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Ushering in the 29th spring and autumn of its establishment, Li Lei, a veteran of Guoan and an international footballer who has played for the team for seven years, greeted his farewell performance at Guoan on this day. In a match with Shandong Taishan, Li Lei, wearing the captain's armband, played full time, hand in hand with his teammates to work hard, and finally with the Chinese Super League dominant Shandong Taishan into a 1-1 draw.
This round of the Chinese Super League, Guoan against the strength of Shandong Taishan, once the "Beijing-Lu war" is not the same as in the past. This season, Guoan core foreign aid have left the team, the strength is greatly affected, while Taishan team has strong momentum, 3 rounds in advance to lock the Super League champion. For Guoan left back Li Lei, this game has a special significance. It has been officially announced that Li Lei will join the Swiss Super League, after the game, he will depart from Shanghai on January 4, flying to Zurich, to start a new career in the foreign countries.
In the last game on behalf of Guoan, 29-year-old Li Lei wearing the captain's armband, the captain role of the side back in the Guoan nearly 10 years of the game is rare, which is not only the coaching staff of Li Lei's great trust and affirmation, but also for the game added a few points of deep friendship. In the 16th minute of the game, Guoan's new foreign aid Silva scored a goal, Li Lei and his teammates to share the joy.
Li Lei worked hard throughout the game and nearly helped his team score in the second half. After the game, the camera captured the moment he exchanged jerseys with Taishan player Xu Xin, who had stayed in the ocean. Li Lei also expressed his gratitude to Guoan fans and confessed that failing to win the league title for Guoan was his biggest regret, and he hoped to have the opportunity to realize his dream in the future.
At Guoan, Li Lei has gone from No. 3 shirt to No. 4, from substitute to starter, from ordinary player to active international player, one step at a time, and he is also regarded as a merit of Guoan after helping Guoan win the 2018 AFC Cup. It can be said that Li Lei has reached the peak of domestic football at Guoan. As he said, staying in the ocean is to give an account of himself, and his courage deserves to be praised. Let's wish Li Lei all the best on his journey to stay in the ocean. It is reported that he will leave the tournament and fly to Zurich from Shanghai on January 4 to start a new challenge.
