Chapter 922: Imperfect Debut
Five days later, the Chinese team ushered in the last round of 12, the Chinese team played away against Qatar, in the case of conceding a goal first, with Xu Zhixin's goal, the Chinese team finally fought with Qatar 1:1, and the entire top 12 ended perfectly with an undefeated record.
Since then, all four Asian teams have been born: China, Iran, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Asia's oldest powerhouse South Korea will battle Australia for the remaining half of the spots, with the winner of the two sides battling the fourth-placed finish in the CONCACAF division. This means that at least one of South Korea and Australia will be eliminated.
In the latest ranking of the national team, the Chinese team ranks ninth in the world, far behind Japan, South Korea, and Iran, so it is not news that the Chinese team enters the top 32, and it is news that it cannot enter.
For this reason, the Japanese also admit that in the past eight years, the Chinese team has pulled a long distance from the football level of other Asian countries, and no one will overtake it in a short period of time, and the South Koreans, who have always considered themselves to be the "center of the universe," have to bow their heads: this Chinese team is too strong.
The Asian World Cup has come to an end and those Asian players who play in Europe can focus their full attention on the club. At AC Milan, Xu Ziyi has passed the team's medical examination, and after all the contracts have been signed, he will also officially appear at the San Siro on September 7.
Tens of thousands of fans came to the scene to welcome Xu Ziyi's arrival, and in order to surprise him, the club specially arranged for Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua and Yan Tao to also come to San Siro.
When he hugged Chen Zihua, Zhang Shujie also jokingly said: "You can also fit together in the club." ”
Xu Ziyi then showed off her footwork and signed autographs for enthusiastic fans. Chen Hui was also in the stands, he looked at Xu Ziyi, and then at Zhang Shujie and the three of them standing on the side, and sighed in his heart: "This AC Milan team is too strong!"
Xu Ziyi will wear the No. 11 jersey for the new season, which was previously worn on Ocampos, and with Ocampos' departure, Xu Ziyi was also given this jersey by the club, which is also his favorite number. Among the four Chinese players, Xu Ziyi, Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao all wore their favorite jersey numbers, only Chen Zihua failed to wear his No. 8, but he is now No. 10, even if he can't wear No. 8, it doesn't matter.
AC Milan's next game is on September 10 against Lazio, who will be playing away from home. A pre-match rainstorm forced the game to be postponed, but that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, and as Xu Ziyi had just arrived in the team and had not been running in with his teammates for too long, Inzaghi put him on the bench.
Just six minutes into the game, Zhang Shujie opened the scoring after receiving a pass from Chen Zihua and scored his fourth league goal of the season, and Milan No. 9 scored in three consecutive games, and in the 21st minute, Montolivo also scored his first goal of the season, and Milan led 2-0 in the first half.
With two goals in hand, Inzaghi began to rotate, he first replaced Xu Ziyi, removed Montolivo, and the Milan fans who came with the team also gave Xu Ziyi a round of applause. Unexpectedly, shortly after Inzaghi was replaced, Lazio striker Immobile pulled a goal back for the Blue Eagles.
Lazio's morale instantly improved after the goal, and the powerful offensive even suppressed Milan for a while, if it weren't for the top defensive ability of AC Milan, I am afraid that the goal would have been conceded long ago. However, in the 57th minute, Xu Ziyi received Kessie's cross in the penalty area and scored his first goal with his left foot.
This goal made Milan fans boil, the score of 3:1 was very safe, and the scorer was Xu Ziyi, who came off the bench, "Mr. 80 million" was pinned on high hopes by the team, and he did not disappoint the team, scoring a goal in his first game.
The on-site commentator also said: "Xu Ziyi's success in his first game for AC Milan will undoubtedly increase his goodwill among Milan fans, team-mates and the hierarchy, even though he has already booked a place in the main team when he arrives. ”
The advantage in the score made Inzaghi a little careless, he replaced Yan Tao, replaced Musacchio, and soon replaced Romagno, the formation changed from 352 to 433, this change of formation was correct, but the team's negligence changed the situation on the field in an instant.
First, Immobile changed the score to 2:3 in the 68th minute, and in the fourth minute, Immobile assisted Alberto to equalize the score. At this time, Inzaghi finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and loudly called the players to strengthen the defense and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, and the new captain Zhang Shujie was also cheering up his teammates, but at this time, the whole Milan team seemed to be a little flustered, and Zhang Shujie also understood what was going on: there were too many new signings in the team, and the spirit was a little scattered in adversity.
In the 87th minute, Immobile burst into the backfield, and when he was one-on-one with Bonucci, he accelerated with a ball and actually forced Bonucci through. When Inzaghi, who was outside the court, saw this scene, his face was full of disbelief. Leonardo Bonucci is one of the best centre-backs in football today, and how easily has he been overcome?
Indeed, Bonucci fought back but managed to save the day as Mobile burst into the box and beat the onrushing Donnarumma and into the net. 4:3! Lazio overtakes AC Milan!
"Immobile overtook Lazio with a hat-trick to give Lazio the lead, and now time is running out, AC Milan may be difficult to chase back the score!"
As Mobile celebrated the goal frantically, the entire Lazio team ran over and surrounded him in the middle. Zhang Shujie looked at the Lazio players and shook his head, during the draw, he had been encouraging his teammates, but it didn't work, and now, he has nothing to say.
Xu Ziyi sighed, it was a very beautiful thing to score a goal in her debut, but the score was 3:4, did she have to lose the first game she played for Milan?
Chen Zihua looked up at the sky, muttering two sentences in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying; Yan Tao outside the field stood on the bench, spreading his hands, looking at the score on the LCD screen. Inzaghi stood motionless on the sidelines, arms folded.
In the rest of the time, Lazio defended comprehensively, and AC Milan also launched the final onslaught, but in the face of Lazio's "bus tactics", AC Milan's attack was always in vain, and the score was finally locked at 3:4, and AC Milan ushered in the first defeat of the season!
(End of chapter)