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Chapter 235 Hundred Balls(1/4)

Six goals are missing to reach 100 goals. Starting from the 21st round of the league, any team may become the target of Zhang Jun's legend.

Is it Rome? Or Udinese Lecce Inter Milan Livorno Lazio?

Many media believe that six rounds of the league are enough for Zhang Jun to score six goals now.

Zhang Jun himself did not have a clear answer to this question. He just said that he never thought about records during the game. He just wanted to score goals and then help the team win.

However, the opponents in the next four rounds of the league did not take his words seriously. Chinese people like to be modest. If they really think he doesn't care, they will only be unlucky at that time.

Therefore, the head coaches of these six teams have long listed Zhang Jun as a high-risk figure.

Against Roma, Fiorentina tied with them 1:1, and Zhang Jun did not score. Fiorentina, the first place, was only two points away from Inter Milan, the second place.

In this way, the suspense of the hundred-ball ball continues to push backwards.

On January 29, in the 22nd round of the league, Fiorentina defeated Udinese 2:1 away. Zhang Jun scored a penalty, five goals left to his 100 goals.

So in recent episodes of the "Champions and Dreams" column, speculations about when Zhang Jun will score 100 goals. Eralia invited the guest who last predicted that Zhang Jun failed to score 30 goals. This time the guest learned his lesson and insisted that Zhang Jun is in very good shape now. If he had completed the remaining five goals in these two rounds of the league, he would not be surprised.

In these two league rounds, Fiorentina's opponents are Lecce and Inter Milan.

Lecce is okay. For this team that likes to attack, Fiorentina plays against them, and Zhang Jun's chance of scoring will increase.

But Inter Milan, as the second in the league, is not that easy to deal with.

On February 5, Fiorentina's home game against Lecce. This is a beautiful offensive game. This is the game with the most goals in this round of Serie A. At the same time, it can be regarded as a rare goal battle in the entire European arena.

Both sides scored a total of five goals in the first half.

It's like a basketball game, you get one, I get one, you chase me.

Zhang Jun scored a goal in the first half, and Fiorentina temporarily led Lecce 3-2.

During the break, Sabato praised the team's offensive players, but also criticized the team's defense. He believed that Lecce is indeed a team that is good at offense, but Fiorentina's current level is not the same level as Lecce, and there is no need to concede two goals in front of Lecce's offense.

In fact, it was not because Fiorentina's defense was too bad, but because Fiorentina's mind was not on defense. Seeing the lively attack on the top, Fiorentina's defenders were also moved and actively assisted one by one. Xiang Tao even assisted the opponent's penalty area and did not go back at all.

There is a huge gap behind you, it would be strange if you don’t lose the ball.

The defenders knew that the head coaches who were attacking in this blood would not really blame them, because at least Fiorentina was leading in the first half. They really had to thank Zhang Jun for the offensive lineup led by Zhang Jun.

Xiang Tao smiled and moved the topic to Zhang Jun's goal count.

"Hey, Zhang Jun. Everyone outside is talking about your 100 league goals, don't you say anything?"

"That's a foregone conclusion. What else do I need to say?" Zhang Jun said confidently. His condition has been very good recently, stable and efficient.

"Hey!" Xiang Tao was bored, rolled his eyes and stopped talking.

"But..." Zhang Jun looked at the disappointed Xiang Tao and other teammates, "If I can still score thirty league goals this season, I will pay for the whole team to have dinner, how about it?"

Xiang Tao's eyes lit up, and the other teammates also lit up. "Of course there is no problem!"

"We will do our best to assist you!"

"For that meal! Captain, just work hard!"

"I'm going to the best hotel in Florence!"

"You are really unpromising. You have to go to the best hotel in Milan!"

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So, with this promise of treating, Zhang Jun charged for another thirty goals. If he could really fulfill this promise, he would surpass the record set by former AC Milan's famous scorer Nodar. This man once scored more than thirty goals in the 49/50 and 50/51 seasons in two consecutive seasons.

At the same time, Zhang Jun will tie another record: Platini and Nodar jointly won the title of Serie A's top scorer for three consecutive seasons.

