Recently, the list of candidates for the 2023 China Golden Ball Award was announced, with Wu Lei, Wei Shihao, Tan Long, Wang Dalei and a number of other names being selected. Among these people, Wu Lei should be successfully elected for the 2023 China Golden Ball Award if no accidents happen. Since, the China Golden Ball Award is a combination of individual honors and statistics to finally select the winner. Firstly, as far as personal honor is concerned, Wu Lei led Shanghai to win the Chinese Super League title in the 2023 season. This honor is enough to give him an edge among the candidates for the China Golden Ball Award.
Secondly, Wu Lei played a crucial role in Hong Kong's run to the Chinese Super League title this season. Whenever Hong Kong got into a stalemate in a game, Wu Lei was always the first to step up and perform a show to save the day. For this reason, Wu Lei also became the local Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League and topped the league's top scorer list. It is no exaggeration to say that without Wu Lei's offense in Hong Kong, the team would not have been able to win the long-awaited Chinese Super League title.
Therefore, to summarize, Wu Lei should have no suspense in winning the 2023 China Golden Ball Award. It is worth mentioning that Wu Lei has been discounted three times since the inception of the China Golden Ball Award, in 2018, 2019 and 2021.In 2018, Wu Lei won the China Golden Ball Award for the first time because he took Hong Kong to win the first Chinese Super League (CSL) title in the team's history. At the same time, he won the Chinese Super League Golden Boot, which is very gold.
On the one hand, Shanghai won the 2018 Chinese Super League, breaking Evergrande's monopoly on the league title over the years. On the other hand, Wu Lei won the Chinese Super League Golden Boot, which also broke the monopoly of big-name foreigners on the league's Golden Boot for many years. Therefore, Wu Lei's winning the China Golden Ball Award in 2018 is well deserved. Wu Lei won the Chinese Golden Ball Award in 2019, which depends on his performance in the La Liga study. This year, Wu Lei not only scored for Spaniards in La Liga, but also sealed his throat in the UEFA Cup, adding to the glory of Chinese soccer. Wu Lei won the Chinese Golden Ball Award in 2021 and he ended up winning many awards after scoring a lot of goals for the national team.
Wu Lei is now on track for his fourth discount on China's Ballon d'Or, which makes many fans feel that he is China's first active player. In addition, this is also a reflection of the shortage of Chinese soccer talent in one way. Prior to this, Wei Shihao, who was highly anticipated by the outside world, has been unable to come up with the same dazzling goal and assist figures as Wu Lei in league and national team matches, and is destined to play the role of learning alongside Prince in the selection of the China Golden Ball Award. I hope Wei Shihao can perform well in the Chinese Super League and national team matches next season, and try to suppress his big brother Wu Lei to win the first golden ball of his career in the selection of China Golden Ball Award in 2024.
