After defeating Lecce 3-2 at home, Fiorentina achieved an enviable four consecutive victories and its points jumped to sixth place. Now there are three teams in Serie A that hold high the offensive banner, one is Lecce and the other is Fiorentina. Therefore, the collision between the two teams in the last round was considered the best in the round, and the goals were like bamboos among plum blossoms, one after another, which made the audience excited.

In that goal battle, Zhang Jun relied on penalty kicks to score his fifth goal of the season. However, it is somewhat regrettable that he did not score in the sports game.

Next, on October 20, Florence will head north to Milan to challenge AC Milan, currently ranked second.

This is considered a very important game by the Chinese media, and they named the game "The Italian Derby of the Chinese".

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"The Italian derby of the Chinese?" Yang Pan told reporters, "This name sounds very interesting. Because there are many Chinese people? Well, no one dared to imagine that five Chinese players could appear in the Serie A field at the same time. In recent years, Chinese football reforms have achieved certain results..."

The Chinese reporter who interviewed him was so funny that he asked about his opinion on the next game. Unexpectedly, Yang Pan was talking to him.

"Well, that's it. Okay, I have to go home, let's talk next time." Then, without waiting for the reporter to react, he hurried into the car and left.

Kaka, who was sitting in the car, took off her sunglasses and jokingly said, "This is not like you at all. When you see the press conference, you will answer irresistible questions, and then you will run away in panic, haha!"

Yang Pan snorted while driving: "Who will let those reporters know my true thoughts? Sunday's game is too sensitive, and the club's senior management is very concerned. I don't want those reporters to use my words to add fuel to the fire and talk nonsense."

Kaka rested her head on the backrest and sighed: "The first time we fought since we lost the championship, we changed coaches, and they almost all changed. That boy Ren Yudi has invested a lot of money."

"No matter how much money you have, we will win. This time it's different. We will not underestimate the enemy anymore, and we are at home. I want to let Ren Yudi get all the money from water!"

"Ah! You're so bad, Yang Pan!" Kaka shouted: "But... I like it! Who made that bastard not contact for so many years, and now he suddenly appears and acquires our rival Florence?"

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"The Italian derby of the Chinese?" Zhang Jun frowned and said to the reporters. "This name is difficult to talk. I don't think it's as complicated as you said. It's just an ordinary game. Yang Pan and Kaka are good friends. Marco is my respected teacher. AC Milan also has some friends. We have a good relationship, but when the whistle sounds, there is no difference - we are opponents. Revisiting the old place? Well, I almost forgot where the door of San Siro's locker room opened."

The reporters laughed, and Zhang Jun laughed too. He followed Sophie's advice and tried to keep a normal heart towards the media, so now he can occasionally joke in front of many media. His face in the interview was no longer stern, and the sun-like smile returned to his face.

Li Yan sighed that love can make people naive and mature, while Zhang Jun belongs to the latter.

He once pointed out in an analysis article that Zhang Jun's new season has a stable state and no ups and downs after the start of the season, which is inseparable from Sophie's arrival. Because of a stable family environment, Zhang Jun's mentality can be more peaceful and he will not be distracted by the outside world. He thinks that with Zhang Jun's personality, he should get married as soon as possible, and he will be more responsible after having children. But he doesn't know why the couple who are in love with each other doesn't get married.

"Although it's away, Fiorentina has no tradition of losing to AC Milan. We will strive for victory. Sabato is a great head coach. Everyone has seen the changes in Fiorentina. It's all his credit. The team is very united, and I have never felt that it's as good as it is now. Foreign consortiums? Oh, I think no one doesn't want their boss to be rich, right? The team has introduced many powerful players, and this has to be thanked to the boss. But the game still depends on oneself, and money is not omnipotent, otherwise we won't relegate until the last moment last season..."

Zhang Jun almost answered questions and said it truthfully. It was in sharp contrast with Yang Pan's false words.

"The last question: Can you score a goal in Sunday's game?"

Zhang Jun thought for a while: "It will only be known during the game that I hope to score a goal because I promised Sophie to use the goal as a birthday gift to her."

"Can it be a hat trick?" Li Yan suddenly asked in the crowd.

Zhang Jun was stunned, saw Li Yan, and then smiled and said, "If possible, I won't refuse."

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The next day, Kaka held the newspaper and said to Yang Pan: "Look at Zhang Jun, he said so pragmatically. He doesn't think of you. He said he hopes to play a hat trick. Tsk tsk... We are AC Milan, how can we let him have three more?"

