In the just-concluded 31st round of La Liga, Espanyol won 1-0 at home to Celta, and the player who completed the kill was Wu Lei, the "first brother" of the Chinese men's football team. It was Wu Lei's first La Liga goal of the season and also broke the long-standing goal drought in Espanyol. After the game, Wu Lei was named the best player in the game, which is also an affirmation of the "reborn" striker's goal.
Before this game, Wu Lei had a hard time in Espanyol, and every Chinese fan knew it. This season, Wu Lei has made 17 appearances in La Liga, only 3 starts, and in the last 9 consecutive games, he can only appear in "garbage time" and has no chance to perform. Therefore, when Wu Lei appeared 23 minutes before the end of the match against Celta, the Espanyol fans at home even issued a boo that was not obvious, but it was very "harsh".
Of course, there is no need to harshly blame some Espanyol fans to boo Wu Lei, in a league at this level in La Liga, if a player does not perform for a long time, he will inevitably face strong pressure from the fans. In all the games that Wu Lei has played on the bench before, he has achieved nothing, so when the Spaniards urgently need to take Celta but replace Wu Lei, it is not difficult to understand why it will cause the vex of Espanyol fans.
There is also a detail that is also worth playing, in fact, before scoring the kill, Wu Lei also ran out of the empty position twice by running without the ball, and if his teammates can pass the ball to his feet in time, it will inevitably form a very threatening attack. However, De Thomas, who was holding the ball at the time, did not give the ball to Wu Lei twice. This proves at least two problems: one is the long-term goal drought, which makes teammates doubt Wu Lei's ability, thinking that even if the ball is given to him, he can't make a difference; second, the long-term lack of official game debut opportunities, so that Wu Lei has been outside the Espanyol's technical and tactical system, and is "instinctively" ignored by his teammates.
Boos from home fans, and disregard from teammates on the field, these two points alone can basically be a devastating blow to a player. In this sense, Wu Lei should thank Dadel, because the trusted direct plug from the latter finally helped Wu Lei complete the death to achieve redemption; of course, Wu Lei should be more grateful to himself, not being crushed by the negative factors from the arena, always running tirelessly to find opportunities, and finally proved his worth.
Compared with the eight sides of the prestige in the Chinese Super League, Wu Lei's desperate survival in the Spaniards is actually more instructive for Chinese players. Chinese football is currently in the trough of history, and Wu Lei, as the "standard-bearer" who stays in the ocean, every time he rises from the predicament, it will be a boost for Chinese football. After the Celta defeat, perhaps Wu Lei's status as a Spaniard will not change in the short term, but at least, as a Chinese player, he has left his name in the most prominent position in La Liga in his limited opportunities, which is enough.