Wu Lei ceases to be the LaLiga jinx

Not only did he complete a remarkable match, contributing to the decisive expulsion of Fernando Pacheco and scoring the goal of tranquility which places him with Raúl de Tomás as top league producer of Espanyol. Before Alavés, Wu Lei mostly stripped thanks to the final victory of a curse that had accompanied him all season, and weighed like a slab especially during the three-month hiatus: he was the bad boy of LaLiga.

Until the victory this Saturday, which leaves the Blue and Whites set three points from the permanence, the Chinese attacker was the only one with so many games played, 22 he had in the previous 27 days, which did not add a single victory. He counted his participation in Espanyol matches for siete draws and especially 15 losses. Others had surpassed him in that luck, but they had all won a game.

Martin Valjent and Dani Rodríguez, both from Mallorca, they added 16 defeats each, but also seven victories. The also vermilion Manolo Reina, Take Kubo and Save Seville they had lost 15 times, like Wu Lei, but they had participated in seven, six and five victories, respectively. Even Diego Lopez, companion of the Chinese, he wore his 15 defeats but he had logically played in four days in which Espanyol had taken the three points this season.

10.6% of the points with him; 87% without it

He has not been left out of any call in all LaLiga, therefore, it has not suffered sanctions or injuries (obviously, discounting COVID-19). But just the only matches in which he did not leave the bench were Eibar-Espanyol (1-2) of the fourth day, the Levante-Espanyol (0-1) of the tenth, the Espanyol-Betis (2-2) pre-christmas the Villarreal-Espanyol (1-2) January and Espanyol-Mallorca (1-0) six days ago that was the only parakeet victory so far at the RCDE Stadium.

In total, they had added the Blue and Whites in his only five days without Wu Lei 13 points out of 15 possible (four wins, one draw and no losses), while with the until this Saturday they were counted seven points out of 66 at stake. That is to say, in the absence of Wu Lei they collected 87% of the points. With it, however, they fell to 10.6 percent. A statistic that already varies with the victory against Alavés and that can continue to soar this Tuesday, with Espanyol visiting Getafe.