"Zhang Shujie scored the third goal of the game and scored a hat-trick to help AC Milan beat Udinese 3-0! It was his thirteenth Serie A goal of the season! It was also his 500th goal for AC Milan!

After the goal, Zhang Shujie was still in front of the South Stand, looking at the Milan fans and kissing the team emblem on his chest. Fans chanted his name again, and Ms. Wang stood in the VIP room, smiling and applauding her husband.

When Udinese kicked off in the centre circle, Milan finished fourth in the league by one point above Roma in the table and qualified for next season's Champions League. It's something to celebrate, AC Milan have had a difficult season, but they have not missed out on next season's Champions League. However, in this joy, there is inevitably a trace of bitterness.

Because, Zhang Shujie officially retired after the game!

He stood in the middle circle for a while, as if he was a little attached to this green field. At this time, his teammates and opponents came forward to shake hands, the head coaches of both teams also walked up to shake hands with him, and the referee team also came. Throughout the process, Zhang Shujie maintained a polite smile.

On the LCD screen outside the field, a few lines of big words suddenly appeared: On May 28, 2028, in the 38th round of Serie A, AC Milan 3:0 Udinese, in the 93rd minute, Zhang Shujie retired.

The fans in the stands held up his large poster with a line printed underneath it: You are the greatest star in the world, you are the eternal legend of AC Milan, we will always love you and never forget you!

Zhang Shujie looked at the stands, and he saw that the entire audience, whether it was Milan fans or Udinese fans, was holding his poster and acting in unison, which was obviously an organized move. At the same time, the big screen began to show pictures of his career goals.

Starting with Parma, then to Juventus, then to Bayern Munich and finally to AC Milan, there are also goals for the national team in between. Not only that, but there are also pictures on the screen such as him winning the Golden Globe Award.

The player who was so excited to score the first goal of his career that he almost ran off the wrong bench, the player who burst into tears when he first stood on the podium of the Ballon d'Or, and the player who was so excited that he was incoherent when he helped the Chinese team reach the World Cup, has now written his name into the history of world football forever.

Zhang Shujie looked at these video contents and felt very moved. He once told himself that he must treat his retirement calmly and not have too many emotional factors. However, now he could no longer hold back his tears, and his eyes gradually became blurred.

He suddenly remembered that when he was a student, Wang Shihan told him that football players are half strong and half fragile, strong because they are not afraid of injury on the field, and fragile is that they can't accept the moment when they retire. It's just that no one can stay on the pitch forever, and no matter who they are, there will be a day when they quit.

"We can see that everyone is very reluctant to Zhang Shujie. Indeed, as the greatest player in football today, his departure is not only a loss for AC Milan, but also for world football. Since then, we have never seen him on the football pitch again, we have not seen him scoring. ”

Mbappe hugged for a long time, and then players such as Donnarumma and Locatelli also came up to hug him. Mbappe said: "I really don't want you to leave, but I know that no one can change your decision. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Shujie wiped his tears and showed an embarrassed smile. Why didn't he want to stay? But his physical condition and the recent frequent injuries made it difficult for him to continue to persevere.

Wang Shihan looked at him, tears flowing quietly. Over the years, she has been accompanying Zhang Shujie in the football world, and once she also thought that when Zhang Shujie retired, she would have a lot of time with her. However, when she saw that Zhang Shujie really hung up her boots, why did she feel very uncomfortable?

Zhang Shujie slowly walked off the court, and the fans in the stands were almost crazy, they shouted his name, desperately hoping that he could stay. But at this moment, Zhang Shujie was very resolute, and he walked to the locker room without looking back.

In the press gallery, Chen Hui looked at his disappearing figure, and his teary eyes became a little hazy. Since Zhang Shuming's debut, Chen Hui has been tracking and reporting everything about him, and it can be said that Chen Hui has watched him grow from a nobody to a superstar. Now, Zhang Shujie has retired, and Chen Hui's nineteen-year European travel career has also ended. In a few days, he was about to return to China, and the headquarters of Sports Weekly offered him a new position, but Chen Hui was not too interested.

No one knows what happened in AC Milan's dressing room, only that Zhang Shujie drove home with his belongings in the end. As for whether he will stay in Italy for a long time or return to China in the future, according to his concept of family, he will definitely return to China with Wang Shihan.

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At 22:00 Beijing time on May 28, 2028, AC Milan defeated Udinese 3-0 in the final round of Serie A and successfully advanced to next season's Champions League. Immediately, the great striker announced his retirement!"

This is the report of "Sports Express" the next day, and today, the main news of "Sports Express" is Zhang Shujie. Because in the entire sports world, there is nothing more important than Zhang Shujie's retirement.

The outside world is also talking about Zhang Shujie's hanging boots, and "Milan Sports News" said: "His retirement not only represents him personally, but also has a great impact on AC Milan, Italian football, Chinese and even the world." Because, he ended not his own career, but an era!"

ESPN said: "Now, let's officially say 'goodbye' to the world's greatest striker!"

"Perhaps this is a very wise decision, but we have to admit that there is a giant missing from world football!"

Inzaghi said: "I'm very uncomfortable, even though I guessed last year that he might retire this year, but I can't accept that. All I can say is that I am grateful to him, without him I would not have been able to lead the team to win so many titles. Milan will always remember him! The world will always remember him!"

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also said: "From now on, the overall level of world football will drop a notch!"

Mbappe said: "It's an indescribable feeling, when I first came to Milan he helped me a lot, in my opinion he is the best player, there is no one. It's just that now this best player has left us. ”

Locatelli said: "Without Zhang Shujie, Milan would not have achieved what they are now, thank him from the bottom of my heart, and I wish him well, he is a giant and we can succeed because of his shoulders. ”

The official website of AC Milan also said: "Zhang Shujie, thank you for your thirteen years in Milan, you are our eternal pride, you are a legendary story that we can never erase, we sincerely hope that you can be happy in the future." We also hope that one day someone will be able to carry the responsibility of your number nine jersey, and we will seal your number nine jersey before that day comes!"

Other football celebrities also blessed Zhang Shujie, and his friends Li Mu, Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi, Yan Tao, Ma Junqiang, etc. all expressed their opinions, and spoke very highly of his career. Even Li Mu hopes that he can come back and come to the United States to play for a year or two.

Of course, of all these evaluations, only FIFA is the most powerful. On the official website of FIFA, such an announcement was directly updated: Shujie Zhang!King of the football!

Zhang Shujie, the king of football!

At the moment of Zhang Shujie's retirement, FIFA finally gave him the final definition: the king of the ball! This also made Zhang Shujie's career come to a perfect end!

The story will soon be over, and a new one is expected to be released next Friday night.

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