In a key battle in the 28th round of the Chinese Super League that ended on the evening of October 18, Beijing time, the defending champion Shanghai Port lost 1-3 to Chengdu Rongcheng away, and lost the initiative to compete for the championship after being overtaken by Shenhua by 1 point. In this game, the national football team leader Wu Lei returned from injury and came off the bench, but he failed to save the harbor, but wasted a great single opportunity in the second half.
In the Chinese Super League match between the harbor and the west coast on the 28th of last month, Wu Lei retired with a rib injury. He also missed the trip to Australia due to injury. In addition to the rib injury, Wu Lei's old meniscus injury on his right knee has recurred, and the injury has been significantly aggravated, which is even more worrying. In order to recover as soon as possible and help the national team, Wu Lei chose to report to the national team after receiving 2 injections.
Although he did not appear in the game against Indonesia, he went to the national team to train behind closed doors, which obviously affected Wu Lei's recovery from injury. In this game with Chengdu Rongcheng, Wu Lei was on the bench because he did not recover.
After falling behind 1-3 in Harbour, Wu Lei was ordered to come on as a substitute in the 57th minute, which was also his first appearance in 20 days. Unfortunately, in the face of adversity, Wu Lei failed to save the Lord. In the 83rd minute, Wu Lei had a great opportunity, and he successfully broke the ball to counterattack after actively fighting in the front. At that time, the harbor had already formed a 2-on-1, but Wu Lei faced a single excellent opportunity to shoot, but was bravely saved by Chengdu Rongchengmen Shenjian Tao. Wu Lei's single knife, obviously the low shot effect will be better.
Seeing that Wu Lei missed the opportunity, the harbor teammates sighed. If Wu Lei scored this goal to chase the score to 2-3, the morale-boosting harbor has every chance to equalize in the remaining time, or even reverse to win.
After this defeat, Harbour is already 1 point behind Shenhua, and even if Harbour wins the last 2 rounds, the initiative of the championship is not in their hands. If Harbour fails to defend the title, even if Wu Lei scores 31 goals in the league this season and wins the Golden Boot, I am afraid it will be a little overshadowed.