At the Milanello training base, the players had just finished the first round of training, Inzaghi asked everyone to take a short break, and Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao stood together to drink water and chat.

"How is Little Rome doing, are there any emotions?" Zhang Shujie asked Yan Tao.

Yan Tao said: "It's nothing, I deliberately chatted with him this morning, and his mood is quite stable, but he feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks that we were overtaken by Juventus." ”

Everyone felt uncomfortable, and he probably blamed himself. ”

"I also told him, Zhang Shujie said a few words about you, in fact, it is also for your good, I told him not to blame you. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Shujie smiled and said, "What did he say?"

He said he didn't blame you, and he hoped that you would give him more guidance in the future. ”

Zhang Shujie still smiled: "It's better for you to go to this kind of thing, you are all guards." ”

Bonaventura walked over to the two and smiled, "What are you talking about?"

The two looked back at him and smiled. Zhang Shujie is very optimistic about him - of course, this does not mean that he will definitely become a superstar, but his professional attitude is very good, he has ability, there is absolutely no problem in becoming a good midfielder, and more importantly, he is very low-key and never provokes right and wrong.

Zhang Shujie said: "We're talking about Alessio. ”

Bonaventura said: "Is it about yesterday's game?"

"That's right, we lost, Juventus won, points were overtaken, and this series of chain reactions may have had a big impact on him. ”

Bonaventura sighed: "It can't be helped, it's already happened, and no one can change it, but taking a step back, that's how young players grow. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled and nodded. Yan Tao smiled and said, "It makes sense." With that, he looked at Romagnoli.

About five minutes later, Inzaghi on one side blew his whistle and shouted, "All right, all come here, get ready for training." ”

Zhang Shujie and the others moved closer to Inzaghi, and he saw that Abbiati was not far from him. In the past year, Abbiati has been injured a lot, and he has participated in very few competitions and training, Zhang Shujie has not seen him much, and when he saw Abbiati getting closer, Zhang Shujie also walked up. Abbiati felt someone approaching, turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Shujie, so he laughed softly.

Since Inzaghi had something to say, the two didn't communicate much, just smiled instead of words, and then shook hands. Zhang Shujie is not as famous as him for the old-timers of these teams, but he still respects them very much.

In Zhang Shujie's eyes, Abbiati is the real captain of this Milan team, even though the captain's armband is now worn more on Montolivo's arm.

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On March 10, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, on the LCD screen outside the stadium, the score was displayed as "Benfica 0:1 AC Milan", the scorer was Romagnoli, and Zhang Shujie assisted him.

In the last round of the league, AC Milan lost to Sassuolo due to Romagnoli's lack of decisiveness, thus losing the first place in the standings, but this round, "Little Rome" used such a goal to ensure that AC Milan entered the quarterfinals.

Although it was only a 1:0 score, and the goal time also occurred in the 32nd minute, due to the first leg AC Milan defeated Benfica 3:0 at home, the aggregate score was temporarily 4:0, of which Milan also had an away goal, which means that if Benfica wants to advance, they must ensure that at least five goals are scored in the remaining games and no more goals conceded, but this possibility is too low.

Before the start of the second half, Benfica fans had already left the stadium early. Benfica stepped up slightly in attack in the second half, but not particularly aggressively, perhaps knowing that elimination was a foregone conclusion.

The final result of the game was 1:0, AC Milan defeated Benfica away with a goal from Romagnoli, thus advancing to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4:0. Inzaghi completed the task given to him by the club, as early as before the start of this season, when AC Milan brought in Zhang Shujie for 93 million euros, he explained that Inzaghi would at least reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and now, Inzaghi has done it.

Of course, Inzaghi also hopes to lead the team as far as possible, as for the team in the quarterfinals, he does not know for the time being, but no matter who it is, he will let his disciples go all out, even if the opponent is Huang Saren.

A day later, the Champions League round of 16 matchups were all over, in addition to AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich three giants without exception into the quarterfinals, in addition to Chelsea, Manchester City, Juventus and Atletico Madrid also successfully qualified. In the quarterfinals, any team that has been playing each other will have a lot to watch.

At the top of the current Champions League scorer list is Cristiano Ronaldo with 13 goals, followed by AC Milan's Zhang Shujie, Chelsea's Li Mu, Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona's Luis Suarez. In addition, Messi has only scored six goals so far, ranking relatively low on the Champions League scorer list. It's not about his ability, it's about his position being a lot more of a playmaker than before, otherwise Suarez wouldn't have scored so many goals.

The Champions League has now been played, and the media is also speculating about who is most likely to win the title, with Real Madrid having the highest chance of winning the title, followed by Chelsea, then Barcelona, and then Bayern Munich. After Chelsea won the second Champions League in team history last season, its status in world football has improved again, and it is already a well-deserved super powerhouse, plus there are Ballon d'Or winners like Li Mu in the team, and the momentum is close to Huang Saren!

Atletico Madrid's chances of winning the championship rank fifth, Juventus ranks sixth, and AC Milan ranks seventh, the outside world agrees that AC Milan can get past the quarterfinals, just look at Zhang Shujie alone, the team as a whole is very important, but at present, this group of players is relatively limited in his help, especially on the offensive side, the team lacks the organizational core, Zhang Shujie needs to often retreat to get the ball, if you meet a strong team, this style of play is very expensive for Zhang Shujie, and in the quarterfinals, all of them are not easy to mess with, AC Milan must be very careful。

Manchester City's chances of winning the title are considered to be the lowest one. The Premier League team has won three league titles, but their performance in the Champions League has not been too ideal, but it does not rule out the possibility of them creating miracles, just like Atletico Madrid in the 2013/2014 season, and football is a place full of miracles.

(End of chapter)