According to later statistics, the live broadcast of the Turin derby attracted the attention of about 230 million fans from all over the world, of which the Celestial Empire contributed more than half of them. According to data provided by CCTV Sports Channel, the game was watched as high as 6.91% in China, second only to the 7.17% of the World Cup final in Russia, and was the second most popular live broadcast event of the channel in 2018.

In the two countries of Providence, the proportion of newspapers with sports pages published in the next two days was naturally 100 percent that appeared in important positions related to the Turin derby. In addition to these two countries, the rest of the major European football countries and Asian countries such as Ripo have also made key reports on the Red Bulls' victory over the Zebra Troupe. BBC TV even produced a special episode of the show, inviting a number of former Premier League legends to sit together and carefully analyze the various details of the game.

All this shows how seriously world football takes this Turin derby.

Among them, Juventus, who have dominated Serie A for many years, lost unexpectedly, but what is more eye-catching is the strong rise of the Turin team this season.

Leading the standings independently, the difference with second-place Inter Milan is maintained at 6 points (the Nerazzurri overtook Juventus after winning this round), which is still the only gap in the current top five leagues, and the other leaders such as La Liga and Ligue 1 have a clear lead, but they are only 5 points.

As a result, the outside world combined with the results achieved by the Torino team in nearly half a season, and the momentum shown when playing against Juventus, AC Milan, Schalke 04 and other fierce opponents, praised Li Mudi and his team, not only praised the fans of the Red Bulls, but even the players involuntarily had a fluttering feeling, which directly led to the reduction of the training effect in the next few days.

The situation was a big headache for the team's coaching staff, but the professionalism played a key role in not allowing the overly optimistic mentality to continue to spread, but it was enough to have a certain impact on Friday's 18th round of the league.

According to the previous plans of Italian football and Serie A, the league will also usher in a more intensive schedule around Christmas this year. In order to attract more fans to the game, the teams that have enjoyed vacations during this period for many years have also had to bow to commercial development, after all, the best money is earned during the holidays.

The winter break will be preceded by three rounds of league games on the 22nd, 26th and 30th, which may seem a bit easier than the usual double matches a week, but it is not easy to cope with given that there is one Christmas, the most important of the year for Europeans.

However, due to the Italian Super Cup also scheduled for December 30, and the Torino duo had to fly to the city of Celestial Sheep in advance for various preparations, their 20th round of league matches was postponed, and the dates of the previous two matches were also brought forward.

On the evening of the 21st, the Red Bulls took the lead in the game, and they visited the Dallara Stadium to challenge the Bologna team that is temporarily in 11th place in the standings. The result was a bit of a surprise in what was thought to be a suspenseful game before the game, and had it not been for Andre Gomez's world-class long-range strike in the third minute of second-half stoppage time, the Serie A leaders almost suffered their second league defeat of the season in the capital of Emilia Romagna.

Throughout the game, the Bologna team, led by the famous Italian striker Filipe Inzaghi, always dominated the field, although there were also reasons for the tactical style of the Torino team, but at least until the last minute, the home team's defense was almost perfect, leaving no chance for Belotti and Immobile who came on as a substitute.

At the same time, on the offensive side, the "Nine Masters" also taught his disciple the sense of grabbing points that were unique in the world back then, Mattia Destro, the core of the team's striker, who used a hidden outflanking in the back row in the 34th minute of the first half to deceive Issa Diop, a young player who became the focus of media attention because of the restriction of Ronaldo five days ago, broke through Cassie's ten finger barriers, and almost helped the team steal a victory, but unfortunately it fell short in the end.

However, a point from a Torino side who have risen strongly this season would already be enough to satisfy the club and its supporters.

And even happier with this result is undoubtedly Juventus, who appeared later. After losing the derby, the Bianconeri did not give up hope of winning the league for eight consecutive years, but they inevitably suffered a big blow in morale. Fortunately, the team is a world-class star, and the level of perseverance in character is not comparable to ordinary people, and it can be said that it is very scary to be able to unswervingly move forward according to the established plan in such a difficult situation.

Probably also the self-helpers, after losing perhaps the most important game of the first half, they turned around in less than five days. The unexpected loss of points by the Torino team allowed Allegri and his disciples to face the next opponent with a very good mentality.

As a result, a 7-0 victory not only helped them narrow the gap with their rivals in the same city to 6 points, but also vented their frustration accumulated for many days. It's just that the poor Empoli players almost left the Allianz Arena in tears because they were kicked into the relegation circle because of the disadvantage of goal difference, and you say that this is to provoke whom.

After the game, Allegri, who has always been seen by the outside world as not good at verbal pressure, even began to try Mourinho's usual "mouth cannon tactics". In an interview with reporters, Uncle Yu said that he firmly believes that Juventus is still the strongest team in Italy and even in the whole European football, although the current situation in the league is not very ideal, but everyone always believes that the final victory will definitely belong to the Bianconeri.

As for Torino, who currently lead the table, the Juventus boss acknowledges that they are very strong, but also believes that this opponent still lacks the real temperament to be a champion. Just like Napoli last season, even if they can dominate the top spot for a short time, they will always make mistakes at crucial moments, and finally become the supreme honor of the Serie A hegemony.

