1-0, Espanyol home Celta, Wu Lei staged a deadlock. Due to the previous sluggish performance in both clubs and national teams, Wu Lei encountered criticism from the outside world, Moreno beat him into the cold palace, continuous substitutes were not used, and the national football coach Li Xiaopeng even gave up the call. Unexpectedly, shortly after the end of the round of 12, Wu Lei broke out, re-proved himself with a very deflating goal, and also punched Li Xiaopeng in the face.
As we all know, Wu Lei joined Espanyol in the middle of the 2019 season. Under Ruby, Wu Lei was reused, scoring 3 goals in half a season and being one of the team's heroes in the European competition. But after Ruby left office, Wu Lei quickly became a substitute and his form plummeted, even in the season when espanyol played in La Liga, Wu Lei did not get too many opportunities to play. After the Spaniards rushed to the first division, Wu Lei's opportunities were even more limited, and it was common to enter the bench but not play.
However, even if Wu Lei can't get the main force in the club, he is still an absolute thigh to the national team. Throughout the World Preliminary Tournament, Wu Lei scored 12 goals and was the team's well-deserved first scorer. In the round of 12, Wu Lei also tied for the top scorer with 4 goals. Regrettably, due to the poor performance against Japan and Vietnam at the beginning of the year, Wu Lei and the team were fiercely criticized by the outside world.
Overwhelmed, Li Xiaopeng finally made the decision to abandon Wu Lei, drawing Wu Lei out of the big list before the final stage of the round of 12 against Saudi Arabia and Oman. But in fact, considering the instructions of the top level to "not allow the collapse", Li Xiaopeng's abandonment of the team's top scorer Wu Lei is indeed a bit unreasonable. Facts have also proved that the Chinese team lacking Wu Lei is offensively lacking. The final defeat to Oman, which is of equal strength, made the national football team tear off the fig leaf.
Fortunately, Li Xiaopeng did not recruit Wu Lei, allowing the latter to train and recover at the club during the national team competition. It is precisely because of the good state during this time that Wu Lei has been favored by coach Moreno. Before the home match with Celta, Moreno specifically mentioned Wu Lei and said that Wu Lei would bring important contributions to the team. Moreno's trust finally paid off.
In the home match against Celta, in the first 60 minutes, the two teams were 0-0, and although the Spaniard did not concede a goal, it was once very loud in front of the goal. In an extremely passive situation, Moreno made an important substitution, replacing Embarba with Wu Lei in the 66th minute.
In the 83rd minute, the Spaniard counter-attacked with a broken ball in midfield, Puado passed the ball, and Wu Lei's small-angle shot was saved by the goalkeeper. Six minutes later, Dadel passed the ball, and Wu Lei scored a burst of the ball to break the opponent's goal, staged a deadly kill, helped the Spaniard beat the opponent 1-0 at home, and won the key three points on the relegation road. It is worth mentioning that the Spaniards have a total of 2 shots on target in this game, and these 2 shots are all from Wu Lei, which shows the efficiency of Wu Lei's offensive end.
Scoring a killer goal made Wu Lei once again a hero of the team and the darling of the fans. What is even more incredible is that with Wu Lei's goal and Espanyol's death, two miracles were also born: 1. This is also the Spaniard's 15 consecutive home games, which is their longest record since 21 consecutive home goals since 2002. 2. Wu Lei has scored a total of 16 goals since joining Espanyol, including one game. In the 15 games in which he scored, Espanyol remained unbeaten with 11 wins and four draws. Wu Lei deserves to be the "talisman" of the team.