"It's great that we are back!"

　　On the 9th Beijing time, after the Spaniard returned to La Liga 4 rounds ahead of schedule, Wu Lei sighed on social media.

　　Among the six pictures Wu Lei released, three were of him clenching his fists and roaring. At that moment, Wu Lei's pressure seemed to be released after a long time.

After the game, Wu Lei posted an update on social media.

　　The same long-lost, there is a sense of existence.

　　Although not so much attention gained during the previous campaign in La Liga, after the Spaniards were upgraded, Wu Lei, who seemed to be out of sight of the public, was brought back again.

　　In the event where the team celebrated their return to La Liga with the fans, local fans also sang the "Song of Wu Lei" at the scene.

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　　With Zaragoza, Wu Lei came off the bench in the 65th minute.

　　This is his norm this season.

Up to now, Wu Lei has played 30 times in West Division 2 this season, but only 7 of them started, and the remaining 23 games served as a substitute, scoring 2 goals.

Wu Lei celebrated the team's return to La Liga.

Image source: Wu Lei's personal Weibo

　　Wu Lei, who has not played much time, has seen a cliff-like decline in popularity compared to the time he played in La Liga.

　　In fact, at the beginning of the season, Wu Lei had a good performance.

Faced with Albacete in the first round, Wu Lei passed 1 shot to help the team win the goal 3:0.

　　This is in line with the "story" that people expected, and Wu Lei, who descended to West Division 2 with the team, "reduced dimensionality" and led the team back to La Liga.

　　But in the following rounds, Wu Lei, who served as the starter, did not perform satisfactorily until the 6th round.

Wu Lei scored in the first round of the season.

　　According to the Spanish team's official statement, Wu Lei was plagued by a knee injury at the time, so he missed multiple rounds of the league.

　　After returning from injury, Wu Lei lost his starting position.

When De Thomas and Embalba were both strikers, Wu Lei could only watch from the sidelines.

Compared to La Liga, Wu Lei's playing time is much less.

　　Although the process is not satisfactory, but the result is good.

　　The team can be upgraded again in the first season after relegation. Whether in the domestic league or the top five European leagues, the degree of difficulty is not small, and few teams can do it.

　　Yang Chen, the first Chinese player to land in the top five European leagues, also experienced a relegation from the first division to the second division during his time in Frankfurt.

　　The author once talked about this topic with Yang Chen.

He sighed that it is very difficult for a team to immediately upgrade the next year after being relegated.

In Germany, it usually takes two to three years to have a chance to be promoted to the Bundesliga.

　　"As far as Wu Lei's situation is concerned, I think the biggest difference between La Liga and La Liga is that the technical content is lower, but the intensity of physical confrontation and the rhythm of the game are the same. The difference between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga is also in this. The players are present. Go harder."

Data map: La Liga in the 2019-20 season, Wu Lei in the game against Sevilla.

　　Wu Lei is lucky. After the previous 4 relegations, the Espanyol can return to La Liga the following year. This time they still continue this tradition.

　　After returning to La Liga with a higher technical and tactical level, the Spaniards will need to adjust their tactics. By then, Wu Lei may have some opportunities.

　　This is at least much better than playing only a few minutes in West Second Division and continuing to sink.

　　Taking a step back, even if Wu Lei continues the role of a substitute player before, the exposure and influence it brings is not the same as in West Second Division.

　　For example, playing off the bench in the derby against Barcelona is obviously more talkative than against the second team Zaragoza.

Data map: In the 2019-20 season, in the Spanish derby against La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​Wu Lei scored in the 88th minute and scored the first goal of a Chinese player against Barcelona, ​​helping the team to level off.

　　In a few days, Wu Lei will return to China to compete in the World Preliminaries.

　　The last time Wu Lei played on behalf of the national football team also dates back to November 14, 2019. In the key battle of the world preliminaries against Syria, it was his goal that helped the national football equalize.

　　But unfortunately, the national football team eventually lost the game. It was also that night that Lippi resigned again...

Data map: Wu Lei lost 1:2 to Syria in the top 40 of the World Cup.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　Over a year and a half, the national football coach has become Li Tie, and there are also Alan, Fernando and Jiang Guangtai in the national football team.

　　What remains unchanged is that Wu Lei will still be the key player that the national football team relies on in the world preliminaries. At the critical moment, he needs to be the hero of the team.

　　Not surprisingly, Wu Lei will further welcome his long-lost "sense of existence" next.

　　In fact, these "sense of existence" belonged to him, but he resolutely chose a path that was harder and more emotional.