Brazilian star Oscar labelled him "the best Chinese player" and for most of his career he has carried the burden of being called "China's Maradona".
Brazilian star Oscar labelled Wu Lei (C) 'the best Chinese player' and for most of his career he has carried the burden of being called 'China's Maradona'
Wu Lei will need to show why on Thursday if China are to keep their wafer-thin World Cup 2018 hopes alive in a must-win encounter with Uzbekistan in Wuhan.
Wu upstaged his 60-million-euro teammate Oscar in Shanghai SIPG's 4-0 mauling of Guangzhou Evergrande in their AFC Champions League quarter-final first leg last week http://www.cheaphydroflaskstrawlid.com/ , scoring twice in three minutes and winning a penalty.
The 25-year-old's first was a classy solo effort that demonstrated why he does not look out of place alongside Oscar and Hulk at Shanghai SIPG -- and why he is central to China's footballing future.
China's 2006 World Cup-winning Italian coach Marcello Lippi alluded to Wu's vital importance this week when he said that he was woefully short of out-and-out goal-scorers.
Wu Lei (L) has a ratio of roughly a goal every two games for his Shanghai SIPG's club
"We don't have strikers. On paper I don't even have one striker, I have to make players from other positions play striker," said the 69-year-old Lippi.
Step up winger-cum-forward Wu, who last year was nominated for Asian Player of the Year.
Wu became the youngest ever Chinese professional when at the age of 14. He has a ratio of roughly a goal every two games for his Shanghai club.
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This season he has been even better, scoring 19 times and grabbing eight assists in 31 appearances.
He is as prolific for his country -- seven goals in 43 appearances -- but is likely to be thrust farther forward by Lippi for Thursday's home clash with Uzbekistan because of the dearth of choices up front.
China must win on Thursday and again next week in Qatar Cheap Hydro Flask Coffee , and hope results elsewhere go their way, to grab a highly improbable third-place in Group A and with it a play-off spot. They are currently bottom with one win from eight matches.
Wu is largely unknown in Europe, but he won lofty comparisons with Argentina legend Maradona from former China coach Xu Genbao when the player was just 13.
Wu credits the Brazilian trio of Oscar, Hulk and Elkeson, as well as Shanghai's formerChelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas Cheap Hydro Flask 21 OZ , with his spectacular club season.
"I feel I now shoulder a lot less pressure during games because opposing defenders tend to focus on our Brazilians instead and they can also create chances for me," he told the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in a recent interview.
"The coach is very strict and tough, but full of passion. No matter if it is training or during the match, he is always motivating the team to do better."
Ding Ning of Beijing competes during the women's table tennis singles final against Liu Shiwen of Guangdong at 13th Chinese National Games in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 6 Cheap Hydro Flask 20 OZ , 2017. Ding Ning claimed the title.(XinhuaXu Zijian) Ding Ning (L) of Beijing hugs her coach Guo Yan after the women's table tennis singles final against Liu Shiwen of Guangdong at 13th Chinese National Games in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 6, 2017. Ding Ning claimed the title.(XinhuaXu Zijian) Ding Ning of Beijing celebrates after the women's table tennis singles final against Liu Shiwen of Guangdong at 13th Chinese National Games in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Sept. 6, 2017. Ding Ning claimed the title.(XinhuaMu Yu) Ding Ning (back) of Beijing hugs her coach Guo Yan after the women's table tennis singles final against Liu Shiwen of Guangdong at 13th Chinese National Games in north China's Tianjin Municipality Cheap Hydro Flask 24 OZ , Sept. 6, 2017. Ding Ning claimed the title.(XinhuaMu Yu)
TIANJIN, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Table tennis world No. 1 Ding Ning has swept all tournaments she's involved since 2016, and now she added her first National Games title to her trophy list here on Wednesday.
Ding, the Rio Olympics champion and world championships winner in Duesseldorf of Germany on April Cheap Hydro Flask 18 OZ , defeated world No. 4 Ye Shiwen in six games at the Chinese National Games by 13-15, 11-3, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5 Cheap Hydro Flask 40 OZ , 11-9 in 67 minutes.
Ding lost the first game after allowing two successive points with the scores being locked up in seven draws until Liu broke the tie in 13-13 thanks to Ding's return down the net and hitting the ball out of court.
Ding followed up with more aggressive attacks to collect the next two games, giving away just seven points in total in her 11-3 and 11-4 back-to-back stormy victories.
Liu pulled down the fourth game in 11-8 to put the score sheet level 2-2 on aggregate before losing the next two games 11-5, 11-8 without too much resistance.
Ding ascribed her victory to her devotion and determination to snatch the National Games title. "I have never won the National Games, so I had been aspiring to lift it for long. I had been eliminated early in the quarters at last National Games when it's one of my troughs," said Ding.
"In this four-year cycle of the National Games Cheap Hydro Flask 32 OZ , I had experienced a lot, including a couple of titles from the most prestigious events, so I think last National Games had helped me in my upgrading."
Liu admitted she was not quite in form all through the year and is trying to find a new style for her play. "I'm adjusting myself to suit the apparatus change, so I had gone through a lot of fluctuations recently," said Liu.
"I don't think I played well Cheap Hydro Flask , but I should be satisfied with my attitude in the tournament, that's you need to fight hard no matter who you're playing against and no matter what trouble you're facing with," added
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