For the first time in his national football career, he reached the 20-goal milestone in the world preliminaries, and once again set a record in team history

In the 4th round of Group E of the second stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminaries, the national football team played Singapore at home. Wu Lei scored twice again, and scored at least 2 goals in 2 consecutive games for the first time in his national football career!

In the away game against Singapore, Wu Lei scored twice in the first half and was voted the best player of the game after the game. Unfortunately, including missing a penalty, Wu Lei missed a good chance to score twice.

After the game, Wu Lei said regretfully, "If you don't win the game, it's useless to score more goals." Wu Lei did not mention the penalty he missed, which made him again criticized by the media.

"I don't know how to play the ball" pointed out, "If you want to use Wu Lei now, you need to use his last shot, because now Wu Lei has no advantage in response or after exploding." 0 successes in the whole game, 0 successes in passes, and even 0 violations by opponents, these are all expected. But missing a penalty + missing a good chance, it really shouldn't be. ”

However, Ivankovic continued to maintain his trust in Wu Lei. Not only that, with Zhang Linpeng staying on the bench, Wu Lei served as the captain, which was the first time Wu Lei served as the captain of the national football team in an official game.

In the 21st minute, the national football team quickly counterattacked, Wu Lei's header rubbed back, Zhang Yuning took advantage of the situation, Wu Lei broke into the penalty area with a single knife and scored a goal, and the national football team successfully took the lead.

However, the opponent kicked off with a long pass from the middle line, Liu Yang made a low-level mistake, the opponent crossed from the right, and the unmarked Ramley headed the goal to equalize for Singapore. After that, Wu Lei missed many good opportunities to score.

In the 85th minute, the national football team quickly counterattacked, Wu Lei burst into the left rib of the penalty area and scored a goal, and the national football team took a 3-1 lead.

This is the 36th goal scored by Wu Lei in his national football career, continuing to set a new goal record in team history. This is also the first time since June 20, 2023 that Wu Lei has scored consecutive goals for the national football team, when he faced goals against Myanmar and Palestine.

In the World Preliminaries, Wu Lei scored 20 goals in 36 appearances, provided 5 assists, and participated in 25 goals. This is also the first time in Wu Lei's national football career that he has scored at least 2 goals in two consecutive games.

Unfortunately, Wu Lei was also yellow carded for knocking down his opponent and will be automatically suspended for a game against Thailand at home. Who will replace Wu Lei has become a big problem for Ivankovic.