At 21:00 Beijing time on March 12, the 28th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle: Espanyol, played by Chinese striker Wu Lei, played away to Levante, who was at the bottom of the La Liga table.
Before the game, Espanyol finished 12th in La Liga with 32 points in 27 games, and Levante finished at the bottom with 18 points in 27 games.
In the campaign, espanyol started 433, De Thomas, Wichner and Puado formed a forward trident, midfielders Dadel, Barre and Herrera, four defenders Pedrosa, Cabrera, Carrero, Hill and goalkeeper Diego López.
Levante started 343, with Marty, Balsi and DeFlutos.
Espanyol's starting eleven are worth a total of 73.5 million euros, and Levante's starting eleven are worth a total of 38 million euros, and the difference in strength is still obvious.
Chinese striker Wu Lei sits on the bench and has been on the bench for 18 consecutive La Liga games.
In the 7th minute, Levante attacked from the right and Espanyol goalkeeper Diego López blocked the opposing shot.
In the 10th minute, De Thomas dribbled laterally and fired a long-range shot that went high over the crossbar.
In the 19th minute, Levante's free-kick in front of the field, Balshi and his teammates combined to attack the goal, which was blocked by De Thomas.
In the 27th minute, Barshi went into the small penalty area to send an inverted triangle, Pubir faced the empty goal, pushed a kick but did not eat the right part, the Spaniard escaped the disaster.
In the 37th minute, De Thomas single-handedly fell to the ground after making contact with a defender, but the referee did not show any indication.
Shortly after the start of the second half, espanyol broke the deadlock and in the 49th minute, Dudel passed and Puado took the ball into the box and scored. Espanyol 1:0 Levante.
In the 63rd minute, Wichner's header hit the post and popped up.
In the 69th minute, Levante's corner kick sailed to the front post and Melero's header popped up on the upright.
In the 73rd minute, Diego López was replaced by Joan Garcia due to injury. Shortly after the main goalkeeper left the field unexpectedly, the Spaniard conceded the ball. In the 79th minute, Joan Garcia made a mistake on Levante's cross from the left but did not touch the ball, and Dani Gomez seized the opportunity to head the ball into the empty goal. Levante pulled the score to a 1-1 draw.
In the 83rd minute, Embarba got out of the defence and fired a long-range shot that was deflected.
In the 87th minute, Wu Lei came off the bench and replaced Oscar Hill, leaving only 3 minutes left before the regular 90 minutes of the game. But it actually played almost 10 minutes, because there were 6 minutes of injury time.
In the 10 minutes, Wu Lei did not shoot and did not pass the threatening ball, a total of 2 touches, 1 pass successful 0 times.
After being forced to draw by the deputy squad leader, espanyol has accumulated 33 points in 28 games and is still 12th in the La Liga table.