In a matchup with a very low cold index, accidents swept through the field like a whirlwind, and the complexity and variety of the process was mind-boggling.
In this round of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port, who is at the top of the league, hosted Meizhou Hakka. Shanghai Port seems to have already won the match, both in terms of paper strength and recent form. However, in the pre-match press conference, Meizhou Hakka head coach Ristic didn't set any specific goals for the matchup, but only said that every player will do their best.
In order to lock up the league title early, Shanghai Port must go all out and every game is crucial. Facing Meizhou Hakka, captain Javier and striker Wu Lei both expressed their firm confidence in victory.
However, when the final whistle blew, everything was unexpected. Shanghai Port, with the advantage of home field and strong strength, launched a fierce attack on Meizhou Hakka, but the first goal came from Meizhou Hakka unexpectedly. If not for Oscar's last-minute effort, Shanghai Port would have suffered a painful loss.
What is the reason for Shanghai Port's failure to win? Undoubtedly, it is the missed opportunities, of which Wu Lei's responsibility cannot be shirked! You know, Wu Lei had at least five scoring chances, and even three shots on goal, but nothing came out of it, resulting in the team blossoming in vain, but not fruitful.
The game went to the 8th minute, Shanghai port backfield accurate direct, Wu Lei get the ball quickly breakthrough, facing the goalkeeper but was Cheng Yuelei pounced; 30th minute, Shanghai port front continuous transmission, Wu Lei once again to get a one-touch opportunity, but once again by Cheng Yuelei; 60th minute in the second half, Shanghai port launched a counter-attack, Xu Xin will be the ball directly to Wu Lei, but in the face of the one-touch opportunity, Wu Lei is still Cheng Yuelei blocked.
Three excellent one-touch chances, Wu Lei failed to grasp, making the fans shake their heads and sigh. In addition to these three obvious single knife, Oscar's many accurate straight to also failed to let Wu Lei grasp.
Fans have been saying: why do teammates always pass to the left foot when their passes are not accurate enough? I would like to ask, why do you complain about your teammates' poor passing when you already have a one-touch goal? Could it be that teammates can only be satisfied with passing the ball through the keeper to Wu Lei for a shot on goal? Some fans have pointed out that Javier's tactical arrangement is not good and has been starting Wu Lei, which has led to Wu Lei's physical quality being seriously affected by his lack of shooting and his lack of physical fitness affecting his confidence. This is the reason for the continuous missed single shot opportunities. Although this explanation seems reasonable, but missed so many chances is not just because of physical quality.
As manager Javier said after the game: the team created numerous chances in the first 15 minutes and if we could have capitalized on them, we could have undoubtedly scored three or four goals, but we failed to do so.
In the second half, Oscar sensed Wu Lei's poor condition, even if Wu Lei appeared to be open, he no longer blindly passed the ball to him, but took the ball himself to look for opportunities. Even when facing the opponent, Oscar did not choose to pass to Wu Lei, but relied on his own ability to break through, and finally with a determined shot to equalize the score.
In fact, before this game, head coach Javier said in a team meeting that he wanted every player to play with spirit and try to win the game in the first half and then let the substitutes or young players finish the game in the second half. This will not only work out some of the players who usually get less chances, but also allow the main players to rest and get ready for the AFC Champions League in a few days.
Unfortunately, Wu Lei kept missing chances, and the team failed to get the score advantage, and even got into a passive situation once. The whole game not only did not get three points, but also the original plan to train young players, let the main players rest, for the AFC Champions League to save the idea also failed to realize.
Originally, as long as Wu Lei scored another goal in this game, he would have surpassed Ackerson and become the Chinese Super League's top scorer. However, with a succession of wasted chances, this miracle will have to wait for another time. In addition, as the domestic player's top scorer, Wu Lei is naturally the main striker of the future national soccer team. Moreover, the national team will have a short training session after the end of this month, but based on Wu Lei's shooting form, what reason does Jankovic have to convince himself to call up Wu Lei?
As a matter of fact, apart from his shot which has been criticized, Wu Lei's running position and breaking ability are excellent. If he wants to fully utilize Wu Lei's maximum potential, Jankovic could place him in the shadow striker position. If the striker is Ickxon, the national soccer team may make the unexpected decision to have Wu Lei stand behind him and create chances for him or take advantage of second shots on goal.
The national team is not Shanghai Harbor with a great player like Oscar who can pass the ball to him time and time again to create chances. But our national soccer team doesn't have Oscar, and there are hardly any players who can give him a knife. But if Wu Lei is still able to shoot steadily in the face of a hard-won knife in a national soccer game, it will be bad for his teammates' strikes and for the national soccer team.
