Recently, Wu Lei, the "first brother" of the Chinese national football team, officially returned to the Chinese Super League from the Espanyol team and joined his old owner Shanghai Haigang. As the only player with international prestige in the Chinese men's football team at this stage, Wu Lei's end of staying in the West has also attracted a lot of attention from foreign media. When talking about Wu Lei, Brazilian media Trivela believes that although Wu Lei is the best player in contemporary China, his historical status still has to go backward due to shortcomings in the European arena and the national team.
The media believes that Wu Lei's experience in the Spaniards is not a success, but it is not a failure. Wu Lei scored 8 goals in 78 La Liga games and played his part at specific times to help Espanyol reach the Europa League. However, in terms of the number of appearances alone, Wu Lei is not as good as Sun Jihai, who has played the main force in the Premier League for a long time, and the number of goals is not as good as Yang Chen.
In addition, Brazilian media said that because Wu Lei's performance in the national team has always been unsatisfactory, his importance in the history of Chinese football will also be weaker than that of Sun Jihai, Li Tie, Yang Chen and Fan Zhiyi, who have not only achieved good results in The European arena, but also entered the World Cup with the national football team, which is an achievement that was difficult to achieve before Wu Lei's career.
However, the media also admitted that in terms of the current strength of Chinese football, it is not easy to appear such a player as Wu Lei; In such an environment, Wu Lei can achieve today's achievements, which also proves his own value. "Wu Lei is undoubtedly China's most talented player since the beginning of the 21st century, and the only Chinese player who can stand out from foreign aid. Although his experience with Espanyol is not exciting, Wu Lei has at least received unique recognition in the current environment of Chinese football. ”