The three points from Inter Milan are too important for a Torino team that is in a fierce competition with Juventus.

Soon after the game, news came from Genoa City that the Bianconeri had beaten Sampdoria away, but the difference between the two teams in the first and second places in the table was still maintained at 5 points when the league was about to reach two-thirds in the 25th round of the league, which gave the leaders some confidence and did not let go easily.

After the big loss to Fiorentina, Li Mudi led the team to complete a small three-game winning streak, successively beating Samp, Empoli and Inter Milan, although each process presented a different situation due to the different strength of each opponent, but the momentum and fighting spirit of the Torino team in each game still made everyone happy. Especially in this last game, when the situation once fell into a huge passivity, the players were still able to unite and patiently treat every attack and even every scramble in accordance with the deployment of the head coach, and the strong temperament revealed in this was still affirmed by the outside world.

As a result, after the battle between the two countries, the phenomenon of Italian football that had previously supported Juventus to win the championship has changed a little, and a certain number of media and former celebrities have begun to focus on the Red Bulls in the real sense of the word, and put the two teams of Torino City on the same level.

It's just that the turning point of the world always comes so suddenly, only seven days later, when the Torino team with the belief of winning Sassuolo can only reluctantly get a draw with a goalless draw, the outside wind began to turn back to the argument that Juventus will complete the reversal.

Li Mudi's team has always had a tradition of picking up points against teams that are not as strong as him, which is the main reason why Torino have been able to finish at the top of the Serie A table in the previous two seasons.

Faced with the exception of the only star in the opposition team, Bernardi, due to injury, almost everyone expected a comfortable victory for the top team in the league. In fact, even the Nerazzurri, who are sitting at home, probably didn't expect to be able to earn a point.

Sassuolo's performance in 2019 can be described as terrible due to an injury in the first game of the new year due to an injury in the first game of the new year and has not yet returned to training, with the exception of a draw from current vice-captain Empoli, the other four league games have ended in defeat. That performance also sent them down the table from the bottom of the table, just one point above the relegation zone before the game against Torino.

Therefore, the coach of the team, who is quite aware of the current affairs, did not think about how to get a win when facing the league leaders, but firmly bet on the draw.

The Sassuolo manager, who had been used to a 4-3-3 formation, simply sent out a 4-5-1 bus formation, leaving only one striker in front of Babacar, who had been bought from Fiorentina, to interfere (replaced by Di Francisco, who was brought in from Bologna in the second half), and the remaining nine non-goalkeepers were on the field to prevent the visitors from scoring, and rarely spent their energy on the attacking end, and the ball entered the Torino penalty area no more than ten times throughout the game.

However, considering that the team was poached with four main players last summer, and the number one star was unable to play, it is understandable to use this extremely defensive (shameful) tactic.

It's just that the Red Bulls, who were originally very powerful in attack, failed to score a single goal away from home on this day, with four forwards in the team coming out one after another, plus the full assistance of other teammates. Over the course of 90 minutes, Torino had a staggering 33 shots, but less than two per cent of them had been on target, and the number of shots off target was the highest in Serie A this season.

Although there are occasional cases where individual players have bad feet and seem to forget to put on shooting boots, it is really very rare to catch up with the collective inaccuracy of the whole team like this weekend, but it was encountered by Li Mudi. Even if he tried everything he could on the sidelines, even using an extreme 2-4-4 formation at the last minute, it didn't work, and he had to reluctantly accept this unplanned draw.

Juventus, who finished at the same time, unsurprisingly won all three points at home, narrowing the gap between the two teams to three points, which is almost within reach. At the same time, this is also the first time after nine rounds that the difference between the top two in the standings has returned to such a close level.

Returning from Sassuolo to their home city, the Torino squad did not have time to reflect on the shortcomings of their previous game, so they immediately began to recuperate and recuperate, and two days later set off for the French capital, where they were about to face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

With a narrow victory of only one goal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, and coinciding with a slump in the league, the outside world is obviously not optimistic about the Red Bulls' European journey this time. And Neymar's goal in the sixth minute of the game seemed to confirm this view.

The visitors, who conceded a lightning goal at the start of the game, did not seem to be fully prepared for this battle of life and death, at least mentally, their players temporarily lost their former steadyness. In the next ten minutes, under the onslaught of attacks from Paris, the Torino team's defense was like a boat adrift in the sea, and it seemed that it could be overturned by the waves at any time and sink to the bottom of the sea, with no bones left.

Fortunately, Li Mudi's adjustment still had an effect before the worst happened, and the good psychological quality of this group of players also played a role at this critical moment, with Glick, a first-class central defender who had overturned the Ligue 1 giants during his time at Monaco, the Red Bulls finally found their normal mentality in time and regained some of the initiative that had been completely lost before.

Expecting the opposition to invest heavily in attack, Li did not hesitate to use a counter-attacking strategy in this game, and included Lucas Moura, who joined on loan from Tottenham, along with Immobile, in the starting line-up, which was also the first time the Brazilian winger met his old club since switching to the Premier League thirteen months ago.

The reason why the visitors were extremely passive at the start of the game was not only related to Neymar's goal, but also related to the team's inability to organize an effective counter-attack. Due to the pressure on the backline, the midfielders had to retreat as much as possible to help the ball to help the defense, even if they grabbed the ball, it was difficult to complete the task of passing forward quickly because of the distance between the two mobile and the opponent's crazy high pressing, and then quickly lost the ball, and was hit by the opponent to attack continuously, falling into a vicious circle.

