Chapter 303: A Historical Moment
In the twenty-fourth round of the league, the Espanyol game was played one day earlier than the Atletico Madrid game, and Chinese fans didn't have to worry about watching the Espanyol game or the Atletico Madrid game - the day before the game, news came from Barcelona: Wu Lei was finally selected for the squad for this game! Although I don't know if he starts or not, it at least means that he has a chance to play!
This made domestic fans boil.
After a month and a half of waiting, they finally got a chance to see two Chinese players in La Liga.
So even though Espanyol's away game against Valencia kicks off at 3:30 a.m. Beijing time, there are still many loyal fans waiting in front of the TV and computer to watch the game.
Before the game, news came from the Mestalla Stadium that although Wu Lei entered the squad, he was not in the starting lineup of Espanyol for this game.
This arrangement has caused many Chinese fans to scold Galka.
Since it has been decided to let Wu Lei play, why don't you let him start?
What has been done and what has to be done......
There are also Chinese fans who have their brains open, thinking that Garca knows that Chinese fans are only interested in Wu Lei, so they are afraid that Chinese fans will not watch the Espanyol game, so they will use Wu Lei to drag everyone. In order to wait for Wu Lei, everyone can only watch the live broadcast in front of the TV, and in order to wait for Wu Lei, they can only be forced to watch the Espanyol game first......
At the same time, he also has to bear the loss of time in case Garka did not give Wu Lei the opportunity to play in the end.
So the Chinese fans who were full of resentment couldn't help but curse the Spaniards, hoping that the Spaniards could concede the goal at the beginning, so that Wu Lei might have a chance to play.
In the actual course of the game, the Spaniards certainly did not concede the opening goal, and both sides were scoreless in the first half.
However, in the second half, Valencia, who were playing at home, finally blasted away the Espanyol's goal.
Negredo opened the scoring for Valencia.
Five minutes later, Cheryshev extended his lead.
Espanyol are two goals behind, and if this trend is not good, it will repeat the tragedy of the previous two league games......
But to make matters worse, not long after Valencia scored, Espanyol's starting striker, Mamadou Serra, was injured and unable to continue the game......
At this moment, the TV broadcast suddenly cut the camera to the bench on the sidelines, and saw that Wu Lei, who was originally sitting on the bench, had already stood up, put on a training vest, and ran to the warm-up area.
"Wu Lei is going to play!" Commentator He Ping said with a little excitement.
Many Chinese fans, who were already drowsy in front of the TV and computer, were also awakened by this voice, cheered up and continued to watch the game.
What a historic moment!
After Gao Zheng, we will finally have our own players landing on the stadium of La Liga!
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Gao Zheng also followed the game in front of the TV, but he didn't have to stay up late because he was in Madrid and there was no jet lag.
Seeing Wu Lei go to warm up, he laughed.
Finally......
Five minutes later, Wu Lei warmed up and returned, at this time Valencia was already on the offensive, and the Spaniards could only survive, and no one knew if they would concede another goal in the next second.
"It's not a good time...... the Spanish TV announcer lamented.
But Gao Zheng leaned forward and showed great interest.
Who says it's not a good time?
That's the best time to make the scene!
Doesn't a hero have to rise to the occasion in such a crisis?
Before this game, Gao Zheng saw the discussion on the domestic Internet about whether it would be a good thing for Wu Lei to play in this game.
Most people think that this is not a very good time, Wu Lei is equivalent to catching ducks on the shelves, if he wins, it is okay to say, if he loses, he may become a scapegoat.
But Gao Zheng's opinion is the opposite of them, he believes that this is the best time for Wu Lei to appear in La Liga.
After all, with the current loading of the Spaniards, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are mourning soldiers.
It's hard enough for them to beat Valencia away and who has any illusions about this team after two big defeats?
So even if you lose this game, it's not a big deal. As long as Wu Lei himself is not too bad, even a mediocre performance will not become the focus of catharsis by firepower.
Now the team is two goals down on the road, further lowering the expectations of Espanyol fans.
Wu Lei can win praise as long as he has a little bright performance on the field.
Therefore, Gao Zheng felt that this was the best time.
To be honest, if the Spaniards lead Valencia 2:0 on the road, this will not be the best time for Wu Lei to play - it is very likely that coach Galka will not let Wu Lei play so early, and it may be in the garbage time in the last few minutes of the game that Wu Lei will come up to play in the chaos.
Or when the two sides are evenly matched, Wu Lei is not good on the field, if the Spaniards concede the ball after he plays, he may be regarded as the one who breaks the balance, but it is more beneficial to Valencia after breaking the balance......
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Wu Lei was replaced.
But to the regret of the Chinese fans, the TV broadcast was playing a replay of one of Valencia's attacks just now, and when the camera cut back, Wu Lei had already run onto the field.
This made He Ping couldn't help but complain: "This broadcast ...... How do we cut the post-game highlights...... The most important picture of Wu Lei's debut is not there! ”
However, Wu Lei himself didn't care about this at all, he tried to run onto the field, then took a deep breath, and then made a gesture to his teammates, signaling that he was in place.
Seeing Wu Lei taking the initiative to communicate with his teammates, Gao Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
That's it.
Wu Lei was replaced by injured striker Mamadou Serra.
In this game, the Spaniards played two strikers, Serra was one of the starting strikers, Wu Lei's position did not change after he came on the field, and he did appear on the front line.
However, he occasionally drops back to meet his teammates and goes more to the wings.
He tried a couple of low crosses down the flank, but it didn't work very well.
After all, he played on the left and crossed with his left foot. But Wu Lei's good foot is the right foot, and his left foot is not very effective, so the accuracy of the cross is not very good.
Gao Zheng looked at the TV and shook his head, he didn't know if this was the request of head coach Garka, or Wu Lei's own choice.
But he knows that this is not Wu Lei's style of playing.
He's the kind of player who needs to run open to be a threat, so what's the point of just playing wide crosses?
To be honest, Wu Lei is not good at crossing.
In the Chinese national team, Gao Zheng and Wu Lei's partners are generally Gao Zheng who pulls out and takes away the opponent's defenders, causing a vacancy, and then Wu Lei decisively steps forward to take advantage of this vacancy.
Sure enough, after a while, Wu Lei seemed to find it difficult to create any chances on the wing, so he returned to his forward position, he turned his back to the direction of the attack, and kept observing the position of the Valencia players around him.
Seeing this scene, Gao Zheng knew that Wu Lei was looking for a vacancy.
Wu Lei can definitely find a vacancy, but it is useless to just find an vacancy, after all, he has no ball at his feet.
Gao Zheng felt that Wu Lei had been training with the Spaniard for a month and a half, and his teammates should know and understand his style of play.
At this time, it depends on whether Wu Lei's popularity in the team is good, and whether any teammates are willing to give it to him......