On October 1, AC Milan met Roma in the seventh round of Serie A. The Roma team was no longer Totti and De Rossi became the captain of the team. It's really not easy to talk about De Rossi, who has been a deputy team for so many years, and finally "turned positive" this year.

The top two teams in this round will face Cagliari and Atalanta respectively, and with Napoli and Juventus, it should be a no-brainer to take all three points. Then for AC Milan, the pressure is greater. The media believes that these three teams are the first group in the Serie A title race, and in this first group, AC Milan's opponents are the strongest. Thankfully, Milan are playing at home, and the tens of thousands of fans in the San Siro South Stand will be their 12th.

Roma striker El Shaarawy is a player who has attracted more attention, and everyone knows that El Shaarawy has Milan in mind, but he can't go back. He has publicly stated that he will not celebrate if he can break through the gates of Milan. In fact, he beat AC Milan last year and he didn't celebrate.

Coincidentally, in today's first meeting between the two teams of the season, El Shaarawy once again knocked on Donnarumma's fingers to give Roma a 1-0 lead away to AC Milan.

'Roma scored first at the San Siro and it was former AC Milan player El Shaarawy who contributed to the team. He just waved to the stands after scoring and didn't celebrate, which was the same he had expressed before the game. ”

The Roma players surrounded him, looking even more excited than El Shaarawy, who had no expression on his face and slowly walked back to half-time after waving to the goal.

With the goal in the 24th minute, it was no surprise that Roma were able to score first, as they were not an underdog in Serie A. However, it wouldn't be too surprising if AC Milan could equalise before half-time.

This time, the person who stood up was Zhang Shujie again. In the 37th minute, Yan Tao inserted from the middle to the right, and after receiving Silva's ball, he crossed in front of the goal, Zhang Shujie grabbed a cushion with his left foot before everyone, and the ball drilled into the lower right corner of the goal, and the score became 1:1!

'Zhang Shujie equalised for AC Milan and he has scored in three games in a row, which is normal for a striker like him. ”

Zhang Shujie has scored seven league goals, Dybala has not scored in this round, or the previous eight, Zhang Shujie and his goals have narrowed down to one.

The two sides were tied in the first half, and in the second half, AC Milan significantly increased their attacking speed, almost suppressing Roma the whole way. In the 74th minute, Calhanoglu crossed, Xu Ziyi scored his second league goal of the season with a header in the penalty area, and seven minutes later, it was Xu Ziyi who made a wonderful long-range shot outside the penalty area to lock the score at 3:1!

Xu Ziyi, who scored two goals in the game, was named Man of the Match, and in his fifth league game for Milan, he scored three goals and provided two assists. It must be admitted that Xu Ziyi's 80 million is completely the price of buying cabbage in today's transfer market, and other giants are really envious when they see AC Milan introducing such a world-class midfielder so cheaply.

After this round, Xu Ziyi's limelight even overshadowed Zhang Shujie. However, in the eighth round of the game with Inter Milan, Zhang Shujie "stole" the limelight that should have belonged to him.

In the eighth round of Serie A, AC Milan is away to challenge Inter Milan, because the two teams are still sharing the same stadium, so this home and away are not so carefully divided, anyway, for the venue, both sides are very adaptable.

Many Milan players were playing in the Milan derby for the first time, and it was naturally the first time they felt the atmosphere of such a game, and some young players were a little uncomfortable in the face of the boos and even insults from the home fans. But there is one exception, he is Xu Ziyi.

Among the players who only joined Milan this summer, Xu Ziyi is the only one who plays normally, this kind of city derby, he has experienced many times in the Premier League, whether it is the "London derby" between Arsenal and Chelsea, or the "Manchester derby" between Manchester United and Manchester City, the excitement is no less than the battle between Milan.

So Xu Ziyi can also stabilize her mood. He didn't make any big mistakes in the game, and his seamless cooperation with Chen Zihua almost dominated the entire midfield. Of course, the biggest hero of this game is not him, nor Chen Zihua, but Zhang Shujie.

At the 66th minute of the second half, the "Twins" played the ball to the front court with a delicate pass in the middle, Suso distributed the ball to Zhang Shujie, Zhang Shujie shook Valero, Juan and Miranda three times lightly passed, and the left-footed volley, the ball passed through Handanovic's hands and hit the net.

1:0!AC Milan leads away!Zhang Shujie completes the eighth goal of the league!Temporarily tied with Dybala for the top scorer!

"Zhang Shujie's recent form has been really good, scoring in consecutive games, scoring five goals in four games. He had two league games before without scoring and now it looks like he's going to make up for all the goals he didn't score in those two rounds!"

The Milan fans at the scene were very happy, they shouted Zhang Shujie's name, and Zhang Shujie stood in front of the stands, listening to the shouts of the fans. He likes it, and it's more real than the media praise.

His goal was also the only one of the game as the Rossoneri secured a narrow win away at Inter Milan to secure a derby in the city. Juventus, on the other side, came out on top, with Dybala's two giving the Bianconeri three points to a visiting Lazio and putting themselves in the top scorer with 10 league goals.

Napoli were not so lucky, as De Rossi's goal helped Roma win at the Stadio Olimpic, and worse, he lost the top spot in the table, and due to goal difference, Napoli not only finished behind Juventus, but also one place less than AC Milan and finished third in the table.

"Milan Sport" lamented: "The situation of winning the Serie A title has been more and more difficult in the past few years, and any one of the three teams in the first group will lose the top spot in the standings if they miss the slightest mistake." Of course, this is also a scene we are willing to see, only in this way will the Serie A be more exciting, and it is more likely that Serie A will return to its heyday in the nineties. ”

In addition to the standings, the scorer list is also an undercurrent. Dybala topped the list with 10 goals in the first eight rounds, while Zhang and Immobile were tied for second with eight goals, but Immobile had two penalties and Zhang scored all of them, while Mersten scored seven goals and finished third. If you compare the two lists, it is not difficult to find that the top three teams in the standings are also ranked in the top three scorers! This also reflects from the side how important it is for a team to achieve good results.

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