AC Milan will play the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 next up, where they will host Borussia Dortmund. Since AC Milan defeated their opponents 3-0 away in the first leg, as long as there are no big surprises in the second leg, Milan will not have a problem in qualifying.

Before this, Zhang Shujie himself got a good news, that is, he and Wang Shihan's child was born, and Zhang Shujie also announced this information on his social platform for the first time. He said simply: "Mother and son are safe." "It seems that Wang Shihan is a big fat boy for Zhang Shujiesheng.

In this way, this match with Dortmund is very meaningful for Zhang Shujie, even if Milan's probability of promotion is more than ninety, but for Zhang Shujie personally, he needs to add another one to his goal account.

So after the start of the game, all his teammates in Milan were making the ball for him, and in the first half alone, he got five shots on goal alone, one of which was only four yards from the goal, but this time the shot was missed by Zhang Shujie. The commentators all said: "Maybe Zhang Shujie is too anxious, he wants to celebrate the birth of his child with a goal." ”

In the first half, the two sides fought 0:0, and in the second half, his teammates were still working tirelessly to help him, also because Milan led 3:0 on aggregate, otherwise no one would dare to play like this.

It wasn't until the 69th minute that Zhang Shujie finally broke the deadlock with his seventh shot of the game, after he scored, he did not celebrate with a heartbeat as usual, but ran to the sidelines and made a lullaby, and then Chen Zihua and several other players stepped forward and cooperated with him to make this action.

"Zhang Shujie finally scored. He dedicated this very meaningful goal to his own child, and I think we should congratulate Zhang Shujie. ”

Soon after, Zhang Shujie was replaced by Inzaghi, and AC Milan also defeated Dortmund 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4-0.

After the game, Zhang Shujie thanked his teammates, saying: "I think we can win this by a bigger score, but many teammates still pass the ball to me when they can hit the goal. Maybe I disappointed them a little bit because they created a couple of chances for me and I only took one of them. Luckily, we made it to the quarter-finals, and that's the most important thing. ”

In his words, he didn't talk about his newborn child, these media have dealt with Zhang Shujie for so many years, and he also knows his character, he didn't want his son to be surrounded by the media, so he didn't ask.

Milan's opponents in the quarter-finals are Manchester United, the first time the two teams have met in the Champions League since 2009. The team's two head coaches, Inzaghi and Mourinho, are also somewhat related, although the two have never been with the same team again, but in Inzaghi's playing days, Mourinho admired him very much, and the two also took over the friendship for this.

It's just that now the two are gathering together this time is not as simple as sitting in a café drinking tea, whether it is Inzaghi or Mourinho, they both want to defeat their opponents and advance to the semi-finals. Manchester United have been inconsistent since Alex Ferguson's retirement, and it took a long time for the Reds to be where they are before Jose Mourinho's arrival. Manchester United are currently top of the league table, one point above second-placed Chelsea and three points above third-placed Manchester City, and the situation is not very clear. The Champions League met the powerful AC Milan again, and it was a bit of a headache to come to Mourinho.

AC Milan's situation is no better, they will have to keep an eye on Juventus in the league and they will be hoping to get their hands on the Coppa Italia. In the next three league games, AC Milan won two and drew one, while Juventus won three in a row, leaving the Rossoneri with a narrow one-point advantage at the top of the table.

In the Coppa Italia, AC Milan also lost 0:1 to Empoli, but fortunately they won 3:0 in the first round, so AC Milan also advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 3:1. The final won't start until the end of May, which also allows AC Milan to take a breather and devote all their energy to the league and the Champions League.

On April 11, in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, AC Milan hosted Manchester United. The media must have been more optimistic about Milan before the game, in fact, any team will be more optimistic about AC Milan when they play against AC Milan, home or away.

Both sides played the strongest side of the game, but AC Milan were still a little weak on the left, especially after Borini's injury, and Inzaghi was considering whether to use Calabria or Rodriguez. After some hesitation, Inzaghi chose to use Calabria.

The key figure of Manchester United is undoubtedly Pogba, who was once in Serie A, Pogba and Zhang Shujie were not only teammates, but also opponents. At the beginning, Pogba and Zhang Shujie were both one of the rising stars in the future, but now that many years have passed, Zhang Shujie's fame and influence far exceed Pogba.

Originally, Inzaghi was going to use his best defense to counterattack, but unexpectedly, Manchester United set up a bus at the beginning. This is also Mourinho's style, he doesn't care if the game is good or not, he only cares about the result. According to his intentions, even if he can play 0-0 away from AC Milan, he is completely acceptable.

But Inzaghi can't accept that this is at the San Siro and AC Milan must win and have at least two clean sheets. Now that Mourinho has put on a defensive position, Inzaghi also agrees with him, changing from "anti-counter" to active attack.

There was an obvious trend of one attack and one defense on the field, AC Milan attacked the goal led by Zhang Shujie, and continued to bombard indiscriminately, and Manchester United's bus tactics did work, Milan attacked for a long time, but failed to score. United, on the other hand, had few attacking chances due to their dedication to defence, with just three shots on goal in the first 45 minutes, compared to AC Milan's 11.

Chen Hui frowned and typed on his notebook: "It must be explained that Mourinho's style of play is a bit ugly, which is detrimental to the beauty of football. But football is not a process-oriented game, it's about results, and even if Manchester United play in an ugly way, as long as they get a result that they can accept, they are satisfied. ”

At the start of the second half, Manchester United did not change anything, still waiting for Milan's attacking line with a big bus. In the first fifteen minutes, AC Milan had four shots on goal and Manchester United did not have one. Inzaghi was a little anxious on the sidelines, and if he couldn't score yet, the second leg would be away from home, which would be a bit unfavorable for AC Milan.

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