Wu Lei has change into the primary Chinese nationwide to attain within the group stage of a UEFA membership competitors, producing a positive end in Espanyol’s 2-Zero victory at CSKA Moskva within the UEFA Europa League.
The 27-year-old made an angled run to fulfill a ball from team-mate Matías Vargas and dinked it over goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to place the Barcelona facet forward in Moscow. The 64-times capped former Shanghai SIPG ahead is the primary Chinese participant to attain within the aggressive part of considered one of UEFA’s high competitions, although not the primary Chinese nationwide to have scored in a males’s UEFA membership competitors.