"Inzaghi's purpose in the substitution at this point was very obvious, which was to drag those two minutes over. But I don't think he needs to be so careful, he could have changed a little earlier, for example, after more than 80 minutes, after all, AC Milan is a two-goal lead not a one-goal lead. ”

Silva came on the pitch to feel the atmosphere of the game, he didn't even touch the ball a few times, Milan finally beat Juventus 3-1, so that the Serie A standings were reshuffled, AC Milan points and Juventus, with the advantage of goal difference temporarily ranked first.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Allegri said: "We didn't play very well and that's why we lost this game. Congratulations to AC Milan, they played great and deserved this win. ”

Inzaghi said: "I'm happy with the result because it puts us back at the top of the table, but we can't afford to be careless, as soon as we relax, Juventus and Napoli will catch up with us. ”

AC Milan's advantage in the table is not obvious, but now that they can overtake Napoli and Juventus, they have the ability to stretch the table. After this league game, they are about to prepare for the Champions League group stage against Sporting Lisbon, but before that, Zhang Shujie has one thing to do. This is to participate in the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony.

As we all know, after FIFA and UEFA cooperated in 2010, the "European Golden Ball Award" and "World Footballer of the Year" two awards were combined into one, merged into the "FIFA Golden Ball Award", but in the past six years, the award has been controversial, the first session was criticized by people, that year was the World Cup year, Spain was the champion of the World Cup, and Iniesta and Xavi are the team's two major champions, many people believe that one of them will be crowned the first "FIFIA Golden Ball Award" in history , who knew that this award was finally given to Messi, and it also made everyone think that the Golden Ball Award was unfair after the merger.

To this end, UEFA stopped working with FIFA after the six-year contract expired, separating the two awards last year. Last year's World Footballer of the Year winner was Real Madrid king Cristiano Ronaldo, and Ronaldo was crowned with the halo of Champions League and European Cup champion at that time, so it can be said that there is no doubt.

This year's biggest hit is Zhang Shujie, and it can even be said that there is no suspense at all. This year's top three players in the World Footballer of the Year are three Chinese players, namely Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi. Interestingly, these three players are not only from the same country, but also from the same club, but Xu Ziyi made the list thanks to her performance at Manchester City last season.

This year, a total of six Chinese players were selected for the 24-man squad, in addition to the above three, the other three are Li Mu, Yan Tao, and Ma Junqiang, who occupy a quarter of the list, and are also the country with the largest number of selections, which can be described as the biggest winners.

Messi and Ronaldo, the two peerless kings, lost the top three this time, which is also the first time since 2007 that the two were absent at the same time, and it is no wonder that when the list of the first three was announced, Italy's "Milan Sports Newspaper" and China's "Sports Weekly" coincidentally believed: "The 'Mero era' is over." ”

Ronaldo, born in 1985, is 32 years old this year, Messi, born in 1987, is also 30 years old this year, although they still maintain an efficient goal rate, although they are still the first brother of their respective teams, but one thing must be admitted, they have begun to slowly decline, maybe in a few years, the nominations for various awards will no longer have their names.

People have to go, and so do the players. No matter how beautiful it is on the pitch, there will be a day when it will be replaced, just like Ronaldo and Messi now. In many years' time, Zhang Shujie will also be replaced by others, which is an eternal topic.

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On October 31, Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, and Yan Tao went to Zurich, Switzerland, where the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony will be a superstar, and they met many stars, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, such as Messi, and Ma Junqiang.

In the selection of the annual team, AC Milan's four were selected together with Manchester City's Ma Junqiang, with goalkeeper Ma Junqiang, defenders Yan Tao, Ramos, Marcelo, Carvajal, midfielders Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, and Modric, and forwards Zhang Shujie, Ronaldo, and Messi. Although Li Mu was nominated for the award, he unfortunately failed to enter this year's best team.

The biggest part of the ceremony was naturally the presentation of the last award: World Footballer of the Year. The first to be awarded is the third place, won by Xu Ziyi, who helped Manchester City win the league title last season and reach the Champions League final for the first time in history.

This was followed by the second-place finish, which was won by Chen Zihua, who helped AC Milan to all competitions in the past season, scoring the winning goal in the final to help the Rossoneri beat Manchester City and lift the Champions League trophy for the eighth time.

Finally, it is the real World Footballer, no suspense, no accidents, Zhang Shujie won this award, which is also the first time he won the World Footballer and the first Chinese to receive this honor. In the 2016/2017 season, he scored a total of 66 goals for Milan, 48 in the league, 16 in the Champions League, 3 in the Coppa Italia, scored twice in the Champions League semi-finals to beat off Real Madrid, and scored a stunning goal for Milan in the final, and was the biggest contributor to the team's victory!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino personally handed him the trophy of the World Footballer of the Year, and then he delivered his acceptance speech. "I guess it's hard for me to put into words how I feel, but if I say, winning this award, does it mean that I was the best player in the world last season? However, I want to thank every one of my teammates for this, especially this one!" As he spoke, Zhang Shujie pointed at Chen Zihua, Chen Zihua laughed, and Xu Ziyi, who was sitting next to him, also laughed.

Zhang continued: "I think a lot of people have watched our games, and without him, I wouldn't have scored so many goals and wouldn't have won this award. I guess I snatched this award from him. ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed, and Chen Zihua laughed the most exaggeratedly. Zhang Shujie added: "I am also grateful to everyone who supports me, my parents, my friends, my fans, and my fiancée. Today, she is not there, I regret it, but I understand her, I believe that she must be watching me on TV in China right now, and here, I want to take this opportunity to tell her, I love you. ”

After speaking, Zhang Shujie kissed the trophy, and the scene resounded with warm applause, which lasted for a long time.

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