Speaking at the post-match press conference, Li Mudi expressed his delight at his side's progression, but remained calm enough, saying: "It was a great victory, everyone is very happy to have reached the semi-finals, and most importantly, our players showed an important attitude, they were very committed to the game. There have been some ups and downs in our performances due to fixtures and injuries but the win over Roma has helped to rebuild confidence and show that the team is always improving and we have to maintain that form to achieve the goals we set at the end of the season. ”

Defender Silvestri, who broke the deadlock for the team in the game, also said: "It's fantastic, we qualified for a semi-final and no one in the team has had that experience at the moment except for Chiro [i.e. Immobile], so everyone enjoyed the win. I and some of my team-mates have been suffering from injuries that have led to inconsistent results, but now only poor Andrea has some time to recover and the rest are coming back. Everyone is slowly getting back to form and we are always confident about the games ahead. ”

As for the fact that a reporter congratulated them on drawing a weaker Atalanta in the semi-finals and advancing to the final, the Torino coach immediately refuted it, responding: "How can the team that can enter the final four have any weakness? Gasperini is the third best manager in Serie A in 2017, and Atalanta are only lacking in the current league due to the slow start of the season, you must know that they have drawn with Juventus and beat AC Milan, so I don't think there is anything to be thankful for Torino to meet this opponent. Those three teams are tough opponents, and no matter who we draw, we have to give 120 per cent if we want to get through this hurdle or we will get kicked in the ass. ”

The Roma boss, who was in attendance later, was not happy about the loss, repeatedly emphasising the bad luck of the Roma team today, but still acknowledging that the victory was won by strength. Of course, it can be analyzed from the squad sent by the home team that they do not attach much importance to the Coppa Italia game, and the focus of this season is still to be put in the league and the Champions League.

Commenting on the defeat in response to a reporter's question, El Shaarawy brushed aside more time for the next league game, saying: "We created a lot of chances today, but we need to be more efficient. I was so close to the goal, but it was so unfortunate that it hit the underside of the crossbar and hit the line. But it also gives us a warning to reflect on this game and try to get a positive result against Atalanta at the weekend. Roma are 11 points behind Napoli in the league at the moment, which looks like a lot, but we have a game in hand, and we have a direct meeting in the second round, we lost at home in October, so we have to try to win it back next time, and there is still hope for the title. ”

In short, in a game where there is a big difference in the importance of the two sides, the result of the Red Bulls' narrow away victory to advance has not caused too much controversy, and the honor brought by the Coppa Italia and the qualification for the Europa League are not of much significance to the two teams aiming to win the top three of the league or even the championship. Relatively speaking, the Torino team, who have not had the slightest honour for more than 20 years, obviously need such a title more, so it is reasonable for them to send more main players to win.

With this fixture coming to an end, the semi-finals of this season's Coppa Italia are officially on the table, with the Torino duo, who finished higher in the league last season, heading to their respective rivals' home stadiums to take on Atalanta and AC Milan. The second leg is scheduled for the final day of February, with home and away reversed to meet the crucial battle on their own turf, giving Allegri and Lee Moody's side a better chance of meeting in the final.

In the three days before the Coppa Italia quarter-finals have settled and the final league game before the break, the entire European football scene, including the Apennines, has been plagued by numerous transfer rumours. According to the media's revelations, few well-known players will definitely stay in the original team, and most of them have more or less suitors behind them, which annoys the management and head coaches of many clubs.

Just as the winter transfer market opened on January 1, the president of the Torino club, Urbano Cairo, said in an interview with the reporter of the Torino Sports Newspaper: "The team is not sure that there will be reinforcements this winter, but if there are players who leave, then we will try to find their replacements." Will we sign Juve winger Piazza on loan? I haven't heard anything about the player from Coach Lee, and at the moment, I don't think Juventus will give up on a transfer operation that could strengthen their arch-rivals. ”

Croatian international Marko Piaca moved from Dinamo Zagreb to the Bianconeri for €23 million after Euro 2016, but has not been in a good position with the Serie A giants for a year and a half. He barely played 22 games totaling 700 minutes last season, but was affected by a cruciate ligament injury before the start of last summer's season, and immediately missed all the games in the first two and a half months. After recovering from injury, he could only train with the U19 youth team to find his form, but because he missed the run-in with the first team, he has not won a minute of playing time so far. Considering the future development of the player, who is not yet 23 years old, the old woman decided to put him out on loan in order to get a chance to work out for official matches.

It was precisely because of Belotti's injury that the Torino side was a little tight on the configuration of the forward line, and some media made up false news that they were interested in loaning Piazza. Yes, there is no insider breaking the news, and there is no corresponding indication, this news is made up by some unscrupulous reporters sitting at their desks, which is ridiculous. However, those who are a little more professional know that the Red Bulls need a center forward at the moment, and Li Mudi, who prefers to send a 3-5-2 formation, has no idea about additional wingers.

The European transfer market after the first day of the transfer window after the frenzy, immediately showed a cooling trend, although the three consecutive days of player changes are still maintained at more than 200 cases, but the total amount of transfer transactions has plummeted, the average daily total is around 15 million euros, and there is no news of big-name stars changing hands, it looks very calm.

But Li Mudi, who has been following the dynamics of various giants and other Serie A teams through the FM system in his spare time, knows that these are just the calm before the storm, and the transfer operation, which is even crazier than New Year's Day, will soon dominate the front pages of various sports media. However, none of those key events have anything to do with the Apennine Peninsula, although there are also various rumors flying all over the sky, but the Serie A teams seem to be unaware that the transfer window has opened, and they are basically in a state of immobility, and even if there are signs of personnel changes, they are poached by foreign teams, Torino is one of them.

