After Friday's training session, Mazzoni announced his squad for the match against AC Milan, and to the surprise of too many, Zhang Shu's name was prominently listed. At noon on www.biquge.info second day, the players boarded the bus to Milan after lunch. They will travel to their hotel in Milan the day before to prepare for the next day's match.

The away game against Milan was on December 22, the final game before the winter break, and the players discussed how to spend the winter break in the car.

"Zhang, do you have any arrangements for the Christmas holiday?" Baggio asked from the front aisle to his seat.

"Huh? Christmas? Zhang Shu didn't react.

In the past, when I was in China, every few days before Christmas, Zhang Shu and his classmates had already begun to discuss where to go to spend this "foreign Spring Festival". However, after coming to Europe, Zhang Shu devoted himself to football, and if it weren't for Baggio talking about it, he would have almost forgotten about the holiday.

"Yes, would you like to come to my house for Christmas Eve if you don't have a holiday scheduled?" Baggio said with a smile.

"Of course, of course I do." Zhang Shu hurriedly agreed. Alone, he was wondering what he should do during the winter break.

"Robbie, don't drag Zhang to your old man's party!" Bacchini bewitched Zhang Shu on the side, "Zhang, after the game, let me take you to meet the girls in Milan City." ”

"Don't bring bad Zhang." Baggio smiled at Bacchini.

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After more than an hour of trekking, the Brescia bus arrived in Milan.

Stylish Milan is already in the Christmas spirit. Christmas trees are everywhere lit up and shops are decorated with twinkling lights, but the players don't have time to take part in the extravaganza for the time being. After putting their luggage at the hotel, they rushed to the San Siro Stadium for pre-match adaptation training.

The San Siro is no stranger to most of Brescia's players, and they come back at least twice a year compared to other teams' home stadiums. But for Zhang, this is the first time he has stepped through the doors of the San Siro.

Although he had seen the perfect facilities of Milan's academy before, Zhang Shu was still shocked by the luxury of the San Siro stadium.

Compared to Brescia's small and pitiful Riga Monti stadium, the San Siro is nothing short of a behemoth. The stadium can accommodate more than 85,000 spectators, not including VIP rooms and reserved seating. In three of the four main stands, 11-storey towers overlook the light towers. On the top floor of the stadium, a transparent glass fibreglass roof was built for the fans, and the roof area was exactly the size of the fans' seating, so that the fans would not have to endure the wind and snow to support their favorite Milan team.

Looking at such a huge stadium, Zhang Shu couldn't help grinning.

"Hey, Zhang, do you really have such a good time looking at the building?" Appia patted him on the shoulder from the side. Ever since Perugia's game, Appia has been fond of the meme "architecture".

"Of course I'm happy." Zhang Shu turned his head and grinned at Appia. "Hey, hey, I can't help but get excited at the thought of me being able to take such a great pitch."

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"We are better than our opponents, and as long as we play normally, I believe we will get the results we want." In his pre-match press conference, Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti showed the media his confidence that he would win.

AC Milan are top of the table until 14 rounds of the league, but Lazio are a point behind them, and city rivals Inter Milan are only two points behind, and Milan must win this game to enter the winter break as league leaders. Carlo Ancelotti is determined to do this, and AC Milan have won seven consecutive home games in the previous league games. Against a weak Brescia side, they believe they can make a win as a Christmas gift to the Milan fans.

The press conference was coming to an end, and the moderator announced that it had entered the session for questions from reporters.

"Mr. Ancelotti, do you know Brescia's No. 28 player? What do you think of him? An East Asian-faced reporter stood up and asked.

Ancelotti noticed that today's press conference had a lot of Asian faces. He didn't know why, and he hadn't heard of the number 28 in Brescia.

"I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with him." After thinking about it, he decided to answer truthfully.

In Brescia's last game, Zhang was substituted on 80 minutes and scored a goal for his career debut. In August he went to the Milan Academy for a trial and was turned down. The reporter asked Ancelotti Kop.

In previous interviews, Zhang's little experience has been dug up by the expatriate reporters who came to inquire in advance, which naturally includes the story of being rejected by the Milan youth team. Now the journalists are going to make a fuss about it.

If Zhang Shu performs well in this game, then the reporters' reporting will find a gimmick. The abandoned general who was turned away broke through the gate, and this kind of face-slapping plot is a story that everyone likes to hear.

Even if Zhang Shu did not perform well in this game, it didn't matter, anyway, after adding fuel and vinegar to the colleagues who had played the front station before, these reporters who came from China to know nothing did not have a good impression of Zhang Shu, and it would also be good news to stand on the side of Milan and beat the water dogs.

But Carlo Ancelotti was not obliged to cooperate with the Chinese reporter's script, and he only replied lightly: "I don't know about the youth team, but if I can succeed in Brescia, I believe he will be a good player." But Milan also have a lot of good young players and I regret what happened to him. ”

However, when his remarks came to the Chinese reporters' drafts, they became "The proud Ancelotti does not give a damn about Zhang Shu, believing that the Milan youth players are as good as Zhang Shu." ”

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Carlo Ancelotti answered a few questions and left, before Brescia coach Mazzoni came in.

After some clichés, it was time for the reporters' favorite question-and-answer session. Immediately, a Chinese reporter could not wait to raise his hand.

"Coach Mazzoni, will Zhang get a chance to play today?"

'Every player in the squad has a chance to play, but it depends on the situation on the pitch whether they play or not.

Mazzoni smiled slyly and brushed the question lightly.