"Now the score is 2:1 and Arsenal are leading at home. Are Manchester City going to slow down their title race like Chelsea have done, or do they want to make the suspense of the Premier League title a little bigger?"

The live announcer was just a joke and City will certainly want to secure the title as soon as possible. In the remaining ten minutes, he strengthened the team's attack, Yaya Toure, Jesus and other players were sent on by Pep Guardiola. However, the person who decided the final outcome was not anyone on the bench, but Xu Ziyi.

In the eighty-eighth minute of the game, Xu Ziyi broke out of the encirclement on the left side of the encirclement of Merstafi, Bellerin, and Koscielny, and burst into the penalty area with the ball, before Xhaka stepped forward to fill the position, Xu Ziyi skillfully distributed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, the ball bypassed Ospina, and reached the far post, Aguero appeared in this position, and easily hit the ball into the empty goal with his left foot, 2:2! Manchester City finally equalized at the last moment!

Sergio Aguero's goal was the last goal of the game, and although it was his goal that secured a point for Manchester City on the road, Xu Ziyi had at least half of the credit, and his breakthrough on the wing was so brilliant that the three of them could rush out of the encirclement and assist his teammates to score. This is the strength of a top-class midfielder! Even the commentator said: "Maybe Manchester City will have to consider a salary increase for Xu Ziyi after the season." ”

Although Xu Ziyi's annual salary at Manchester City has reached 8.5 million pounds, once other teams grab people, Manchester City will not be able to retain him if he does not raise his salary.

Manchester City, who have struggled to pick up a point away from home, have left Chelsea three points clear of the table and will face each other head-to-head in the next round, which could well determine the final title of the season.

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2 April, Milanello training base.

The training has not officially started, but most of the players have gathered in the gym, and Zhang Shujie is naturally in it, and he is the first to arrive in the team.

Since he was going to play with Pescara in the evening, or playing away from home, Zhang Shujie also practiced less and less intensely in today's fitness training than before, the purpose of this is not to let himself consume too much physical energy, he just needs to be active enough. So today he finished his training at the gym early and went to the locker room to change his clothes.

The other players who came a little later were still practicing, but they didn't work very hard. Zhang Shujie entered the locker room and found that there was another person in the locker room besides him.

Locatelli.

As Italy's hope for the future, the young Locatelli has not yet been selected for the Italian national team, and in fact the head coach Ventura is still watching him, after all, he is too young to actually play for the Milan first team until this season, and he is not yet a regular player.

"Manuel, did you finish practicing so early?" Zhang Shujie asked.

Locatelli looked at him and said with a smile: "It's going to be early today, my shoes are broken, and I'm going to change them." As he spoke, Locatelli sat down in his seat and bowed his head to change his shoes.

Zhang Shujie wiped the sweat on his body and suddenly said, "Manuel, do you have any opinions on our team's performance this season?"

Locatelli was obviously stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhang Shujie to ask him like this, but since the boss asked, the younger brother naturally had to answer.

He said: "It's not much different from what I expected." ”

"Oh, really? So at the beginning of the season you thought that we were two thirds of the way through the league and still be at the top of the table?"

"I didn't think about it that way, but I think it's not an accident that we can be in first place. Last season we didn't have as strong a squad as we are now, didn't it force Juventus to the final round to confirm the league title? This season we are stronger, Chen Zihua, Suso, Deulofeu, there are so many strong reinforcements, so I think it is normal for us to lead the standings, although for the time being, it is only by goal difference. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled and nodded. Locatelli is right, if you compare it to last season, what is happening at AC Milan at the moment is normal.

I only heard Locatelli say again: "If you really want to say that there is a fly in the ointment......" He paused before saying: "Probably I failed to play the main force." ”

Zhang Shujie laughed: "You are only nineteen years old, and you can get relatively stable playing time in AC Milan, even if it is just a substitute, it is already rare." ”

"Zhang, you know what? I hope that one day, I can become an all-round midfielder like Chen Zihua. His attack, his playmaking, his scheduling, his tandem, his defence, he was almost a perfect midfielder, and it would be nice if I could do that as well. ”

Zhang Shujie did not speak. He suddenly sounded the words that Deulofeu said to him not long ago, as a striker, Deulofeu hopes to become a striker like Zhang Shujie, and now, as a midfielder, Locatelli hopes to become a midfielder like Chen Zihua.

Isn't it true that every young player has a template for his position, and does he want to play according to this template?

Zhang Shujie walked up to Locatelli, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Manuel, you don't have to deliberately imitate anyone, what you have to do is yourself." Everyone in this world is different, and so are the players, who do you think I look like? Who does Chen Zihua look like? Even if you rack your brains, you can't figure it out, because we don't imitate anyone, we all play according to our own style. It is only after you have done your best to be yourself that you realize that everyone is unique. ”

Locatelli listened to him and didn't have any intentions, but just asked, "You mean, I can play as much as I want?"

"As long as you don't overstep the manager's tactical plan. Your current style of play is not yet set, and if you deliberately imitate someone, it may not be good for your future development, because you don't know if the way you imitate the other person's play is suitable for you. So being yourself is the right choice. ”

Locatelli understood the meaning of Zhang Shujie's words, and said, "I see, I know, thank you, Zhang." ”

"You're welcome. Remember, you are Manuel Locatelli, you were, you are, you are, you are, you are, you are not a copy of anyone. ”

Without waiting for Locatelli to speak, Zhang Shujie stood up and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it for now, your shoes should also be changed, I have to go take a shower, and I was sweating." This morning's training should be relatively simple, and later in the day, we will be ready to play Pescara. ”

(End of chapter)