Putting aside the crisis in the financial chain of Laughing Sports, Li Mudi had already led a large army to Genoa, the capital of the Liguria district, by bus on Saturday evening. Since the straight-line distance between the two cities is less than 150 kilometers, the distance is still relatively close, and it takes more than two hours to drive at a normal speed.

The Ligurian district is just below the Piedmont district, where the city of Turin is located, and the administrative area resembles a long arc that rises upwards, and to the south of them is the Gulf of Genoa on the Ligurian Sea. The capital city of Genoa is the largest port in Italy and the second largest port on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille in France.

In addition, it is also very culturally vibrant, with a number of places of interest, and in 2004 it was voted the "European Capital of Culture", where the world-famous navigator Christopher Columbus and violinist Niccolò Paganini were born and raised.

As for the city's football culture, it is indeed quite legendary, as Genoa and Sampdoria are both clubs with considerable status in Italian football, especially the former, which is the first superpower team on the Apennine Peninsula. The Griffons won Italy's first Federal Championship (the predecessor of Serie A) in 1989 and went on to win five more of the next six tournaments, only once by AC Milan, completing two triples. It went on to win three national championships in 1915, 1923 and 1924, becoming the most decorated team before the start of the professional league.

However, when the Serie A era officially opened in 1929, the Genoa team was no longer majestic, except for the runner-up in the first league was quite good, and it has not been able to make achievements in the next 80 years, and has even been relegated to the second division many times, which is very miserable. However, their nine top-flight titles are still fourth behind Juventus and Milan.

It wasn't until Gasperini took over in recent years that the Griffons showed signs of recovery, but last summer due to a disagreement in philosophy, the coach moved to Atalanta, which made the situation of the two teams turn around. This season, the Genoa team had a dream start to the game, as if they had suddenly been knocked on a hard stick, and they became unable to play. With just eight wins, nine draws and 19 defeats so far, 33 points keep them from the threat of relegation, and today they face a Torino side who may have a lot of rotation, and the home team will be hoping to seize the opportunity to finish relegation.

Therefore, coach Juric put all the main players he could put in the starting lineup, including the old Argentine central defender Burdisso, who should have accumulated yellow cards and suspended in the last round, and Giovanni Simeone, the son of the Atletico Madrid coach who has just returned from injury, only Ghana international Coffey replaced the injured Cataldi as the starting central midfielder.

Historically, the two teams have a clear home advantage in each meeting, with only one match drawn since 2014 and the rest won by the home team. The odds given by the bookmaker are also basically evenly matched, which is completely disproportional to the rankings of the two sides.

On the away team's side, in fact, Li Mudi had previously considered whether to fulfill the punishment he proposed before in such an important situation, and let some of the main players who did not perform well in the last game sit on the bench. After all, the battle for a place in the Europa League group stage with Lazio and Atalanta is already at a very critical moment, and if you miss, you will most likely go to the play-offs. However, this problem did not bother him for long, the team's discipline and the manager's image of a promising promise must be unconditionally maintained, even if there is a loss in results as a result, it is not at the expense of it.

As a result, the Torino team started today as a surprise to the outside world, with their formation being exactly the same as the home team, 3-4-1-2. The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the three central defenders are Vallejo, Ranocchia and the veteran Moretti from right to left, the two wing-backs on the left and right are Bareka and Silvestri, and the three players in the middle are Akwa, Baseli and Benasi who have returned from suspension, the latter of which is slightly forward, and the two forwards are Jesus and Belotti.

Li Mudi wants to take advantage of this not too good opportunity to practice the tactics of the back three, which is a mistake.

Since it is very important to have two other games that kick off at the same time, before the game, the Torino coach specially arranged for the attacking coach De Rio to use his mobile phone to keep an eye on the situation in this round of Serie A, and if there is a special incident, he will report it in time.

After kick-off, the home team quickly got into the groove and pinned down the Red Bulls, who were not yet comfortable with their new position, within half court. However, Li Mudi's adjustment was also very timely, allowing the two wingbacks to appear more in the defensive line to help defend, so that the opponent did not find any good space, and could only pour his feet outside the penalty area, and only had one non-threatening long-range shot in the opening ten minutes, enjoying more than 70% possession.

The Torino players, who were then settling their ground, began to exert their strength and snatched the momentum back into the game, and with Bareka and Silvestri returning to their positions, the midfield of both sides was evenly matched. The technical ability of the away team's players is half the same, and a certain degree of suppression is caused in almost the same tactics.

In the face of the strength of the Torino team, Juric had no choice but to follow the prescription, allowing the wingbacks on both sides to retreat from time to time to protect the back, looking like a mirror operation of the previous opponent. However, the average number of goals conceded per game is as high as 1.7 Genoa, the defense of this game is still good, and the training of the new formation of the visiting team still lacks time to practice, and there are often mistakes in the key passes, so the number of shots on goal is still not increased, and it is only 3 against 4 before half-time. As a result, the scene was very dull, and the audience had to fall asleep.

This is really not deliberate on the part of both sides, the home team really has no good way, the previous average of 0.944 goals per game attack power is only stronger than the team in the relegation circle, facing the relatively solid Torino team defense looks a little helpless. On the away team's side, because of the appearance of many rotation players and the change of formation, the frontcourt is not smooth enough and there are too many mistakes.

In the 14th minute of the opening game, Li Muddy got the news that Atalanta led Empoli 1-0 away. If the score does not change, the Red Bulls will be tied by Poseidon's Son, and can only use the advantage of goal difference to rank fifth, and continue to fight to the death in the final round of the league. It put him under a lot of pressure, but the team's attack did not go well today, especially since Baseli went off injured in the 18th minute and had to be replaced by Fabas. It's a terrible situation to lose the general in battle. Thankfully, the team doctor had good information at half-time that Barceli had only suffered a minor sprain and could recover quickly.

