Taishan Youth Training Base, known as the cradle of cultivating new soccer stars, sends a large number of young talents to major leagues every year, adding bricks and mortar to the prosperous development of Chinese soccer. For every young player in Taishan Youth Training, the opportunity to represent Taishan in the future is undoubtedly a dream honor. However, not all of the players were able to fulfill their wishes due to the huge Taishan squad, and the personal preference of the head coach, Taishan also missed out on many potentials. Now, Taishan has lost a striker eager to hone his skills at Taishan and become another core striker after Guo Tianyu. It's all a sobering thought.
In recent years, Taishan's success rate in the development of front court players has been significantly higher than that of back court players. After all, the special nature of the defender position makes many coaches afraid to let young defenders play easily. However, the frontcourt is overcrowded with limited positions and fierce competition. Fang Hao, as a young player, has a bright future in Taishan team. Unfortunately, due to Hao Wei's faulty arrangement, he left the Taishan team with regrets at the end of last season and moved to Beijing Guoan, where he quickly participated in the Asian Games. Now, he has been called up to the national team by Jankovic.
As a U23 player, Fang Hao scored four goals in the Dubai Cup and Thailand tournaments, setting a new career high and delighting Taishan fans. After all, this is a player developed by Taishan themselves. Despite his small stature, Fang Hao is strong, powerful, explosive, and incredibly fast, and is known as a "miniature tank". However, last season, despite his promotion to the first team, he made only three league appearances, all as a substitute, and was almost invisible in the late stages of the season, lacking the opportunity to show his talent.
All this was doubly disappointing for Fang Hao, whose contract expired at the end of last season, prompting him to re-plan his future. In the end, he decided to leave Taishan out of consideration for his career and joined Guoan for a new opportunity. Although Guoan had a turbulent season, with two managerial changes, everyone liked Fang Hao and gave him a lot of chances to play. He finally got a workout and his league performances became increasingly impressive.
It also greatly boosted his self-confidence. With his outstanding performance, he was successfully selected for the Asian Games. Although the national team failed to win the Asian Games, Fang Hao's performance was still eye-catching. He tried his best and ran tirelessly, leaving a deep impression on the fans. Now, as the head coach of the national team, Jankovic is determined to inject fresh blood into the team, and Fang Hao, who has performed well, has been selected. As the U23 head coach, Jankovic knows exactly how to use Fang Hao's specialties.
Fang Hao's outstanding performance made many Taishan fans feel lost. Why do they always do graft for others? People have speculated that if Choi Kang-hee could coach the Taishan team earlier, Fang Hao might be able to get more chances in the Taishan team, avoiding Taishan's predicament of having no striker. Now, he has become an important part of the Guoan team. Everything has been irretrievable.
