back furiously and did not create much of a threatening offensive. At the end of the first half, espanyol led 1-0, with a slight lead of 51% of the ball, shots 4-1 and shots on target 2-1, also with little lead.
In the second half, espanyol seemed to give up the ball and let Ponferradina dominate the attack. In the 52nd minute, Pomferradina's pass threatened and the Spaniard defender almost swung himself out of the box. In the 68th minute, the Spaniard's long pass from the back, De Thomas' small angle shot was saved by the goalkeeper under the interference of the forward insertion.
In the 86th minute, Wu Lei came off the bench and replaced Puado. Wu Lei played just one minute, the Spaniard was awarded a penalty, Ponferradina pulled the score to a 1-1 draw, and the game went into extra time. The extra time score was still 1-1 draw, and finally entered the penalty shootout, the Spaniard won 3-1, and goalkeeper Lopez saved 2 penalties to advance to the next round.
Wu Lei was very embarrassed in this game, he came off the bench for only one minute, the Spaniard was awarded a penalty, and finally dragged into the penalty shootout by the opponent. 30 minutes more playing time, Wu Lei still did not grasp, only completed a shot, was blocked by teammates, the only highlight is the 115th minute to send a straight ball, but unfortunately the teammate stopped big, missed the opportunity to kill, Wu Lei did not have the opportunity to get assists.