In the 29th round of La Liga, Espanyol beat Mallorca 1-0 at home and remained unbeaten in the last three rounds. However, Chinese player Wu Lei did not start, and the next national team match day, he also missed the last 2 matches of the round of 12.
In the last 3 rounds of the league, Wu Lei has been given the opportunity to come off the bench, although there are no goals and assists, but it seems that the situation is slightly better than before, at least the head coach Vicente is willing to use him.
In the upcoming round of 12, Wu Lei was not called into the national team by Li Xiaopeng, one of the reasons was to let him stay in Espanyol and regain his footing.
However, in the battle with Mallorca, Wu Lei still did not enter the starting lineup, and has failed to start in 19 consecutive La Liga games! In the 42nd minute, the Spaniard finally relied on De Thomas to break the deadlock and take a 1-0 lead.
At the beginning of the second half, goalkeeper Diego López was replaced with an injury. In the 54th minute, Alex Vidal replaced Wichner and Moranes replaced Balay. In the 71st minute, Melamed replaced Nbarba. In the 86th minute, Morón replaced De Thomas.
In this way, Wu Lei has no chance to come off the bench, and has not played for the first time in the last 4 rounds of the league! The last time he scored in La Liga was on June 13, 2020, and the goal drought has widened to 645 days!
Next up is the national team match day, and espanyol's next match is at 3 a.m. on April 5. Missing the last 2 matches of the round of 12 means that at least in the next half a month, Wu Lei will have no ball to play, which obviously will not help him to regain his competitive state and confidence, nor will it help to improve his status in the team.
In addition, there is a possibility that the Espanyol club will change hands, and Vicente's coaching position may also be unsafe, full of variables. For Wu Lei, this season may be so "confessed", where to go next season? Really an unknown.