Yang Pan grabbed the newspaper and asked Kaka: "What day is Sunday?"

"On the 20th, what's wrong?" Kaka didn't understand what Yang Pan asked about this date.

"What a coincidence!" Yang Pan threw the newspaper out, "Maybe we really have to be careful of that guy, maybe it's impossible to get a hat..."

"Hey, although our guards are aging and we don't respond, we won't be able to have a hat trick twice in a row by the same person, right?"

"Hey, Kaka, have you forgotten? What day is October 20th?"

“What day?”

"Sophie's birthday!"

Kaka was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered: "Sophie's birthday!? God! Why is it when we compete with us! Why not when we compete with Inter Milan? Oh my God! I haven't bought Sophie a gift yet! What does she like now?"

"Damn! Do you have only women in your mind? Are you not worried that Zhang Jun will suddenly get angry?" Yang Pan cursed.

Kaka shook her head seriously: "What are you afraid of? He goes into three, and we go into four. In short, we win."

There are three teams holding high the offensive banner this season, two of which are Fiorentina and Lecce who met in the last round, and the other is AC Milan, which is about to collide with Fiorentina in this round.

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After watching the video of AC Milan's recent rounds of games, Sabato said to Dilivio beside him: "Damn it! That idiot Basten actually plays 433 in Serie A, and it is an offensive formation. Does he want to get off get out of class early?"

"It seems you are..."

"Nonsense, I am Classic 442, and I pay attention to balance offense and defense."

"Oh? Who changed all three forwards in the last round?" Dilivio glanced at Sabato.

"That's because Ram was punished..."

"Yes, ten people responded and were sent off a defender. You immediately replaced a midfielder and a forward."

"Uh... it turns out that my substitution is correct. It was Pazini's goal after he came on the court that allowed us to win Lecce."

"So you're even idiotic than Basten, playing offense in conservative Serie A...hey!"

Sabato laughed dryly to hide his embarrassment.

"Antonio, Ram can't play this game, what do you plan to do? Consider Chiellini? AC Milan is also paying attention to offense now!" Dilivio no longer jokes.

"What should I do? Play 352 and change the formation." Sabato stretched, got up and paced around the room, moving his body.

“352?”

"Well, we play double midfielders, Donadal starts. Xiang Tao and Kyle, Uyfalusi are central defenders, and the people in other positions remain unchanged. The thickness of the Fiorentina bench is not deep, so it can only be like this." He said while turning, still gesturing in his hand.

"But AC Milan is a three forward, and the three central defenders are large in both sides. How can we prevent Yang Pan and Shepchenko from breaking through?"

"So our two full-backs have to work harder and defend more... In short, I won't compare with AC Milan in this game who has lost fewer goals, and who has scored more goals!" Sabato swung his punch.

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Nesta, Simici, Stam, Metzeld, Kafu, Karaze, Contini.

Basten looked at the names of these defenders on the roster.

Nesta was a little injured. Stam, Cafo was too old, and Simici was useless... AC Milan's defense line was so worrying. Since Baresi, AC Milan's defense line has always been the most reassuring steel defense line, but since Maldini retired, the end of an era has been accompanied by this defense line. Now AC Milan has the same troubles as Real Madrid - defense.

The league has begun seven rounds, and AC Milan has only one game without conceding goals. It is entirely up to the strong offensive lineup to rank second in the standings. The rookie Castron he brought from the Netherlands made him very pleased and has gradually gained a foothold in Milan.

However, their opponent in this round is Fiorentina, the "rogue" coach coach. The attack lineup with Zhang Jun, Tony, Pazini, Crue Lee, Gasbaroni and Jorgensen should not be underestimated, and Sabato is a lunatic who can ignore anything for the offense. If Florence is allowed to go smoothly, AC Milan will be very dangerous.

The only good news is that in the last round of the game, right-back Ram was sent off and suspended in this game. In this way, Fiorentina, whose bench thickness is not enough, is still struggling to use personnel in defense.

Then use three forwards to attack them and see who scores the first goal.

Basten threw the pen aside. The back line continued to use the configuration of the previous rounds. Nesta's injury would not affect the game, so Zhang Jun handed it over to him.

I'd better put some effort into the offense. Fiorentina's defense is not very good, Lecce can get into both of them, and AC Milan has no reason not even Lecce is better.

