The competition in La Liga is in a white-hot stage, and many teams have chosen to work in the winter window to grasp the initiative of competing for four or relegation, and espanyol is no exception. The last five league games Moreno's side have won three games, these nine points allowed Wu Lei and his teammates to continue to stay away from the relegation zone, greatly enhancing the hopes of relegation, this game they ushered in the challenge of fish belly Elche at home, this game has attracted much attention, especially for Chinese fans, they are staying up late waiting for Wu Lei to play and score.
Disappointingly, However, Moreno still chose to put Wu Lei on the bench, and the Spaniard lost at the home city gate in the first five minutes of the game. Pedrosa's header at the back was extremely amateurish, directly on the body of the Elche attacking player, who let the ball be inserted into Morient after getting the ball, only to see that he had a clear idea, the first time to choose the back point of the draw, Miria wrapped it in place in time, calmly pushed the shot, such a downturn and premature loss of the ball also made Wu Lei on the bench look quite helpless.
However, after the score was rewritten, the Spaniard still had no spirit, but Elche continued the high-intensity pressure in the front, which made the home team breathless. The so-called indiscriminate punches killed the teacher, and Elche's repeated impacts were also rewarded. Eight minutes later, Elche instigated the left side of the attack, Mochica with the ball through the half, looked up to observe the running position of his teammates, from the left foot pass to the box, this wonderful arc also bypassed the Espanyol defenders in front of the point, accurately found Miria in the box, coupled with goalkeeper Garcia's reckless attack, resulting in Elche to get the opportunity to top the goal, Miria naturally did not miss, the score came to 0-2.
Getting into trouble early at home also caused boos on the pitch. Espanyol then launched a counterattack, and in the 25th minute the Spaniards played an efficient counter-attack, de Thomas found Moron who was ambushed in the penalty area with a wide cross from the right, who cleverly shoveled the goal, but the referee determined that Moron had been offside before starting, and the goal was ruled invalid. Fortunately, the Espanyol's efforts were rewarded before the end of the first half, and in the first minute of stoppage time, Barre was brought down by the Elche defender when he defended the ball in the penalty area, and De Thomas took the penalty and the score was rewritten to 1-2.
The adjustment of the half, originally thought that the Spaniard would replace Wu Lei to enhance the offensive power of the front field in order to save the loss. Unfortunately, Moreno seems very stubborn, and he is reluctant to give the Chinese player some suitable opportunities to let him cash in on his efforts and talents. Throughout the second half, the Spaniard did not create too many threats, the only good opportunity to break the goal was De Thomas's single knife ball, but from the slow-motion replay, his handling was more than Wu Lei, and finally the score of the first half was never rewritten, and the Spaniard lost 1-2.
The technical statistics after the game show that espanyol has 57% possession, while Elche only used 43% of the possession rate and only 3 shots in the whole game to complete 2 goals and take away 3 points from the away game, which is amazing. As a Fish Belly team in La Liga, being able to play such a classic game with a weak victory over the strong is enough to show their potential.
And Moreno's stubbornness seems to have also made the Spaniards suffer, at present, Wu Lei has not appeared in five consecutive league rounds, it is no wonder that espanyol fans have also begun to fight for Wu Lei, they think that Moreno has sent all the forwards of the team, even if they have never scored, but only Wu Lei has not been given a chance, which is clearly targeted by Moreno.