On the morning of the 5th, when Li Mudi ate the breakfast made by his mother, he called up the system in his mind to check the latest transfer situation, and suddenly found that the word "interest" appeared in the names of some of the players under his command, indicating that someone began to play the idea of the Red Bull, and then he saw the news of AC Milan's intention to introduce midfielder Barceli in various media in reality. Sky Sports Italia transfer expert Di Marzio revealed on his personal website that dissatisfied with the team's midfield playmaking ability, Gattuso hopes the club can find a good commander as soon as possible to help the team improve their results. And because of the fierce competition in the team this season, Barceli has become the first target of the Rossoneri.

Di Marzio also said in a follow-up supplementary revelation that AC Milan are willing to loan the Torino midfielder for half a season and make an official buyout this summer. In order to make room for Baseli, they are willing to loan Richard's long-coveted potential youngster Locatelli to the Red Bulls for free, and agree to let him move if the price is right. The young Milan midfielder, who burst onto the scene last season, has lost a lot of room after last summer's squad overhaul, and in addition to starting in the Coppa Italia, he has been completely reduced to a substitute in the league, and only got a chance to play in the last minute in the last round of the draw against Fiorentina, and before that, he was on the bench for three consecutive rounds. For the better development of his career, Locatelli, who was once hailed as the core of the Rossoneri's future midfield, is not averse to joining the Torino team.

If there is no premise for selling Baseli, Li Mudi is more than willing to pull the young talent with a potential value of 163 into his team, after all, this is a good seedling who has the potential to become the core of the new generation of the Italian national team. However, for the current fierce situation of hitting the top three in the league, Barceli, who is much more capable at present, is obviously the more important immediate combat power, and the Torino coach who is unwilling to lose a lot of money is naturally unwilling to agree to this deal that is losing money at the moment.

However, just as he was planning how to use the empty gloves of the White Wolves to take the young midfielder without paying the main force of the team, Valentino Cairo called, and Montella, who had just taken over the reins of Sevilla, sent a message through an intermediary that the La Liga side that once dominated the Europa League was also willing to bring in Barcelona in the winter window, and also made an inquiry. And according to the grapevine of the Prince of Torino, the Sevilla club may have met with Baseli's agent to make preliminary negotiations about the latter's client transfer.

Li Mudi, who didn't know much about the player's intentions, felt that this matter was starting to be a little troublesome, and he immediately carefully checked the player's personal status through the FM system, and found that he had no obvious intention of leaving the team, so he put his heart down a little. He immediately dialed the mobile phone of Pantario Longo, the director, hoping that the latter would be able to meet with Baseli's agent today and ask what he thinks. The Torino coach himself did not wait for Forsina to drive to pick him up (because his mother cooked, he didn't have to get up early to go to the canteen, so he went out much later than usual these days), and hurried to the club's premises by himself.

And as soon as he walked into his office to have a private conversation with Barcelona himself before he arrived here for training, assistant coach Kevin Sumfield, who is also used to going to work early, approached the team's boss with the latest news, because Inter Milan was not willing to be lonely to join the chaos. At half past eight in the morning on the 5th, "Milan Sport" revealed that the Nerazzurri are interested in bringing in Torino midfielder Barceli on loan, with a mandatory buyout clause. The reason why it is not an outright buyout is because they have to comply with the Financial Fair Play Act, Spalletti's side do not have much money to spend on reinforcements this winter, and are currently in talks with Benfica to bring in Argentine defender Lisandro López on loan and then buy, otherwise it could trigger a UEFA penalty.

Although other media have reported in subsequent reports that Inter's operation is to interfere with the reinforcement of the city's sworn enemies, and they are not too concerned about whether the deal can be successful, the relevant staff of the Torino club know that the former has sent a formal offer letter, put forward a loan intention, and set the buyout amount at 21 million euros. This figure is 5 million higher than the instant value of the player estimated by the German media "Transfer Market", and depending on the situation, the other party can accept a certain increase in price, which should be said to be purchased with sincerity.

In the case of little progress in the recruitment plan, his own big man was poached by many clubs, and Li Mudi's mood was naturally a little bad. He would love to reject all these buyers and label Baseli as not for sale, so as to crush all the poaching plans against him, but this is obviously impossible. Although the club values his say in the transfer process as the manager of the team, after the previous transfer periods, he found that director Longo has become a little unhappy with being a puppet. Even Valentino Cairo, who has always been in the same boat, has tried to make his voice heard on many occasions when it comes to squad adjustments, so before making a decision now, Li Mudi will listen to the opinions of these two club executives first, otherwise it will cause a bigger hidden danger.

There was no useful information in the brief exchange with Barcelona himself on this day, as he himself was noncommittal about leaving the Red Bulls, meaning that he could stay and would not reject a move if there were better conditions. Li Mudi has no special emotions about this result, because this is the normal football world, you can't expect everyone to be a diehard loyalist of the team, not moved by external temptations, and only know how to serve the club to the death. It's so rare for Maldini and Totti to be the same, and flags like Raul's can be driven away, and how can you ask the players to have no other ideas in front of a club that has so little affection?

Now it seems that as long as the player does not take the initiative to leave the team, it is good news for the Torino team, which makes Li Mudi a lot more likely to keep Baseli. Because in the current super excessive premium transfer market, it is difficult to use the same funds to buy excellent players with the same strength, even if it is reluctantly done, it will affect the team's results because of the run-in problem between new signings and players, so several core main players in the team, Li Mudi does not want to lose any of them this winter.