On May 23rd, the Chinese Super League match, the beacon of the sky, Wuhan Three Town away against Nantong Zhiyun. In this ninth round of the battle, the 21-year-old Tao Qianglong is like a bright star, hat-trick like shining all over the field, to help "China's strongest soccer 00" name more and more loud, ushered in the career breakout moment!
However, just 8 hours before the game, the CFA suddenly "airborne" heavy punishment, Wuhan three town striker Aziz was suspended for four games and fined 40,000 yuan, the public opinion of the storm set off. In this game, Wuhan Three Town's main center Edmilson and Davidson did not enter the starting list, Wei Shihao, Xie Pengfei, Tao Qianglong became the leader of the offensive line.
Facing Nantong Zhiyun, Wuhan Sanzhen could not create any threat in the positional battle, and could only rely on the speed of Xie Pengfei and Wei Shihao to carry out raids. Nantong Zhiyun's defense line was greatly tested by Romario's dribbling and breakthrough. In the 30th minute, Deng Hanwen successfully carried Romario to the bottom line, staging a wonderful defensive play.
In the 37th minute, Wuhan Sanzhen seized the opportunity to launch an attack. Tao Qianglong cleverly played the ball, Xie Pengfei in the box line left foot low shot, the ball should be sound into the net, Wuhan Sanzhen 1-0 lead! Xie Pengfei didn't celebrate too much after the goal, as a former Jiangsu Suning player, he once again returned to Jiangsu to express his gratitude to the fans. This is also Xie Pengfei's second goal in the Chinese Super League this season.
In the last minute of extra time, Stancho sent in a great pass. Inside the penalty area, Tao Qianglong stopped the ball with his chest and half-turned it with his right foot to make it 2-0! 21-year-old Tao Qianglong scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League for Wuhan Sanzhen.
Wuhan Sanzhen added another goal at the start of the second half! Xie Pengfei crosses the ball inside the box, Tao Qianglong stops the ball with his left foot and shoots low with his right foot to make it 3-0!
Tao Qianglong has not seen much playing time this season. Before this game, he only had 10 minutes of experience as a substitute (Sanzhen 3-0 Qingdao Sea Cowboys). Had it not been for Aziz's sudden suspension and the absence of Edmilson and Davidson due to injury, Tao Qianglong would have struggled to get a start. The 21-year-old earned a win for Wuhan Sanzhen!
In the 60th minute, Wuhan Sanzhen added another point: Wei Shihao passed the ball, Tao Qianglong stopped the ball with his right foot and hit a wonderful world wave, 5-0! Tao Qianglong was substituted after the hat trick, and sofa soccer gave him the highest score of the game, 9.7.
Tao Qianglong's wonderful performance has made fans marvel. He was once known as "China's strongest 00 years after soccer", was selected for the U17 national youth team at the age of 14, the U19 national youth team at the age of 16, was selected as one of the annual 60 rising stars of the world soccer in 2018, and was selected for the national soccer training list in 2019. However, in recent years, Tao Qianglong's growth has not been as impressive as it could have been. Hopefully, this game will be the starting point for him to take off again.