After the second half of the game began, Fiorentina continued to put pressure on Udinese, and then seventeen minutes later, Zhang Jun burst out. He scored two goals in the 18th and 30th minutes of the second half, helping the team lead Lecce 5:2.

Although Lecce scored their third goal in the game at the end of the game, it was no longer helpful.

If a team can score three goals in a game, it can be said that they are sure to win. Unfortunately, although Lecce did it, they are facing the stronger Fiorentina.

It's really unlucky.

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"... Zhang Jun performed a hat trick! We can't remember how many hat tricks he has contributed to us. What I want to say is that maybe he is the only ordinary striker who plays a hat trick. For him, scoring three or four is not a problem, the key is whether he wants to." Cagliani praised Zhang Jun's performance in his column. In his opinion, he is already the best striker in the world. Because a league that can be the most defensive and difficult to score in the world can score more than 30 goals in two consecutive seasons. At the same time, he is far ahead of Adriano, who has 24 goals this season. Even Ronaldo won the full victory in Inter Milan, and even Van Basten did not do it.

"... After the game, Zhang Jun revealed that if he scored thirty goals again this season, he would invite the whole team to the best hotel in Fiorentina to have dinner. No wonder we saw that the players in Fiorentina passed the ball to Zhang Jun in the second half, and even passed too much..."

Adriano threw the newspaper aside, then shouted to his teammates in the locker room: "That Zhang Jun is so despicable! He actually used a treat to dinner to buy his teammates! Everyone tried their best to assist him for that meal! It's so unfair!"

Everyone turned their heads and looked at him. After a while, Martins smiled and said, "This is it, Ade. If you promise to treat us to dinner, I bet that all of us will assist you. Even if you don't want it, we will pass the ball to your feet."

When Adriano heard this, he grinned: "Okay! OK! You all kill me with the ball!!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"The next round is going to play against Fiorentina..." someone said, and laughter disappeared, and everyone's faces changed.

"I don't want Zhang Jun to score the 100th league goal in front of me!" someone said angrily.

After he said this, the other teammates in the locker room immediately agreed.

"It's not difficult for Zhang Jun now..." Someone expressed different opinions.

Li Yongle, who had not spoken, spoke: "Don't worry, I'll be responsible for guarding him in the next game. Although we are away games, I don't want us to be the foil for his 100-ball celebration."

The teammates trust Li Yongle very much. This Chinese guy who doesn't talk much is Inter Milan's absolute midfield core and brain.

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Even when facing a second-ranked opponent like Inter Milan, the local media in Fiorentina are full of confidence in Zhang Jun completing 100 goals. Fiorentina is indeed very strong now, and ranking first is definitely not a flaw. Moreover, this time it is a home game. Fiorentina can win, and Zhang Jun can score twice and complete 100 goals. There is no problem with this.

Milan has been cautious about the media. Milan Sports does not think that Fiorentina will lose to Inter Milan, but does not think that Fiorentina can easily defeat Inter Milan. Milan Sports is inclined to AC Milan, so they naturally hope that the two teams will tie so that AC Milan, which ranks third, can catch up.

In other places, the media generally believe that Inter Milan and Fiorentina are in good shape, so it is normal for whoever wins and loses in this game.

Within the Fiorentine team, Sabato issued a kill order. In order to maintain the league's first ranking, they must win Inter Milan, which is the most direct dialogue.

The Frankie Stadium, which has expanded the stands, can accommodate 65,900 people, but it squeezed into 70,000 people during this game. Most fans wanted to witness the moment when Zhang Jun scored the 100th goal on the spot.

In the eyes of Fiorentine fans, Zhang Jun seems to be sure to score the 100th league goal in this game.

"I won't let you get what you want." Li Yongle said while shook hands before the game, pinching Zhang Jun's hand hard.

The game, like all other games, looks nothing different, and the fans are even more popular.

However, the confrontation between Zhang Jun and Li Yongle is everywhere. Although there is no overlap in the positions of the two, since Li Yongle successfully defended Zhang Jun for the first time, Mancini will arrange for Li Yongle to specifically guard Zhang Jun in the game against Fiorentina. Because in Inter Milan, only Li Yongle can defend him.