In the second half, it was still Torino who dominated possession, but the home team's counter-attacks gradually increased. Although a 0-0 score would have ensured that the Griffins would have landed early, in the face of an unfavorable match situation, Juric, who felt that he was likely to concede a goal, did not dare to put the treasure completely on the draw of the goal, and still wanted to take the lead first so as not to be too passive.

However, in the face of a Ranocchia-led defence, the home team's sporadic attack had no chance at all, and almost everyone who watched the game thought that it would be difficult for them to score today, but fate always joked in such situations, making the people in it cry and laugh.

In the 54th minute, Genoa organised an attack after Benasir's cross from the right was cleared by the home team's centre-back Gentiletti, but when Serbia international Lazovic burst into the right side of the box, he had no good way to get the ball out and almost all the other attacking players were targeted. Seeing that the two defenders were about to rush over to carry out the siege, Lazovic had to reluctantly pass the ball vigorously to the middle to see if there would be a blind cat and a dead mouse, who knew that the angel sister would really appear this time.

Joe Hart had no problem flying straight to intercept the cross, but he inexplicably made a mistake and couldn't catch the ball or even shoot it wide, but hit the thigh of Ranocchia, who was defending behind him. The ball went off course, slid right past Vallejo's toes and slipped in front of Simeone Jr., who was unguarded at the back post, and a big empty goal was right in front of him. The son of the famous coach slammed the ball into the net with his backheel very easily, 1-0, and the home team was so ahead.

Seeing that the entire Luigi Ferraris Stadium was boiling instantly because of this unexpected goal, Li Mudi, who had been sitting firmly in Diaoyutai before, could only shake his head helplessly, he got up from the coach's bench and came to the sidelines, shouting to his players to adjust their mentality in time, and the next step is to strengthen the attack.

Joe Hart has made so many mistakes this season that no one could have imagined before. I don't know if it's a delusion, but the Torino boss feels that the current number one goalkeeper of the England national team seems to be difficult to regain his peak form, and even if he returns to the Premier League, he may not have a chance to rejuvenate again, although he has just passed his 30th birthday.

With a goal in hand, Genoa immediately contracted in full swing, and six minutes after the goal, Simeone Jr. was replaced by Macedonian veteran Pandev, whose experience and ability to drop back into midfield would have had a better effect when leading the way. In the 63rd minute, Juric replaced the starting striker Luca Rigoni with Argentine defender Muñoz, changing the formation to 4-5-1, and the intention of swinging the bus was quite obvious.

Li Mudi replaced Akwa with Farke and changed the formation to 3-4-3, with two wingers and two wing-backs starting to frequently look for opportunities to break down the flanks and cross or cut inside. And when defending the opponent's counterattack, it is a fierce counter-robbery on the spot, and if it doesn't work, it will be fouled directly, otherwise the large open space in the backfield will leave too many opportunities for the home team to sprint, and if one more goal is conceded, the game will be completely explained.

As a result, in the next ten minutes, Torino had a total of five chances on goal, but unfortunately none of them posed a threat to the opposition goalkeeper Ramana. In the counterattack to stop the home team, they also received three yellow cards from the referee in succession for a tactical foul that was too big or terminated the opponent's good chance. However, the yellow jewel cards on Vallejo, Benassi and Febas did not shake the determination of Li Moodi and his players to attack, and the Torino boss played the last card in his hand in the 84th minute, with Rajjdzic coming on to replace Moretti. When the visitors attacked, it was a frantic 2-4-1-3.

And this all-or-nothing gamble finally paid off before the end of the game. In the 88th minute, Jesus' inward cut caused a foul on the home team's substitute midfielder Frenchman Ntcham, and the Serbian international, who had just been on the field for four minutes, stood in front of the ball. From 267 yards to the left, Rajadzic attempted to kick a direct shot into the near corner, but after encountering Pandev, who was leaping high in the wall, he changed line and headed straight for the far side. Genoa goalkeeper Ramana, who had already made a prediction in advance and moved to the other side, although he barely pulled back his body and blocked the ball with one palm, could not completely resolve the danger. Hesse cut forward at high speed to grab a valuable second spot and slotted the ball into the empty net. 1-1, the two sides still returned to the same starting line.

Instead of celebrating with his teammates after the goal, he wanted to pick up the ball from the net and quickly swing it back into midfield for the home team to kick off early. However, Lamana clearly saw through the opponent's intentions and took the ball in his arms first, hoping to delay a little longer and maintain the draw until the final whistle sounded. The two men clashed on the goal line, tackling and defending the football, and at the same time the words began to be unfriendly exchanges.

With the huge boos of the fans, the referee hurriedly blew the whistle to prevent the other players from coming forward to help, and with the help of the referee on the bottom line, the two sides of the conflict were separated, and one person gave a yellow card, and the game was resumed, but more than a minute was wasted.

In the end, Torino also failed to take all three points from the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. With Atalanta's 1-0 win over relegation-struggling Empoli, the two teams at the top of the table are still level on points. And Genoa also relied on this draw to announce that they had succeeded in relegation one round earlier.

In the focus battle that ended at the same time as these two games, Juventus defeated Crotone by three goals, and also won the unprecedented sixth consecutive Serie A championship one round in advance, which was booked on the front page of major media on Monday.

Later, Lazio, who made their last appearance today, lost 1-3 at home to Inter Milan, which had lost four consecutive defeats, in the case of winning to lock up the fourth place in the league, leaving the suspense in the final round of the matchup.