At 3 p.m. Turin time on Saturday, the 32nd round of Serie A matches of the 2016-17 season saw Palermo vs Bologna, Pescara vs Juventus, Roma vs Atalanta, Torino vs Crotone and Sassuolo vs Sampdoria kicking off at the same time.

Naturally, the five sets of CCTV and Xiaoshi Sports Network will not miss the moment when the red bull is likely to achieve a counterattack, and they have already selected the live broadcast of this showdown that seems to have a huge disparity in strength. Of course, this is not a deliberate selection either, but all the leagues in Turin this season will be broadcast live by these two broadcasters.

Li Mudi adjusted the starting lineup again in this seemingly unsuspenseful game, because the opponent's offensive strength is really not strong (25 goals scored in the first 31 rounds, ranking third from the bottom of the entire Serie A), and the defense is relatively good (51 goals conceded is not very good, but only 6 more than the Torino team), Akwa also needs to be suspended because of the red card in the last round, so he boldly put a full attacking lineup in the midfield, wanting to use the team's strong attack to completely suppress Crotone into the halfand not give them a chance to attack the home team's defence.

Torino played for 4-3-1-2 today, with just one change at the back, with Rossettini having a sprained ankle against Cagliari last weekend, and Lee Moody put him in the stands for safety reasons, with Spanish teenager Vallejo alongside Ranocchia at centre-back. The midfield changes are relatively large, with Barceli and Benassi naturally being the unstoppable central midfielders, while on the right side stands Farke, who has been playing as a winger before. Serbian Rajadzic has seen a recent resurgence in form as a starting midfielder, with Belotti and Jesus in front of him.

This lineup configuration is naturally a little weak when defending, but once it enters the position, it can be instantly converted into a 4-2-1-3 or even 4-2-2-2 position, so that the team can have up to four attackers in the frontcourt. Combined with two playmaking central midfielders and full-backs who assist from both sides, it can definitely put a lot of pressure on the opposition and make it impossible for their bucket formation to sustain properly.

As for the visiting team, head coach Davide Nicola naturally sent all the main players, and in the 4-4-2 parallel position, all the players were the best in the team in various positions, and the main scorer, Diego Falcinelli, who was on loan from Sassuolo, was the most relied on to win points. The 186-centimeter-tall 26-year-old striker, who joined Pythagoras at the end of last summer's window, became the team's number one star from the moment he arrived, starting the first 29 league games (the first two were still with the same team) and rarely being substituted in the middle of the game, scoring 11 goals and providing one assist, almost half of the team's goals.

It was thanks to his excellent performance of three goals in the previous two rounds that Crotone was able to surprise two consecutive victories and see a glimmer of hope of relegation. The Torino boss made a pre-match focus on the Italian striker, who had an excellent header and good footwork, and if he could be completely blocked, it would be difficult for the opponent to threaten the home team's goal.

After the referee blew the opening whistle, as Li Mudi expected, in the face of the Red Bulls' powerful attack, Crotone's players directly chose to retreat and swing the bus, leaving only two strikers to intercept the home team's pass at will behind the midfield line, ready to counterattack at any time. The Torino players kept the ball in the opposition half, constantly looking for opportunities to score through left and right movements and active running.

However, there are so many players in the visitors' half that no matter how the ball is conducted, there are always plenty of scramble in the Crotone penalty area, and it will be difficult to create a few chances inside. So Rajjdic and Falke and other players with good long-range shooting ability began to frequently use the space pulled out by their teammates to shoot outside the penalty area, and the shooting rate was not bad, about 50%, but they failed to kick a world wave, which was resolved one by one by Alex Kordaz, the goalkeeper of the visiting team who was in good shape.

And a few crosses from the flanks did not wait to create chaos, the average height of the four defenders of Crotone is 1.86 meters, and the two central defenders Ferrari and Cecherini are 189 cm and one 187 cm. The latter managed to grab the first spot in just one of his five first-half aerial duels, but it was also high over the crossbar under pressure that he did not continue his claim as Europe's leading goalscorer.

Seeing that the mentality of the players had become a little impatient, Li Mudi hurriedly got up and signaled them to stabilize their positions, so that they could properly recycle and change the rhythm that was too fast before. However, the visitors did not intend to take this opportunity to press forward, still taking up to four or five players in the attack, and once they conceded the goal, they immediately fought back, and the distance between the three lines was also kept very close, so that the Torino players did not have the possibility of playing a quick counter-attack.

This kind of defensive defense, waiting for the situation to change the tactics, so that the Torino coach felt a bit of a headache, today the home team's attacking players are not very good crosshairs, there have been a few more outrageous shots, hit the range of the goal frame and failed to kick a good ball with a tricky angle, unable to bring the opposing goalkeeper a greater threat. It can be seen from the fact that the opponent can directly control all the balls on target, and the quality of the home team's attacks is very poor, and there is no chance to cause the opponent to get out of his hands to form a follow-up shot.

Just before half-time, Crotone suddenly stepped up his scramble, much to the discomfort of the Torino players, and made a mistake in a backfield pass that was tackled by the opposition right midfielder, Sweden fringe international Roden. The visitors then launched a counter-attack, with Falcinelli pulling to the right to receive a pass from a football player and using a seemingly slow dribbling motion to force Bareka half a body from the ribs into the home side's box. Vallejo, the young defender who returned to the defense, tackled sideways with some recklessness, intercepted the ball with people, and was caught by the referee not far away, immediately stopped the game, and also took out a yellow card as a warning.

After centre-back Ferrari headed a team-mate's free-kick wide of the right-hand post, the visitors finally had their first unblocked shot of the game, and the whistle blew shortly after half-time. Although many people have guessed the score of 0-0 in advance, the process of the home team's helplessness still proves Crotone's determination to relegate and good defensive strength.

