On August 10, the Champions League qualifying match began, AC Milan ushered in the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen at the San Siro Stadium, Inzaghi wanted to send Zhang Shujie, but the Milan laboratory believes that Zhang Shujie's physical condition has not recovered 100%, in this kind of game that can determine life and death with only two games at most, it is best to be conservative, do not let Zhang Shujie play rashly, and he has not been training with the team for a long time, and the cooperation with his teammates is not very tacit, it is better to put him on the bench first, whether he is on or not depends on the situation.

AC Milan won 3-0 at home against Bayer Leverkusen, with Mane, Baca and Bonaventura scoring a goal each, and the Rossoneri have already stepped into the Champions League with one foot. The only fly in the ointment is that Zhang Shujie has been sitting on the bench and has not played, and the tens of thousands of fans who came for him at the scene were also disappointed.

"Milan Sport" speculated that Inzaghi wanted to protect Zhang Shujie, who was not 100% fit, and asserted that he was likely to start in the next round. Who knows that on August 19, Zhang Shujie still did not enter the list of starting eleven, and AC Milan, who was playing away, fell behind 0:3 in the 73rd minute, and in the 75th minute, Inzaghi replaced the poor performance of Baca and Mane with Zhang Shujie and another new signing, Adriano, Zhang Shujie finally played for AC Milan for the first time.

Zhang Shujie, wearing the No. 9 shirt, appeared in the forward position, and in the 79th minute, his shot was slightly wide of the post, just 10 centimeters away from the first goal, in the 82nd minute, one of his short one-distance swords was blown offside, and in the 85th minute, it was his long-range shot from outside the box that hit the crossbar.

Seeing that the game was about to enter overtime, in the 89th minute, Zhang Shujie shook three defenders on the left side of the penalty area in a row, and then crossed, Adriano grabbed the point in front of the goal, and stabbed the ball into the goal, the score became 1:3, and the total score was 4:3, AC Milan led.

It was also the final score of the game, with neither side scoring in stoppage time, and AC Milan survived the qualifying round in a thrilling way to qualify for the main event. Zhang Shuming played 17 minutes, two shots, no goal, but one assist, and his form was good, Inzaghi expressed his support for him: "Don't worry about scoring goals, the league is about to start, he will definitely score." ”

The summer transfer market is coming to an end, AC Milan has basically bought all the people they want to buy, Romagnoli has been in the team that Inzaghi has always wanted, and Balotelli has been loaned from Liverpool, and other aspects have their own reinforcements, the midfield has Bertolacci, Kuczka and other powerful players, but unfortunately failed to buy a real top star, making the midfield and forward, defender two positions, a little thin.

On August 24, the 2015/2016 Serie A finally kicked off, and AC Milan will face Fiorentina away in the first round. On this day, almost all the Italian media focused on him, not to mention that he was Mr. Golden Ball, who broke Melo's monopoly, and the value of 93 million euros alone was enough to attract the attention of the media.

The day before the game, the two teams held a press conference, Inzaghi said that Fiorentina are difficult to play against, but with Zhang Shujie in the presence, it will be easy to score, and Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa believes that Zhang Shujie is terrible, but the players will not let the Chinese striker play a role at the Frankie Stadium and will definitely prevent him from scoring.

In the locker room in Milan, Inzaghi explained his tactics, Zhang Shujie found that Inzaghi's tactical layout is more "written", which shows that he is a coach who has just graduated, in short, the tactical content is not very rich, but one day it is more in line with Zhang Shujie's idea, that is, when counterattacking, pay attention to speed and efficiency.

Zhang Shujie is good at this bite, and the slow swallowing style of play is not what he loves, especially when he counterattacks. In his opinion, it is a kind of attritional style of play, and it can be considered when the team is more than two goals ahead or near the end of the game.

AC Milan has a formation of 433, with goalkeeper No. 1 Diego López, four defenders No. 31 Antonelli, No. 13 Yan Tao, No. 24 Romagnoli and No. 2 Desiglio, three midfielders No. 28 Bonaventura, No. 34 De Jong and No. 91 Bertolachi, and three forwards No. 9 Zhang Shujie, No. 70 Baca and No. 11 Cerci.

It is worth mentioning that Cerci played mostly as a right midfielder last season, and this game was mentioned by Inzaghi as a right winger, with Baca in the middle and Zhang Shujie on the left. In the past at Bayern and Juventus, Zhang Shujie played mostly as a right striker, but he did not play on the left, and he often swapped positions with Li Mu in the national team. Before the game, Inzaghi asked him if he had no problem moving on the left side, and Zhang Shujie's answer was: As long as it is in the forward position, the left, center and right are not a problem.

Because of this, Inzaghi was relieved to put him in the left forward position.

Born in October 1992, Desiglio is not yet 23 years old, but he was promoted from the Milan Academy to the first team in 2011 and made his debut for Milan in 2012, having played for Milan for three years, making him the oldest player on the pitch.

Inzaghi asked the young Desiglio to be the captain also to train him, but this does not mean that he will definitely be the next captain candidate, Inzaghi still needs to investigate him more, sometimes, seniority is only a reference index for the captain, if there is no strong mental attribute, then the seniority can not convince the public no matter how old he is. Therefore, if Desiglio can't afford to be the captain, Inzaghi will not be considered in the future Milan captainship.

Fiorentina formed 4231 with goalkeeper No. 12 Tetrusanu, defenders Marcos Alonso 28, No. 32 Roncaglia, No. 2 Gonzalo and No. 4 Tomovic, two midfielders No. 5 Badelli and No. 20 Valero, three forwards No. 10 Bernardeschi, No. 72 Ilicic and No. 3 Júnior, and No. 9 Kalinic up front.

AC Milan kicked off first in the first half, with Baca and Cherci standing in the centre circle and Zhang Shujie standing outside the circle, and he glanced around the pitch. It's not the first time he's been to Frankie, but it's been three years since the last time he was here, and the stadium itself hasn't changed much, it's just the players.

Chen Hui is now sitting in the press box, paying attention to Zhang Shujie's every move.

"Beep!" the referee blew the whistle and the game began, Baca knocked the ball to Chelsea, and Chelsea passed it back to De Jong, and the shouts of the fans echoed at this moment.

"The first round of the 2015/2016 Serie A season began with AC Milan taking on Fiorentina at the Stadio Franchi. This year's AC Milan's strength has increased a lot compared with last year, especially the joining of Zhang Shujie, which has added a lot of superstar halo to Serie A, which lacks star flavor in recent years, and we also hope that Zhang Shujie can play a performance in Serie A that matches his value. ”

On the pitch, De Jong's long pass to Zhang Shujie was cut off by Valero, who passed to Júnior, who snatched the ball from Bonaventura and handed it to Zhang Shujie immediately when Júnior pushed forward.

After Zhang Shujie stopped the ball, he found that there was no Fiorentina player within four meters of him, he was a little surprised, you must know that Serie A is good at defense, and no one is going to defend him at the moment, it may be that the game has just begun, and the players have not fully entered the state and rhythm. Zhang Shujie doesn't care about the reason, he is ready to move forward with the ball!

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