Since last season, Wu Lei's position in Espanyol has been worrying, with few opportunities to play. However, in the 31st round of La Liga on April 10, Espanyol beat Celta 1-0 at home, and Wu Lei only came on the bench in the 66th minute of the second half, but decided the outcome of the game and was elected the official best player of the game!
It was a clash of la Liga mid-tier teams, with the two sides equally matched, scoring goals in the first half and failing to break the deadlock on the pitch.
But in the 66th minute of the second half, the Espanyol coach made a substitution adjustment, and Wu Lei came on to replace Embarba, which was his 21 consecutive La Liga substitutes. But it was this substitution that broke through the balance and determined the outcome of the game!
After playing, Wu Lei's active running made the opponent slightly scrupulous, and the opposing defenders were also slightly tired. In the 83rd minute, Wu Lei successfully broke the ball and passed it to Puado, who immediately sent a straight plug, Wu Lei ran from the right side to get the ball from a small angle to hit the goal, but unfortunately the foot was saved.
But after six minutes, the Spaniards once again stormed the Celta defence, this time finally paying off. In the 89th minute, the Spaniard launched a rapid attack, the opponent's back line could not recover, Duddell, who held the ball in the middle, sent a pass to the right side, Wu Lei scored a shot in the penalty area, and staged a unique kill to successfully end the suspense of the game, and the score was fixed at 1-0!
After the goal, Wu Lei raised his arms and shouted, igniting the enthusiasm of espanyol's home fans. For this moment, he did not know how long he had waited.
Wu Lei, who couldn't hide his joy, gave the camera a love and a flying kiss, and scoring this goal meant a lot to him.
Wu Lei finally scored his first la Liga goal of the season, successfully breaking a long-standing goal drought, including a 667-day la Liga goal drought, and the last time he scored in La Liga was on June 13, 2020, when he played Alaves.
At the end of the game, with Wu Lei's killer goal, espanyol successfully won 1-0 at home to Celta, ranking 11th in La Liga with 39 points. The 30-year-old Wu Lei helped the team achieve a hard-won victory, and after the game he was successfully elected the official la Liga player of the whole game.
When the two sides were about to draw when the two sides were about to draw, the 30-year-old Wu Lei stepped forward and had a positive performance in the 27 minutes of the substitute, kicking out the only 2 shots of the whole team with 2 shots on target, including 1 goal, which determined the outcome of the game!