The stage will be staged in advance, and the two teams that may win the championship will meet in advance in the quarterfinals. This will be a blessing for fans. For fans all over the world, all they have to do on this night is to enjoy the game."

"Who is better than Zhang Yang or Messi? Perhaps, this game can explain some issues."

"Acc Milan may still remember the sad memories of their elimination by Barcelona in the 2005/2006 season, but unfortunately, they have to experience the same painful memories again." - The Catalan said.

"The last time Barcelona stole our victory in an indecent way, this time, we have to make them pay their blood debts and pay them back." - Gillia Fass, director of the Milan Fan Association, expressed his opinion on behalf of Milan fans.

As this game approaches, the focus of media reports has completely revolved around this game.

"Acc Milan is in good shape. They have narrowed the gap with Inter Milan to four points in the league. AC Milan performed very well. The only regret is that Zhang Yang did not score in the game against Atlanta."

"This is nothing. The key goals must always be kept in the key games. We believe that in the game against Barcelona, ​​Zhang Yang will score. It's like when the car's engine is to be started, it needs to be warmed up." Milan Sports explained to Zhang Yang in this way.

Two days before the game, the entire Barcelona team arrived in Milan.

At the Marpensa Airport in Milan, reporters interviewed Barcelona coach Rijkaard.

Barcelona obviously also expressed concern about AC Milan's recent good form. Barcelona coach Rijkaard looked cautious when talking about the game: "AC Milan has performed very well this season. They were the Champions League champions last season. As the defending champions, they definitely want to continue to retain the trophy. Kaka's performance is still excellent, of course, and Zhang Yang. This is a terrifying shooter. In the game against Milan, he will be the focus of our attention."

After saying these formulaic remarks, Rijkald was unwilling to reveal the others. He was very cautious and he was unwilling to say too much.

"Zhang Yang! You must kill Barcelona! If you kill you, you will meet us in the semi-finals!" Cristiano Ronaldo called Zhang Yang and was very concerned about the game. Of course, the banner he used was to care for his friends.

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes. Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi seemed to be born with rejection. I don’t know how Messi feels about Cristiano Ronaldo. However, Cristiano Ronaldo does not have any love for Messi.

"I will win if you don't say it. Not only will I win Barcelona, ​​but I will also win you later." At this point, Zhang Yang snorted, "By the way, you'll better pass Rome first before talking about it."

"Roma? We won them 7-1 last season, and it's okay to win them this season." Cristiano Ronaldo seemed very disdainful when talking about Manchester United's opponent Roma in the quarter-finals.

"Be careful of capsizing in the gutter." Zhang Yang sneered, "Besides, should I support Roma? It's a Serie A team anyway."

"How could it be? I'm there. There will be no surprises, haha." Cristiano Ronaldo laughed dryly, then said goodbye to the semi-finals. Then he hung up the phone.

These days, the entire Apennines and Europe have been talking about this game.

Outside the hotel where Barcelona team stayed, there were reporters waiting in the spotlight, hoping to dig out some heavy information. I don’t know if the team had received a ban on the ban before coming to Milan, or for some other reason, Barcelona players rarely accept interviews publicly. Even if they were surrounded by reporters, they just said a few words in a formulaic manner.

On AC Milan, some reporters were planning to instigate Zhang Yang to speak out from him, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yang shut up and the entire AC Milan team seemed much quieter.

In short, when the war came, everything seemed so quiet, and it was a bit quieter.

"AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​this is like two peerless martial arts masters are going to have a peak duel on the top of Mount Hua. Before the duel comes, both sides hold their breath and calm down. They are adjusting their state, accumulating strength, and waiting for the battle to start, it will be earth-shaking!" - A domestic sports media in China commented.

April 2, 2008. The first round of the 2007/2008 Champions League quarter-finals match, match day.

17:30 pm.

AC Milan is preparing to set off, leave the hotel where they stay and head to the field, where their home court, San Siro Stadium.

