AC Milan's opponents in the Champions League are probably the weakest in the quarter-finals, but this so-called "weakness" is only the experience of the Champions League, and their opponents are Leicester City from the Premier League. Why do you say that Leicester City is "weak" is just talking about the Champions League, because Leicester City was the Premier League champion last season.

This is also the first time that "Fox City" has won the top league championship in England, and they have defeated Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and other powerhouses, creating the famous "Leicester City myth". However, their form has not been good this season, and the departure of midfielder Kante has had a huge impact on the team, let alone winning the title again, and even the relegation zone has only just been removed in the last round. Coach Claudio Ranieri was squid by the club for this, and Shax Pierre took over his coaching.

Therefore, all the factors are analyzed together, AC Milan's quarterfinals are really a draw, and Inzaghi also assured Li Yonghong that he must lead the team to the semifinals!

The first leg of the match was played at home on April 13, and the media of all parties were actually optimistic about AC Milan, and which of the Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua, and Yan Tao in the team was not a person who had played more than a few Champions League games? Leicester City also has a number of powerful players such as Vardy, Mahrez, and Shinji Okazaki, but it is still far from being compared with Zhang Shujie and others.

At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time, the quarterfinals between AC Milan and Leicester City were held at the San Siro.

Leicester City has not met a giant like AC Milan in the Champions League before, let alone a superstar like Zhang Shujie, and the strongest opponent is Sevilla in the round of 16. Therefore, their style of play is also different from the previous game, they plan to focus on defense, withstand the pressure of AC Milan, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

However, they didn't seem to anticipate how strong Milan's offensive would be, especially Zhang Shujie. In the ninth minute of the game, Milan No.9 burst into the penalty area, received a cross from Bonaventura, and scored with a header, giving AC Milan a 1-0 lead at home.

AC Milan scored first, and the goal was scored by their top scorer Zhang Shujie, who scored his tenth Champions League goal this season, and the number of goals scored in all competitions reached 56, and he is currently the top scorer in the Europa continent. ”

Zhang Shujie patted his heart as usual, ran to the stands and celebrated with the fans. Aside from not playing in the final round of the group stage, he has scored in six consecutive Champions League games, scoring eight goals, and this one is just getting started, and he is likely to continue to expand his tally.

Leicester City didn't expect to concede the goal so quickly, and the formation was a little flustered, which also forced Shaxx Pier to change tactics and let the team play, he has already seen the attacking power of AC Milan, if he continues to defend like this, there will be only harm and no good.

However, even if they shifted their tactical focus from defense to attack, the goal still looked weak, Vardy and Mahrez wasted chances one after another, AC Milan launched a counterattack in the 30th minute, Chen Zihua played a long pass from the backfield, Deulofeu received the ball on the left side, crossed diagonally to the middle, Zhang Shujie entered the box, shook Schmeichel Jr., and slotted the ball into the empty net with his left foot.

"AC Milan scored again, it was Zhang Shujie, and they are now 2-0 up. Leicester City's attack did not pay off, but AC Milan only used one counterattack for Zhang Shujie to succeed, perhaps this is the difference between a top striker and an ordinary striker. ”

Zhang Shujie still celebrated his second goal with the fans and teammates, he felt that he played very easily, and did not have the same tension as facing Juventus, it is hard to imagine that this is actually a Champions League quarter-final game. Perhaps this also has a lot to do with the overall strength of the opponent.

Chen Hui recorded these two goals, and he was not surprised that Zhang Shujie would score twice in half an hour, and the Milan No. 9, who has experienced a lot of battles in the Champions League, is not comparable to the group of beginners in Leicester City.

Leicester kicked off in midfield and the game continued. Instead of giving up on defending and attacking aggressively, they maintained a balance in their formation and then slowly looked for gaps in the Milan defence. It stands to reason that there will be no leakage in any defensive line, at least in 90 minutes of high-intensity play, no matter how strong the back line is, there will always be a crack or two in a few seconds, depending on the creativity of the midfield and the scoring ability of the strikers.

AC Milan did the same, but Leicester didn't seem to see it, Vardy's movement was problematic and Mahrez's pass was not very timely, so they missed a good chance to score.

The live announcer said: "Leicester can pass just now, Yan Tao and Romagnoli are more forward, if Vardy runs up from the two and Mahrez's pass can be in place, then this is a single knife, but unfortunately neither of them realises this." If it is replaced by Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua, this ball will be stable nine times out of ten. ”

Shaxpier was also very helpless, he saw it clearly on the sidelines, he wanted to remind Vardy and Mahrez, but even if he shouted those two, he couldn't hear them, even if he could hear them, Yan Tao and Romagnoli could hear them, and they would make up for it in time.

In the last three minutes of the first half, AC Milan slowed down the pace of attack a little, did not press too hard, and did not go very deep, mainly in the possession position, grasping the initiative on the pitch. Originally, Zhang Shujie also scored a goal in the 45th minute, but the referee considered it offside first, and the goal was canceled.

The first half ended with a score of 2-0 and the players went into the dressing room. Zhang Shujie found that he didn't run much in the first 45 minutes, and he guessed from experience that it should be about four kilometers. Four kilometres is not much for a striker like him who likes to drop back and take the ball, but as long as he plays the whole game, he usually runs no less than ten kilometres!

But Zhang Shujie didn't care about this, as long as the team could win, it was easy to say anything. And in the short period of time, the team schedule is also very dense, and it has entered the "hell mode", if the whole team can win with the least run, it is naturally the best, which is also a kind of saving for everyone's physical strength.

Zhang Shujie walked out of the court slowly, and Bonaventura quickly walked past him. "Bo Yu" patted Zhang Shujie on the back, then smiled, and quickly entered the locker room. Zhang Shujie didn't understand what he was doing when he walked so fast, and he walked into the player's tunnel at a normal pace.

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