Beijing time on January 22, 04:00, the 22nd round of La Liga, De Thomas was red after the opening record, Iglesias doubled to kill the old owner, Rodriguez and Willem José scored 1 goal each, Wu Lei played 0 in 7 consecutive rounds, and Espanyol was reversed by Real Betis 4-1 at home, continuing to win for 3 rounds.
In the 14th minute, Hill sent a cross from the right and De Thomas pushed the ball half high into the goal to give espanyol a 1-0 lead. The goal brought De Thomas's goal count to 12, already equaling the goals of Juan mi and Vinicius and tied for second place in La Liga, behind Benzema, who has already scored 17 goals.
However, Iglesias then completed the double, Rodriguez and Willian José scored one goal each, and finally Real Betis changed the score from 0-1 to 4-1. The 29-year-old Iglesias was voted the best of the game without any suspense. For Chinese fans, the name Iglesias will not be unfamiliar, because the first forward partner of Wu Lei's career is Iglesias. In Wu Lei's debut season, he formed a double striker with Iglesias, which was very powerful, and eventually helped espanyol to achieve a 7th place in La Liga. After a successful season, espanyol sold Iglesias to Real Betis for the highest 28 million euros in the team's history, and even though he brought in De Thomas for 20 million euros, he was still relegated.
It was also from the time the Spaniards sold Iglesias that Wu Lei's career in the West went downhill. Before the introduction of De Thomas, Wu Lei did not have the ability to support the team's offensive responsibility alone; after the introduction of De Thomas, Wu Lei could not integrate into the offensive system with De Thomas as the core of the attack. So even in the Second Division, Wu Lei is only a substitute, not to mention returning to La Liga now, he has played 0 in 7 consecutive rounds.
De Thomas' emotionally out-of-control sliding tackle in the 80th minute sent him off with two yellows and one red. De Thomas will be suspended in the next round of away games against Bilbao, and it is not known whether this will be a turning point for Wu Lei.
Of course, don't get your hopes up. In the last season, De Thomas was rarely absent due to injury, and coach Moreno also said at the pre-match press conference that Wu Lei would usher in an opportunity, and as a result, Wu Lei only came off the bench and played for 1 minute.
Espanyol have only scored one point in their last three rounds, two of which have not scored one at home. However, they are still 10 points ahead of Alaves in the relegation zone and have no relegation pressure.
Real Betis have been a bit fierce in their last two games, having just beaten Alaves 4-0 in the last round and scoring four goals against Espanyol in this round.