Dybala gave an interview to the media, and he bluntly said: "Zhang Shujie is a very great striker, but it is still too early to think that he will win the Serie A Golden Boot now. The implication is that he actually has a chance to be the top scorer.

It's no surprise that Dybala is on the look, as he will turn 25 this year, but he has yet to win the top scorer in any major competition, not in the league or in the Champions League, and his highest league goal tally came in the 2015/2016 season, when he scored 19 goals in 34 games, and since then Dybala's name has been known all over Serie A.

However, as a striker, of course, he is more eager to wear the Golden Boot, if it were three years ago, he would have won the top scorer with the current efficiency of 22 goals in 22 games, but unfortunately he met Zhang Shujie. If he can beat Zhang Shujie to win the Serie A Golden Boot Award, then this award can give more meaning. It's just that Zhang Shujie is not so easy to beat.

On January 31, AC Milan faced Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia, and Zhang Shujie came off the bench to score a goal to help the team beat Sassuolo 2-0. The goal, while adding one to his tally total for the season, will not be counted in his league goals. But it doesn't matter, in three days' time, AC Milan travel to Udinese, and Zhang Shujie will most likely continue to increase his league tally.

Udinese is temporarily ranked seventh this season, and from the point of view of the ranking, it is considered a team in the upper middle reaches of Serie A, so many media believe that in the case of Udinese's full main force, it will not be easy for AC Milan to win against them.

The opinion of the media is just a personal opinion, at least the AC Milan team did not feel too much pressure for this game. Udinese is all the main team, isn't AC Milan all the main team?

Udinese put up a defensive formation in the game, and Inzaghi knew they were trying to play counter-attacks as soon as they saw their posture. Nowadays, many teams defend first against AC Milan, wait for Milan to press all the way, and then look at the backfield space to steal one.

Since Udinese wanted to shrink down first, then Inzaghi did as they wished, and the defense allowed the players to attack. His aim was simple but complex: to keep Udinese at bay in the second half and to counter-attack on the spot if the ball was broken.

AC Milan is not short of people who can fight and grab, the twins in the midfield, Yan Tao in the backfield, Romagnoli, Bonucci and others, including striker Silva can grab, obviously, Udinese's sneak attack is not very successful, this game is mainly attack-oriented AC Milan did leave some space in the backfield, but Udinese did not get a real chance.

"We can see that Udinese was really suppressed by AC Milan throughout the whole process, they rarely even had the opportunity to play the ball to the half, and they were able to hit the ball with a long pass and hang the way, but there was no one in front of them, and the ball was also obtained by AC Milan players. ”

The so-called long pass rush, Udinese tried a few times, but the striker returned to his own half, and the pass only gave the ball to AC Milan, and even Donnarumma could boldly run out of the penalty area to receive the ball. Faced with this situation, Udinese had no choice but to shrink the formation in the backfield and play defense with peace of mind. But this time it also caused dissatisfaction among the home fans.

They booed the home team from the stands, but Udinese couldn't help it, knowing full well that once they got out, there was only one way out.

"Before the game, AC Milan may not play too easily, but judging from the scene of the game, they really have the advantage, Udinese does not even have the power to fight back, although Milan has not scored yet, but if it continues to play like this, it will be a matter of time before it is scored. ”

With 74% possession and seven shots on goal in the first 30 minutes, Udinese had only one, Milan had the absolute upper hand, and all Milan fans waited for the team to score, but it was not until the 37th minute that AC Milan's goal came belatedly.

Bonucci played the ball, Chen Zihua was assigned to the right side, Conte faced the dense crowd of Udinese and crossed directly, Zhang Shujie jumped high in the middle of the crowd, grabbed the header before everyone, knocked on the city of Udinese, AC Milan led 1:0 away.

"AC Milan played almost half time, a dozen shots in total, and finally scored first. On the pitch, it was no surprise that AC Milan scored first, with Udinese having almost no chances the whole time. And AC Milan's number one star Zhang Shujie has scored in the eighteenth consecutive league game, and he and Messi's consecutive goal record is only three games apart, which is very close to breaking this record. ”

It was Zhang's 31st league goal of the season and shook Dybala away by nine. It was also the only goal of the first half, and AC Milan had to wait until the second half if they wanted to extend their advantage or Udinese wanted to get back into the scoreline.

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In the press booth, Chen Hui checked the number of goals scored by Zhang Shujie in various competitions this season, 31 in the league, 10 in the Champions League, two in the Club World Cup, one each in the European Super Cup, the Italian Super Cup and the Italian Cup, and the total number of goals reached an astonishing 44! The season has not yet passed sixty percent, and he has scored so many goals, and if he continues like this, it will not be a problem for him to break last season's personal single-season goal record of 66 goals, and it is even possible to break Messi's single-season record of 73 goals in the 2011/2012 season.

Chen Hui remembered another statistic: the goal of the year. At present, Messi's 91 goals are the world record recognized by FIFA, and Zhang Shujie's personal record is last year, he scored a total of 72 goals throughout the year, although there is a difference of 19 with Messi, but his data is the closest.

Secondly, it is very difficult for Zhang Shujie to break Messi's record, and he himself did not deliberately think about this aspect, if he is lucky, it is not bad to really break it, even if he can't break it, as long as the team can win the championship, it is more important than anything else.

The second half of the game is about to begin, the players on both sides have walked out of the player tunnel, Zhang Shujie was the first to come out of the players, since he became the captain, not only standing in the first queue before the start of the game, even if it is the end of the halftime, he is used to walking out of the player tunnel first and entering the court.

The warm-up substitutes on the field also walked back to the bench one after another with the entry of the main players. Zhang Shujie stood outside the center circle and waited for Udinese's kick-off.

(End of chapter)