Crossing thousands of miles from Spain to Suzhou for the
national soccer team
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Wu Lei (1979-), Chinese footballer
The first time I saw him, he was in the middle of a game. In the internal confrontation match carefully arranged by Coach Li Tie, Wu Lei made a splash and scored two goals alone, showing his scorer's true colors. In an official interview with the Chinese team, Wu Lei confessed that he is at the age when the impact of the
World Cup
of the golden age.
This has been the 18-month gap since Wu Lei joined the national team training again in September 2019 as he prepared with the team for the Top 40 tournament. In the last buildup, he flew with the team to Guangzhou to prepare for the match, and since then, due to the epidemic, the national team has not called up Wu Lei again for several training sessions. However, head coach Li Tie has always regarded Wu Lei as a key player of the national team.
affected by the epidemic.
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International warm-ups are not available before official matches. Last Saturday, in order to simulate the first match of the Top 40, Coach Li Tie arranged an 80-minute team match. The home side won 3-1, with Wu Lei scoring twice, showing excellent "plug and play" ability. Ackerson and Alan also scored goals, showing the diversity and vitality of the front line of the national football team.
In view of the fans' concern about Wu Lei's recent situation, the Chinese team specially arranged an interview with Wu Lei. Talking about the feeling of returning to the national team, Wu Lei said: "very excited to come back, after all, a year and a half without the team together. Still full of freshness, I hope to quickly integrate, feel the cohesion of the team, each player's room is hung with their own caricature, so that people have a strong sense of belonging."
For Wu Lei, this return is a brand new challenge. Since Li Tie took office, this is the first time he participated in the team training. In Wu Lei's opinion, he was impressed by the fast-paced training and strict requirements emphasized by Li Tie. "The training is very fast-paced, and Li Tie has always emphasized the need to improve the tempo. So that when the official game, whether in terms of technical and tactical or mentality, when encountering difficulties, everyone can maintain a good mentality and have the confidence to turn the game around."
This national team training, Li Tie enlisted five naturalized players. Wu Lei also gave his own evaluation of these players: "Before they are our rivals, now we are side by side in the national team, their strength does not need to be questioned, before in the Chinese Super League has proved itself, are the strength of the players, and they have no problem with them to cooperate with the sense of tacit understanding on the field is very strong."
For the goal of this World Qualifier, Wu Lei said bluntly, that is to enter the Top 12 and continue to impact the
World Cup
In the view of Wu Lei, his age is the best time to play in the World Cup. In Wu Lei's opinion, his current age is the best time, and this opportunity for the national team to impact the World Cup is very rare: "In the first two years, I played in Europe, hoping to bring new vitality to the national soccer team. Now, the players born in 89 years are in their golden period, together with the naturalized players, this is the most favorable opportunity for our players."
Reporter: Guan Yin
