Less than half an hour after the end of the match between AC Milan and Torino, some media expressed their personal opinions on the Internet, they believed that AC Milan's carelessness at the back led to the final goal conceded and also gave Juventus a chance to reach the top of the table, which could be fatal.

Zhang Shujie disagrees with this statement, he said: "Regardless of the fact that the season is just over halfway, just talking about Juventus and Fiorentina, their game has not yet started, it seems that some people think that Fiorentina will definitely lose, is it too early to make such a conclusion?"

Inzaghi also said: "I don't think it would be a disaster not to win Torino, even if Juventus can win, but in the remaining 19 games, I also believe that we can finally overtake them. ”

Two hours later, the match between Juventus and Fiorentina was played at the Frankie Stadium, and before the game, Fiorentina coach Sousa said that he did not care about the competition between Juventus' AC Milan, and he would definitely lead the team to a good score, no matter what the final result was, it had nothing to do with AC Milan.

There is no doubt that Juventus are stronger than Fiorentina, even in Frankie, Juventus have a better chance of winning than Fiorentina, and the course of the game seemed to foreshadow this, Higuain received Sturalo's cross in the 38th minute and scored to give Juventus 1-0 Fiorentina.

This is also the final score of the first half, in the second half, Juventus's attack was more turbulent, for a time it was anti-guest-oriented, pressing Fiorentina out of breath, however, the football game is not to occupy the field to win, in the 58th minute, Fiorentina played a wave of exquisite counterattack, Bernardeschi assisted Kalinic, for the team to pull the score to a 1:1 draw.

Then the two sides began a tug-of-war, both of which were offensive against each other. Higuain, Zhao Wenkang, Huang Yu, and Mandzukic, who came on as a substitute in the 60th minute, all had shots, but they all failed to score, and players such as Kalinic and Bernardeschi on the Fiorentina side also threatened Buffon's goal, but they were all defused by the Italian international one by one. Dybala could have beaten Juventus again in the 71st minute, but he missed a great opportunity.

In the 79th minute, Uruguay international Oliveira cut along the flanks and passed the ball to the front of the box, Higuain and Dybala did not touch the ball, and Badelli caught up at the back post and fired a right-footed volley past Buffon.

2:1! Fiorentina overtook the score! and there was not much time left. Juventus went on a frenzied attack, Fiorentina defended with all their might, and until the whistle blew, Juventus were unable to equalise or overtake, and they returned to Torino disappointed at the Stadio Franky.

This time, it was AC Milan's turn to cheer. Juventus' defeat meant AC Milan led the table by a narrow two-point margin. "Milan Sport" joked: "I thought AC Milan would lose three points, but I didn't know that there was one more point." Turin Sport said: "Do they think the league title is too hot for Juventus, or have they lost interest in the domestic league after five consecutive titles?"

These claims are just jokes, and no one will get tired of the championship. Juventus definitely want to win, but unfortunately it's not a child's game, the opponent won't let you, won't let you win because you want to win.

Serie A has been halfway through, it is not difficult to see from the situation in the standings, AC Milan and Juventus are the biggest favorites this season, Napoli in third place is still competitive at the beginning of the season, and the points can also be stuck with the top two, but now, they are nine points behind Juventus, eleven points behind AC Milan, unless there is a miracle against the sky, Napoli cannot win the league title.

Zhang Shujie scored 26 goals in this 19 rounds of the league, ranking first in the scorer list with an absolute advantage of eight goals over the second place Dzeko, and his number of breakthroughs is also the best in Serie A; in the assist list, he is also tied with Chen Zihua for the top spot with eight assists, in addition, Chen Zihua's average passes, threatening passes, and pass success rate are also the first in Serie A; in the back line, Yan Tao's duels and tackles rank first among all defenders, and only interceptions rank second, second only to Juventus defender Bonucci.

From these data, it can be seen that AC Milan can almost dominate various lists, whether it is a team or a player, which also shows that it is no accident that they lead the Serie A standings. Milan, who can have superstars, will have more confidence to compete for the league title.

On January 22, AC Milan hosted Napoli, who are now largely out of the league title, but they still want to beat AC Milan, and perhaps in the end, a miracle will happen, so they can't give up any hope.

However, the miracle was a rare event, although Mersten assisted Insigne and Callejon in the sixth and ninth minutes respectively, but AC Milan's attacking group led by Zhang Shujie quickly counter-attacked, starting with Kuczka's goal for Milan in the 37th minute, so that the Rossoneri would be relatively easy to play in the second half. In the fifty-fourth minute of the second half, Zhang Shujie created a free kick and hit the penalty, the score became 2:1, and in the seventy-seventh minute, Chen Zihua shot from 28 places outside the penalty area, and the ball blasted open the city of Napoli like a cannonball, 3:2!

In this difficult game, AC Milan fell behind by two goals, but stubbornly chased the score back and turned the defeat into victory. Even if Juventus won this round, they still couldn't pry Milan's top spot.

The day after the match, AC Milan's official website announced that the Spanish prodigy Deulofeu had been on loan from Everton to Milan until the end of the season. Deulofeu is also very happy to be in a championship team like AC Milan: "I am so happy, I feel very honored to be a teammate with a great player like Zhang Shujie, even though it is only half a season. ”

Deulofeu's shirt number 7 at AC Milan was left by Shevchenko back then, and it is no less important than the legendary numbers 9, 10 and 13. His arrival has given AC Milan more options in midfield, but unfortunately, since AC Milan has submitted the Champions League knockout list to UEFA, Deulofeu will not be able to represent AC Milan in the Champions League.

However, the biggest reason for AC Milan's loan is to relieve the pressure of the league's Champions League double-front battle, Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua, the two superstars, have too heavy responsibilities on their shoulders. Although players such as Bonaventura share the burden for them, these two are also the main players, once injured and suspended to play, it is difficult to find a player on the Milan bench who can be replaced, and now the arrival of Deulofeu has made the Rossoneri not too worried about the rotation in the second half of the season, at least, in some middle and lower players, with Deulofeu's ability can still cope.

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