Zhang Jun had just successfully broken through Inter Milan's defense line. When he was preparing to pass the ball, he was tackled by Li Yongle who rushed over. The referee naturally punished Inter Milan for a foul, but there was no other statement except blowing the whistle.

Zhang Jun got up from the ground and looked helplessly at Li Yongle's back. The guy got up and left by himself, without saying anything. He was really a qualified opponent + enemy.

Just as Zhang Jun was about to serve a free kick, Li Yongle still looked back at Zhang Jun, and the provocative meaning in his eyes was very strong.

A football player, besides pursuing lofty honors, can he be so obsessed with this sport? For a master, besides constantly creating records or being a king and marquis, what else can he keep a high-level competitive state and constantly surpass himself?

An opponent, a strong, tenacious, and excellent opponent. It is precisely because of such an opponent that one can create legends on the football field.

Cruyff and Beckenbauer, Maradona and Mattus, the Three Dutch Musketeers and the Three German Carriages... These are all classics of the past and legends today.

Then Zhang Jun and Li Yongle can also see this. It is precisely because of Li Yongle's never-give up pursuit and entanglement that Zhang Jun is now the best Serie A scorer for two consecutive years. As long as Li Yongle does not give up on his challenge to Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun will not be able to relax for a day. While racing against Li Yongle, he is also racing against himself and the legends in the world football world.

The position of this free kick was a bit off. Zhang Jun did not shoot directly, but passed the football to the goal and handed it over to his teammates who were grabbing the spot in the penalty area.

However, in the end, Inter Milan defender Samuel was cleared.

Inter Milan's attack was then blocked by Mascherano, and then handed the ball to Cru. Cru is also a dangerous person, but Li Yongle cannot be distracted, so this dangerous person can only be handed over to Cambiaso.

Although Cambiaso is now a member of the Argentine national team and is also a good midfielder who can rank in the top five in Serie A, facing people like Cru, even Gattuso has no confidence in winning, let alone him.

Cru used a simple Marseille slew and shook him away. At that moment, Cambiaso really thought he had returned to the years of the Bernabeu and watched Zidane shake his opponent away with the Marseille slew in the game.

Now, Zidane has retired, and in the midfield, the only person who can be called a master in technology may be Barcelona's Ronaldinho. However, the young Chinese boy, Fiorentina, is likely to inherit Zidane's mantle and become a technical master in midfield.

Of course, if he could have fewer sinister small movements and those dirty malicious injustice...

After arriving, Kru passed the ball to Zhang Jun again, and he must have been thinking about Zhang Jun's promise to treat him to dinner.

Zhang Jun pulled the ball, turned around, and the next second he saw Li Yongle's face.

The moment Li Yongle waited for Zhang Jun to turn around, he broke the ball with his little feet.

Zhang Jun was no longer surprised that Li Yongle suddenly appeared behind him. He looked at Li Yongle's face, but his feet flexibly, then his body jumped, and just as soon as he dribbled the ball and flashed through Li Yongle's interception.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jun moved Li Yongle behind him, and then rushed over. Just passed Li Yongle!

After passing Li Yongle, Zhang Jun faced an Inter Milan defense line and did not choose to break through, but suddenly shot outside the penalty area.

Long shot!

The football went high above the defenders' heads and then suddenly fell - the fallen leaf ball!

Fortunately, goalkeeper Cesar was focused enough, and when he retreated, he jumped back and reached out to lift the football out of the crossbar. When he turned over and fell to the ground, a huge sigh erupted on the Frankie Stadium.

Even the commentator sighed for not following the ball: "What a pity! What a pity! Cesar's performance was perfect. Zhang Jun's shot suddenly and the angle was very clever. It was really not easy for him to save it!"

Zhang Jun, who had no goal, grabbed his hair, and then turned around and rushed to Li Yongle, who was passed by him, and smiled.

Li Yongle looked at him expressionlessly, then turned his head to the other side.

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To be continued...
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