Chapter 087 State Ups and Downs
On November 7, 2007, the fourth day of the 2007/2008 Champions League Group D group stage. In the match, AC Milan defeated Donetsk Miners 3-0 away.
Zhang Yang scored a goal from the start of the game. While he increased his Champions League goal number this season to eight goals, he also brought shame to the Ukrainian giants again. Zhang Yang scored five goals in two rounds of the match against the Donetsk Miners.
The media once again praised Zhang Yang, complimenting him to Basten back then.
However, in the 12th round of the Serie A few days later, AC Milan lost to Atlanta 1-2 away. Zhang Yang performed in the game. Ambrosini scored for AC Milan. The media, who was still praising Zhang Yang a few days ago, immediately changed its direction and began to criticize Zhang Yang, believing that his condition has fluctuated recently. After scoring crazy goals in the early stages of the season, now, the teams in the Serie A have also begun to slowly adapt to Zhang Yang's characteristics. It is very difficult for Zhang Yang to continue to perform wildly.
In this round of the league, Ibrahimovic scored a goal, helping Inter Milan defeat Lazio three-to-zero at home. The media began to sing praises to Ibrahimovic, saying that Ibrahimovic's stability is something Zhang Yang does not have now. Ibrahimovic's golden boot this season, and Ibrahimovic has more advantages than Zhang Yang.
After the game against Atlanta, there was a league interval of more than ten days, which was the national team's game day.
AC Milan's international players went to their respective national teams to participate in the competition again, but Zhang Yang did not stay in Milan. He returned to China to endorse a domestic brand.
Ancelotti was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Yang's long journey from the Apennine Peninsula to China to participate in commercial activities. He was worried that running back and forth would affect Zhang Yang's condition and physical fitness, and then affect the performance of AC Milan's competition. However, he had no choice, because the brand Zhang Yang endorsed this time was not only Zhang Yang's own commercial activities, but also the shadow of AC Milan Club. Galliani, vice chairman of AC Milan Club, also attended Zhang Yang's endorsement press conference.
Ancelotti's concerns are not unreasonable. This more than ten-day interval has affected AC Milan's condition. However, the biggest impact is not Zhang Yang, but the international players from all over the country who participated in the national team competition.
In the 13th round of the national team's game, AC Milan lost 1-2 away to Cagliari, and suffered two consecutive losses in the league. Zhang Yang created a penalty for AC Milan at the beginning of the first half. However, he himself was substituted due to injury. Kaka took the penalty and helped AC Milan lead Cagliari 1-0. However, the recent double matches in the Serie A and Champions League, as well as the long-distance running of the national team, obviously affected the status and physical strength of AC Milan's stars. After half an hour of the second half, AC Milan encountered a physical crisis, while Cagliari, who had almost no national players in the team, took the opportunity to launch an offensive, and everyone was stunned that they actually scored two goals in five minutes, which was also the final score. Cagliari won AC Milan 2-1 at home, which was also the biggest upset in this round of the league.
The team lost the game, Zhang Yang left the court due to injury, and suddenly, the entire AC Milan team was covered with clouds.
The only good news is that Zhang Yang's injury is nothing serious and will not affect the Champions League with Benfica next week.
In addition, for Zhang Yang, the bad news is that Ibrahimovic scored in this round of league goals. Inter Milan won Atlanta 2-1 at home, and Ibrahimovic scored twice. In this way, in the league, Ibrahimovic scored 16 goals, leading Zhang Yang three goals. The good news is that Ibrahimovic was sent off by the referee for slapping Atlanta player Doni during the game, and may be suspended. This also gave Zhang Yang the opportunity to chase Ibrahimovic.
Three days later, on the fifth day of the group D of the 2007/2008 Champions League group stage, AC Milan was 1-1 away. Rui Costa's direct free kick helped Benfica take the lead, and Zhang Yang then headed the ball to help AC Milan equalize the score. After returning from injury, Girardino, who came on the bench, scored a goal, but was judged to be fouled first and the goal was invalid. Slow motion showed that this was a correct penalty. Girardino did push down Benfica players who defended himself before shooting.
After playing against Benfica, the entire Apennine Peninsula focused on the game three days later.
AC Milan's home match against Juventus is also the highlight of this round of Serie A.
On the day of the game, the San Siro Stadium was full, and AC Milan was in poor condition recently. Although the fans were a little dissatisfied with the team's performance, many fans still came to the stadium to support the team. Besides, the highlights of the game with Juventus are of course unwilling to miss. After the phone door, a year later, the two teams of the "Sacred League" met again in the Serie A League.
Zhang Yang did not appear in the starting lineup. In this game, Ancelotti's choice on the front line was that Ronaldo was the single arrow. Inzagi had a cold and did not appear in the team's roster today. The substitute forwards on the bench were Zhang Yang and Girardino.
