This round of La Liga is about to stage the Barcelona derby! At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 14, espanyol will host Barca. Spain's newspaper Ass wrote an article to warm up the focus showdown and called Wu Lei "the protagonist of the last Barcelona derby". And now, can Wu Lei still have a chance to play? Can you still break your La Liga goal drought?
The national football team on the first day of the Chinese New Year gave a heavy blow to the fans across the country, and the result of the 1-3 defeat to Vietnam made them completely lose hope of advancing to the final circle of the World Cup in Qatar, and Chinese football once again "explored the bottom successfully". Wu Lei then flew back to Barcelona to prepare for the next La Liga. Against Bilbao, Wu Lei was given 15 minutes to play, his first appearance in his last eight La Liga games.
In the upcoming Barcelona derby, can Wu Lei still play two consecutive rounds? Spain's "As" newspaper wrote that the last impressive Barcelona derby protagonist was Wu Lei! On 5 January 2020, Espanyol drew 2-2 at home with Barca. In that game, Wu Lei came on as a substitute in the 74th minute, and in the 88th minute, he sent a wonderful counter-attack goal to help the Spaniards to draw the powerful Barca. You know, at that time, Barça also had superstars such as Messi and Su Shen, and they all became the background board of Wu Lei!
This was Wu Lei's last highlight in La Liga, with the Spaniard relegated to La Liga and then returned to La Liga, while Wu Lei was completely reduced to a marginal man. So far this season, Wu Lei has not scored a goal in La Liga, and he even became espanyol's 4th striker. During the winter transfer period, it was rumored that Wu Lei was about to join Alaves, but in the end he stayed with Espanyol. And the upcoming derby war, will it be an opportunity for Wu Lei to redeem himself?
In any case, Wu Lei is currently the only seedling of China's five major leagues in Europe. Fighting alone overseas, such an effort is worthy of respect. Chinese football has endured too much ridicule, the results are indeed poor, and the criticism must be accepted. But how to get Chinese football back on track and into a virtuous circle? All the insults are meaningless for rebuilding Chinese football, and it is just aimless venting. Wu Lei did waste countless single knives, but at least he had broken through the City of Barcelona!