Because the performance of the national football team was not good, and he could not play in the club, Wu Lei was abandoned by the national football team and officially lost the national football team coached by Li Xiaopeng. This was a major blow to Wu Lei. After staying in Yangyang, he was not selected for the national football team without any injuries, which was the first time in Wu Lei's career. It is precisely for this reason that the domestic media have targeted Li Xiaopeng, besieging and criticizing the latter for not using Wu Lei.
As we all know, Wu Lei officially stayed in the West after the 2019 Asian Cup and joined the Chinese-funded team Espanyol. Under the command of coach Ruby, Wu Lei was reused, scoring 3 goals in the half season of La Liga, and was an important contributor to the team's entry into European competition.
However, after Ruby left, Wu Lei quickly fell out of favor. This season is the worst season for Wu Lei liuyang, so far in the league 16 times, only 3 starts, contributing 0 goals and 0 assists. However, despite his poor performance at the club, Wu Lei is still doing his best in the national team. Previously, whether it was the top 40 or the top 12 matches, Wu Lei had contributed key goals and was the team's top scorer and thigh. Unfortunately, Wu Lei did not bring the state of the national team back to the club, so the current state of the Spaniard can be said to be struggling.
It is precisely for this reason that li Xiaopeng, the coach of the national football team, decided not to recruit Wu Lei after thinking about it repeatedly. One is to train newcomers, after all, they have been out of the game in advance, and the desire of the main players to play is insufficient; the second is to let Wu Lei put all his energy into the club, which is conducive to him competing for the main force and better maintaining the state. It is understood that there are several major naturalizations who lost the national football team at the same time as Wu Lei, while Li Lei, a Chinese player who also stayed overseas, is still recruited.
Perhaps it is precisely the different treatment of Li Lei and Wu Lei that has led to Li Xiaopeng's attack on the media. Reporter Song Chengliang believes that Li Xiaopeng's abandonment of the recruitment of Wu Lei is a blow to the players who stay in the west. Kicking the team's top scorer straight out of the team was a very inappropriate decision and sent a negative signal. Even in the end, Song Chengliang pointedly said: Li Xiaopeng might as well tell the truth, saying that he does not need to know Wu Lei.
Reporter Liu Wenchao also holds the same view as Song Chengliang, the former said: No matter how Wu Lei is, he is also in the season preparation period, and no matter how good the state is, he is stronger than domestic players, especially stronger than naturalized players. Therefore, the view that the failure of the national football team is in poor shape is untenable.
Obviously, this time Wu Lei failed to select the national football team, so that Li Xiaopeng once again stood on the cusp of the storm. Coaches are difficult, national football coaches are even more difficult, and local coaches coaching national football teams will be more frequent. Coupled with the fact that the coaching results are not convincing, it is no wonder that Li Xiaopeng's wall is now pushed by everyone.