When they saw the red and black AC Milan bus appearing at the hotel entrance, the reporters around them were excited, knowing that AC Milan was going to set off.

The flash kept on, and Inzaji appeared at the gate first, without saying hello to the fans around him, and without showing a smile in the face of countless cameras, he walked past the reporters with a serious expression, and then got into the car first. Inzaji could have started today, but in the routine pre-match inspection, Inzaji's muscles were sore, so, to be on the safe side, Ancelotti still excluded Inzaji from the starting lineup. This was nothing more uncomfortable for Inzaji, who was eager to fight.

Zhang Yang's appearance is always eye-catching because he is more active than anyone else. As soon as he comes out, he raises his hands high and keeps greeting fans and reporters. Of course, his way of greeting is a bit special.

"Okay! Brothers! It's time for our glory to appear!!!" Zhang Yang turned his head and shouted to other teammates around him, not caring about the surprise eyes of others.

"I think Zhang Yang is the only person in the whole team who may affect our image..." someone said with a smile.

"Yeah yeah."

"Zhang, pay attention to the image."

AC Milan captain Martini was communicating with head coach Ancelotti, so he was the last elevator in the team to walk out of the hotel. As soon as he came out of the elevator, he heard Zhang Yang making a bold statement. He came up and patted Zhang Yang's head: "Zhang, get in the car quickly, hurry up. What are you doing slowly?"

After being scolded by the captain, Zhang Yang laughed dryly, waved at the fans on both sides, and got into the bus.

"I said, Zhang, you don't pay attention to your image at all. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk." Ronaldo came up and said sarcastically.

"Did my image just now be awful?" Zhang Yang asked.

Everyone was speechless.

Only Ancelotti was thinking. The young man seemed to be nonsensical and did not pay attention to his image. However, in Ancelotti's opinion, Zhang Yang was using his own way to relieve stress. It was impossible to say that Zhang Yang had no pressure on him. This game was given too much meaning.

Catalonia believes that Zhang Yang can rank second in the 2007 European Golden Ball Awards, while Messi is only rank fourth, which is very unfair. They believe that Zhang Yang is not as good as Messi. In the words of Catalans, Messi will be the future king of football. How can Zhang Yang be better than the king of football? In the view of the media on the Apennines Peninsula, Messi ranks second in the 2007 World Footballer selection, Zhang Yang only

It is very unscientific to rank fourth. Zhang Yang's performance in last year was much better than Messi. How could Messi be higher than Zhang Yang's ranking? There must be shady, well, there must be shady, so the Italian media are saying this time that the collision between AC Milan and Barcelona is the most direct showdown between Zhang Yang and Messi! Which of the two is better? It is useless to speak out without any reason, so let's see the truth on the court.

In Ancelotti's opinion, Zhang Yang must be under great pressure, so he pretended to be relaxed and relieved himself.

Well, if Ancelotti knew about Zhang Yang’s conversation with Chinese journalist Zhong Dajun, he knew that Zhang Yang didn’t really take Messi seriously now, and he didn’t know what to think.

Assistant coach Tasotti stood up, he lit the number of people, and after confirming that everyone had gotten on the bus, he issued an order to the bus driver, "Okay, go."

The driver nodded, pressed the button, and the bus door slowly closed, and then the engine roared. Under the flash of reporters and under the fans' gaze, AC Milan drove towards the San Siro Stadium.

Almost at the same time, the Barcelona team's bus also drove out of the hotel under the gaze of attention.

AC Milan plays at home. It can be said that after leaving the hotel where I stayed, AC Milan has fans following him all the way. Many fans drive cars and "protect" the team buses, as if they are escorting a holy item to the sacred palace.

The bus is not fast, so Zhang Yang and others will open the window from time to time, poke their heads out, and wave their arms at the fans.

Whenever this time, it will arouse cheers from fans, it will also attract the scolding of assistant coach Tasotti.

"Everyone is honest!"

