AC Milan have not only excelled in the Champions League, but they have also maintained top spot in the league table. Juventus fought to catch up, but remained two points clear of AC Milan.

In the 31st round of Serie A, AC Milan will face Juventus away from home, this game is considered the most crucial battle of Serie A this season, and neither of the two top two teams can afford to lose.

Allegri said: "The importance of this match is known throughout Italy, we can't lose, we have to win to have a chance to win the title. ”

Inzaghi said: "We have to win so we can extend our advantage in the standings. We held the San Siro to a draw at Juventus in the first leg and now we will be away from home and we are confident of beating them. ”

At the same time, the top attackers of both teams, Zhang Shujie and Dybala, both said that this game must help the team get three points. But the two armies face each other, and there is only one winner, and who will win will have to wait until the end of the game to be revealed.

On the day of the game, Juventus, who were playing at home, did not focus on attacking, perhaps they were afraid of AC Milan's counterattack ability and did not dare to press on it all, so as not to have too much space in the backfield and be succeeded by Milan's counterattack. They chose a relatively safe pass-and-control style of play, and the formation was also 442 to balance offense and defense.

AC Milan uses 352, but after kicking it up, it will switch back and forth between 532, the first 30 minutes of the first half The two sides played a little dull, and there were not many chances, Zhang Shujie and Dybala only had one shot on goal, and the two kept retreating to meet their teammates and help their teammates make the ball.

But in the 36th minute of the game, AC Milan, who was away from home, scored first, Chen Zihua's long-range shot was blocked by the goalpost, and Zhang Shujie made up for it and scored his 34th league goal this season, seven more than Dybala.

The first half ended with AC Milan taking the lead, and at half-time Allegri was furious in the dressing room, asking his players to run more aggressively and not be so passive, but at Juventus' home stadium, he could not accept a loss.

At the start of the second half, Juventus' players were much more aggressive in the fight than in the first half, and that effort paid off, with Dybala scoring twice in the 61st and 64th minutes to put the lead in the lead. Now Juventus fans are boiling, they seem to see the hope of the team winning, and they also see the hope of winning the championship.

However, they seem to have overlooked the fact that AC Milan have an all-powerful Zhang Shujie, and in the 77th and 88th minutes of the game, the Milan No.9 first assisted Cutrone to equalize the score, and then towards the end of the game, he scored a goal to finally freeze the score at 3:2!

AC Milan's away win left Juventus five points clear of the table, with seven rounds left in the league, which is undoubtedly an insurmountable gap for Juventus with the quality of AC Milan.

But Allegri was not relenting, saying: "We made mistakes in the game and we lost to AC Milan. However, we don't think there's no chance of winning the title and we believe AC Milan will make mistakes in the league that follows. ”

Allegri is waiting for AC Milan to make mistakes on their own initiative, which may not be so realistic, but now that it has come to this point, Juventus has no other way. They are hungry for the league title, which the Bianconeri have been missing for five years.

After the game, Zhang Shujie was voted the best on the field. "Not only did he help AC Milan secure a crucial three points, but he also cemented his position at the top of the scorers' charts," said Sport. There is a very cruel reality, as long as Zhang Shujie is not injured or sick, then no one can stop him from scoring goals. ”

After this round of the league, AC Milan ushered in the first game of the quarterfinals, the opponent is Barcelona, the thirty-five-year-old Messi has completely lost his main position this season, and Barcelona has not found a suitable successor to Messi. They are different from Real Madrid in this regard, Real Madrid still have Asensio, although Asensio has not yet won the Ballon d'Or, but he is considered to be the last post-90s who may get the Ballon d'Or after Neymar.

AC Milan played at home in the first leg, and now Barcelona is going downhill, AC Milan is still at its peak, although several main players in the team are over 30 years old, but their condition is maintained very well, Zhang Shujie is 31 years old, Yan Tao is also 31 years old, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi are only 30 years old, from the current scientific analysis, they are still in the golden age.

AC Milan at the San Siro not only wanted to win, but also to score more, so they launched a fierce attack from the opening kick-off, and after 25 minutes of confrontation, AC Milan finally broke the deadlock in the 26th minute with a Romagnoli header.

With this goal, AC Milan was more smooth in the subsequent attack, and in the 41st minute, Zhang Shujie scored a long shot from outside the penalty area to expand the score to 2:0.

Barcelona had to go back to the dressing room with a two-goal deficit, and after the start of the second half, Barcelona's attack was a little better than the first, and the defense was also very good, so that Zhang Shujie did not get any chances for up to 15 minutes, and even shooting with his feet became a luxury.

But the good times didn't last long, in the 68th minute of the game, Zhang Shujie leaned on the opponent's three defenders at the top of the arc of the penalty area, passed Chen Zihua with his heel, stopped the ball in the No. 10 penalty area of Milan, and shot low with his left foot, expanding the score to 3:0!

With such a scoreline, it can be said that AC Milan has one foot in the Champions League semi-finals - Milan will definitely hold on to this scoreline, not to mention whether they can score a fourth, at least not allowing Barcelona to score away goals at the San Siro.

Barcelona haven't given up completely yet, and if they can score even one goal in the remaining 20 minutes, they will have much more hope when they return to home. In football, it is easier for any team to play 2:0 than 3:0, and if Barcelona loses 1:3 today, then it is not impossible to play a 2:0 after arriving at Camp Nou.

Barcelona worked very hard and even at the end of the game, they did not give up hope of scoring. Unfortunately, Calhanoglu pushed Barcelona down the abyss when he made it 4-0 in the second minute of stoppage time.

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