However, after calming down their impatience, the Torino players showed their passing ability that was not inferior to the big stars in the home team's team, and gradually gained a foothold through the passing ball technology that they had mastered.

The recovery of the defensive line also allowed the team to find a normal rhythm on the offensive end, and before the end of the first half, the Torino team broke the ball at the back and immediately launched a fast attack, and the full-speed forward of up to five connection points tore apart the defensive formation of Grand Paris and instantly exposed multiple holes. Fortunately, Brazilian international Thiago Silva showed his world-class centre-back ability at this crucial moment, using a desperate flying action to block Immobile's volley on the line of the penalty area, otherwise the score could have changed.

With the threat on the offensive end, the Red Bulls, who were playing on the road, finally brought this round of matchups back to the balance. Now the two sides are 1-1 on aggregate, and neither side has scored away goals; In this second leg, although Paris Saint-Germain won more than 70% of the possession, Torino were able to threaten the home team's goal with only a few counter-attacks, so that they did not dare to press forward as much as they did in the opening stages.

In this way, this collision of the two extreme tactics of passing control and fast reversal was carried out in an alternative balance, and for a while, neither side could take the lead in breaking this state, until the final fifteen minutes of the regular game.

Affected by a combination of factors such as playing away from home, being on the defensive for a long time, and counter-attacking tactics requiring players to run at full speed and be able to return to defend immediately after the attack, the Torino team, which had not been able to rotate the squad in the domestic league three days ago (because they could not attack for a long time, so they sent the main strikers who should have been on the bench in the second half), although they have been trying their best to maintain the rhythm of the confrontation with their tenacious willpower, the physical disadvantage was finally revealed at the end of the game.

The rest of the people are okay, but the two starting strikers and the striker Bruno Fernandes, who frequently switches between attack and defence, can no longer play to their full potential at this time. In particular, the Portuguese international, who was already on the average line in terms of fitness, actually suffered from thigh cramps after a run to stop the ball, and it was difficult to play a threatening role on the field.

Li Mudi had no choice but to make continuous personnel adjustments and replace the three people who could no longer run. However, because the rest of the strikers on the bench were not good at speed and could not continue to use the original tactical routine, the Torino team also changed the formation to 3-5-1-1 to strengthen their own ball control and hope to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

Although the overall strength of the team has reached the first-class level in Europe, in the absence of top superstars, when facing a strong opponent with three lines such as Grand Paris, there is still no room for more tactical changes, making it difficult to complete the countermeasure through adjustment once the scene falls into passivity.

Thus, after Torino struggled to survive a late onslaught, the two sides had to play an extra 30 minutes to determine the final qualifier for this knockout round.

After going into extra time, both teams each had an extra substitution, and Li Muddy had to play the last card in his hand in the 98th minute, because Barceli also cramped due to too much physical exertion.

According to the original plan, the team should have replaced Manuel Pellegri with better penalty shooting ability in preparation for the final 12-yard showdown. However, at this time, he can only send in midfielder Ascarcibal to strengthen his own defensive intensity, otherwise it will be difficult to resist the tireless attack of the big Paris players.

As a result, the Red Bulls' plan did not work out, and German winger Draxler's goal in the 112th minute brought the tug-of-war to an end. Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain completed a comeback on their home turf and struggled to reach the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League with an aggregate score of 2-1.

As for the Torino team, which returned to the Champions League after 41 years, it was a regrettable farewell to this stage, but their outstanding performance of almost snatching the right to promotion from the hands of Grand Paris still won the respect of their opponents and the general praise of the outside world.

It's just that when all eight sets of matchups have been decided in turn, the Italian media can no longer say anything to deceive themselves, because except for Juventus, who easily advanced to the next round, the remaining three Serie A teams have fallen in the first round of knockout rounds, which is really not ideal news.

The Roma team, which broke into the semi-finals as a big dark horse last season, continued the team's tenacious tradition of not fearing any strong opponent in the two-legged encounter, but in front of Bayern Munich, whose calm and spicy style is a rare opponent in the world, it was also unable to complete the feat of the following grams, and was eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2-4 after being led by the opponent by the nose and playing two games that did not belong to their own rhythm in a row. In front of the Bundesliga hegemon, the Red Wolves obviously still have some gaps in both attack and defense, and this result did not surprise most people.

Compared to the Romans, who had made some resistance, Napoli's performance was too disappointing. After two consecutive years of unfortunate defeats in the league title, the team's morale has obviously taken a big hit, even if it is replaced by local coach Carlo Ancelotti to coach, the results have also dropped significantly, not only falling out of the top four in the league, but also playing poorly in Europe.

After two matches with Barcelona, the White Dolphins were slaughtered by a big score of 1-6, which was the result of the La Liga giants slowing down their attack after seeing that the outcome had lost suspense at home in the second leg, which was too disappointing for Italian fans, and I wonder if Napoli president De Laurentiis will regret not leaving Sarri.

As for whether three-time champions Real Madrid will end their title defence in the biggest focus of this knockout round, their first opponent, Premier League champions Manchester City, has clearly not lived up to the expectations of other teams. With an aggregate score of 3-4, Lopetegui's coaching ability is not weak, and he PK his compatriot Pep Guardiola face-to-face, extending the suspense of who can stop the Galaxy Battleship to the quarterfinals.