When the Torino team led by two goals, the away team did not have a decent goal, which was indeed greatly unexpected by people, and also made Zhang Lu, a guest of the Tianchao CCTV Sports Channel, praise Li Mudi with a smile. However, the rest of the game lived up to his praise, and although the visitors recovered from the opening blow of two slamming blows and organized a couple of dangerous attacks, the situation remained firmly in the hosts' hands. Nearly 90 per cent of passes completed and 64 per cent possession were almost the best performances for Torino so far this season, while Joe Hart appeared to have found his prime form, saving a must-have strike from opposition striker Federico Melchiorri.

In the 38th minute, Barcelona provided the assist, Benassi took the ball to the penalty line after a beautiful turn at the edge of the penalty area, and hit the goal vigorously on the right side of the side, Storari's lack of preparation and the speed of the ball finally hit the top left corner, and the home team rewrote the score to 3-0 with great ease, and put the three points firmly in the pocket.

At half-time, the entire Olympians' interior turned into a paradise of celebration and singing, and even minus 5 degrees Celsius could not stop their enthusiasm, and everyone believed that the team had come out of the previous slump and was back on the right path. Li Muddy also praised the players in the dressing room, but also reminded everyone to be careful of the opponent's counterattack, the team has conceded goals in six consecutive league games, the last time to keep a clean sheet against the opponent was a month and a half ago against Pescara, the head coach hopes to take advantage of the good form today to find a quick victory. Feel.

But I don't know if he recently obtained the attribute of a crow's beak, and the things he encountered were the opposite of what he expected or expected. Just three minutes into the second half, Cagliari seized the chance in a seemingly casual attack. The Italian Fabio Pisacane, who played as a left wing-back in this game, sent a cross from the wing, and Melchiori, who suddenly inserted from the back post, pressed the youngster Barreca and pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.

However, although this face is a little fast, Li Mudi is not too angry, after all, the level of defensive players is there, and it is impossible to improve the defensive ability to the level of a strong team in a short period of time, or you have to start with reinforcements, thinking of this, he is extremely looking forward to the coming of the winter transfer window......

Although they inadvertently conceded a goal, the home team, who still had a two-goal advantage, did not suffer a morale blow, but instead aroused even higher morale to tear the opponent apart completely.

Four minutes after Cagliari's goal, the home side unleashed a dangerous attack. Belotti suddenly accelerated in front of the penalty area and pulled out an angle horizontally, and directly hit the goal with his left foot, which was blocked by Chepitet, who fell to the ground, and used his leg to block it. Left-back Bareka, who assisted the ball up front, met the ball from 35 yards out and fired a fierce shot that went just wide of the post. In the 51st minute, Rajjdzic found Falke on the other side of the ball, and the Spanish winger's volley into the far corner on the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Storari. Rajadzic, who was inserted into the box, won the ball and cleverly reversed the triangle back, and Baseli used his right foot to get past the defending Chepitelli in front of the small penalty line, and hit the near corner with a left-footed volley, Torino once again extended their lead to three goals.

Six minutes later, Belotti burst in with the ball and was kicked in the foot by Greek midfielder Panagiotis Tachtsidis in the back, and the referee awarded a penalty. This was met with strong displeasure from the visiting players, but the referee, named Mariani, was a violent temper and sent out the overreacted visiting midfielder Daniele Dessena, who had to play with 10 men for the next 30 minutes. Berottti then took the spot-kick himself, which was powerful towards his bottom left, while veteran goalkeeper Storari showed his experience and got the ball in the right direction with a quick side-to-side puff. Unfortunately, the ball was too fast to control its direction, and eventually crashed into the net from above the goal. 5 to 1, the game has turned into a slaughter. killed, and the stadium was boiling again.

Then the home team had the opportunity to continue to expand the score, Benassi counterattacked and sent a long pass from the backfield, Bruno Alves rushed the ball back behind the opponent before Belottti, who knew that Falke suddenly killed, intercepted the ball and used skillful skills to dribble the ball to the arc of the penalty area and found that there was no one in front of him, so he directly got up with his left foot and made a curling ball straight to the top corner of the goal, but unfortunately he flew to the back of the post on this side and missed the goal.

After seeing that the opponent had completely abandoned the game, Li Mudi replaced the three goalscorers Baseli, Rajjdzic and Belotti, who was still struggling to score a hat-trick. He didn't want to be injured by his opponents in the time he had left to be insignificant, and if it weren't for the fact that there were only three substitutions in a game, he would have liked to replace all 11 players on the field.

Finally, after Mariani blew the whistle for the end of the game, Torino beat Cagliari 5-1 at home in the first game of the league round, ending a three-game winless run and moving up to second place in the league standings.

Statistically, the home side had a whopping 23 shots on goal, 2.5 times as many as their opponents, but they were far less efficient at hitting the woodwork, and Cagliari's seven-for-nine shooting percentage was exaggerated enough to make the Torino players, who had only nine shots on target, feel somewhat embarrassed. In addition, the 63% possession rate also shows that the tactics laid out by Li Mudi today have been excellently played, and apart from the goal conceded, the whole team can get a close to perfect score.

However, just when the Torino coach was ready for the three-day holiday for the national team break, the next day's "Milan Sport" reported that Belotti, who missed a hat-trick, was dissatisfied with Li Mudi after the game. As soon as this news broke, it immediately caused an uproar, and Li Mudi became the target of the media again.

