As of 30 December, at the end of the first half of the Serie A league, Zhang Shujie had scored a total of 23 goals, nine more goals than Immobile, which ranked second! In the 19 games in the first half, AC Milan won 17 games and drew 3, with 54 points, seven points more than Juventus, which ranked second!

In the Champions League, Zhang Shujie also scored five goals, which is two less than Neymar's seven goals, but considering that AC Milan came out of the group two rounds ahead of schedule, Zhang Shujie only played four games as the main player, and he only played in the last 30 minutes in the fifth game, and Neymar played all six games.

In the Club World Cup, AC Milan defeated Brazil's Santos 4-1 in the final, Zhang Shujie scored two goals, and he also scored one goal in the semi-finals, scoring three goals in two games to help Milan win the Club World Cup for the second time.

So far, Zhang Shujie has scored a total of 33 goals and eight assists in all competitions. However, Zhang Shujie is likely to continue scoring goals in 2019, because in three days' time, the Coppa Italia will begin.

AC Milan's opponent is Genoa, the venue of the game is in San Siro, this game Inzaghi did not send all the main force, even Zhang Shujie, Inzaghi also said before the game that he would only arrange him to play for an hour. But it was in this hour that Zhang Shujie scored two goals, ending the suspense of the game early, and finally AC Milan shouted Genoa 4:1 and advanced to the next round. Zhang Shujie also increased his total number of goals in the first half of the season to 35.

That's the end of the 2018 competition, and now it's 2019 that everyone has to wait for. Throughout the year, the biggest winner is none other than Zhang Shujie, who has won all the championships in all competitions, as well as the top scorer, the best player in the Champions League, the MVP of the Champions League final, the best player in Europe, the World Cup Golden Ball Award and other honors, of course, the two most important awards must be the European Golden Ball Award and the World Footballer of the Year.

On October 30, 2018, Zhang Shujie received the World Footballer of the Year trophy from award presenter Van Basten in Zurich, marking the second time Zhang Shujie has won the award and the second year in a row. In the voting results, whether it is the captain's vote, the media vote, the national team coach vote or the final new fan vote, Zhang Shujie is far ahead, and the second-ranked Li Mu and the third-ranked Neymar The combined voting results are less than half of him, which can be said to be an absolute advantage.

In the Golden Ball Awards selection in early December, Zhang Shujie also defeated Li Mu and Neymar with an absolute advantage, he won the Golden Ball Award for the third time under the Eiffel Tower in France, and won the award for the second consecutive year, and he won the Golden Ball Award for the first time in January 2013, but the "Golden Ball Award" at that time was different from now, when FIFA's World Footballer and European Golden Ball Award merged into the "FIFA Golden Ball Award", so strictly speaking, in the "World Footballer of the Year" In this award, Zhang Shujie should also be elected for the third time.

Among other accolades, Zhang Shujie's second goal against Brazil in the World Cup final was voted Goal of the Year, An Rong was named Coach of the Year and China was named Team of the Year. In the selection of the annual own lineup, a total of six members of the Chinese team were selected! Although I also thought that the Chinese team might have many people selected for this lineup, it accounted for half of the best eleven people, which is still very amazing!

The 2018 Team of the Year is 433, including goalkeeper: Ma Junqiang (China/Manchester City), defenders: Marcelo (Brazil/Real Madrid), Yan Tao (China/AC Milan), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain), Carvajal (Spain/Real Madrid), midfielders: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Chen Zihua (China/AC Milan), Xu Ziyi (China/AC Milan), forwards: Neymar (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain), Zhang Shujie (China/ AC Milan), Li Mu (China/Chelsea).

Of course not, this year is a year that Zhang Shujie will always remember, not because he won the Golden Ball Award and the World Footballer of the Year, nor because he won the World Cup, but because he and Wang Shihan entered the palace of marriage. He also fulfilled his promise to hold another wedding in Italy, inviting all AC Milan members to attend, with three of his Chinese team-mates attending for the second time.

Chen Hui summed up Zhang Shujie's year with "big winner": "There is no doubt that Zhang Shujie in 2018 is the most successful man in the world. In his career, he received all the honors of all competitions, and in marriage, he married his wife, whom he had been in love for twelve years. He's the man of the year and no one can beat him. ”

"Milan Sports Daily" said: "Zhang Shujie has undoubtedly been successful this year, reaching the highest peak in his career and marriage. In the past two years, from the league championship, the Champions League, and the world championship, the weight has become heavier than the other. He has won the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer in a row, which also marks the official transition of world football from the 'Messi Ronaldo era' to the 'Zhang Shujie era'. ”

Time magazine in the United States selected Zhang Shujie as one of the top 100 most influential people of the year, and in addition to Zhang Shujie, there is also a Li Mu among the Chinese football players on the list.

After a fruitful 2018, Zhang Shujie and his teammates ushered in 2019. It is true that 2018 belongs to Zhang Shujie, but 2019 does not belong to anyone at the moment, because no one has won any major tournaments in this year, especially football players, so from the beginning, "2019" is fair to everyone who is engaged in the football industry.

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In the first round of the second half of Serie A, and the twentieth round of the season, AC Milan challenged Roma at the Stadio Olimpic, and in the first half, AC Milan easily defeated the Red Wolves 3-0 at the San Siro, when Zhang Shujie scored two goals. In the second leg, Zhang Shujie failed to score again, thus ending his previous terrifying statistic of scoring in 15 consecutive games for AC Milan in all competitions. However, the Rossoneri relied on goals from Yan Tao, Calhanoglu and Conte to beat Roma 3-1 to get 2019 off to a good start.

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