Who can you think of when you think of the chasing boys of Chinese soccer?
Qu Bo, Dong Fang Zhuo or Chen Tao?
In my opinion, the most imaginative and wildest "wind chaser" in Chinese soccer is Chen Tao, who is blown by the summer mountain wind.
Chen Tao, a Chinese soccer teenager who was once on par with Lionel Messi, is also the most agile No. 10 midfielder in Chinese soccer since the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
The 2005 World Youth Championship in Holland was a happy time for us fans.
China National Youth gave us an exciting game. Chen Tao, Gao Lin, Zhu Ting, Zhao Xu Ri, Artemisia Jun Min, Feng Xiaoting and other talented young soccer players surprised us.
Our fans even call them the "Super Platinum Generation".
Thanks to the efforts of Chen Tao and others, the Chinese National Youth Football Team won the first match against Turkey, the "runner-up of the European Youth Championships", the second match against Ukraine, the "third place of the European Youth Championships" and the third match against Panama. In the knockout stage, the Chinese National Youth Football Team won the second match against Ukraine, and the third match against Panama. In the knockout stage, the Chinese National Youth Football Team lost to Germany 2-3.
Although no medals were won, such a record is rarely seen in Chinese soccer (Chen Tao scored three goals and three assists in four games).
As the centerpiece of the national youth team, Chen Tao has also shown our fans a shining star. Chen Tao is the perfect centerpiece of a Chinese soccer midfield that can score, assist, advance and defend.
This perfect fulcrum for offense and defense is a mainstay player in other countries.
Unfortunately, after that World Youth Championship, although Chen Tao was voted best team along with Lionel Messi, he received many offers from the European music department and even Mourinho asked Chen Tao to go to Chelsea for a trial, but at the crossroads of Chen Tao's career, Chen Tao's home team Shenyang Jinde became a stumbling block.
Shenyang Jinde regarded Chen Tao as a "human mine" and prevented Chen Tao from pursuing his dream in Europe with a sky-high price!
Chen Tao was not satisfied with the club's handling of the situation, and had a bad relationship with the senior management of Jinde; the result was that Chen Tao suffered from the "black hand" and indefinite suspension from training.
In 2008, Chen Tao had a 0 appearance record and was banned by Shenyang Jinde for unfounded reasons.
During this time, the CFA did not intervene to protect our good players!
Even more horrifyingly, Shenyang Jinde intensified its efforts by stopping Chen Tao's paycheck and refusing to provide him with food such as rice and water.
During this dark and hungry period, Chen Tao almost retired. You know, this was Chen Tao's most golden age, but there was no soil for gold to shine.
Later, for his soccer dream, Chen Tao wandered on the field, was owed back wages, and was punished by running 80,000 meters every day. Unfortunately, Chen Tao's efforts and struggles did not preserve his youth.
Youth slowly left Chen Tao, the most spiritual 10 of Chinese soccer, so ruined in the hands of their own people!
Despite his youthfulness, Chen Tao has been selected for the Chinese national soccer team several times by his own efforts.
As Chen Tao said: soccer needs to take a lot of detours before it can be professionalized bit by bit. In this process, there are always people who will be cannon fodder. Only by sacrificing some people's youth can we wake up the managers and find the right direction.
Now, Messi has won the World Cup, Shenyang Jinde has disbanded, Chen Tao has retired, leaving us fans with the Dutch summer of 2005...
Goodbye, Chen Tao! Goodbye, his soccer.
