With Juventus set to play the first leg of the Champions League first knockout tie away to Porto in the middle of next week, the Italian Football Federation scheduled their kick-off for this round of the league to Friday evening, and the Old Lady continued their stay at home to Palermo with a comfortable 4-1 win at home to a semi-main line-up.

There are only two Italian teams left in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Juventus and Napoli, plus Fiorentina and Roma who have advanced to the last 32 of the Europa League, and there are only four teams that can earn European points for the entire Serie A at present, behind Spain, England and Germany, and the chances of hitting the third league after this season do not look very great. Thankfully, UEFA overhauled Champions League qualification last summer, starting with the 2018-19 season, with four group stage places allocated directly to the top four leagues in the UEFA Nations League for at least the next three seasons, and none of them will be required to participate in the play-offs. This means that even if Serie A is still in the top four after next season, it can enjoy the same treatment as La Liga, the Premier League and the Bundesliga, and considering that the Portuguese Super League, which is currently fifth, is a bit big away from the top four, it is basically certain that all four countries can always have four Champions League places under the premise that this rule does not change, which is indeed a great thing for Torino and Milan.

However, leaving aside 2018, Napoli's 3-1 defeat at defending champions Real Madrid two days ago suggests they can focus on their home game, and Li Moody is not optimistic that Maurizio Sarri's side can turn the tables in the second leg at home. Considering the small number of Coppa Italia games, this means that the White Dolphins will take the league seriously up a notch, and it will be difficult for them to fall out of the top three with their quality. And if Torino's defeat to Roma this weekend widens the gap between the two sides, the Red Bulls can say goodbye to next season's Champions League once and for all. Even if Li Mudi only had a hint of fantasy about rushing into the top three before, but the reality still taught him a ruthless lesson, unlike the cup where luck may affect the results, if you want to get the ideal results in the long league, you still have to rely on strength to speak, and the strength of the Torino team this year has obviously not entered the top three.

However, after all the games on Saturday were over, Li Mudi felt that it was not just a matter of the top three in the league. Atalanta (1-0 win at home to Crotone), Lazio (2-1 away to Empoli) and Inter Milan (1-0 away win over Bologna) all got three points, and their points have caught up with the Torino team with one less game, both with 47 points, which made Li Mudi, who was still fantasizing about the Champions League a second ago, directly broke out in a cold sweat, and if he was not careful, even the Europa League place would be lost, can the pressure not be great?

At 22:00 Beijing time on Sunday evening, just fifteen minutes before the kick-off of Roma's home game against Torino, news came from another field that surprised everyone. Pescara, who had only won 5 draws and 19 losses in the previous 24 rounds of the league and only scored 19 goals, swept Genoa, which had 3 draws and 7 losses in the last ten rounds, 5-0 at its home stadium Adriatico Stadium, and finally ushered in the first win of the season, and finally did not become another team that was relegated to the second division with a winless record. The players of the Griffin Legion are like they are possessed by something dirty today, and everyone is very bad, and it looks like the Celestial Empire football team may be able to win when it comes. Genoa gave such a big gift to the deputy squad leader today, and I don't know how the other party will repay them in the future. And the old coach Zeman, who has just taken over the team, ushered in a big victory in the first game after taking office, I don't know if it will bring him enough good luck for himself and the team, after all, if they want to succeed in relegation, they have to count on the favor of some goddesses of luck

Back at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Spalletti fielded the 3-4-2-1 formation he had been playing after the winter break, which was the most important style of play that Li Mudi wanted to use before the start of the season. The goalkeeper is still Poland's international Szczesny, who is on loan from Arsenal, and although the contract includes a buy-out clause of 15.5 million euros, the club has no intention of formally bringing him in. If it weren't for the high salary demanded by this player, Li Mudi would have wanted to buy him, he is definitely a world-class goalkeeper before he is 27 years old, and the transfer fee of more than 10 million is too valuable, but it is a pity that he ......

With the arrival of Bruno Perez, Roma finally had a strong wing-back capable of running through the right corridor, and even Florenzi's injury did not stop Spalletti from changing to a back three, further improving their team's midfield control and attacking ability. Looking at it this way, the Torino team is still selling cheaply in this deal with the Brazilian, and I believe that after seeing the increase in the level of the other party because of the addition of this player, the senior management of the Torino club will regret it. The other three starters in midfield are Dutch international Stroman, who partnered in central midfield, and Argentine Leandro Paredes, who was bought out on loan from Boca Juniors in 2014, and 22-year-old Brazilian teenager Emerson Palmieri who played as a left wing-back.

The position of the two strikers Nainggolan and Salah is very flexible, the front field is their range of activity, and Dzeko is naturally at the forefront, the power of this trident is definitely the first-class existence in Europe, although it is not as inexplicable as MSN and BBC, but in Serie A, there are very few teams that can defend, and the Torino defense pressure led by Ranocchia today is not small.

Torino, on the other hand, still stuck to the usual 4-3-3 formation, goalkeeper: Joe Hart, the back line: the injured Zampacosta, Ranocchia, Rostini and Barreca, the midfielders: Baseli, Akwa with Benasi, and the forward: Falke, Belotti and Jesus, all of whom are currently the first choice in their respective positions.

