Chapter 738: Milan vs Manchester City
Back in Serie A, AC Milan played Chievo away in the 29th round, Zhang Shujie made a pass and a shot in the game to help the team win 2:0, and Juventus also beat Sassuolo 1:0 in this round to continue to lead the standings with a one-point advantage.
In the 30th round, AC Milan defeated Lazio 2-1, with Cerci and Baca scoring one goal each, and in the 31st round, AC Milan defeated Atalanta 4-2 away, with Zhang Shujie scoring twice.
Juventus have also won back-to-back games recently and are still one point above AC Milan in the top of the table. According to Torino Sport: "The race for the Serie A title is heating up, with seven league games to go, Juventus are only one point ahead of AC Milan, a slight advantage that has not been seen in previous seasons. In previous years, Juventus always won the league championship several rounds in advance, usually at the end of the league when there are seven or eight rounds, the Bianconeri can basically confirm the championship, but this year's strong pursuit of AC Milan has made Juventus's road to the championship full of thorns, and who can win the championship in the end is still uncertain. ”
"Milan Sport" said: "Judging from the performance of this season, AC Milan's recovery is a fact, although it is not yet certain whether they can win the league title, but the pressure they have caused to Juventus is obvious, once Juventus makes a mistake, then the league championship is very likely to fall into the hands of AC Milan, of course, if AC Milan makes another mistake, it can basically miss the league championship this season." ”
Chen Hui wrote in the "Sports Weekly": "The reason why AC Milan can revive strongly this season, the biggest contributor is Zhang Shujie, if the arrival of Yan Tao last season allowed AC Milan to rely on defense to score the top three in the second half of the league, then this season's arrival of Zhang Shujie has given AC Milan the ability to compete for the championship, and they also reached the Champions League quarterfinals." However, if AC Milan wants to become the hegemon of Europe as they once did, it is not enough to rely on Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao alone, they also need to bring in more players and focus on developing young players to build a dynasty again. ”
Maybe there is still suspense about the league championship now, but there is basically no suspense in the competition for another list, Zhang Shujie is currently at the top of the scorer list with 34 goals, six more than the second place Higuain, according to Zhang Shujie's state, as long as he is not injured, not only can he win the Serie A Golden Boot at the end of the season, but it is definitely not a problem to break Nodal's record. He is now only one goal behind Nodal's single-season goal record.
In fact, not only Zhang Shujie, but also Higuain, who is behind him, may also break this record, the Argentine striker has 28 goals in his account, and in the remaining seven league games, he can surpass Nodal with eight more goals, but in terms of difficulty, it is more difficult for Zhang Shujie.
On April 7, the Champions League quarter-finals will be played in two matches, Real Madrid vs Chelsea and Manchester City vs AC Milan. The first match between Real Madrid and Wolfsburg was the away game, Real Madrid lost 0:2 to Chelsea, Hazard and Xu Ziyi scored a goal each, and Li Mu provided an assist, bringing his tally of assists this season to four.
The second semi-final match has attracted the attention of almost all Chinese fans, and four Chinese players will stage the Champions League China Derby. I can't remember how many times this is the Chinese derby, the Chinese players have exploded like a blowout over the years, and there are civil wars of Chinese players in the Champions League every year, for example, Chen Zihua met Li Mu and Xu Ziyi before, and finally ended with Chelsea's promotion, so this time, who will win?
Ma Junqiang and Zhang Shujie, the two captains and vice-captains of the national team, have also played each other many times, Zhang Shujie has more wins and fewer losses, but in the last four encounters, Ma Junqiang has two wins and two draws to remain undefeated, and has twice kept Zhang Shujie clean. Now that Zhang Shujie has come to AC Milan, the overall strength is not as good as the previous Bayern, and the overall strength of Manchester City is slightly stronger than Milan, but it is still difficult to predict who will win and who will lose in the end.
In the first leg of AC Milan's away game, Inzaghi lined up in a 442 formation, Zhang Shujie and Baca partnered in the forwards, the midfield consisted of Bonaventura, Montolivo, Cerci and Bertoracchi, the defenders were Desiglio, Romagnoli, Yan Tao and Aba, and goalkeeper Donnarumma.
Manuel Pellegrini lined up in a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Ma Junqiang, defenders Klich, Liang Xiran, Kompany and Sagna, two midfielders Fernandio and Fernando, three forward defenders Silva, De Bruyne and Keylor Navas, and striker Sergio Aguero.
At the beginning of the game, Manchester City took advantage of the home field to launch a strong offensive, and AC Milan was not completely suppressed by Manchester City because of the balance of attack and defense in the formation, and there is also a striker like Zhang Shujie, which can also bring threats to Manchester City's defense at any time. Especially in the shot in the 24th minute, even Ma Junqiang had already surrendered, but Liang Xiran, who returned to the goal, pushed the ball out of the bottom line with his head.
The on-site commentator said: "This ball should be derived from Liang Xiran's understanding of Zhang Shujie, if you change to other defenders, you may not be able to stand up." ”
City also had a good chance when Kevin De Bruyne played a one-on-one shot at Sergio Aguero down the left, but it was brilliantly denied by Donnarumma, who then had a brilliant long-range shot of his own that was saved by Donnarumma.
Before the end of the morning half, Zhang Shujie also had a header hanging door at a very awkward angle, and even the fans and commentators thought that the goal would be scored, but Ma Junqiang moved in the opposite direction, got up sideways, and lifted the ball out with one hand, avoiding the team from ending the first half with a score of 0:1.
In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues and continued to fight, in the first ten minutes, Manchester City had two shots on goal, but both were completed outside the penalty area, respectively from Silva and De Bruyne, AC Milan did not shoot on goal, knowing that in the 59th minute of the game, AC Milan's first attack of the second half came "belated".
Although it came a little late, it paid off. Bonaventura crossed the goal on the right side, Zhang Shujie leaned on the two with his body under the sandwich of Liang Xiran and Kompany, and swept with his right foot, Ma Junqiang struggled to save, but unfortunately this time he failed to prevent Zhang Shujie's goal again, AC Milan led Manchester City 1:0 away.
In the first half, Ma Junqiang denied Zhang Shujie's shot three times, but on the fourth time, Milan not only took the lead in the score, but also got a valuable away goal, Manchester City's situation is not good, if they can't win, the second leg away from home, it will become more difficult.
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