In the early morning of April 11, Beijing time, the 31st round of La Liga ended a match, espanyol beat Celta 1-0 at home, Wu Lei scored the only goal of the whole game on the bench, ending a 671-day La Liga goal drought, but also the first goal in La Liga this season, the national football forward finally broke out.
After returning to La Liga this season, the Spaniard relied on a lot of points he grabbed in the first half to secure a mid-level position, and the pressure of relegation was not great. The last round of away games was eliminated by Real Sociedad on penalties, and Espanyol turned 1 point into 0 points, and currently continues to rank 12th in the table with 36 points, leading the relegation zone by 8 points in the next round.
With this round at home against Celta in 11th place, espanyol can't afford to miss a chance to win. According to statistics, since the 2-1 home win in the 2017-2018 season, the Spaniard has not won Celta in six consecutive games, with a record of 5 draws and 1 loss.
In this game, Espanyol star De Thomas returned, the forward partners Puado and Embarba, Wu Lei came on as a substitute for 21 consecutive rounds of La Liga, while Barre, Herrera and Dadel sat in midfield.
After the opening, the two teams directly attacked each other, neither of which was conservative. In the 6th minute, Celta counter-attacked, Aspars followed up with a shot, Diego López saved the ball, followed by a second wave of attack, Diego López faced Selvi and held the ball steadily, and the Spaniard escaped the disaster.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0, the Spaniard had 47.7% less possession than Celta, shot 4-6 on goal and shot 0-4 was also behind, and the home team did not find the advantage.
In the second half, hill crossed from the edge, defenders rose to the top, and De Thomas volleyed the ball away, missing a good opportunity. In the 66th minute, Wu Lei came off the bench and replaced Embarba. After the appearance, Wu Lei immediately kicked back the pass directly out of the bottom line, a low-level mistake.
In the 83rd minute, Puado took the points into the penalty area in front of the field, Wu Lei faced the defender's small angle shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Pu added a shot deflected, missed the opportunity. The Spaniards did not seize this desperate opportunity, and Wu Lei also sighed in the sky, which was a pity.
In the 89th minute, the Spaniard counterattacked successfully, Dadel scored, Wu Lei received the ball in the penalty area and shot into the net, helping the Spaniards break the deadlock 1-0, and finally completed the kill, more than 30,000 fans witnessed and reveled.
This goal is Wu Lei's first goal in La Liga this season, ending a 17-game goal drought, and it is also the second time to break in La Liga after 671 days, and finally open the knot.