Chapter 781: The main opponent for the championship
"3:0! Zhang Shujie scores a hat trick!"
This is the headline of "Milan Sports Newspaper", in fact, a hat trick is not very unusual for Zhang Shujie, but considering that Zhang Shujie did not score in the last round of the Champions League, AC Milan only won a draw, so the hat trick of this game is very precious.
'He's so strong, a hat-trick alone doesn't say much, because almost every year there are strikers who have a three-goal in a game, but if you look at his goals, you might see some clues. His three goals were scored with a header, left foot and right foot, and in the form of a duel for the top, a penalty and a solo drive, with different parts of the goal in different ways, and he seemed to be telling everyone what the perfect striker is. Who was the last Milan striker to do this, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, or Ibrahimovic? ”
It doesn't matter if they don't remember, they just need to know that right now, at the San Siro Stadium, there is a striker named Zhang Shujie, who can send the ball into the opponent's goal in any way.
Zhang Shujie, who scored three goals, was rightfully voted the best of the game, and the "Milan Sports Newspaper" gave him a score of 9.5 points, and the reason why he did not give a full score was because this was a group stage, and if it was in the knockout round, it would be different.
Yan Tao scored seven points, Besiktas did not put too much pressure on his backline, and the two threats in the first half were once wasted by Besiktas himself, and the other was defused by Yan Tao, and his partner Romagnoli scored 6.5 points, and his performance could only be described as passing.
Chen Zihua's performance in this game was very average, but "Milan Sport" believes that he can still get a passing grade. Although he did not make a big contribution, he did not make any big mistakes in the whole game, and he also intercepted a through pass from Besiktas in midfield, and it was reasonable to give him six points.
After the Champions League fixtures, AC Milan will have to focus on returning to the league and facing one of the most title-contenders in the entire Serie A competition and the Rossoneri's strongest opponent on the way to the title: Juventus!
This will be a key match in Serie A!
There are five Chinese players in this match, Zhang Shujie, Yan Tao, Zhao Wenkang and Huang Yu have already played each other for two rounds last season, and Chen Zihua is the first time to face Zhao and Huang. Before the game, Sport Milano and Sport Torino had already done an analysis of the two teams, but compared to Digital Sports' comparison of the players of the two teams, both media outlets had a bit of a personal inclination, which was not as objective as Digital Sports.
"Digital Sports" first compares the midfielders of the two teams. If last season's Juventus was stronger than AC Milan in the midfield, then this season is difficult to say, with the addition of Chen Zihua, AC Milan's midfield has improved by at least one notch. However, the other midfielders in the Milan team are slightly inferior to the Bianconeri, only Bonaventura can drag out a fight, Suso is not bad, but too young, not as good as those old fritters of Juventus, other players such as Montolivo, Bertolaci, Kuczka, etc., are not comparable to Zhao Wenkang, Khedira and other players.
Overall, the Milan midfielder, who was underdog last season, could have played a draw with Juventus this season, and Milan's midfield line could have been stronger if it hadn't been for Chen Zihua's retreat.
Forward line and defender, first of all, the back line, Yan Tao's strength is obvious to all, and all defensive statistics are ranked among the top three in Italy. Digital Sports believes that Yan Tao is now better than Chiellini and Barzagli, but slightly inferior to Bonucci. This is not to belittle Yan Tao, Bonucci is one of the best central defenders in football today, I dare not say that he must be the first in the world, but he is definitely a candidate for "first". In contrast, Yan Tao's personal ability is actually not worse than Bonucci, the difference is only honor, in the five major leagues, Bonucci won the Serie A soft hand and participated in the Champions League final, while Yan Tao only won the Bundesliga championship once in Bayern, and the best result in the Champions League is the top four, at this point, Yan Tao is indeed worse than Bonucci.
However, honors are accumulated over time, Yan Tao is only 25 years old, and from the perspective of the guard, this age is far from reaching the golden age, and his future is unlimited. Bonucci is 29 years old and is at the peak of his career, but his ceiling has basically been capped, and in this regard, Yan Tao is more worth looking forward to. It's just that this game is not about the future, it's about the present.
Romagnoli, who is younger than Yan Tao, at 22 years old he has not yet reached his golden age, is also considered the future center of Italy's defence. For now, not to mention compared to Bonucci, Biqui Julini is short of fire.
Others, such as Desiglio, Abate and other fullbacks, are one step worse than Juventus's defenders, and Huang Yu and Alves are definitely better than both of them. So in the defensive comparison, Juventus won.
There is almost no suspense in the forward line, and with Zhang Shujie in the presence, AC Milan will definitely win. Dybala is good, with unlimited potential, but only with unlimited potential, not a top superstar; Higuain's goal efficiency has always been very high, and he tied with Zhang Shujie as the top scorer in Serie A last season, and also created 90 million euros in Serie A transfer history, but in key games, Higuain has never been able to perform, and is always habitually invisible. How can these two compare with the Golden Globe winner, 25-year-old Zhang Shujie?
Baka is a little worse than the two, but in this kind of critical battle, it is Zhang Shujie who has high hopes, not him. He only needs to do a good job of wingman for Zhang Shujie, this is his job.
After comparing the three lines, he is now a goalkeeper, with Buffon on one side and even one of the world's best goalkeeper contenders, and Donnarumma on the other side who played as a regular at a young age and was called up by the national team. In terms of strength, Buffon must be stronger, some people may think that he is too old, but in the position of goalkeeper, there is no need to consume too much physical strength, sometimes older people have more advantages, more knowledge, more experience, according to the situation on the field, at the moment when the opponent's striker shoots to judge which way the opponent will hit the goal, so in terms of goalkeepers, Buffon wins.
"Digital Sports" listed the comparison between the two sides in detail, the forward line is Milan stronger, the midfield is drawn, the defender is Juventus who wins, and the goalkeeper is also Juventus superior, on the whole, it seems that Juventus has a greater advantage. But these are things on paper, and the outcome of a football match is not decided by this, it can only be used as a reference. Who will be able to take all three points in this crucial battle will be known on October 23.
(End of chapter)