Two days later, in the morning, Valentino Cairo came to the team's training ground alone and found Li Mudi, who was watching the players play the "monkey game". Seeing the helplessness on the other side's face, the Torino coach guessed that Joe Hart's transfer should be in vain without waiting for him to speak, and the facts once again proved his strong analytical ability. Although the club's top management agreed to increase the salary of the core players in the team from the original 3 million to 3.5 million, of course, before tax, and after paying taxes, it is about 1.9 million euros, but for this price, the agent of the England international directly said "impossible", announcing that there will be a big change in the goalkeeper position of the Torino team next season.

After a few complaints, the club's prince then brought an inside message to Li Mudi about the latter's contract issue. According to the original contract signed with various unfair treaties for Party B, after the 10th round of the league that drew away to Inter Milan and led to the sacking of Frank de Boer, Li Doudi successfully transitioned to the second stage of his work, and his weekly salary also increased from 7,500 euros after tax to 10,000 euros. After successive victories over Cagliari and a complete victory over Crotone, the vast majority of the club's hierarchy have recognized the Celestial Empire's coaching ability, and Pantario Longo even proposed to immediately prepare for a contract, lest he be poached by an old powerhouse with an unsatisfactory record in the second half of the season. However, the intention to renew the contract that would begin after only one meeting was put on hold after the team's 2-0 defeat to second rival Sampdoria, and after being reversed by Juventus two days ago, there were many people who suggested postponing the renewal indefinitely, led by club director Antonio Comey.

Comey, who joined Torino in 2011, was born in 1976 and both came from Puglia, southern Italy, and Paige, who had left his football director's job in fear, and both alumni of the same university. Comey was only a mid-level cadre in a sports promotion company before joining the club, and had no real connection with the club's management, but he was introduced by his seniors to the management of the Turin club, and a year later became the youngest director among them. Of course, in terms of work ability, he is definitely the strongest of the top executives, but Comey and Page were indeed natural allies before, and without a close personal relationship, it is difficult to believe that his promotion will go so smoothly.

And through the information viewed through the FM system, the likes (or respects) of Comey and Page are both full of 100, which is naturally "full of affection". Therefore, the former blatantly opposes the early renewal of Li Mudi's contract, it is difficult not to wonder if he is retaliating for his friend being forced away, but the entry point he chose is so reasonable that others really can't blame anything, it's really superb. However, the Torino coach, who is not eager for a new contract, said: It doesn't matter, anyway, he is not short of money. As for the respect that the club should give in the eyes of others (mainly Gines), it is not worth more than a penny when the team's results are not satisfactory, so a head coach still has to have achievements and honors, so that even if there is an obstacle here, there are still other teams vying to ask him to coach, which is "no stay here, free to stay here".

In this way, after persuading Valentino Cairo not to make any small moves for the time being, so as not to make the situation worse, Li Mudi put all his energy into adjusting the state of the players and studying the work of Napoli.

Napoli, nicknamed the White Dolphins, is naturally located in the city of Napoli (Napoli, also translated as Napoli) in the capital of Campania, which borders Puglia in southern Italy, and is the third largest city in Italy after Milan and Rome, and can also rank in the top 15 in Europe. Pompeii, one of the world's top 10 tombs, is located less than 10 kilometres southeast of Naples and is a must-see destination for visitors from all over the world after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

The club's original predecessor was an amateur team formed in 1904 by a group of British employees of a cruise line and some locals, and after a separation and reunion between the British and Italians, a professional football club called the Napoli Football Federation was officially established on August 23, 1926, which is also the date of the club's founding as recorded in the general history books. In their first six decades, they have only two Coppa Italia titles on their books of honour (1962 and 1976, the former being the team's second division miracle and the only non-First Division team to do so), arguably the third tier of the Apennines.

But all of this went down in history on June 30, 1984, when Napoli brought from Barcelona the best player in football history, Diego Maradona, for a record-breaking transfer fee of $7.5 million. You must know that the White Dolphin was still burdened with a lot of debts at that time, but the chairman of the club at that time still overrode public opinion and obtained this huge amount of money through venture financing.

Napoli, who were still struggling for relegation in the previous two seasons, finished eighth in the league in the first year of the king's arrival, and the following year won the third place in the league after five years, which is also the highest ranking in the club's history. But who knew that a year later, in the 1986-87 season, the dream of the league title, which the Neapolitans had been pursuing for generations, would come true so easily, making Maradona the god of the city and the entire region overnight.

Before the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the God of Naples brought his followers a league championship (1990), two runners-up (1988, 1989), a Coppa Italia (1987), an Italian Super Cup (1990) and a UEFA Cup (1989), which made almost all Italians devote themselves to his "personal religion". In the semi-finals of the 90 World Cup, the venue for the match between Italy and Argentina happened to be arranged at the Sao Paulo Stadium, and almost all the Italian fans present at the time supported the team led by Maradona, and made a swap between the home team and the away team, which has to be said to be a miracle.

But apart from the Champion of the Century, the team had nothing to write about before the new century, and the team's all-time leading scorer was Maradona, who had only played for five and a half seasons here (115 goals, the ace was found to be a thirst addict in 1991. Banned for fifteen months, the actual time spent in Italy is just over five and a half seasons) It can be seen that Napoli does not have the heritage of a giant, not even a second superstar who can become the flag of the club. While stars such as Zoff, Giannini, Ferrara and Cannavaro all left their mark here early in their careers, they all came to prominence after joining other big clubs and had little to do with their old clubs.