When AC Milan's bus drove into the home team's dedicated parking lot at San Siro Stadium, Barcelona's bus also turned over. The two opponents in this world-renowned showdown met for the first time in such a coincidence.

"Hey! Barcelona! Hello!!!" Zhang Yang shouted loudly at the red and blue bus opposite.

Suddenly, many AC Milan players stood up from their seats and looked at the oncoming Barcelona team cars. Then they saw that many Barcelona players in the opposite car also stood up.

AC Milan has to park in this home team's dedicated parking lot. After getting off the bus, they can have a convenient passage and go directly to the home team's locker room. The away team Barcelona has to park the bus in the away team's parking lot. After getting off the bus, the Barcelona still needs to walk a distance before they can reach the away team's parking lot. This is nothing strange. In fact, not just AC Milan, but any team will cause some minor trouble for the away team.

Although it is just that the visiting team needs to walk an extra long road, this road is very quiet, without cheers, applause, and no staff say hello to you. This is a "reminder" to the visiting team. This is our home court, not your territory. Are you ready to "death"?

When the Barcelona bus drove over, Zhang Yang felt someone coming over. He looked up and saw Messi from the window behind the Barcelona bus. Obviously, Messi was looking here just now, and the eyes of the two people intersected in the air until the car passed, and they were still looking back at each other until they could not see anything.

Did Zhang Yang really not take Messi seriously? I believe that if Zhong Dajun saw this scene, he would have a new understanding.

"Hello, Zhang Yang, we finally met."

"Yes, I hope you won't make me bored."

"You're very confident?"

"Aren't you the same?"

Although neither of them spoke, the intertwined eyes seemed to have already said a lot.

"What are you looking at, Messi?" Iniesta asked.

He and Messi were both from La Macia's youth training camp. They have been playing football together for many years and have always had a good relationship.

"That's Zhang Yang." Messi nodded and said.

"You haven't seen him," Iniesta asked in confusion. Then he nodded himself, "I understand what you mean."

Now that the media is so developed, Zhang Yang's games, videos, photos, advertising endorsements are everywhere, Messi naturally knows what Zhang Yang looks like, but this is the first time he and Zhang Yang met in the official competition.

"He is the most threatening thing in AC Milan." The old captain Puyol, who has been silent, suddenly said, which surprised others, because, in the eyes of many people, although Zhang Yang is excellent, Kaka should be the one who is the most threatening thing in AC Milan.

"Why, I think Kaka is the most threatening." Milito expressed his disagreement.

"Because Zhang Yang is a shooter and Kaka is a midfielder." Puyor said, "Zhang Yang is closer to the goal than Kaka, and correspondingly, he is closer to the goal."

Some others nodded, and some did not agree with Puyol's opinion. According to this statement, the forwards are more threatening than the midfielder, which is obviously not the case.

Only Messi's eyes lit up. He knew that the shooter Puyol mentioned was not a shooter in the general sense, but a real shooter, and it was really scary.

This is exactly what Messi pursues himself. Fundamentally speaking, Messi is not a real shooter. He has a large range of activities, but this does not prevent this small player from having a dream of being the ultimate.

The entire AC Milan team has arrived in the locker room.

"Hurry up, I'll warm up later." Assistant coach Tasotti shouted loudly, "The weather forecast says it's cloudy today, but it's unlikely to rain. However, you also know the reliability of this damn weather forecast, so everyone warmed up all of me."

No one spoke, everyone was changing their equipment quickly. Obviously, the upcoming war made everyone's emotions tense involuntarily. This was not tension, but a quarrel reaction before the war came.

Quickly change your equipment in the locker room, and the players are about to appear and warm up.