In the game before the season, AC Milan lost to Juventus at San Siro Stadium 0-1 at home, making European champion AC Milan very embarrassed. Now, AC Milan is in poor condition recently, which also gives Juventus great excitement. The Juventus people vow to defeat AC Milan at San Siro Stadium. After defeating AC Milan in the warm-up match before the season, the Turin people shouted that Juventus is back from the king. However, the Milan people said that the warm-up match is not counted, which makes Juventus very unhappy. They vowed to kill AC Milan today, proving that they are still rich.
The showdown between AC Milan and Juventus is an absolute match between Mars and Earth. This game is also the focus of this round. Coupled with the quarrel between Zhang Yang and Buffon before the game, it also triggered the game.
When Zhang Yang was having a quarrel with Ibrahimovic, Turin Sports News came out to make trouble and criticize Zhang Yang. The quarrel between Zhang Yang and the media also affected Juventus. Buffon came out to accuse Zhang Yang. At that time, Zhang Yang did not have time to respond. Before this battle, some media found Zhang Yang and brought up the old things again. Zhang Yang really lived up to the expectations of the media. He said, "Buffon is a good goalkeeper and one of the top goalkeepers on this planet. So, I am very excited now. It must be a sense of success to be able to pick up the ball from the net."
Obviously, Buffon criticized Zhang Yang, which made Zhang Yang very upset. He was fighting back and not giving face to the Italian country at all.
Buffon was also angry and spoke directly, "I'm looking forward to seeing him look frustrated after the game ended."
This game is the highlight of this round of Serie A, and even this weekend's European leagues. There are about 100 countries and regions around the world broadcasting this game. The reporters who came to the scene set the record of the San Siro Stadium in recent seasons. Among them, Chinese journalists contributed considerable strength. This is the most powerful opponent Zhang Yang encountered in the league after he entered the Serie A. Juventus and AC Mira are super giants in the Serie A. There are many fans in China. The sports channel of the Central Sports Channel has long bombarded the game. He was worried that Zhang Yang would not play in the game if he was injured. However, it was later confirmed from Ancelotti that although Zhang Yang would not start, he would appear, so the media also waited in front of the TV early.
A large number of Juventus fans also went to Milan to cheer for the team. Before the game began, fans of both sides had already started to quarrel in the stadium. The atmosphere of the stadium was extremely tense. Although the number of Juventus fans on the stadium was small, they were still very fierce. A Juventus fan tried to rush through the police wall and ran into the stands of AC Milan, which caused a small riot. The police, who had been on high alert, quickly took the fan away...
There were two helicopters hovering over the stadium, one of which was a plane rented by the Italian National Sports Channel. It started reporting on the focus game before the game, and the other was a police helicopter from the Milan police. It was always observed the situation in the stadium to avoid riots...
According to the Milan police's plan, although AC Milan and Juventus are not absolute mortal enemies, now the two teams are fighting one year later, and the warmth of that year is probably gone. Coupled with the battle of words between Zhang Yang and Buffon, it is hard to imagine what kind of situation will happen. Therefore, the Milan police have also raised the security level of this game to the orange level, which is second only to the terrorist attacks...
Zhang Yang sat on the bench and waited for the starter to appear with other substitutes. He was talking to Brokey beside him. Zhang Yang's Italian progress was pretty good, and the two of them were basically able to communicate more skillfully when they spoke.
At this time, the list of starting players of both sides had been played on the big screen of the stadium--
AC Milan (4-5-1):
Goalkeeper: Dida;
Defensive line: Odo, Nesta, Karaze, Serginho;
Midfielders: Gattuso, Ambrosini, Siddorf, Kaka, Pirlo;
Forward: Ronaldo;
Juventus (4-4-2):
Goalkeeper: Buffon;
Defence line: Zebina, Lerotale, Chiellini, Molinaro;
Midfielder: Nedved, Nocerino, Salihamidic, Zanetti;
Forward: Piero, Jaquinta;
The players have not yet appeared. At this time, the whole stadium was in full swing. The AC Milan fans stood up and shouted someone's name---
"Van...Basten!"
"Van...Basten!!!"
Zhang Yang opened his mouth wide. He didn't know that Basten appeared in the stands in this game. In fact, Milan fans didn't know before that Basten appeared in the stands and was discovered by fans, causing a sensation on the entire stadium. This is the fans who are paying tribute to the greatest scorer in the history of the Ross and Blacks in their way.
Zhang Yang was also excited on the bench. As a player, when he left the team for more than ten years, he only appeared in the stands to watch the football, and was able to get such courtesy from fans--
Such a career is worth it!!
The fans of the audience called Basten's name over and over again. Basten suddenly appeared in San Siro today, which was definitely a great surprise for AC Milan fans.
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