At 22:15 Beijing time on April 10, the 31st round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle: The Spaniards played by Chinese striker Wu Lei played at home to Celta.
Espanyol started 4231, de Thomas played as a center, puado, Herrera and Embarba on the forward line, double backs Dadel and Barre, four defenders Pedrosa, Cabrera, Calero, Hill and goalkeeper Diego López. The total value of the starting eleven is 82 million euros. Chinese striker Wu Lei sits on the bench. This is Wu Lei's 21st consecutive round of substitutes in La Liga.
Celta started 4132, with Aspars and Mina double forwards. The total value of the starting eleven is 89 million euros.
The strength of the two sides is relatively close, and the ranking in the La Liga table is also very close, both 30 games, 9 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses with 36 points, Celta has 0 goals difference, Espanyol is -7, Celta is 11th, and Espanyol is 12th.
After the match began, the Spaniards attacked. In the 2nd minute, the Spaniard's free-kick was cleared off the line and Pedrosa followed up with a volley that was deflected.
In the 8th minute, Celta's attack, Aspass cut inside on the left and hit the goal, and López reacted quickly to single-handedly hold the ball out of the bottom line. Celta's corner kick was cleared and Selvi volleyed in the middle of the penalty area, which was confiscated by Lopez.
In the 18th minute, Puado's shot from outside the penalty area hit Pedrosa off the line.
In the 31st minute, Celta attacked from the right, Vazquez crossed and Selvi's header was blocked.
Entering the second half, there was no threat to the attacks of both sides, and the "King of Martial Arts" had begun to warm up on the sidelines.
In the 52nd minute, espanyol crossed from the right, Vazquez's header broke free, and De Thomas volleyed the ball off the line.
In the 65th minute, Aspars' close-range shot was blocked by Hill, and Sevier followed up with a volley that met a defender who changed line and was saved by Lopez.
In the 66th minute, a thousand calls began to come out, and Wu Lei finally came on as a substitute to replace Embarba. It was this substitution that the Spaniards received miraculous results.
In the 68th minute, Wu Lei pushed the ball to the bottom line on the right side, and the knockback failed to form a tacit understanding with his teammates and went out of the bottom line.
In the 83rd minute, Wu Lei broke the ball in front of the field, Puado directly blocked the right side of the penalty area, Wu Lei inserted a small angle in front of the far corner, was saved by the goalkeeper, Pu Addo made up for the shot, and the shot was deflected.
In the 88th minute, Duddell's long pass to the right side of the penalty area, De Thomas slashed the ball and hit the goal high.
In the 90th minute, Celta made a mistake at the back, Duddell broke the ball to the right side of the penalty area, Wu Lei inserted a kick in front of the position, the ball was scored! It's a killer ball! In the end, with the goal of Wu Lei, who came off the bench, Espanyol beat Celta 1-0 at home, and with 39 points in 31 games, he rose to 11th in the La Liga table, while Celta fell to 12th.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Lei's goal in this game is also the first goal in La Liga this season.