The second round of the Super League resumed with Shanghai Harbour, who beat the champions on the road in the last round, ushering in their first home match of the new season and their first Super League appearance at the SAIC Pudong Football Stadium. The opponent was a strong Shenzhen team. At the beginning of the match, Shanghai Seaport's center back Jiang Guangtai took the lead with a precise shot. However, the tide turned and shortly after the start of the second half, Jiang Guangtai was shown a red card for a tactical foul.
Nonetheless, Shanghai Harbour's foreign center forward was able to bring the score to 2-2 in time, but Shenzhen, who were playing with an extra man, equalized the score in the 84th minute and even came close to reversing the situation. At the crucial moment, 31-year-old striker Wu Lei stepped up, and after completing an 80-meter long-distance run, he calmly sent the ball into the empty goal, helping his team lock up the victory and bringing the opening match at SAIC Pudong Football Stadium to a successful conclusion.
Wu Lei, a 1.74-meter tall native of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, born in November 1991, is the pride of the Shanghai Genbao Soccer Academy.At the age of 14, he made his professional debut with a spectacular goal and went on to play alongside the team in the AFC Champions League. According to statistics, Wu Lei scored a total of 182 goals during his time with Shanghai Seaport, making him the best scorer in the team's history.In 2018, he also helped the team win the Chinese Super League (CSL) title and was honored as the top scorer in the CSL.
In January 2019, Wu Lei traveled to La Liga as the best player in the Chinese Super League, playing 126 games on behalf of Espanyol, contributing 16 goals and 6 assists and breaking through Barcelona and other top world giants. After returning to the Chinese Super League in the middle of last season, Wu Lei quickly found his form and scored 11 goals in 12 games, showing extraordinary strength.
In the new season, Wu Lei's condition is still hot. In the first two rounds of matches, he made 3 goals alone and was in good shape. At the end of the game, he can still continue to create threats, which is undoubtedly good news for the national team. At present, Wu Lei's national team has scored 27 goals, only 2 goals short of surpassing the top of the all-time scorer list, and is expected to become the best scorer in the history of the national football team this year.
