On February 11, in the 24th round of Serie A, AC Milan played Ferrara away, in this disparity of strength, AC Milan won a hearty victory 5:1, and Zhang Shujie opened the door to victory for the Rossoneri in the 24th minute of the game. He has scored in nineteen consecutive league games, just two short of Messi's twenty-one.

Then Kalinic, Conte, and Xu Ziyi also scored one after another. Among them, Xu Ziyi scored twice and scored her eighth league goal of the season. In the match between Juventus and Fiorentina at the same time, the Bianconeri beat the Purple Lilies 3-2 away, with Dybala scoring the first two goals and Gonzalo Higuain sealing the win. Juventus and AC Milan are still two points apart.

On February 18, AC Milan hosted the visiting Sampdoria, because the Champions League knockout round was three days later, Inzaghi was also relatively conservative in the use of personnel, and many of the main players failed to play, but Zhang Shujie was still in the starting lineup.

Less than seven minutes into the opening game, Xu Ziyi assisted Chen Zihua to score, AC Milan's No. 8 took the lead for Milan with his eleventh league goal, and then, Xu Ziyi scored another goal, and before the end of the half, AC Milan had a two-goal advantage. Everyone thought AC Milan would be comfortable with another victory.

But in the second half, the situation on the field changed abruptly. Sampdoria, who had been weak in attack in the first half, suddenly became stronger, and at one point suppressed the AC Milan defence, and striker Quagliarella scored two goals in the 60th and 64th minutes to equalize the score. At this time, AC Milan didn't seem to react, how did they concede two goals in a row in four minutes?

"What is the situation with AC Milan? conceding two goals in a row in a short period of time, which is uncommon for AC Milan, and it can even be said that it is not normal. Maybe they think it's too easy to score goals and ignore the defense, or maybe Yan Tao and Bonucci are not there, and the consistency of the defense is not enough. ”

But Sampdoria's offensive was not over, and in the 76th minute, Quagliarella assisted Colombia's young striker Duban Zapata to make the score 3:2!

Sampdoria overtook the scoreline at the San Siro!

Inzaghi looked at the LCD screen in disbelief, and the score of 2:3 was very dazzling in his eyes. He went to the sidelines and shouted at his players to pay attention to the defense and immediately went to the frontcourt.

Sampdoria seemed to feel that a 3-2 win over AC Milan at the San Siro was a good result, and with little time left, they began to put on a defensive position, intending to keep the score until full-time.

AC Milan's players will never allow anyone to take away the three points at the San Siro Stadium, and the attacking group led by Zhang Shujie is constantly putting pressure on the Sampdoria defense, and the focused Milan is indeed terrifying. Inzaghi did not replace Yan Tao, he replaced all the attacking players, and he believed that Sampdoria was no longer able to attack.

Zhang Shujie has not scored yet, if he can't score in this game, then Serie A's consecutive goal record will stay at nineteen, and he can only wait until later if he wants to break Messi's twenty-one record, but how many opportunities can there be? High goal efficiency does not mean that he can often score more than a dozen games in a row. Zhang Shujie wants to break the record, just this season.

In the 83rd minute, his shot was blocked by the crossbar, and he was very much frustrated that he was just a little short of being able to continue his glory and help Milan equalise.

Three minutes later, he came back but his shot was blocked by a defender, and another minute later, his header missed the power and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

The game quickly went into stoppage time, with three minutes of possession still at AC Milan and about two or three chances to attack. Chen Zihua knocked the ball to Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi saw that he couldn't score, and passed it to Rodriguez, Rodriguez's cross was pushed out and fell to Xu Ziyi's side, Xu Ziyi looked at the penalty area, Zhang Shujie was raising his hand to ask for the ball, so he passed the ball to the penalty area.

He passed a high-altitude ball, and in front of this bus, only by using a high-altitude ball can he ensure that the ball is passed into the penalty area. Zhang Shujie and Sylvestre competed for the top together, and just when Sylvestre was about to jump, he suddenly found that Zhang Shujie next to him had already jumped in advance.

Silvestre was a little surprised, the ball was not in place yet, can he jump up to the ball now? When he was puzzled, Silvestre also jumped, and then the ball was just over his head, and Silvestre began to fall rapidly when he jumped to the highest point, but Zhang Shujie relied on his strong waist and abdomen strength to make himself make a short stop in the air, and it was this stay that played a key role.

He flicked his head with a lion and smashed the ball into the far corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Pugioni made a flying save, but he couldn't touch the ball and it drilled into the top left corner.

3:3! Zhang Shujie equalized for AC Milan! According to the time on the field, this is likely to be the final score of the game.

"Zhang Shujie still scored after all, and this goal is very important to ensure that AC Milan get a point. Zhang Shujie has scored in 20 consecutive league games, and he is only one game away from Messi's record!"

The fans in the San Sironan stand were boiling, they thought the game was lost, but Zhang Shujie gave them a surprise. It doesn't lead to a win, but it's a useful point. Even if Juventus can beat Torino in this round, AC Milan can still be at the top of the table on goal difference.

Zhang Shujie and his teammates celebrated their goal in the corner area, and Inzaghi and some substitutes and staff also gathered around, at least their top spot in the table was temporarily retained.

The final score of the match was 3:3, and AC Milan were unfortunately held to a draw by Sampdoria at home. Inzaghi said: "I don't win the game and I need to take a little responsibility, but I was here to stay in the Champions League and the two big players at the back didn't play. Overall, the lads were doing well. ”

Xu Ziyi will be voted the best player of the game, he has two passes and one shot, more dazzling than Zhang Shujie who scored the equalizer, this is the second consecutive game he has been named the best of the game, it must be admitted that AC Milan spent on him 80 million euros transfer fee is really worth it.

AC Milan will now prepare for the Champions League and Atletico Madrid, and it will definitely be a tough match, no less difficult than against Juventus. Later in the evening, the local derby between Juventus and Torino will also begin.

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