Perhaps God was a little jealous of AC Milan's success in the league and the Champions League and decided to punish them somewhat. Before the start of the 27th round of the league, Mbappe strained a ligament in training and was reimbursed for the rest of the season. Just when the media was still lamenting what changes Milan needed to make without Mbappe, more troublesome things came.

Zhang Shujie suffered a knee injury in the 27th round of the game, and after diagnosis, it was determined that he could not continue to play, and like Mbappe, Zhang Shujie could only watch the rest of the season.

AC Milan is really in trouble this time, losing two big players in succession, making the future of the Rossoneri uncertain. "This is not the first time that a similar situation has happened, but AC Milan does not seem to have learned from it, they can't find a suitable person to replace Zhang Shujie, although there are Andre Silva and Cutrone in the team, but these two people still can't replace Zhang Shujie's role." ”

Inzaghi said: "We know that this kind of thing is inevitable, and we are also trying to find a way to find a replacement for Zhang Shujie, but in the whole world football, who will replace him? Silva and Cutrone are excellent, but their characteristics are too one-size. I'd rather lose this fight than see Zhang Shujie get hurt. ”

Now that the "tragedy" has been brewed, the truce between Zhang Shujie and Mbappe has lowered AC Milan's attacking line by at least one notch. Vazquez is a very good player, but he is also older, and compared to those two, Vazquez is still a little worse in terms of overall ability.

AC Milan, which lost Zhang Shujie and Mbappe, quickly exposed its flaws in attack, Silva and Cutrone are only suitable for grabbing points, unable to help the midfield, and once the two are pressed, they will lack a way to get rid of it, which is also the gap between the two and Zhang Shujie and Mbappe.

First of all, AC Milan are winless in three league games, in which they have only won one draw and two defeats, and only one point, while Inter Milan have won three in a row, and in the standings, they are only one point away from AC Milan.

Then in the Champions League, AC Milan lost to Barcelona in the semi-finals, missing out on the final for the second year in a row, but that wasn't necessarily a good thing for Inzaghi. AC Milan need to be pragmatic and have to give up one stadium and concentrate on the other is the right choice.

Unfortunately, without Zhang Shujie and Mbappe, AC Milan is struggling in the league. Although Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, Yan Tao and other players are still healthy, the "Twins" are 33 years old, Yan Tao is 34 years old, and at the end of the season, the physical strength of the three of them cannot last until the end, which also caused AC Milan to collapse in the closing stage of the season.

When the 38th round of the league was over, they could only watch Inter Milan reach the winner's podium. But there is no way to do it, the age of the main players is gradually getting older, so that AC Milan can go high and low, and nothing will be gained.

There is news that AC Milan will be completely reorganized next season and will purge many players, Bonucci has been purged a few years ago, and now it is the turn of Yan Tao, "Twins" and others. However, Inzaghi came forward to refute the rumors: "Without such a thing, we will not clean up these main heroes, but if there are players who want to leave, we can't stop them." ”

There are people who want to leave, such as Ricardo Rodriguez, Calhanoglu and Kessie, who are also leaving, and these clubs have not stopped them. The point is, after leaving, AC Milan still have to find someone to fill their place.

In addition, there is the issue of contract renewals for older players. Yan Tao, Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi and Mousacchio's contracts expire next year, and AC Milan are willing to renew their contracts? Zhang Shujie also has only two years left on his contract, and there has been no talk of renewing their contract yet. Only Conte, who is now over 30 years old, has made it clear that he has renewed his contract with the team, after all, Conte is only 31 years old, and this is still in his prime for a defender.

AC Milan are starting to look for prey in the transfer market. At this time, Barcelona king Lionel Messi is about to announce his retirement, and the Argentine star has been playing in Barcelona until he is 38 years old, which is almost unimaginable among the giants. In fact, some of Barcelona's top executives wanted to terminate Messi's contract two years ago, and even thought about selling Messi to China or the United States Major League, but Messi did not agree, and some other people in the management did not agree, and Barcelona had to wait until the contract expired and let him go by himself.

Don't think that the management who is willing to stay with Messi is very benevolent, just because Barcelona was rebuilding at that time, and the team came with a lot of newcomers, in order to ensure the atmosphere in the locker room, they took a salary cut to let Messi stay, so that he could maintain the harmony of the locker room, and now Barcelona is on the right track, in the eyes of Barcelona's top management, Messi is useless.

It may sound cruel that Messi once created a Barcelona dynasty here, and it was his presence that made Barcelona a top giant. But now, Barcelona "used" Messi, and when they felt that Messi had no use value, they wanted him to go. Messi is not a fool, he understands this truth, not to mention that he is thirty-eight years old and does not want to argue about anything anymore.

This is professional football, which is both beautiful and brutal.

After learning that Messi was retiring, Ronaldo, Neymar, and Rowe even said a little "arrogantly": "In the whole world football, only Leo can be compared." ”

It makes people feel very uncomfortable when they hear this, but if you think about it carefully, Ronaldo thinks that Messi is as great as himself. Everyone knows what Ronaldo's character is, and his words undoubtedly recognize himself and Messi.

Messi also replied to Ronaldo: "Yes, the two of us are the best two." His words ignored Zhang Shujie a little again.

But Zhang Shujie doesn't care about this, everyone else has announced his retirement, so let's say what I like. Regardless of whether Messi and Ronaldo are the best two, they are both in the top ten in the history of world football!

When the media interviewed Messi, they asked him what kind of life he would have when he retired. Messi smiled and said: "I think I should stay away from football, not because I'm bored, it's just that I want to spend more time with my family and children." I've been a professional footballer for over 20 years, and I've spent so much time on it that I neglect my family a lot and now I want to spend more time with them. But if I'm free, maybe I'll call Cristiano Ronaldo to go fishing, or go to Fashion Week. ”

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