At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 5, 2022, espanyol fought a 1-1 draw in regular time in the third round of the Copa del Rey, and both teams did not achieve success in extra time, winning 3-1 in the penalty shootout, and finally eliminating the La Liga team named Ponferradina 4-2 on aggregate. Wu Lei came on as a substitute in the 86th minute and also created some opportunities, but there seems to be no connection with the two goals.
Let's take a look at the process of the game. Ponferradina finished 5th in La Liga, and in the opening five minutes, espanyol scored his first goal by Pedrosa for a fantastic start.
Espanyol maintained a 1-0 score into the 86th minute, when the manager replaced Wu Lei with Puado.
However, Wu Lei conceded the ball as soon as he went up to Espanyol, when Serch Gomez put down Yuri, who started offside in the penalty area, and was finally awarded a penalty, Yuri personally took the penalty and changed the score to 1-1.
In the 115th minute, Wu Lei accurately found the space with the ball, but unfortunately Carreras had a great chance to win the ball!
In the penalty shootout, Espanyol scored all three penalties, while Ponferradina scored only the first penalty and the remaining three were lost. In the end, the Spaniards defeated their opponents 4-2 and made a thrilling breakthrough into the Copa del Rey Quarterfinals.
When the penalty shootout began, the Spaniards lined up to kick the penalties in order, with the exception of the goalkeepers, the 10 teams on the field lined up in turn, and all the Spaniard players put their arms on each other's shoulders to show unity. But this move does not include Wu Lei. Wu Lei, who ranked 10th, stood there alone, his right hand crossed at the waist, standing there alone, and at this time the director also came to a close-up of the camera, and many Chinese fans in front of the screen felt a little embarrassed and sad.
Among them, in the half an hour that Wu Lei played, from protecting the ball, passing the ball, and stuffing a single knife ball, it really did not come out of the society is a league several rounds of mixed with a substitute player. In addition, the Spaniard also had a 2-on-1 chance in this game, and Wu Leiming had clearly run out of the gap, but unfortunately the player did not pass the ball to him.
In this regard, some fans think: this Espanyol team is really not suitable for Wu Lei, perhaps the head coach thinks that Wu Lei can't carry the ball, protect the ball, and kick at the goal, but we also have to see if the forwards in front of Wu Lei have these abilities. Wu Lei has a strong front insertion, road position, grab points and other characteristics, but the current Spaniards obviously do not need these. Therefore, during the winter window transfer period, either the Spaniards will sell Wu Lei or rent it out, which will be good for the Spaniards and the martial arts.