At 9:00 p.m. Beijing time on February 27, the 26th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle, with Espanyol playing away to Sevilla. At present, both teams have announced the starting list, and on the Spaniard side, Chinese player Wu Lei is once again sitting on the bench, which also continues to break the record: Wu Lei has sat on the bench for 16 consecutive league games.
When was the last time Wu Lei started for Espanyol? It was last year's Game against Elche on October 24, followed by 15 consecutive rounds of substitutes, and tonight's game against Sevilla, expanded to 16 consecutive rounds of substitutes, and in the previous 15 rounds, Wu Lei did not have a few minutes to play.
Throughout the 2021/2022 season, Wu Lei played 17 games for espanyol in all competitions, with a total time of 491 minutes, contributing 1 goal and 1 assist, the performance was very dismal, and Wu Lei's poor state also brought to the national team, the performance was also very general, the Chinese men's football team did not qualify for the Qatar World Cup in advance.
Now that the winter transfer has passed, Wu Lei is sitting on the bench at Espanyol and sees no hope. In fact, the Espanyol coach has also given Wu Lei a chance, but the problem is also obvious: the first is that Wu Lei does not get too much support from his teammates on the field, basically isolated, and the second is that Wu Lei's ability to grasp the opportunity is too poor, and some of the goals are wasted!
Obviously, in the next game, unless there is a miracle, then Wu Lei's substitute identity will not change anything, the only expectation is how many minutes of playing time can be earned on the bench, otherwise this season's Wu Lei will create an unprecedented record of the minimum playing time.