In the late afternoon of Gusu summer, the Chinese men's national soccer team had a meaningful gathering at the No.2 training base. After a period of isolation training, the team launched its first practical exercise, and captain Wu Lei also reunited with the team as promised, his spirit is inspiring, and even in the group confrontation to show a wonderful long-distance shot.
This scene is not easy to come by for Wu Lei. Since September 2019, when he was with the team preparing for the World Qualifier, Wu Lei has been away from the national team's training ground for 18 months. In that year, he moved from Barcelona to Guangzhou and went all out in preparation for the group stage of the World Qualification Tournament. However, an epidemic struck and Wu Lei was not able to participate in the subsequent training with the national team. Despite this, head coach Li Tie always regarded him as an indispensable member of the national team.
Wu Lei after a long journey, arrived in Shanghai on the 18th, the evening of the 19th, then urgent aid Suzhou, at 9:15 arrived in Gusu Xianggu Li Hotel and the team to meet. However, due to the national team to implement a separate residence system, Wu Lei did not meet with all teammates that night. Until the afternoon of the 20th, Li Tie personally convened all the players for the return of Wu Lei held a brief welcome ceremony.
Observing the training footage of the national soccer team, despite the fact that Wu Lei has been training for 4-5 days after the return of the other players, he is still in excellent physical condition and has not made any special adjustments. He quickly integrated into the training and not only completed the warm-up with his teammates, but also gave his all in the ensuing split-team confrontation and managed to score a goal.
Judging from his performance in training, Wu Lei has maintained his good competitive form in the Spanish B League with Espanyol. In the group confrontation, he made an impressive powerful header, followed by a precise pass from Zhang Yuning in the middle of the field, breaking through the defense with amazing speed and breaking through the gate guarded by Yan Junling.
