“Chinese Messi” Wu Lei bowed his head as he missed a critical chance in front of the goal. It was doubtful whether there would be a more perfect chance, but the ball that left his right foot floated slightly in the air and was blocked by the opponent’s defender who came in quickly.

Wu Lei started as a side wing in the second Group A match against Lebanon at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup held at Altumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 17th, but missed only two crucial chances and left the ground by alternating with Lin Liangming in the 21st minute of the second half, relatively early in the second half.

Urey continued to play almost unnoticed in the first group match against Tajikistan on the 13th, but entered the bench in the middle of the second half, where he was humiliated by a replacement for two consecutive games.

He had no reason to play full-time in matches against Lebanon. He moved to Espanyol in Spain’s La Liga in January 2019 and played for three and a half years. Even after returning to his old club Shanghai Port, he still had a strong sense of goal in his home league.

He also scored 18 goals in 30 matches to rank second in scoring last year. He is now at the center of Shanghai Port`s championship.

But in the Asian Cup, he is becoming a striker who simply leaves disappointment. 토토사이트 순위

He rarely showed his presence, but was caught on camera for the first time by kicking the opponent’s goalkeeper’s arm while flooding in during Jang Winning’s shooting in the 44th minute of the first half, and he was once again in the camera spotlight for his more harrowing play before he was replaced in the second half.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Lebanon’s goalkeeper lightly hit a cross on the right side, and the ball fell in front of Urey in the middle of the goal area. However, his right footed shot, which was attempted in a sloppy manner, was slightly floated as if it was an “Arirang ball,” before the Lebanese defender quickly kicked it out with his left foot.

Of course, it is true that the Lebanese defender’s performance was impressive as he blocked the situation that almost constituted a goal. It was not a bad idea when Wu Lei stepped up at an unexpected chance. However, he needed a finishing touch that could have been China’s best striker. Had he had only shot 2-3 meters away from the goal line, he could have broken the 0-0 balance without any problems.

Although he was alive and well at the age of 32, he could not find any sense of goal-scoring ability, location selection, or prestige as an ace. For China, which is uncertain about its advance to the round of 16, it is in a situation where it is agonizing over whether to use Urey as a starting player in the third group match against Qatar.

According to the soccer statistics magazine “Sofascore,” Wu Lei was humiliated by missing the “big chance” twice in the match. It was not the hope of Chinese soccer. In the match against Lebanon, it was the despair of Chinese soccer.