On the national team stage.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Has become an integral core player.

Not to be outdone, the eight matches in the Nationals' Top 40.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Contributing eight goals, he was the team's top scorer, accounting for 26.7 percent of the total and a whopping 30 goals.

Going into the Round of 12, six games in

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Scoring four goals and seven total goals for the National Football League, he accounted for nearly 60% of the goals, even though he wasn't familiar with the position on some occasions.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

The best position is a double striker in a 4-4-2 formation or a winger in a 4-3-3 formation, but during Li Tie's tenure, the three central midfielders were hardly ever used - in order to give naturalized players more chances to play, Li Tie eventually opted for a 4-2-4 formation.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Giving the most familiar position to Allan and playing himself as a right winger.

The addition of naturalized players makes many people mistakenly think that the national team has relied on from now on, but the soccer field ultimately rely on strength to speak. From Lippi's era to Li Tie's era, the biggest help on the field is still the

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Facts speak louder than words.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Breaking through the Omani player's defense.

Who can be counted on for the future?

Of course, with the current state of Chinese soccer, a

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Probably doesn't change much.

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Exuding regret in his 30th birthday diary, he said, "Even though it's my birthday today, I would also like to talk about regrets, perhaps the most upsetting thing about being a professional player is not being able to play in an international cup for my country."

Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer

Imagining that he still has a chance to make an impact at the next International Cup, "Having just turned thirty, the pinnacle of my career, I should have three or four more years as a footballer, according to the advances in modern sports science."

In the case of the last two International Cup Asian Zone 4.5 out of the quota, the last Ribbons team failed to enter the play-offs by only 1 point, Li Tie era is destined to be even further away from the line - this is determined by the Chinese soccer family background, the players' ability to a generation is not as good as a generation of the Chinese soccer results continue to decline, which is not surprising.

2026 International Cup will enter the 48-team format, the Asian zone of the quota will change from 4.5 to 8.5, but this does not mean that the chances of the national football team out of the line will become greater - to the final stage of the 2025 Asian qualifiers, Wu Lei and Yan Junling, a group of 1991-age players are already 34 years old, the state of the status of whether they can still be maintained at the peak is an unknown.

At that time, it will be the turn of the 1993-1997 age group players to take the lead. Taking the 1993 age group players as an example, Wu Xinghan and Xu Xin have just made their national team debuts, and Shi Ke, He Jiao and Li Ang in the backline have had limited opportunities to play in the national team.

1995 age group players, Zhang Yuning is four or five years of national team experience, but the style and ability are close to Wu Lei Wei Shihao, but because of disciplinary problems have been Lippi and Li Tie excluded from the national team list, which can not be said to be a great pity.

The road ahead is getting tougher and tougher.

Comparing only from the Chinese Super League, the above players are already the best - however, looking horizontally across Asia, cutting-edge giants such as Japan, South Korea and Iran have long since let the post-1993 take over fully in the last Top 12; while Vietnam and Saudi Arabia have also let the 1995 and 1997 age groups become regulars in the current Top 12 main force, only the Chinese team is still relying on veterans ......

From the 1985 age group players can World Youth Championship knockout round fight Germany, to the 2001 age group players can not even go to the main round of the Asian Youth Championship, the future road of Chinese soccer, is destined to be more and more difficult.

As Wu Lei said, "But as a soccer person, my soccer career is just the beginning, I still have too much to do."

His goals are still ambitious, he said, "When I was a child I said I hoped I would one day be worth 60 or 70 million dollars, today I hope that in the future, whether I am forty or fifty years old, whether as a player, coach or youth coach, I must make Chinese soccer, integrate into the international!"

On the occasion of Wu Lei's 30th year, we just want to say - cheer up Wu Lei, the national football team rises up.

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