Before the official start of the match, the Italian broadcaster first introduced the historical record of the two sides. Since 1994, the two teams have met in a total of 29 official matches, with Roma holding the absolute upper hand with 17 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats. In addition to the Coppa Italia with one win each, the home side's advantage in the league was also very clear, with one defeat coming in the closing stages of the 2006-07 season, when the Red Wolves lost 1-0 at home, and the other was a 3-1 win in the sixth round of the season. The Red Wolves have won 11, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last six meetings, and look to be on a seven-game winning streak with all three points in their last six meetings. The hope is still very strong.

Sergio Chercy, a commentator on Italian national television, also highlighted the magic that the stadium is currently holding, and anyone familiar with competitive sports should be aware of the impact that home field advantage can have, and for football, a team usually earns more than six out of five points on their home court for the entire season. Of course, the stronger the team, the lower the percentage, but the results at home will eventually exceed those on the road. In the bottom four of this season's Serie A standings, apart from Palermo, the remaining three teams have taken points at home to account for 70% (14/20), Pescara 75% (6/8) and Crotone 85% (11/13).

Whether it's a long league or a two-legged knockout tournament, a team needs to do well on their home turf if they want to do well, and the teams at the top of the table know this, with no team in the top eight winning less than 60% at home and a low points percentage close to 70%. Among them are two special teams, Juventus and Roma, who have won all of their home league games so far this season. Counting last season, the Red Wolves have accumulated 14 consecutive home wins in Serie A, tying the team history record, if they can win again today, it will create a new history, so the morale of the players will be like a cheer. It's so hard to deal with. You must know that they are not the psychological state of the Celestial Empire national football team, a critical moment is cowardly, this kind of important game can often make the high-level players in the West more able to play their potential, and the luck of the Torino team is really not very good.

After the opening, as in the previous meeting, the home team still had a posture of initiating an attack without a trial, and this time they had more options to attack after playing one more man in the midfield. Perez also wanted to prove his strength against his old club, so the attack on the wing was very ferocious, and he wanted to complete a dragon assist with his first touch, but unfortunately it was broken out of the touchline by his former team-mate Bareka before the cross.

After that, when the Torino team was in possession of the ball, the opponent's frontcourt players also made some interference actions and did not carry out high-intensity scrambles, so the away team's own backfield control was relatively easy. However, once the ball is transmitted to the home team's half, there will be a lot of resistance, although Stroman and Paredes are both playmaking midfield cores, but they are also using active running to hinder the passing of Torino players, plus the two wing-backs on the wings to help defence, the visitors really did not get a good chance to attack the opposition goal for a while.

In the fifth minute, the home team won a corner kick from the left, and after Paredes passed to the front post, Greek central defender Manolas headed the ball, and Juan, who was ambushed at the back post, followed up with a right-footed shovel that missed the post, which also shocked the Torino team in a cold sweat. Li Muddy ran outside the sideline to remind him to concentrate loudly, and suddenly the collective distraction has become a fixed plot that the Red Bulls have to commit several times per game, and the problem of defense still restricts the possibility of the team to impact higher results, and strengthening this aspect has become the primary problem to be solved in the future.

In the eighth minute, the visitors' first shot of the game finally arrived, when Farke's left-footed long-range shot after a sudden cut inside did not pose much of a threat to Szczesny, and he chose to force his foot between the two Brazilians, Juan and Emerson, who could have bought a lottery ticket if he could have scored. The Roma veteran has been unable to win two new managers since joining the Red Wolves for €8 million last season, and his stats have dropped from 13 goals in 32 appearances in Genoa the year before to just two goals in 22 appearances, and is considered a parallel commodity by fans. He has been holding his breath in his heart to prove their mistakes in front of his old club, but unfortunately the way he chose is not smart enough, and it may backfire.

However, before Li Mudi could give new instructions, the away team's goal was missed. In the 10th minute, Dzeko dropped back to receive the ball and opted to dribble forward, attracting the attention of Barceli and Zampacosta before splitting to the left. Nainggolan did not continue to go down at the first time, but after observing the booth of the visiting team's defence, he suddenly passed the ball back to the middle with the outside of his right foot. The latter took a lateral step from the edge of the box and fired a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net that grazed the inside of the post and into the bottom right corner of the net, but Joe Hart's save failed to touch anything but air. At 1-0, Roma's lead often means victory is not far from them, and Dzeko is one step closer to leading Belotti in the scorers' charts, and the gap between the two sides is three again, and Red Bebe needs to step up quickly to fight back and help his team change the passive situation.

Li Mudi was pulling assistant coach Sumfield on the sidelines at this time to vent his dissatisfaction, the home team's goal process just now took less than six seconds, two people completed two passes to penetrate the entire back line of the Torino team, most defenders made the most basic mistake of marking the ball and not marking people. And Akwa failed to judge the situation in front of the penalty area, giving Dzeko a chance to calmly get up, and the boxed Barceli did not make a decisive tackle, which turned this attack into a fatal blow, and their defensive awareness was still too far from the first-class level.

After the restart, the visitors also played two attacks deep into the opposition's depth, and once Benassier's through ball failed to form a tacit agreement with Belotti, who fell into the home side's offside trap. On another occasion, Zampacosta's cross from the edge of the line was barely met by the Italian national team's new no.9 between two tall centre-backs, but it was well off the woodwork, and they were still far from the goal, at least much farther than Roma.