The ninth round of the Chinese Super League was spectacular: Beijing Guoan scored the biggest goal game of the season, while Wuhan Three Towns won 5-0 away from home. And if the biggest highlight of this round is undoubtedly the 22-year-old striker Tao Qianglong of Wuhan Three Towns, in the match against Nantong Zhiyun, Tao Qianglong, who started in the first game of the season, actually scored a hat-trick and contributed a shocking personal show. The former most promising striker in Chinese football has finally been resurrected.
Tao Qianglong was able to become the starting striker in the Wuhan Three Towns against Nantong Zhiyun, which was a dramatic result. If it weren't for the sudden ban of the three-town foreign striker Aziz by the Football Association, Davidson and Admilson would not have been able to play, and Tao Qianglong would have sat on the cold bench. However, newcomers have to seize limited opportunities to grow, and Tao Qianglong has undoubtedly done this.
In first-half stoppage time, Tao scored his second goal for Wuhan Three Towns, his first goal of the season. He scored two more goals in the first and 15th minutes of the second half, becoming the only other player to complete a hat-trick this season after Leonardo. These three goals showed Tao Qianglong's good sense of movement and shooting skills, especially the chest stop volley after receiving an assist from Stanciu, and the whole action was done in one go, which is worthy of praise.
With these three goals, Tao Qianglong suddenly became the top scorer in the current Wuhan Three Towns team. In fact, fans who are familiar with this player know that his development in recent years has not been satisfactory. Three years ago, Tao Qianglong was also expelled from the national youth team by the Chinese Football Association because of serious violations of discipline, which led to his inability to show his level in the national team for a long time. In the Chinese Super League, due to the economic problems of Hebei and Da Lian, Tao Qianglong has also had a turbulent life over the years, making only 20 appearances in the past two seasons and scoring 2 goals, almost invisible.
You know, when Tao Qianglong appeared in the Chinese Super League in early 2019, he was not yet 18 years old at that time, and he was once known as the most promising striker in this age group in China and the future successor of Wu Lei, and Beijing Guoan even did not hesitate to tear his face with the Hebei team for him. However, time flies, during the period when Tao Qianglong is in his infancy, younger forwards such as Eiffelding have taken advantage of the momentum, and the light of the former Wu Lei's successor has become more and more dim.
Fortunately, with this hat-trick, Tao Qianglong finally proved his worth again after four years. At the age of 22, he is far from old, and the future development prospects are still worth optimizing. With Tao Qianglong's talent, if he can get a stable opportunity in the Chinese Super League, I believe that he will still be indispensable for the replacement of new and old national football in the future, which is also the best good news for the national football team.