Chapter 670: Nodal's Record

If it were last season, Mane would never believe that the club would really dare to hide himself, after all, AC Milan at that time was not only seriously lacking in forward strength, but also very financially constrained.

Even if he publicly expresses his dissatisfaction with the media, perhaps the club will have to force the manager to use him, after all, even if he does sell himself, he must rely on dazzling data to maximize the recovery of transfer funds.

However, El Shaarawy's brilliant performance of scoring three goals in two league games finally made Mane completely panicked.

Today's AC Milan not only has the world's top striker like Feng Quan, but even El Shaarawy, who has been injured for more than two seasons, has also shown a trend of returning to his top form.

Coupled with the young player Niang, who has performed well on several substitute appearances, Mane, who was the team's top scorer last season, has been reduced to the point of the team's "fifth" striker selection.

Although the sale of Mane could at least return millions of euros for a transfer fee, AC Milan, who are no longer short of money, no longer care about this small amount of money.

Mane believes that if he is not forgiven by the club, he is likely to face a miserable situation of not playing for a season.

So, the day after AC Milan's home win over Chievo, Mane asked his agent to contact the local media in Milan to apologize for the negative impact his previous inappropriate remarks had caused the club.

At the same time, Mene also said that no matter what arrangements Mihajlovic makes in the future, he will obey unconditionally.

After Mane publicly apologized, Mihajlovic stopped his suspension at the behest of the club, saying in an interview: "As long as Mane is in the right form to meet his requirements, he will regain the opportunity to play." ”

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With a hat-trick against Palermo, Higuain has already helped Napoli to nine goals in the 10 league games that have ended. You know, the Argentine had only scored 18 league goals in the whole season before.

If he were to play in another league, Higuain's performance would definitely be regarded by the media as the top favorite for the league's Golden Boot, and he was even expected to become a strong contender for the "European Golden Boot".

Unfortunately, Higuain's performance of one goal per game (9 appearances in the first 10 rounds) only attracted the attention of a few local Napoli media outlets, while well-known Italian media such as "Milan Sport" and "Torino Sport" only used a small space to report on his wonderful performance.

If it were changed to previous years, Higuain's excellent performance is likely to occupy the front page position of major Italian media in a row, but in the case of Feng Quan's strong landing in Serie A and scoring 14 goals in 7 appearances, well-known media such as "Milan Sports Newspaper" and "Rome Sports Newspaper" will naturally use a lot of space to report Feng Quan's "great achievements".

In particular, "Milan Sport", which is regarded as the mouthpiece of AC Milan, asserted that Feng Quan would easily win the Serie A Golden Boot with less than a third of the season's matches, and would also break the 66-year-old record of 35 Serie A goals in a single season held by AC Milan legend Gunnar Nodal.

Although "Roma Sport" and "Torino Sport", which are also "Italy's three major sports media", also listed Feng Quan as the number one candidate for the Serie A Golden Boot, they did not agree with the view of "Milan Sports Newspaper" that "Feng Quan will break Nodal's record of 35 goals in a single season".

In the eyes of their two media, although Feng Quan is worthy of the name of the first person in Serie A, and the number of goals exceeded the 50 mark in two consecutive seasons when he played for Atletico Madrid, it is difficult for him to continue such crazy statistics in Serie A, which is more defensive.

First of all, AC Milan's current squad configuration is still quite different from that of Atletico Madrid, so the support that Feng Quan can get is obviously not as good as in the previous two seasons.

Secondly, as the season progresses, as other teams become familiar with his technical characteristics, and then make targeted defensive arrangements, his goal scoring efficiency will drop significantly as the defensive pressure increases.

In addition, any player can have ups and downs in form during a long season, even if it is windy.

In response to the doubts of the "peers", "Milan Sports Newspaper" immediately hit back.

