Although the weight of this Asian Cup is not very heavy, it is undoubtedly the best farewell gift for the four meritorious players who are about to withdraw from the country.

From now on, there will be no more Ma Junqiang, no Tang Ling, no Zhao Wenkang and Huang Yu in the Chinese national team. Huang Yu will go to New York FC next season to start his new journey.

Not long after the Asian Cup, Ronaldo, who has retired, held a farewell match, many of the world's top stars participated, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu were also among them, Messi was also there, and Ronaldo and Messi were still on the same team, this was the first time Ronaldo and Messi played in the same team, and it was also the last time.

Ronaldo has said before that he discussed it with Messi, and the two are definitely in the same team. In the game, Ronaldo and Messi each scored three goals, and Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, who were opponents, also scored one goal each, but it was the team led by Ronaldo who won in the end.

The outcome of this game did not matter, after that, Ronaldo donated all the funds from the game, leaving no money.

From now on, there will be no more Ronaldo in world football, even if he appears in the public eye again in the future, Ronaldo once said that he would consider going to Hollywood after retiring, but at present, Ronaldo does not seem to be ready to be an actor, if he really wants to change careers, Ronaldo will have a lot to learn.

After a holiday, the players also returned to their respective clubs, and for 2023/Milan they had planned to make a few big moves in the transfer market this year, but unfortunately they fell short. Li Yonghong took a fancy to Paris Saint-Germain's Mbappe, and he intended to let Mbappe replace Zhang Shujie's gun, but Paris's asking price was too high, and the negotiations reached an impasse. After more than a month of delay, Mbappe finally stayed in Paris. However, Li Yonghong said that he would not give up the pursuit of Mbappe.

Mbappe himself is willing to go to AC Milan, the 25-year-old Frenchman is far from his peak age, he needs more honors, obviously the Ligue 1 title is not satisfied with him, what he needs is the Champions League, and AC Milan will be the best platform. Especially Zhang Shujie is thirty-two years old, although the Chinese striker is still at the peak, AC Milan must prepare in advance, otherwise top players like Mbappe will be snatched away sooner or later.

Li Yonghong publicly said: "By next summer at the latest, he will bring Mbappe to the San Siro stadium." ”

AC Milan does not have much reinforcement in the new season, and Inzaghi believes that with the current AC Milan squad, it is not a problem to last another season, and it is too late to buy more money next summer.

Inzaghi seems to have overestimated the team's performance on both fronts, and at the start of the season, AC Milan performed normally, beating Juventus in the Italian Super Cup, then Porto in the UEFA Super Cup, and then the Champions League and the league, which seems to confirm Inzaghi's words: Milan are still invincible this season.

However, by the quarters of the season, Yan Tao and Romagnoli were injured and would miss three months and four months respectively, leaving Milan with a stretched back guard. Although the midfield can still control the overall situation, and Zhang Shujie in the front court is still scoring, but Milan's defense line can not withstand the opponent's offensive, and for a while, every team that encounters AC Milan dares to hold high the banner of attack and bully the Rossoneri who have no backbone at the back.

From the twelfth round to the nineteenth round of the league, AC Milan won four, lost three and drew two of the eight games, and only got fifteen points. This really shouldn't be what a championship team gets. In the Club World Cup at the end of the year, AC Milan lost to Sao Paulo in the final, Zhang Shujie scored two goals, but Milan's weak defense failed to withstand the opponent's attack, conceded three goals in a row in the second half, and regrettably gave up the Club World Cup title.

Many media outlets began to criticize Milan's inaction in the summer transfer market, believing that they were too big and caused a situation where Milan's main players were injured and there was no one available in the squad. In the winter transfer market, AC Milan need to bring in some quality players, otherwise they are likely to miss out on any trophies next June.

Even so, Zhang Shujie still scored 27 goals in the first half of the league for AC Milan in all competitions, and he only needed 24 games. Among them, he scored 19 goals in the league, six in the Champions League and two in the Club World Cup. It is precisely because of Zhang Shujie's excellent personal performance that AC Milan can retain the top three positions in the league. "Milan Sports Daily" said: "The injuries of Yan Tao and Romagnoli undoubtedly make the team's defense look very fragile, if there is no continuous goal from Zhang Shujie, I am afraid that AC Milan will not even be able to score in the top four." ”

It is precisely because Zhang Shujie escorted the team at the most difficult moment of AC Milan that he was elected without suspense in this year's Ballon d'Or and Mr. World Footballer of the Year. In fact, as early as the middle of the year, some media said: "Even if Zhang Shujie doesn't play a game in the second half of the year, the league championship and Champions League championship he brought to AC Milan are enough to win the Golden Ball Award and the World Footballer." ”

This is the sixth time Zhang Shujie has won the Ballon d'Or, and the fifth time he has won the World Footballer of the Year award (another version is that the World Footballer of the Year is also six times, and in 2013 he won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which actually includes the World Footballer of the Year), and the Milan No.9 has also become the person who has won the most honors in the world. At the award ceremony, Zhang Shujie said: "Thank you for your support to me, I am 32 years old, I don't know if I will have the opportunity to stand here in the future." However, with even 1% hope, I will not give up the pursuit of this award. ”

For a striker, the age of 32 years old is already a bit too old, and Zhang Shujie can win this award at this age, which must become a good story for a direct team in the long future. But as he said, as he gets older, he doesn't know if he will be able to win these two awards in the future, but he will not give up easily.

In the winter transfer market, all the giants are constantly strengthening themselves, AC Milan is also observing the situation in the transfer market, and there are also many players and Milan have some rumors, such as Real Madrid's Vazquez, it is rumored that Real Madrid wants to sell the 33-year-old veteran, and the price will not be very expensive. Vázquez is a very useful player, not a superstar, but he is also a top player, and many teams are willing to recruit him as a rotation substitute if Real Madrid do sell him.

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