In the 23rd round of La Liga, Espanyol played away against Athletic Bilbao, after a full match, the Spaniard was reversed, losing 1-2, Wu Lei got about 20 minutes to play, but did not break the league goal drought this season, and looked disappointed after the game. Espanyol have yet to win the league in 2022, finishing 13th in La Liga with four rounds without a win.
Against Athletic Bilbao, espanyol's starting formation is 4231, with Di Mata as the centre forward in the case of a ban from Raul de Toma, Puado, Villena and Melendo starting, Dadel and Moranes at the back, four defenders are Pedrosa, Cabrera, Gomez and Gilles, and the team goalkeeper will be Diego López.
After returning to Espanyol from the national football team, Wu Lei still cannot get the team's reuse, and can only stand on the bench in this game, which shows that Wu Lei's situation has not changed in the slightest, and he is still the team's iron substitute.
Just 3 minutes into the game, espanyol lightning broke the goal, and after receiving a pass from his teammate on the right, Villena pushed the goal in front of the goal to make it 1-0, and the Spaniard made a fantastic start. Although the Spaniards scored quickly, Athletic Bilbao was so strong that they quickly equalized. In the 5th minute, Sanchet scored in front of goal, the score became 1-1, the Spaniard conceded the ball, Lopez could not do anything to face Sanchet's goal, and could only watch the ball into the net.
In the 15th minute of the game, Biba was given a free kick opportunity, the attacking player's shot was blocked by the wall, however, the Athletic Bilbao player took the ball in the box, a foot pass to the goal, Igni Martinez scored a header, 2-1, the home team quickly overtook the score on the field, scored 2 goals in 10 minutes, and the Spaniard quickly fell behind.
In the 74th minute, Wu Lei finally came off the bench, this is the last 8 rounds of matches, Wu Lei got the opportunity to play for the first time, it can be said that it is not easy, after returning to Espanyol from the national football team, Wu Lei got a hard-won opportunity.
In the 85th minute of the game, the Spaniard counterattacked, Wu Lei broke through with the ball on the right side, the opponent player had no choice but to foul and put Down Wu Lei, and the referee showed him a yellow card warning. A minute later, the Spaniard crossed from the right to the front of the goal, but unfortunately the defender broke the siege and Wu Lei did not grab the point.
In the 88th minute, espanyol attacked, Duddell's long-range shot from outside the box was very threatening, the opponent goalkeeper Simon saved the ball off the line, very threatening, at this time, the Espanyol manager was in a hurry, Moreno shouted to the side, the referee had to let him calm down. After the game, the Spaniard coach shook hands with the opponent manager, and the camera turned to Wu Lei's face, Wu Lei looked disappointed, and the team lost, making him unable to be happy.