Today, Sunday, the Chinese media praised Bo Li, who scored a deadly goal for his team Espanyol yesterday in the Barcelona goal, in the nineteenth stage of the Spanish league, considering that he had launched a "new chapter" in Chinese football.
The substitute striker scored a goal in the 88th minute of the match hosted by Espanyol, giving his team a 2-2 draw, which allowed the under-ranked league to achieve a great surprise by drawing the champions with the champions in the past two seasons.
Millions of users shared what the international striker achieved on social media, especially the "parallel" Weibo that is parallel to Twitter in China.
And the official Chinese "CGTN" network saw that Wu "became the first Chinese player to score against Barcelona in various competitions at all", considering that the twenty-eight-year-old "revitalized Espanyol alone."
"He launched a very chapter in history (...) for Wu, this is an evening that will remain stuck in his memory for a long time."
Wu commented in a post on "Weibo," saying "an amazing evening, a new year, a good start."
This was Wu's fifth goal with his Spanish team since joining his ranks last year from Shanghai Sipig.
Wu also won praise from Chinese national team coach Li Tai at his first official press conference on Sunday, in which he stressed that he relied on the striker in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
"He is currently the only Chinese player in the European Big Five," Tai said. "I followed yesterday's game and this (goal) is a matter of pride for Chinese football."