In the summer of 2004, Napoli had a new lease on life after going bankrupt and being relegated, and soon rose to prominence after the tycoon Aureliolaurentiis (nephew of the late Dino De Laurentiis) took over the club. After returning to Serie A in the 2007-08 season, it has introduced a number of world-class players such as Hamsik, Cavani and Higuain, and finally became a powerhouse in European football.

The team's current manager is Maurizio Sarri, 57, who is perhaps the most inspirational of Serie A's biggest managers. Born into a family of cyclists in Naples, Sarri grew up with little talent in cycling or football, and at the age of 21 he became an employee of a bank and began coaching as an amateur.

From 2000 onwards, Maurizio Sarri quit his job to devote himself to football. In the following ten years, he led different teams to almost all levels of Italian leagues, and finally led Empoli back to Serie A in 2012, and then stabilized his results in the middle of Serie A in the following seasons. Maurizio Sarri, who was appointed interim manager by Napoli last season, signed a one-year contract with the club, but immediately after leading the team to a second place in the league, the club's hierarchy offered him a new four-year contract, which played a positive role in stabilizing the morale of the club.

In the transfer period this summer, although Napoli lost the "Shenfeng" small smoking gun that scored 38 goals in 42 games for the team last season, it used the sky-high transfer fee recovered to buy a number of powerful stars such as Milik, Zielinski and Tonelli, and the overall strength is not declining but rising. However, with Milik's serious injury, the team's ability to overcome obstacles along the way has been unanimously questioned by the outside world, but Mertens' transformation has been very successful, which has prevented them from collapsing in the middle of the season.

Although Napoli are now eight points behind leaders Juventus and their unbeaten home run since last season was broken by Roma, their average points average of 2.46 points at the Stadio São Paulo is a horrific one, and they have only lost once at home to Torino in the last 25 years, which is definitely a serious test for the Red Bulls playing on the road. But fortunately, it is not without a historical record in the Torino team's favor, "Torino Sports Newspaper" dug up a piece of news before the game began: Napoli officially established more than 90 years ago, the most painful defeat came from their opponent in this round of the league, on April 3, 1928, the Red Bulls, who were at the first peak of the team's history, washed the White Dolphins 11-0 on the way to the league championship, and firmly engraved the opponent on the pillar of shame in history.

However, these are the old calendars of the past, and the more valuable reference is the meeting between the two sides in the last three seasons, and the record of 5 wins and 1 loss in six meetings also shows that the strength of the home team is much higher.

But whether it is the past record or the changes brought about by different degrees of squad updates this season, Li Mudi never imagined that the team would fall behind by three goals in only 22 minutes of the game, and it was also completed by the same player on the other side of the hat-trick, and the Torino coach felt that he was in a dream at that moment.

Considering that there is a big gap between the opponent's super offensive ability and the defensive strength of his own side, Li Mudi still did not dare to rashly put on an offensive posture, but just wanted to try to use his best defensive counterattack to make the opponent dare not attack with all his might. Of course, Rajadzic's unexpected injury while training is one of the big reasons why he has to put himself on the underdog. Torino's starting line-up for this game was still 4-3-3, with the exception of the regular main goalkeeper Joe Hart, central defenders Kastan and Rossetini, left-back Bareka, midfielder Akwa, central midfielders Benassi and Baseli, left winger Iago Farke and center forward Belotti, Li Mudi put Bruno Perez in the right winger position, and the right wing-back used Zampa Costa. This lineup is already better in terms of defensive ability than when Rajadzic came out, but Perez has no organizational ability, and can only choose to cross and cut inside in the attack, and because his left foot is not very good, the effect of cutting inside is also very average.

But such a lineup with the strongest defensive intensity that the team can send at the moment has been penetrated three times in just over 20 minutes, which has seriously hit the confidence of all Turinois, especially the young Barreca, who has made two major mistakes in a row, has sat on the ground with a pale face and does not know what to do.

Maurizio Sarri will not take this game lightly, because it is Juventus who have already won against Roma, if he wants to continue to maintain his hope of winning the title, he must get as many points as possible in the remaining games, especially in his own home stadium. As a result, the home team was naturally full of players, with only Senegalese centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly (Kalidou Koulibaly) unable to play due to injury, while the rest of the core players such as Hamsik, Reina, Insigne, Callejon and Mertens all started.

From the first minute of the game, the home team launched a fierce attack, keeping the Torino players firmly in their own half. In the second minute, Napoli won a well-placed free-kick and Algerian left-back Faouzi Ghoulam's left-footed shot went just wide of the post; In the sixth minute, Callejon sent a cross after breaking through on the wing, but unfortunately none of his teammates who outflanked in the middle could touch it and missed the opportunity; In the 10th minute, the home side were again awarded a free-kick in front of goal, and Romanian centre-back Vlad Chiriches received a pass from a team-mate and slotted home, but it was ruled offside. The front of the Torino team was really dangerous, and Li Mudi kept loudly reminding the players to concentrate and not to leak people again.

However, in the face of the opponent's wave of attack, the defending players of the visiting team were obviously unable to do everything thoroughly, even if they had given up the attack and chose to retreat with all their members, they still failed to protect their own city, and were pressed to the ground by the opponent in the next nine minutes and rubbed hard, losing half their lives.