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Chinese international footballer Wu Lei scored for his Spanish club Espanyol in their La Liga game against Sevilla on Sunday night.
The forward had returned to the starting 11 after 71 days and Wu marked his recall to the starting line-up with a goal. He was an unused substitute in the club’s last game against Mallorca and was not even included in the match-day squad for the previous game against Granada.
Wu had not been in the starting line-up since December 7, with new signing Raul de Tomas preferred. With De Tomas injured, Wu returned to score his 10th goal since moving to Spain last January and his third in the league this season.
All of them have come against teams in the top five of the table, including first place Barcelona and third place Getafe. He also scored three league goals last season.
After Lucas Ocampos opened the scoring for the hosts in the 15th minute, Espanyol’s Adri Embarba equalised 20 minutes later to leave the score 1-1 at the interval.
Wu then put the La Liga strugglers ahead five minutes into the second half after latching on to a Jonathan Calleri flick on and slotting home.