Chapter 871: The Finals
The day after the match, the major media rushed to cover the match. "Milan Sports Newspaper" voted Zhang Shujie as the best in the game, and Chen Zihua got the second highest score in the team. The report said: "The chemistry between Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua allowed Milan to defeat the mighty Real Madrid at the hellish Bernabeu Stadium, and it was a 3-1 scoreline, which is probably unthinkable to many." In fact, AC Milan has done it, and we can proudly say that this year, Milan is stronger than Real Madrid!"
"Digital Sports" said: "On a great night, Inzaghi and his disciples defeated the seemingly invincible Real Madrid! Ten years later, the Rossoneri reached the Champions League final again, remember who was responsible for the last AC Milan final? Yes, it was Inzaghi, the current Milan manager! Maybe this time, he will work a miracle again!"
Chen Hui wrote in Sports Weekly: "This is not only a victory for Milan, but also for Chinese players. Yan Tao scored the first goal for AC Milan, and Chen Zihua assisted Zhang Shujie to score the second and third goals! Especially the third goal, which is very exciting, of course, the excitement here refers to Chen Zihua's ingenious pass, the ball rolled on the turf for 60 meters, and was sent to Zhang Shujie's feet, completing the fatal blow. Although Zhang Shujie's brace was even more dazzling, in my opinion, Milan No.10 is the real best in the game!"
Chen Hui's words are not an exaggeration, and shortly after yesterday's match, Li Yonghong received a call from Florentino. Lafayette asked him: "Will your Chen Zihua be put into the transfer market?"
Li Yonghong's answer was: "As long as the price is right, there is no problem." ”
Galeries Lafayette asked, "How much does it cost?"
Brother Li said very calmly: "One billion euros!"
At this price, Li Yonghong indirectly told Florentino: "Chen Zihua is not for sale." ”
All the media are praising AC Milan, but what are the Milan players doing? They are already in normal training, and in three days, the 36th round of Serie A will begin, and they will travel to the Stadio Azzo to challenge Atalanta.
Atalanta are not a strong team, but Inzaghi won the top scorer in Serie A here and developed into a top striker. But now is not the time for Inzaghi to reminisce about his glorious past, what he wants to do is to lead Milan to great success.
Due to Atalanta's weakness, and AC Milan's main players after the second Champions League with Real Madrid, the physical consumption is very huge, Milan is two points ahead of Juventus in the standings, as long as they don't lose in this round, a draw, even if Juventus can beat Roma, AC Milan can still rank first with goal difference. But if all this is to come true, then AC Milan's margin for error in the last two games is very low, and they also have a Coppa Italia final during the period, and they have to think about the Champions League final, these three fronts of battle, Inzaghi began to struggle.
Thankfully, Juventus' game was played four hours earlier than AC Milan, and Inzaghi could make the final decision based on the result of the Bianconeri and Roma matches, hoping that Roma would be able to beat Juventus so that Inzaghi could have the audacity to rest several players.
Today, the team's training intensity was not large, and the time was cut in half, Inzaghi was afraid that the players would be tired, so they arranged simple recovery training to allow the players to adjust their physical condition to the best.
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In the early morning of May 10, Beijing time, the second leg of the second game of the Champions League semifinals kicked off, with Manchester City playing Monaco at home. Manchester City, who played away in the last leg, won 2-0 against Monaco thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, and took the initiative to advance. But today at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City were knocked open in the 23rd minute by Monaco's demon striker Kylian Mbappe, who led Manchester City 1-0 away.
'Mbappe scored for Monaco and it was his sixth Champions League goal of the season. Mbappe, who is only 18 years old, suddenly appeared in everyone's field of vision this year, especially in the Champions League, he played very well, and it is rumored that Real Madrid is preparing 120 million euros for him and intends to bring him in!"
Ma Junqiang kicked the ball out in an atmosphere and glanced at Mbappe's back. Unexpectedly, as the former Premier League goalkeeper of the best (won this award in the 2013/2014 season), he was actually beaten by an eighteen-year-old hairy boy, and he felt a little unbearable on his face for a while.
With this goal, Monaco seem to see hope of reaching the final, and if they can score one more goal, the aggregate score will be 2-2, as will the away goals of both teams, and if they score two more goals, they will be able to head to Cardiff Stadium in Wales 3-2.
However, the reality is that it is unwise for Monaco to rely on a child soldier to win the world, in the 37th minute of the game, Xu Ziyi won the ball on the left side of the front, he observed the front, and suddenly sent a long diagonal pass, the ball rolled diagonally from the left side of the field to the right, and Aguero received his pass in front of the penalty area.
Xu Ziyi's wonderful pass easily tore through Monaco's defense. In the match between Real Madrid and AC Milan that just ended yesterday, Chen Zihua also had a similar pass, the difference is that Chen Zihua assists in a straight line, while Xu Ziyi crosses diagonally. It seems that the two best midfielders in European football this season are already fighting over who will be the best midfielder this year!"
Sergio Aguero easily scored the goal, the score became 1:1, the aggregate score was 3:1, Manchester City regained the initiative, but Monaco did not give up, in the second half, their offensive was more vigorous, but Ma Junqiang was like a great wall standing in front of the goal, high and low, and saved all Monaco's shots in the goal frame.
In the 79th minute, De Bruyne and Aguero played a wall-hitting combination in the front field, passing the opponent's two defenders, at this time there was only one defender left in Monaco's defense, De Bruyne crossed diagonally and inserted Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi inserted a single knife into the penalty area, shook off Monaco goalkeeper Subašić, and hit the ball into the empty goal.
2:1! Manchester City overtook the score, and the aggregate score became 4:1!
"Xu Ziyi's goal was disastrous for Monaco, who needed to score three more goals to advance, but Ma Junqiang won't give him that chance. Time is running out, and the final between Manchester City and Milan is almost a foregone conclusion!"
(End of chapter)