As holder, as on 54 other occasions, Wu Lei played his hundredth official match with Espanyol since he arrived in January 2018. Come down last year, when he became the front quarter behind Javi Puado, Raúl de Tomás or Nanny Dimata, the attacker only participated 27% of the minutes, but has started the course in the best way, starting and reaching a symbolic figure. Wu Lei centenary.
Opening the focus of this data, Wu Lei, who will turn 30 in November, has become the nineteenth foreigner to reach a hundred games for the Blue and White club, and has a shot if the course occurs according to the usual channels to players who left a ground as Pablo Zabaleta (107), Cristhian Stuani (117) or Maxi Rodríguez (113). The forward, who recently renewed until 2024, has this campaign ahead of him and two more to continue expanding his figures.
| PLAYER | MATCHES |
| N'Kono | 333 |
| Pochettino | 320 |
| Lauridsen | 265 |
| Kameni | 229 |
| Posse | 180 |
| Brnovic | 167 |
| Benitez | 166 |
| Galca | 147 |
| Hector Moreno | 135 |
| Osorio | 132 |
| Ortiz aquino | 120 |
| Forlin | 118 |
| Fredson | 117 |
| Stuani | 117 |
| Navas | 113 |
| Maxi | 113 |
| Zabaleta | 107 |
| Caicedo | 103 |
| Wu lei | 100 |
Despite the fact that the register and the set could be ideal for the Chinese international, with Osasuna with the advanced defense that left space behind his unprotected centrals, Wu Lei ended up substituted in the 62nd minute and barely touched the ball. He did it 12 times according to Opta data, none of them within the area, hitting 50% of passes, one of them, involuntarily, served for Adrián Embarba to have one of the best chances of the match.
A summer between quarantines and 'almost' without holidays
The Espanyol striker has had a difficult summer due to matches with his national team and restrictions due to the pandemic. Since it was May 15, he only enjoyed a week of vacation in China with his family. Before, he had to keep quarantine in his country and in the Arab Emirates where he helped with his goals to keep his team alive in the fight to get into the World Cup in Qatar. Upon returning to his homeland, he had to spend 21 days in a hotel. He could only go out to train.
Involved from day one, Wu Lei's 100 games are just the tip of the iceberg of the importance of double Golden Ball Chino, president Chen Yansheng's franchise player who has helped Espanyol expand in China. The player returns with a record to First. Another one. He is the Chinese with the most participants, goals, titles in the history of LaLiga. Wait, yes, not to be the supporting actor from the previous year.