"Although there is a gap between AC Milan's squad configuration and last season's Atletico Madrid, the pressure on AC Milan is not very high when the team has no European tasks. Atletico Madrid, which needs to participate in international competitions such as the Champions League and the Club World Cup, not only needs to bear heavy competition tasks, but also has to frequently travel to other countries to endure long-distance travel. ”

"In this way, even if AC Milan is slightly inferior to Atletico Madrid in terms of squad configuration, they are slightly better than the latter in terms of fitness and competitive form, so the help that AC Milan can give to Feng Quan is not too far behind Atletico Madrid."

"Although it is difficult for professional players to avoid the state and injury factors, in the case that Mihajlovic often arranges core players such as Feng Quan and Mandzukic to rest according to the different strength of the opponent, the probability of Feng Quan suffering from injury problems is basically minimized."

"It may not be realistic for Feng to maintain an average of two goals per game throughout the season, after all, any player will have a slump, but with the strength of 'the first man in football today', it will be difficult for other teams to really prevent him from scoring even if they strengthen their targeted defense. A conservative estimate is that Feng Quan will also score between 25 and 30 goals in the remaining 28 league games. ”

At first, Feng Quan didn't pay much attention to the debate in the three major Italian media about whether he could break Nodal's record. However, as the topic deepened, there were two distinct camps among domestic fans in Italy, and the fans who opposed the views of "Milan Sport" accounted for the vast majority.

If it's just a simple disdain to Fengquan, it's just that, but there are many people who make a fuss about his "skin color", they think that "low-class yellow people" may be able to achieve temporary success, but they can't achieve real glory at all.

Just like the Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata, although he had a very good performance when he first arrived in Serie A, his competitive form showed a significant decline as the season progressed.

Even if Feng Quan's personal ability far surpasses Hideshou Nakata, as a "yellow person" of the first brother, he cannot avoid the fate of being difficult to maintain an excellent state for a long time.

Although AC Milan strongly condemned the "racist" remarks of extreme fans through official channels, the anger in Fengquan's heart could not be easily quelled.

As a result, AC Milan's opponent in the 11th round Lazio became the best target for Feng Quan to vent his anger in his chest.

Although Lazio coach Stefano Pioli knows that the overall strength of the team is not as good as that of his opponent, he has no choice but to choose to attack at his home stadium, and this is the opponent Feng Quan likes to meet the most.

Just six minutes into the game, Pjanic sent a scalpel-like through ball into the left corner of the box from around 40 yards from the middle of the pitch.

Before Lazio's defenders could react, the lightning-fast wind had already dribbled into the box.

Facing Marchetti, who abandoned the goal, Feng Quan directly curled the ball into the upper right corner of the goal.

After 12 minutes, Pjanic found Mandzukic in front of the front with a long pass in his own half.

Mandzukic, with his back to the goal, was caught between Mauricio and Biglia and turned the ball back to Kuczka, who was in front of him, and Kuczka, who was facing the incoming ball, knocked the ball directly to Feng Quan, who cut inside to the edge of the penalty area.

Feng Quan took a few steps sideways along the line of the penalty area to dodge the angle of the shot, and then slashed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.

In the 38th minute of the first half, Bonaventura cut off Milinkovic's pass near the halfway line and sent a through ball straight to the front.

The wind cruising in front of him suddenly accelerated to shake off the defense of Mauricio and Lulic and burst into the penalty area, and then a fake shot shook Marchetti and sent the ball into the unguarded goal, 3-0.

After the change of sides, Lazio took advantage of AC Milan's slack in the opening stages, and Cataldi narrowed the gap to two goals with a world wave from the edge of the box, reviving hopes of an equaliser.

But only 5 minutes later, Feng Quan took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and received a header from Mexes in the small penalty area to complete the first "big four" in Serie A.

The fighting spirit that the Lazio players had just ignited collapsed in an instant with Feng Quan's senior happiness, not only was it difficult to organize an effective attack, but even made many passing errors in a state of no pressure.

The leading AC Milan seized the opportunity of the opponent's passing error, and Mandzukic locked the score of the game at 5-1 in the 31st minute of the second half.