The 17th round of the Chinese Super League has ended, and the Chinese Super League has officially announced the top 5 list of players in this round of the league. In this scorching summer, the top three are Shanghai Port foreign aid Tadini, Wuhan three foreign aid Dalan and Nantong Zhiyun foreign aid Putzlin. The fourth place is Chengdu Rongcheng Zhou Dingyang, who ran 12,160.37 meters. Had it not been for the substitution in 90 minutes, he would have surpassed Darlan and Putzlin.
The fifth place is still a player from Chengdu Rongcheng, he is the 20-year-old Hu Hetao. In this round of the game against the Cangzhou Lions, Hu Hetao started and played the whole game. Not only did he score his first goal of the season, but he also ran 11,905.89 metres at full-back. It is worth mentioning that Hu Hetao ran 12,040.18 meters in the last round of the Chinese Super League, ranking first in the running list.
As a rare newcomer in the league, Hu Hetao has already been the main player of Chengdu Rongcheng as early as the 2022 season, when he was only 18 years old. Due to his outstanding performance in the league, Hu Hetao has been favored by national teams at all levels, especially the national Olympic team coached by Cheng Yaodong. In the past 2 years, Hu Hetao has been running around the national youth and national Olympic training, resulting in his lack of opportunities to play in the Chinese Super League, and his form has declined a lot.
It wasn't until May of this year that Hu Hetao once again gained Xu Zhengyuan's trust and made his season debut against Shanghai Port in the 13th round. Since then, Hu Hetao has secured the main position of Chengdu Rongcheng in one fell swoop. As of this round of games, Hu Hetao has contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in 5 rounds.
As a full-back, Hu Hetao runs aggressively on the field and has a wide range of activities, and his interspersed runs on the flanks are the key to Chengdu's offensive and defensive ends. In addition, Hu Hetao's foot skills are also very good, and his dominant foot is still his left foot. Hu Hetao's recent outstanding performance has also attracted him a lot of praise. Zhao Zhen, a well-known football journalist, publicly recommended him to national football coach Ivan on social media.
Zhao Zhen wrote: After Hu Hetao of Chengdu Rongcheng was transformed into a backfoot right back by Xu Zhengyuan, a small universe broke out. For the national team that lacks full-backs, Xiaohu in 03 is definitely worth Ivan's attention. The left-footed player, who can now play left and right, is definitely worth the flop.
In September, the national football team is about to usher in the round of 18. This time, our opponents in the same group are strong. National football coach Ivan still has plans to train newcomers. Like 20-year-old Hu Hetao, with his performance in the Chinese Super League, he deserves a national team quota.