In 4 AFC Champions League games, The Taishan team finally scored, he is the 22-year-old rising star Lu Yongtao. In the case of the team's 0-2 behind, as the captain and wearing the No. 10 shirt, he stepped forward, broke out in a desperate situation, and used a Messi-style breakthrough to play with the opposing players to create points, and then personally scored this goal.
The AFC Champions League Group F competition was fought over by Tarzan against Singapore's Lion City Mariners. The first leg of the match between the two sides, 0-0, this is the first point of the Taishan team this season's AFC Champions League, and the first point of the Chinese Super League team this season. Due to the weakness of the opponent and the draw with the opponent, both sides must hope to get three points on the opponent. In this game, the Taishan team still followed the previous formation and playing style, and the team's main attackers Yi Xianlong and Lu Yongtao started again. On the Lion City side, the veteran of the Chinese Super League, Jin Xinyu, made his debut.
In the 20th minute, the Taishan team broke the ball at the back and counterattacked quickly, Yi Xianlong broke through with the ball and crossed from the right, but it was a pity that Deng Chunze at the back point stopped the ball slightly, otherwise it is likely to form a single knife. In the 34th minute, the Lions crossed from the right, Kim Shin-woo volleyed in the air, Cao Zheng reacted quickly and flew to save the ball, and then got up at the first time to get the ball before the other side made up the shot.
In the first half of stoppage time, the Lions crossed from the right, Ning Yirong's header from the middle of the road attacked the goal, and the ball bounced into the bottom right corner of the goal, and Cao Zheng whipped into the dead corner. 0-1, the Tarzan team trailed.
At the beginning of the second half, the Tarzan team changed two people in a row and began to strengthen the attack. In the 50th minute, the Taishan team broke the ball in midfield and counterattacked, the ball was passed to the opponent's penalty area and was released, Yi Xianlong still insisted on fighting in the case of falling to the ground, and the result was to throw down the opposing defender, which was too hard. In the second half of the game, Yi Xianlong was more active on the left side, and the right side gave way to Long Tingwei, who came off the bench.
In the 60th minute, the Lions' right corner kick into the penalty area, Cao Zheng made a low-level mistake, standing too far ahead, and Enrique at the back point jumped high to head the ball into the empty goal. Cao Zheng stepped back at the first time, but still failed to fish the ball out. 2-0, the Lions extended the score.
In the 74th minute, Lu Yongtao burst into the penalty area with the ball on the left side, crossed the crotch of the opposing defender and was put down, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty. Lu Yongtao personally took the penalty, tricked the opposing goalkeeper to hit the ball into the goal, 1-2, and The Taishan team finally pulled back a goal.
It was Tarzan's first goal in the AFC Champions League this season and the first goal in the Chinese Super League team's AFC Champions League. Being able to score on such a big stage as the AFC Champions League is undoubtedly memorable for the young Lu Yongtao, which also greatly helps his confidence.