Football, like any other sport and even most of the world's industries, has a situation where the lead side is more stressful. If you're a chaser, you're behind the guy in front, but you're going to be very focused because the goal is clear, it's all about overtaking. However, once you are in the role of a leader, you will inevitably have the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, and you will unconsciously care about the current state of other contestants, so you will naturally be distracted on the way forward, and it will be difficult to give full play to your strength.

This is the case with the current Torino team.

At the beginning of the season, they struggled to challenge Juventus' dominance in Serie A, and the combination of a strong squad and the spirit of unity and all-out victory helped the team to climb all the way to the top of the league.

And because of the incomparably strong rivals in the same city, they didn't dare to have the slightest carelessness when they were 3 or 4 points ahead of the opponent, and they were still able to maintain a sufficiently focused mentality.

However, after a face-to-face victory over the most powerful boss in their minds in the first leg of the season's derby, the Torino players could not help but relax and fell into the trap set by the media and Juventus hiding behind them, dropping two points from the plan.

When they were on the verge of losing Jingzhou at the Dalara Stadium, the players' self-confidence, which seemed to be under control, suffered a big blow. Then it was hit by a big win for Juventus and Allegri's "Torino will collapse" rhetoric, and the mentality naturally did not remain in good shape.

Although it was clear that this was a conspiracy by the rivals, it was inevitable that the effect they wanted to achieve was achieved, and with the exception of a few strong-willed people who remained normal, most of the Torino players showed signs of feeling a lot of pressure, casting a cloud over the club.

In the face of the second extreme emotion in a short period of time, Li Mudi almost did not hold his confidence, although he led the team to a very good result, but his experience is still not rich enough after all, and he rarely experienced such ups and downs.

Thankfully, there are also well-informed players like Paul Scholes and Puyol on the coaching staff, and with the help of former football superstars, the Torino boss quickly jumped out of Juventus' trap and then used his brains to find a way to encourage everyone to get back to their normal rhythm.

In the end, thanks to the six-point difference that still existed and the mental attributes above average, the team finally reduced the impact of this pressure to a minimum, and there was no sign of a collapse as the old woman had hoped.

However, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, when facing the weak team SPAL who had just escaped the relegation circle, the Serbian goalkeeper Mielinkovic Savic, who was rotated, used a huge, huge, super, super, low-level mistake (from the classic quotations of Zhan Jun, O(∩_∩)O) to give the opponent a goal, which made the team that was already facing the problem of the iron bucket formation fall into more and more passivity.

It was a mistake worthy of being named in the top 10 of the year in world football, and the most expensive Italian centre-forward in the visiting team (estimated at only 8.5 million euros in Transfermarkt, still on loan from Atalanta) was forced deep on the right by the Torino defender in a counter-attack that posed almost no threat, and the only teammate in the middle to catch up with the Slovenian international Kurtic was still 10 metres outside the arc of the penalty area, and could not help the former at all.

Seeing that the ball at his feet was about to be cut off under the reinforcement of Dimarco and Muthiss, the away striker had no choice but to kick a brainless cross, anyway, he lost the ball, it was better to try his luck with a kick, but he didn't expect Lady Luck to really favor him once.

Because it is a forced foot action, the flight trajectory of the ball is particularly strange, not only does it not fly smoothly to the middle of the penalty area as normal, but it is more like a lobble, and the ball flies to the back point of the goal at a not very fast speed.

This ball can be called extremely easy for Savage Jr., who is two meters and two meters tall, so he may not have paid all his attention to the ball flying towards him, but has already begun to think about how to launch the hand toss the ball to Barella who comes back to receive it.

The result was that this momentary distraction made him not completely successful in raising his arms to pick up the ball in the air, and the timing of his hands closing was a little late for about a few tenths of a second, and then a hilarious tragedy was staged.

The Torino No. 2 goalkeeper, who realized that he had missed the best time to catch the ball, immediately mobilized the adrenaline generated in his body, wanting to save the tide before he became a laughing stock. However, he forgot that his previous position was not much space from the back post, and his leaning back caused his right hand, which had been trying to hold the ball steady, to hit the inside of the post not far below the crossbar, causing the ball to be completely out of his control, and after the fall, it was hit again by the heel of his right foot that subconsciously withdrew backwards, and it was directly knocked into the net. Although before his brilliant "back-heel strike", the ball had crossed the goal line as a whole.

What a wonderful oolong gift! Even the Italian national television commentator, who is experienced in commenting, laughed and claimed that it was one of the funniest goalkeeper own goals he had ever seen.

What's even more interesting is that in the summer transfer window, SPAL had hoped to sign Savic Jr. on loan and let him compete with Senegal international Gomis, who was brought in from Torino in the last century, for the first goalkeeper position, but was rejected by Li Mudi. However, after this oolong, I don't know if the Torino coach will regret his original decision.

However, this goal did not help SPAL to a lucky victory, and the huge difference in overall strength between the two sides became a key factor in determining the outcome of the game.

Before the end of the first half, Musis left early due to an injury in the scramble, and the Argentine teenager Santiago Ascacival, who came on as a substitute, used a long-range shot from a set-piece to blast the away team's goal, reassuring the Torino fans at the scene.

In the 61st minute of the second half, the visiting team's central defenders turned two yellows and one red, completely announcing that the balance of the game began to tilt seriously. In the end, after Belotti and Dimarco scored two points in a row, the Red Bulls won the must-win three points with a thrilling 3-1. While Juventus also won, the difference between the two sides was maintained at a distance of two games, which can be regarded as keeping this psychological bottom line.