With the Golden Ball Award and the aura of the World Footballer of the Year, Zhang Shujie continued to kill all sides in all competitions, and the whole of Europe could not stop him from scoring goals. AC Milan has already qualified for the Champions League, so Zhang Shujie did not start again in the last two rounds, Inzaghi put him on the bench and saw if he was needed according to the situation on the field.

Luckily, AC Milan won one of their last two group games and advanced to the round of 16 with 16 points held high, where they will face Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

In the league, Zhang Shujie has played all of them, and as AC Milan will participate in the Club World Cup in December, AC Milan have only played 17 games until Christmas, with two rounds to be made up next year.

After Juventus unexpectedly lost in the round of 16, AC Milan took advantage of this to catch up and sit in first place on goal difference before the end of the first half. However, AC Milan will not be easy because of this, they have the same number of points as Juventus, and if they are not careful, they will be pulled down by Juventus.

AC Milan scored six goals in two games in this year's Club World Cup in Japan, beating Independiente Argentina and Brazil's Gremiro 3-0 and 3-1 in the semi-finals and finals respectively to win the Club World Cup for the third time in four years. Chen Zihua, who scored twice in the final, was voted the best player, and Zhang Shujie ranked second.

There is no winter break in Serie A today, and the players are about to usher in the second half of the game after a brief rest. In the whole month, including the two Coppa Italia games and remedial matches, AC Milan have a total of seven games to play, which is close to two games a week. Inzaghi has to rotate and adjust the players appropriately.

Zhang Shujie has only played in four of these seven games, and he will definitely not play in the first two Italian Cup games, and he has played one less in five league games, but he still has five goals and one assist. In addition to him, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi played six games, three of which did not play the full game, and one game for each was substituted in less than 75 minutes.

and Yan Tao, who also only played six games, and was also replaced in advance three times. The rest of the players such as Leonardo Bonucci, Romagnoli, Antonio Conte and Andre Silva did not play the full game.

Interestingly, AC Milan and Juventus took turns at the top of the table during the month, until January 29, when AC Milan were first by Juventus in the previous round. The Italian press lamented: "It's been a long time since we've seen such a fierce battle for first place in Serie A." ”

Indeed, AC Milan has shown too much dominance this year, stronger than Barcelona in the universe this year, which also makes them unrivaled in the league, usually halfway through the league, AC Milan can lead the second place at least seven points, and at most reach thirteen points! But now that AC Milan have come to their senses, Juventus will have to wait for the second half of the season if they want to regain their long-lost league title.

AC Milan also had seven games in February, including six league games (including one make-up match) and one Champions League, and Inzaghi also used the rotation method, only in the game against Juventus, Inzaghi released all the main players, and all the rest of the games, the main players were rested. It is worth mentioning that AC Milan's main left wing has been rotated by Inzaghi with Rodriguez and Bolini. In Inzaghi's view, Borini has no obvious strengths, but he is better than hard work, and his tireless running can make up for some technical shortcomings, which is better than Rodriguez, who can't get off when he runs.

Overall, today's Borini has been trained by Inzaghi to be similar to Real Madrid's Vazquez, with some panacea potential, a little bit of everything, but not refined enough, but it is a very important addition to the team's tactics. Then there's Calabria, the 24-year-old Italy international seems to be growing up and as long as he can maintain his form, he may be able to dominate the main left wing-back position next season.

In the match between AC Milan and Juventus, Juventus, who was playing away, was led by Zhao Wenkang, but then Zhang Shujie, Xu Ziyi, and Yan Tao each scored a goal, and Chen Zihua provided three assists, and the Rossoneri won 3:1 at home, surpassing Juventus by three points in the standings, and opened up the point difference behind them.

According to Sport: "It was a very crucial battle and AC Milan established the lead. Especially since February, almost all the big clubs are facing the pressure of playing on two fronts, and this three points will make AC Milan's burden a little lighter. ”

"Torino Sport" said: "Although Juventus is three points behind AC Milan, but Serie A is only two-thirds played, Juventus is not without opportunities. However, judging from the difference in goal difference, Juventus and Milan are not just three points, they also need to score more goals and score more points to catch up with Milan's goal difference. ”

Inzaghi doesn't dare to be careless because of this, he knows very well that often at this time, the team will start to enter the devil's schedule. Some teams make a trade-off between the domestic league and the European competition in order to keep one or the other. But AC Milan can't, the league and the Champions League, two important titles, are their goals.

In the current 26 Serie A leagues, in addition to AC Milan and Juventus have a greater hope of winning the championship, Napoli also has theoretical hopes, and other teams such as Inter Milan and Roma are basically impossible to win the championship. In the scorer list, Zhang Shujie still holds the first place, but this year he is not like last year, and he has left Dybala, Immobile and other strikers behind him in two-thirds of the league. Inzaghi's rotation has allowed Zhang Shujie to play significantly less time than in the previous three years, after all, he is already a striker who has reached the age of 30, and at some point, in order to prolong his career, he cannot be asked to play the whole game like he did at the age of 27 or 8, rotation is necessary, just like Cristiano Ronaldo.

So far, Zhang Shuming has played 23 games, scored 25 goals and provided nine assists. Second-placed Bila scored twenty-three goals and third-placed Dybala scored twenty-two, and all three could be crowned with the Serie A Golden Boot. Secondly, the first two goalscorers don't care much about this, they have already won the top scorer, but it is Dybala, who has never touched the Golden Boot, who is more hungry for this honor than the other two!

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