Zhang Jun... When he thought of Zhang Jun, Basten felt very heartbroken. He had originally said that he wanted Zhang Jun to come back, and he wanted to support Zhang Jun. But for some reason, Zhang Jun just didn't come back, even because he didn't come back in AC Milan. He once called Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun's meaning was very clear, he just didn't go back to Milan.

He remembered what he said to his dean and friend Michel when he was at the St. Edron Sanatorium in Udler, and he said: "The only regret is that he is not a Dutch." He only thought about the national team at that time, but he didn't expect there was a club. Later, when AC Milan sent an invitation to coach, he was very excited because Zhang Jun had half of the ownership. He had always wanted to train Zhang Jun systematically. He thought he would be able to do this time, but he didn't expect a rich chairman in Fiorentina and stole his favorite student with money.

Could it be that I can only be an opponent of Zhang Jun?

"Zhang Jun, when you go back to Milan, we can build a Milan dynasty again, and you are the core. Do you know?"

"I don't doubt your words at all, sir. But I don't want to go back again. The Milan Dynasty has nothing to do with me. I just want to play football in Fiorentina until they don't want me, or I don't want to continue."

"Why? Haven't you always been eager to be the core? I'll give you this opportunity now."

"Marco... I respect you very much, I have always been. But I don't want to go back to Milan as if I were pleased. I rejected me twice there, and I absolutely cannot go back."

"Zhang, you are too stubborn, only Milan has your future!"

"Haha, Marco. Many people say I am stubborn and willful. But I never regret the choices I made myself. In fact, don't you think it's interesting to be our opponents?"

The conversation more than a month ago was still still in my ears. Basten may not be willing to admit it, but he does not have a fate with Zhang Jun. Just as Zhang Jun declared that he was unwilling to be the "Basten Second" and he just wanted to be himself. There may be another reason to make up his mind to leave Milan.

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Serie A was held for seven rounds, with Juventus ranked first with an unbeaten record of six wins and one draw. AC Milan followed closely behind, with six wins and one loss. Inter Milan won five wins and two draws, ranking third.

This year's Serie A is still the world of the top three in the north, but after seeing the performance of Fiorentina, many people have regarded them as dark horses that directly affect the trend of Serie A. Some people say: "Florence, trained by Sabato's personality traits, has no strength to win the championship at present, but if you let them disrupt the situation, they will do better than anyone else."

The disruptor will naturally fight to the death when facing the strong team, and when facing the weak team, they will lose inexplicably. Fiorentina's losing streak and winning streak really feels like this. They seem to win, and they seem to lose.

Therefore, Fiorentina's match with AC Milan is considered to be their first game this season.

The media is also very concerned. This is the focus of this round of league games, and various related reports are posted in the newspapers every day.

Sabato was not idle either. On the eve of the war, he publicly expressed doubts about whether Van Basten could adapt to Serie A during an interview with reporters.

"Some people are great players, but they may not be great coaches. Especially coaches from strikers. Promoting offensiveism in Serie A is simply suicide. AC Milan is a team that wants to win all the championships, but they are still so impulsive. Are the Galliani people old? Six wins and one defeat? Well, good results, but you must know that any new coach has a honeymoon period when he first came..." Sabato spoke as if he had been in Serie A for more than ten years, but in fact, he is a Serie A recruit like Basten.

A reporter reminded him that he was like Basten, but he shook his head: "Don't get out of the topic. We are talking about Basten now, and it has nothing to do with me!" This shameless act of cheating made the reporter laugh and cry. Why do he really regret it now ask Sabato what he thinks of AC Milan?

Zhang Jun was also troubled by Sabato's words, because Basten has always been his respected teacher, but Sabato is his head coach.

Li Yan told him: "Do you think that hooligan is scolding Basten? Then you are wrong. He is using Basten to ridicule the conservative trend of Serie A now. I think these two people are a bit sympathetic."

Sure enough, after hearing the reporter's retelling, Basten did not make any statement about it, but instead brought the topic to the game itself. "My friend Rijkald said: 'A great game requires the joint efforts of both sides'. I am happy to turn this game into 'great'. No matter what others say, AC Milan will stick to its own style and play hard."

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The San Siro is very lively around the game day, with fans coming from all directions, and of course, there are also tourists coming here.

As a photographer, Sophie entered the venue nearly an hour in advance, and nearly half of the audience was sitting in the stands.
To be continued...