Milanello training base. It's been two days since AC Milan lost to Lazio, and the players haven't been thinking about it all the time, the league is still very long, and it's normal to meet a game, Inzaghi has done a lot of mental work for these new players, and I believe that soon they will be able to develop cohesion.

Xu Ziyi and Chen Zihua are doing passing and receiving exercises with each other, Zhang Shujie and Kalinic are also doing simple header relays, and the other team members are also training separately. The content is very simple, it is all free training, there are no techniques and tactics, and generally speaking, Inzaghi will not arrange technical and tactical exercises in the morning.

The whole team is still very harmonious, although many players in this team need to compete for posts, but under the suppression of several bigwigs, it is not so easy to break out conflicts. Besides, at the beginning of the season, it is not certain who is a donkey or who is a horse.

Kalinic nodded his head to Zhang Shujie, who flicked his head and headed into the goal guarded by Donnarumma. Donnarumma sat down with a smile and spread his hands at Zhang Shujie: "I said that I wouldn't attack the door, but you attacked the door again." ”

Zhang Shujie smiled: "I'm used to it, when I get to the goal, I only have the goal in my eyes." ”

Donnarumma shook his head and was about to stand up, when he saw another ball flying in the distance, and by the time he reacted, the ball had already gone into the net.

Xu Ziyi stood outside the forbidden area with her hands on her hips, looked at Donnarumma with a stunned face, and laughed. Donnarumma, for his part, sighed, fished the ball out of the goal and threw it out.

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On September 13, the group stage of the new season of the Champions League began. From this season, there will be a new system for the grouping of the Champions League, with the seeded teams to be the Champions League winners and league winners of last season, and there will be eight teams, with Milan being placed in Group D as the double winners of the league and Champions League, along with Sporting Lisbon, Olympiacos and Barcelona.

AC Milan's biggest rival is Barcelona. Some media believe that Milan and Barcelona should join hands in Group D. Chelsea's Li Mu will face Juventus' Huang Yu and Zhao Wenkang, and Manchester City's Ma Junqiang and Liang Xiran will meet Atletico Madrid's Tang Ling.

AC Milan's first opponent is Barcelona, and it is still playing away, although you are the defending champion, but this does not mean that AC Milan will be able to defeat Barcelona 100%, how to say that Barcelona is also one of the strongest teams today, even if Neymar is gone, but there are also Dembele, Paulinho and other stars, plus Messi, the king of the same weight as Zhang Shujie, this is definitely a "battle of the king of the mountain".

Inzaghi was careful with the game, as was Barcelona's new boss Ernesto Valverde, both of whom knew what the other was strong about, regardless of their carelessness. Inzaghi wants to continue to lead Milan to more glory, while Barcelona, who lost the league and the Champions League last season, will want to regain their own country, but they didn't expect to meet AC Milan in the first round.

As a result, the title of "AC Milan vs Barcelona, Zhang Shujie vs Messi" also appeared on the front pages of major media, although Zhang Shujie is not the first time to compete with Messi, but when such a superstar fights, it can still awaken everyone's adrenaline.

Barcelona fielded the strongest formation, with 433, goalkeeper Ter Stegen, defenders Pique, Umtiti, Mascherano and Semedo, midfielders Rakitic, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets, and forwards Lionel Messi, Dembele and Deulofeu. Suarez was unavailable due to injury.

AC Milan also has a strong lineup, with a formation of 352, goalkeeper Donnarumma, defenders Romagnoli, Yan Tao, Bonucci, midfielders Rodriguez, Kessie, Xu Ziyi, Chen Zihua and Conte; Milan is the strongest lineup for the time being, because the real strength of many new signings is still to be verified.

In this game, Deulofeu faced his old master, and shook hands with many old teammates in the players' tunnel, including Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua and Yan Tao, even if he met new and unfamiliar players, he greeted them one by one.

Regardless of which team he plays for now, he will eventually make a name for himself at AC Milan and he may not be able to return to Barcelona if the Rossoneri give him a stage.

After the start of the game, Barcelona relied on their home stadium and launched a flood of attacks, while AC Milan was mainly defensive. AC Milan did not take the initiative on the field, which is very similar to Real Madrid today, but if AC Milan felt that they would only be beaten because of the passivity of the game, then the attacking side may be in trouble.

In the fourteenth minute of the game, Xu Ziyi broke the ball from Rakitic's feet in the middle, and used a beautiful turn to pull the ball over, passing Busquets lightly, the whole process was very smooth, Busquets didn't react yet, and even the on-site commentator couldn't help but applaud Xu Ziyi.

"Xu Ziyi's extraordinary action is so beautiful, this is his ability, he can hold the ball, control the ball, and stabilize the ball!"

After passing Xu Ziyi, he stuffed Conte on the side, and Conte passed Chen Zihua diagonally, Chen Zihua unloaded the ball with his left foot while running, buckled with his right foot, buckled Iniesta, and then flicked the ball with his right foot and dialed Umtiti.

"Chen Zihua also came to perform, it was really an easy breakthrough, these two midfielders in Milan are too strong!"

Chen Zihua gave the ball to Rodriguez on the side, Rodriguez glanced at the penalty area, Silva ran to open Barcelona's defense, Rodriguez passed directly from the side to the back of the penalty area, Zhang Shujie ran to the front of the ball, at this time the ball was a little high, seeing that the ball was about to fly in front of him, Zhang Shujie sprinted into the air together, his body was parallel to the ground, stretched his right leg, and the whole person slid several meters in the air, padding the ball into the net!

1:0! Zhang Shujie takes the lead for AC Milan away!

It was Zhang Shujie's first Champions League goal of the season, and if you count the goals in the UEFA Super Cup and the Italian Super Cup, he is the team's top scorer with seven goals.

Zhang Shujie ran to celebrate, and the goal was exactly what AC Milan had on the counter-attack. After last season's great success, the Rossoneri's counter-offensive has become more and more sharp, often only a few simple passes can tear apart the opponent's defense, just like this goal, starting from Xu Ziyi, through Chen Zihua, Conte, Rodriguez, and then Zhang Shujie to score the ball, a total of only four passes.

This is AC Milan, in the midst of a tight defense, finding an efficient counter-attack. Follow last season's "three-board axe" style of attack, take advantage of the opponent's full attack and the defense line is not stable, and break the opponent's city in a very short time!

(End of chapter)