In order to seize time to shoot the advertisement, the Torino coach returned to his apartment after the game and began to prepare for the next round of away games against Crotone, turning off his mobile phone and basically cutting off contact with the outside world. When Gines and Valentino Cairo visited the next morning, they learned that they had become the central figures of a big event again, and they immediately felt that these media were so imaginative that they could make up such outrageous news. However, after seeing that there was no smile on the face of the club's prince, Li Mudi, who was originally dismissive of this fake news, was a little uneasy in his heart, could it be that Belotti's kid was really dissatisfied with himself? As soon as this idea came out, it immediately caused goosebumps on his body, and this joke was bigger!

Fortunately, Valentino spoke in time: "Andrea (Belotti) called me early in the morning and said that the news in the newspaper was false, no one had interviewed him at all, and he would not be angry with you because he was substituted." After learning about this, he immediately called you, but you turned off your phone, so Andrea sent you a number of text messages explaining the matter, and he couldn't sit still without getting a reply, if it weren't for the fact that the outside of the residence had been surrounded by countless media, this kid should not have been able to wait to come to the door and slam the door. But you are also here with three layers inside and three layers outside, and it was not easy for the two of us to squeeze in. ”

As soon as Li Mudi heard this, he immediately returned to the bedroom, picked up the mobile phone on the desk and turned it on directly, and a minute later, there were many prompts one after another, and after clicking on it, he found that it was indeed around seven o'clock in the morning that Belotti sent six messages, giving a detailed explanation of the "discord between the generals". It can be seen from the content that this super goalscorer, who has become popular all over the continent at the speed of light, is indeed very sincere in explaining his innocence to the team's head coach, and at the same time expressing his gratitude for the help he has helped since the new coach joined the team, and it can basically be inferred that this matter has nothing to do with him. Li Mudi, who had put his heart back into his stomach a little, returned to the living room, nodded to Valentino and a few others who had been looking at him, and replied at the same time: "As you said, Andrea did send multiple text messages. ”

Just after the head of the club's marketing department also showed a much more relaxed expression, Genes on the side suddenly asked: "If this matter is just chasing the wind, then who did it?" What is the purpose? It's not just jealous of the results of the Torino team and wants to hit the morale and morale of the team, this trick is too simple and crude, and no one will be fooled at all. ”

"Perhaps, AC Milan just overtook Torino in the last round and ranked third to qualify for the Champions League, so the pressure should be quite high. Their main opponents now are Napoli, Lazio and us, and yesterday's big win will definitely irritate the already fragile nerves of the Milanese, and they have come up with this crooked idea to interfere with the internal unity of the team, and if it works, it will make a lot of money. Even if it doesn't work out, there's nothing to lose for them. Valentino Cairo frowned and uttered his analysis, though with a palpable sense of uncertainty in his tone.

Just when everyone was trying to find out who was behind the scenes, Gines's mobile phone rang, he apologized and then went to the windowsill to pick up the phone, and within a minute he came back with a black face, and before anyone else could ask, he was the first to say: "My friend in England told me that Ronald Coman is very interested in Belotti and Barceli, and Everton are planning to send scouts to the scene to watch Turin play with Crotone in two weeks' time." In addition, there is a grapevine that Manchester United are also interested in your number one star. Lee, Valentino, you're in trouble now! ”

I'm X! The team has just had a chance to climb the peak, and someone came to dig the foot of the wall, or to pick up the load-bearing wall, this is to give a way to live! Li Mudi, who didn't have time to think about it, hurriedly called up the FM system, found the information table of Red Beibei, and found that there were more than a dozen clubs interested in him in his transfer column, including Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and other Premier League giants. After seeing the name of AC Milan in it, the Torino coach understood the sinister intentions of "Milan Sports Newspaper", it turned out that he wanted to muddy the water and see if there was a chance to fish in troubled waters, these bastards!

After thinking carefully about the current situation, Gines looked up and asked Valentino: "When was Belotti's contract signed?" For a few years? What is the annual salary? Are there any special terms? What about the termination fee? ”

The club's prince, whose work ability is almost off the charts, also responded after a little thought: "It's still the same contract when I joined the team last summer, which expires in 2020, and the annual salary before tax is 1.4 million euros." As for the terms, there is a loyalty bonus worth 325,000 yuan, and in addition, the salary of the team has dropped by 25% after relegation, and everything else is inconsequential. ”

"If it's 1.4 million before tax, it's 873,000 after tax? It's really too low, and the top scorers in the league who compete with him are all masters with an annual salary of three or four million after tax, and it is said that Higuain got a new contract of 75 million per year after joining Juventus, and Belotti can't compare with them by a fraction, and something will happen sooner or later. Genes, who understands the power of money in football, pouted and said half-jokingly.

Valentino Cairo, who was also aware of the urgency of the situation, looked at the manager of the team, who had been in a state of contemplation, and asked what he was thinking. Li Mudi responded in a very firm tone: "Renew the contract!" Now Belotti can't sell it for a high price, forty or fifty million is dead. And at this price, the team can't find a suitable replacement, and even if a good striker is bought, he can't be sure that he will be able to integrate into the whole, which is too risky. So within a reasonable range, renewing the contract is the best choice, and it is best to add a liquidated damages clause commonly used in the Spanish league, which directly breaks the thoughts of those poor ghosts, and saves you from harassing you from time to time, which is annoying to death. ”

After receiving advice from the team's top leaders, Valentino Cairo forced his way out of the crowd of reporters outside his apartment and hurried back to the club's premises to talk to his father and other senior executives about what to do with Belotti.