The Torino boss was also a little tricky at half-time, with Atalanta stubbornly resisting the Roma's frenzied attack with the injury of Allegandro Gomez and the reduction of possession to 30 per cent, and Slovenian midfielder Kurtic scoring a goal with the only shot on target of the half, Gasperini's side returned to the dressing room with the lead, which was a big surprise to the outside world. You must know that the bookmaker gave the away team the odds of winning that game as high as 6.63, and the draw was also 4.53, which shows that in the eyes of professionals, the possibility of the son of Poseidon being able to escape from the Olympic Stadium in Rome is still relatively low, let alone winning in an upset.

However, the current score situation is moving in a direction that Torino supporters do not want, and if the final results of these two games do not change, the Red Bulls will be three points behind Atalanta in the standings, and will not be able to overtake Lazio to occupy fifth place after this round of league games. Therefore, winning the bottom team of Crotone has become a task that the team must complete in the next 45 minutes, and if it fails, it will be a very big blow to the team's morale.

So Li Mudi made a move before the start of the second half, replacing Rajadzic, who had managed to get a start, with young Argentine striker Lucas Boyer, and the former to form a forward partnership with Belotti and Jess to take the left winger. Correspondingly, Farke was also promoted to the right winger, and the team's position was fixed into a furious 4-2-2-2, and the attack and defense of the midfield were handed over to the two playmaking forwards Barceli and Benasi, which can be described as a desperate gamble.

This position forms a circle, leaving a very large space in the middle, which is not conducive to the overall control of the team, so the Torino coach asked the two forwards to pay more attention to the drop to receive the ball, and the two central midfielders took turns to fill this empty space, keeping the "center of the circle" always someone to receive the ball from the ball.

Seeing that the home team had reached the point of abandoning the midfield defense in order to improve their attacking power, Crotone coach Davide Nicola, who had played for the Red Bulls in the 2005-06 season, chose to respond to the situation unchanged, he did not let his players take advantage of the weakness of the opponent's back number to attack a wave, nor did he order the two forwards to withdraw to the back to defend actively, but wanted to see how it progressed, and then improvise.

The Torino player quickly changed his mind, and from the minute of the rematch, the home team launched a tidal wave of attacks, and created many dangerous chances, shocking the visitors in a cold sweat.

In the 47th minute, Barcelona stepped forward to the top of the penalty area, received a reply from Belotti and hit the goal with his right foot, the ball hit the calf of Crotone central defender Ferrari and then went sideways, straight to the bottom right corner of the goal. Goalkeeper Alex Kordaz had already made a save because he had predicted the previous direction of travel, and he had no resistance to the ball flying in the other direction, so he could only turn his head and stare at the far end with his eyes, while hoping for God's favor in his heart. Perhaps his prayer really came to fruition, the ball grazed the outside of the goal post and flew out of the bottom line, the Torino fans in the stadium let out a huge cry of regret, and the players in the stadium even held their heads in their hands and looked pained.

Three minutes later, the scene reappeared. Zampa Costa assists on receiving a through ball from Falke and bursting into the right side of the penalty area to shoot from a tight angle, which was blocked by the solid Kordaz from outside the near corner. Benassi sent the ball down the middle and the highest player in the field, Ranocchia, leaped high and slammed the ball into the visitors' goal, beating Ferrari, who was six centimetres shorter than him. Because the distance was too close and the ball speed was too fast, the away goalkeeper could not react, so he could only defend with his eyes again, while still silently reciting "God forbid" in his heart. Outcome...... It was still evil, the ball smashed the crossbar and bounced high, and then landed on the top net under everyone's gaze, out of the bottom line.

The home team once again missed the goal, and the entire Turin Olympic Stadium was once again drowned out with sighs, and some superstitious people even began to wonder if the team was cursed by the wizard invited by the opposing side today, or that Crotone was protected by a master with a secret method, and no matter how much he played, he couldn't break through their goal.

In the 55th minute, Hesse slid past a defender in a dazzling dribbling motion on the flank, and then slotted into the box to deliver a quick low cross. Unfortunately, Belotti and Boye, who were outflanked in front and center, missed the target by a hair's length, and the ball slid past the goal and was cleared by the opposing player, and the Torino team once again missed the golden opportunity to kill with a certain blow.

In the case of the extremely dangerous goal of the side, the coach of the visiting team finally couldn't sit still, and replaced the starting right wing-back Roden with Sam Pirich, who was born as a fullback and has stronger defensive ability, while retaining the double striker and waiting for the opportunity to impact the home team's defense, he wanted to strengthen the defense in the midfield, especially on the wing, hoping to suppress the opponent's fierce attack.

After seeing the opponent's adjustments, Li Mudi was unmoved, and instructed the two central midfielders not to be too anxious, and to use the change of rhythm and the space in the midfield to continue to mobilize the defensive formation of the away team. As a result, the pace of the game gradually slowed down under the deliberate control of the home team, and the four players in the front court took the initiative to retreat a distance of about ten meters, allowing the opposing players to return to the formation that had been compressed to the extreme.

The Torino coach got good news from the FM system, Dzeko scored and helped Roma make it 1-1, and Atalanta's instant points returned to 59, only one more than the current Red Bulls. As long as they can win Crotone, they can reverse them and regain fourth place in the table. If the Red Wolves can continue to win, the lead of the Torino team will increase even further, and it is incredible, it can be said that the usual bad situation of the previous three consecutive games has been reversed in an instant in these two weekends!

Of course, if you want to turn the above results into reality, the most important thing is to defeat the extremely tenacious Crotone team in front of you, Li Mudi felt his heartbeat accelerating, but he forcibly controlled his expression and movements, he didn't want to bring too much pressure to the players, everything still had to be controlled in a stable state.