For Wu Lei, the meniscus injury is like such a gloom, letting him spend the last stage of the 2024 season in regret in the club and national team games.
On January 9th, after participating in the Chinese Super League award ceremony, Wu Lei embarked on a journey to Abu Dhabi to join the entire Port team that was winter training there. The original plan was for him to start the next phase of rehabilitation training locally, just like an injured warrior trying to slowly repair his "armor" in a distant camp. However, fate seems to have its own arrangements. The latest news indicates that Wu Lei has returned to Shanghai and will soon face the choice of knee surgery.
According to multiple sources, Wu Lei will discuss the specific surgical plan with the club and medical team in the coming days. With the rapid development of medical technology today, domestic meniscus surgery has become quite mature, which also prompted Wu Lei to make the decision to undergo surgery domestically. This decision also reflects his trust in the level of domestic medical care, as the saying goes, "the nearest to the water tower gets the moon first." However, surgery means a long wait for recovery, and experts have made it clear that at least two months of recovery time is essential after undergoing meniscus surgery. For a professional player, this is a very difficult period.
In fact, Wu Lei had already tried conservative treatment for some time. "Better a short pain than a long one," after a period of conservative treatment, the results were not satisfactory, and Wu Lei also knew that if he did not undergo surgery, the condition might worsen. "Without surgery, I can't fully recover." He helplessly expressed to the Shanghai Morning Post reporter that he had been playing with pain on the field in the second half of last year, "It's too painful. If I don't have surgery, it may be worse this year." This kind of pain is not only physical torment but also a test of Wu Lei's psychology.
From the perspective of the schedule, Wu Lei's acceptance of surgery will inevitably bring many variables to his participation in national team games. The national team will face Saudi Arabia and Australia on March 20th and 25th respectively. Calculating according to a two-month recovery period, he will definitely miss these two games. This will undoubtedly leave the national team's front line short of a capable player. However, if Wu Lei can quickly recover his form, he still has the opportunity to return to the field in the matches against Indonesia and Bahrain on June 5th and 10th.
While Wu Lei is working hard to recover from his injury, the training of the Chinese men's football team currently training in Haikou is in full swing. Since this training does not have a clear preparation task and the players are in the off-season, the training intensity is very high. Coach Ivan Kovic adheres to the concept of strict requirements and often arranges two practices a day. In his training philosophy, only training that reaches the intensity of actual combat is effective training. "Diligence is the mother of success, idleness is the father of failure," he does not allow the players to slack off during training. During the training process, if he finds that a player has not met the requirements, he will immediately stop and urge them to ensure that every player can actively invest in the training.
Lin Liangming also mentioned the current training situation of the team in an interview. He said: "The training today is quite tough, with high intensity and density, mainly focusing on physical energy reserves, and summarizing some problems that appeared in previous games." Among these, the addition of newcomers has also brought new vitality to the team. Young players are working hard to integrate into the team during this period of high-intensity training, quickly understanding and familiarizing themselves with the coach's tactical approach.
Looking back at the previous match between the Chinese men's football team and Japan, Lin Liangming scored a goal. In an interview, he modestly believed that his teammates' performance played a crucial role. The game situation was tense at the time, and although he scored a goal, since the team was trailing in points, he did not celebrate much, only wanting to quickly invest in subsequent games to fight for the opportunity to equalize the score for the team. This also reflects the charm of team sports. On the court, personal brilliance often cannot be separated from the support of the team, and every goal is the result of teamwork.
Wu Lei's surgery and the training of the national team are both proceeding in an orderly manner. Although Wu Lei's injury is naturally worrying, we also hope that he can successfully go through the surgery and recover as soon as possible. And under the leadership of Ivan Kovic, the Chinese men's football team is constantly improving itself through high-intensity training and preparing fully for future matches.
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