Chapter 1278 - 150 Champions League goals
This is Yan Tao's second goal in various competitions this season, his first goal in the league, and his fifth direct free kick for Milan.
After the goal, Yan Tao was very excited, and the score of 2:0 allowed Milan to win this victory without any problem. And for Yan Tao personally, it is also a very remarkable thing to be able to score a hundred goals on behalf of him.
But then comes another problem, Yan Tao may leave Milan at the end of the season. This is what he promised Li Yonghong early on, as long as he can score his hundredth goal for Milan this season, then he will not renew his contract with the team. Although it is not ruled out that Li Yonghong has the possibility of retaining him, according to Yan Tao's character, as long as he says something, he will definitely do it.
Although Yan Tao's goal helped AC Milan seal the victory, it may also be the last goal he represents, of course, I believe that every AC Milan fan does not want him to leave. It's just that it all depends on him and the attitude of the club. ”
Yan Tao was quite calm, and after the celebration was over, he slowly walked back to the half court alone and walked to his position. It is impossible to see his inner emotions from his face, Yan Tao, who has experienced too many winds and waves, has long been accustomed to everything.
AC Milan defeated Chievo 2-0 in this game, and Napoli on the other field scored three goals in a row after falling behind 0-1, overtook the score 3-1, won the victory, and also won the third league title in the team's history, the last time they won the championship was 37 years ago, when Napoli had Maradona, and now, without Maradona, Napoli finally won the third Serie A title.
However, none of this has anything to do with AC Milan, who lost the Coppa Italia by one point to Napoli and lost the league title. However, AC Milan will not necessarily be in nowhere this season as they still have a Champions League title to fight for.
AC Milan were in no mood to pay attention to Napoli's parade celebrations after Serie A, as they began to prepare for the Champions League final against Barcelona. The whole team of the club vowed to win this trophy to see off Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi and other veterans.
Li Yonghong talked about Yan Tao, he said: "I think everyone knows that Yan Tao said before that he would leave Milan after scoring 100 goals for Milan, and now that he has done it, I hope he can stay, and I will try to keep him, just like I kept Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi, but I don't know if he will make the same decision like 'Gemini'." ”
Yan Tao has not yet expressed his position on this matter, he just said: "Before the end of the Champions League, I don't want to talk about anything, I will only think about how to help Milan win this Champions League." ”
Yan Tao's start in the Champions League final is almost a sure thing, AC Milan has too many injuries, and Inzaghi even has to draw some players from the reserve team to make up the numbers, otherwise he can't even make up the eighteen-man squad.
Because of this, many media are not very optimistic about AC Milan to win the championship, the Rossoneri are now some veterans, and most of Barcelona's players are in their prime age, and the outside world really has no reason to believe that such an AC Milan can beat the powerful Barcelona.
On the day of the final, Inzaghi's main lineup, in addition to the midfield, the forwards and defenders are two veterans, Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao started the game, and Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, Vazquez and other players sat on the bench and stood by.
This match was the last appearance for AC Milan for the "Twins" and Vázquez, and the Milan fans who came with the team wore their shirts in an organized manner, although they have not played yet.
The dominant player in the game is Barcelona, AC Milan after the lack of the twins, the control of the midfield has dropped a lot, and now they can only rely on counter-attacks to raid, fortunately, AC Milan is also better at this style of play. Against AC Milan, don't just look at the scenes, they don't look so good a lot of the time, but they are often the ones who win in the end.
In a 0-0 draw at half-time, Barcelona spent a staggering 60 per cent of possession compared to AC Milan's 40 per cent, and Barcelona had ten shots compared to AC Milan's four, less than half of Barcelona's. In the entire first half, Zhang Shujie only had eighteen touches of the ball and one shot, and his performance was not a double eye.
These stats seem to reinforce the fact that AC Milan's chances of winning the title are slim to none. Even the commentator said: "If Barcelona continues to control the situation on the field, Milan's attack seems to be a little weak, although Zhang Shujie is still on the field, but as he gets older, his speed, technique and explosiveness have declined." ”
AC Milan were still on the back foot in the second half, and on several occasions Barcelona came so close to scoring that they did not come to the rescue, but the brilliant Donnarumma saved the game. Even the Barcelona commentator admitted that Donnarumma's performance in this game was too good and his form was bursting.
Donnarumma became the busiest man on the pitch, making high and low blocks to block Barcelona time and time again. It's just that if AC Milan doesn't find a way to solve the attack as soon as possible, I'm afraid Donnarumma won't be able to save Milan.
In the sixty-fourth minute of the game, after Yan Tao and Donnarumma worked together to block Barcelona's shot, Romagnoli knocked the ball to Mbappe, AC Milan took advantage of this to counterattack, Mbappe started his performance on the side, he ran all the way with the ball for 60 meters, passing three players along the way, when rushing to the opponent's back 30 meters, he passed the ball into the penalty area with a long diagonal pass, Zhang Shujie volleyed with his right foot near the penalty spot, and the ball blasted into Barcelona's goal like a cannonball and hit the net.
1:0! AC Milan leads Barcelona!
This is Zhang Shujie's sixth Champions League goal of the season! A 36-year-old veteran can still score six goals in his limited playing time, which is a very staggering statistic. At the same time, this is also Zhang Shujie's 150th Champions League goal, just two goals away from Ronaldo's 152 goals.
The on-site commentator was a little surprised, saying: "Maybe many people like me didn't expect that AC Milan, who had been passive throughout the game, took the lead in breaking the deadlock with a counter-attacking opportunity. In the first half an hour, Zhang Shujie, who didn't get too many photogenic opportunities, gave Milan the lead in the score with this goal!"
(End of chapter)