Son Heung-min is now a world-class star, a proper Premier League first left winger who has scored 20 league goals this season and will compete with Salah for this season's Premier League Golden Boot. Wu Lei is the benchmark of Chinese football staying in the West and the strongest player in the existing national football team, but it turns out that Wu Lei's strength is not enough to play in La Liga. There is no harm without contrast, but this is the fact of ironclad.
In the 35th round of La Liga, Espanyol played Osasuna at home, due to the conflict between Spanish head De Thomas and manager Moreno, Wu Lei la Liga once again got the opportunity to start after 197 days, and the previous 24 La Liga appearances were all substitutes. Wu Lei's last La Liga start dates back to October 23, 2021, the 10th round of La Liga, when espanyol challenged Elche away, and Wu Lei started for 45 minutes.
Wu Lei started this round of La Liga 45 minutes, half-time was replaced by De Thomas, 0 shots, 0 dribbling, 0 crosses, 0 dribbling, a total of only 11 times, and 5 times lost the ball, it can be said that Wu Lei missed a great opportunity to prove himself, this start he really played a very poor, which also let the Spanish coaching staff know that Wu Lei did not have the ability to play La Liga. In the game, because of Wu Lei's ability, his teammates basically ignored his presence and were reluctant to pass the ball to him. But Wu Lei, as a starting striker, did not shoot and break through in the game, and it was understandable that his teammates did not pass him.
The well-known rating website "Whoscored" gave Wu Lei the lowest rating of 5.9 points in the game, and was also the only player in the Spaniard's starting 11 + substitute 4 who failed to score. In the post-match rating of the Spanish media "Daily Sports", Wu Lei also scored the lowest score of 3 points in the team. The eyes of the masses are bright, Wu Lei's ability can not play in La Liga, if it were not for the Spaniard is a Chinese team, the coaching staff may have asked the club to sell Wu Lei. These words are not good, but they are also true.
Wu Lei has stood in his thirties, and it is unlikely that he will rise again, but he is indeed a benchmark for Chinese football to stay in the West, and I hope that he will use his experience in staying abroad to give some advice to the "latecomers" of Chinese football.
Finally, I wish Wu Lei to continue to stay in Yang. Personally, Wu Lei going to La Liga to find a team that can play will be more helpful to maintain his form.