Chapter 971: Five Yuan in Duzhong

AC Milan led Napoli 1:0 in the first half, and in the second half, Inzaghi really replaced Zhang Shujie, Calhanoglu came on, and AC Milan also changed the lineup, with only Kalinic as a striker in the front. Obviously, Inzaghi has adopted a more conservative style of play, and this score is enough to ensure that Milan will advance to the final.

In the last 45 minutes of the game, neither team could score, and the score remained 1:0 until the end of the game, and AC Milan eliminated Napoli 3:2 on aggregate to advance to the final. Since then, Napoli have been almost certain to get nothing again this season.

AC Milan host Sassuolo on April 8, and in terms of strength, there is no doubt that the Rossoneri will win, and now it will be up to Zhang Shujie to score. He's been goalless in two league games, and if he continues to fail to find the back of the net in the league, then it's a bit of a hang in the air for him to break his own Serie A single-season scoring record – although he doesn't really value it personally.

Inzaghi is most worried about Xu Ziyi in this game, Xu Ziyi has four yellow cards at present, if this game is yellow again, then he will not be able to play in the next round. "Because of the young marshal" even wanted to not let Xu Ziyi play for a while, but after thinking about it, he decided to put him in the starting lineup. Inzaghi's idea is that if Milan can set the tone in the first half, then Xu Ziyi will be rested in the second half. You must know that AC Milan's opponent in the next round of the league is Napoli, and the next round is Torino. Inzaghi intends to let Xu Ziyi "take the initiative to eat cards" when facing Torino, so that in the 34th round facing the relegated Benevento, it is not a big problem to have a few main players. It's really not good, it doesn't matter if you "shuffle" against Napoli, Torino is not so difficult to deal with, of course, the premise is that Xu Ziyi doesn't eat cards in this game.

Soon after the start of the game, AC Milan took advantage of the main advantage and strong strength to suppress Sassuolo, and scored in the eighth minute: Xu Ziyi assisted Chen Zihua to help Milan No.10 score his 15th league goal. Six minutes later, Xu Ziyi's shot in the penalty area hit the raised arm of the opposing defender, and the referee decisively blew a penalty, and Zhang Shujie held the ball and walked to the penalty spot.

The Rossoneri's no.9 easily converted the ball to end the embarrassment of two league games without scoring, but for a striker like Zhang Shujie, he can't rely on penalties to keep himself alive, what he needs is a goal in the open game. But before his sports goal came, AC Milan waited for a scene that everyone didn't want to see: Xu Ziyi ate cards.

In a return defense, Xu Ziyi accidentally hooked Matri, the referee blew a foul and gave him a yellow card, Xu Ziyi and his teammates tried to come forward to explain, but the referee did not listen. Inzaghi could see it clearly from the sidelines, but he had no choice but to accept the reality that Xu Ziyi would not be able to play in the match against Napoli.

Fortunately, this did not affect Xu Ziyi's mood, near the end of the first half, his ball in the backfield fell accurately to the feet of Silva, Silva saw that he had no space to shoot, knocked the ball to Zhang Shujie, Zhang Shujie stopped with his right foot, flicked, flashed a gap in front of the opponent's two defenders, at this time he was on the line of the big penalty area, glanced at the goal, picked up his left leg, and volleyed into the upper left corner. Sassuolo's goalkeeper Consili stretched his arm to the longest, but still couldn't touch the ball, and the score became 3:0!

This is Zhang Shujie's 43rd league goal this season, just five short of last season's 48! Even the on-site commentators believe that the league goal tally in a single season in Serie A is very likely to be rewritten at the end of the season.

With a three-goal advantage, Inzaghi made a bold substitution in the second half, the "twins" left the field and replaced Calhanoglu and Suso, while Zhang Shujie continued to stay on the field, but Inzaghi also told him that he would be given another 20 minutes at most.

In these 20 minutes, will Zhang Shujie be able to score again, or how many goals will he score? I'm afraid no one will be able to answer this question. However, just one minute into the second half, Zhang Shujie used a world wave four meters outside the penalty area to expand the score to 4:0 for AC Milan, and also increased his league goal tally to 44.

Seeing such a score, Inzaghi even wanted to replace Zhang Shujie immediately, a team like Sassuolo, AC Milan with four goals in hand can determine the final three points, for the Champions League three days later, Inzaghi has enough reasons to replace Zhang Shujie. However, he found that Zhang Shujie's foot hair was very hot in this game, so he planned to give him a little more time.

Sassuolo seemed to be a little stunned, and in the 53rd minute of the game, they made a serious mistake at the back, Locatelli intercepted the ball and stuffed it to Zhang Shujie, who burst into the box, deducted Consili and sent the ball into the empty net.

5:0! Zhang Shujie completes his senior year! This is the third time Zhang Shujie has scored four goals in a single game this season! Inzaghi looked at Zhang Shujie and smiled, let Kalinic warm up, and prepared to play in five minutes.

Unexpectedly, within these five minutes, Zhang Shujie gave Inzaghi another surprise, he received a cross from Rodriguez in the penalty area, and the header broke through Sassuolo's door again, the score became 6:0, and Zhang Shujie alone occupied five!

After scoring the fifth goal, Milan's number nine did not celebrate anymore, and at the moment he only had one feeling: Sassuolo was too weak, really weak, scored too many goals, and there was no sense of accomplishment.

Zhang Shujie was replaced by Inzaghi, and the fans applauded him as he left the pitch, and the striker, who scored five goals and scored 46 league goals, deserved praise from the fans.

A win for AC Milan is a foregone conclusion, although the game will not end until 20 minutes away. Zhang Shujie sat on the bench and chatted happily with Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi, all they have to do now is to wait quietly for the game to end. Even Inzaghi didn't stand on the sidelines and sat back in the dugout.

In the next 20 minutes, AC Milan did not attack much, the score was 6:0, no matter what, you need to give the opponent a little face, and try not to let the opponent lose too much in the case of ensuring victory, although this score has made Sassuolo very embarrassed.

AC Milan did not score again, Sassuolo did not score a face-saving goal, the score of the game was finally fixed at 6:0, AC Milan easily got three points at the San Siro Stadium, and several important players did not have much consumption, ensuring sufficient energy for the upcoming Champions League match.

And in the first leg of the quarterfinals, AC Milan will go to the Allianz Arena to challenge the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich!

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