"Friends! Friends! What you see now is the current picture of San Siro Stadium. The entire stadium is full. The game between AC Milan and Barcelona is undoubtedly the most watched and paid attention to this night. Now, the players have arrived in the locker room. In about ten minutes, they will appear on the stadium for warm-up before the game! From the news we got, Zhang Yang will definitely start in the game. As for Zhang Yang's partner, the news came before the game that Inzagi may not be able to start due to injury. So, now, the most popular thing about AC Milan is how they will configure it on the offensive end, whether Zhang Yang's sudden 4321 Christmas tree formation, or one of Ronaldo or Girardino, the starting lineup and Zhang Yang will partner with the front line. We will get the starting list of AC Milan in a while, and everything will be revealed."

CCTV Sports Channel broadcast the game live. Their commentators Liu Jianhong and Duan Xuan came to the San Siro Stadium to comment on the game. At this time, although the game had not started yet, the fans had already begun to make huge noises in the stands, so that the two had to shout loudly to ensure that their voices were heard by the radio waves.

"In this game, the showdown between Zhang Yang and Messi is particularly eye-catching. Now, in addition to Kaka born in 1982, the most eye-catching thing in the entire European football world are three young people, Cristiano Ronaldo born in 1985. He now plays for the Premier League giant Manchester United. The other is our Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was born in 1986. Today, AC Milan's opponent, Barcelona, ​​Argentine young player Messi, was born in 1987, Cristiano Ronaldo in 1985, Zhang Yang in 1986, and Messi in 1987, God has given a great player in the football world in one year in these three years. These three young people are considered to be the three most talented stars in the football world today. In the next ten years, the football world will be full of sports because of these three people!"

At this moment, a huge sound came from the entire stadium, and the players came out to warm up.

"It's out, AC Milan players came out to warm up. They detonated the entire stadium. We can see--" Duan Xuan stood up and shouted, "In the stands, there is a huge cartoon portrait, which is a huge cartoon portrait drawn by Milan fans for Zhang Yang. This is not the treatment that ordinary players will enjoy. In Europe, only players who are very, very popular with fans can enjoy this kind of courtesy of the fans."

After a while, Barcelona also came out to warm up.

After the two teams were fully warmed up, they returned to the locker room one after another.

In the visiting team locker room at San Siro Stadium, Barcelona coach Rijkald is making the final tactical arrangement for the team.

"In this game, AC Milan is at home, but, precisely because they are playing at home, they will appear more cautious, and they will be more afraid of losing the ball than us. Therefore, AC Milan will definitely defend the defense firmly and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. What we have to do is not forget our defense while attacking. Their Zhangyang is a monster, and I don't need to say too much about this player. You should all know his characteristics. He is very fast and his feet are not very good, but it is also very good. However, he rarely uses fancy moves, and his movements have always been very practical, so the defenders have to play a hundred times.

With a hundred-fold spirit, Zhang Yang is very decisive when breaking through. In this game, the two full-backs must grasp the assist timing. Once the ball rights change in the frontcourt, they must return to defense immediately. On the offensive end, we must strive for the first goal and break AC Milan's tactical subordinates. Aren't AC Milan afraid of losing the ball? We just need to use the goal to force them to face us head-on and force them to attack! Let the game enter our rhythm!" Rijkald told his disciples again about his tactical intentions. Although he had said these words more than once, when the war came, he had to repeat them again.

Rijcard's situation is not good now. Barcelona performed quite poorly in the league this season. Now there is no hope of winning the championship. They were far away by Real Madrid in the standings. Even now, Barcelona is only ranked third in the La Liga, and Villarreal, the second place is Pellegrini's coach. So, now, Rijcard's coach position is unstable. Now, the only one who can save him and his team is the Champions League!

If AC Milan can be eliminated, reach the finals, and finally win the Champions League championship, Rijcard will still be Barcelona's head coach and a meritorious team. However, if he fails in the Champions League, he will really say goodbye to this team that has been coaching for many years.

Therefore, in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona cannot lose money. They must lay a solid foundation for the second leg of the game.

ps: The second update. Friends who have not collected this book yet, Zhutou sincerely asks to collect it. Thank you everyone.
Chapter completed!