With the new contract about to be finalized, the Torino coach was finally able to relax a little, although he was not very concerned about the renewal negotiations before, but if he could not determine the future of the team as soon as possible, he would also feel anxious.

On Friday night, Li Mudi did not lie down early to rest as usual in his usual days, but dialed his girlfriend's phone at around half past 22. At this time, it was half past six on Saturday morning in Kimchi Country, and Lin Yuner had a relatively long free time because she had to move to the next filming location with the crew, so the two people who were in a sweet and greasy state made an appointment early to talk about the pain of lovesickness during this time period. The conversation lasted until the woman boarded the plane, and it took 74 minutes in total, setting a record for the longest single call ever made by a Torino boss since he was born. And it is difficult to confirm how much radiation is brought by this wave of mobile phone connections, but his cervical spine has been slightly stiffened, and the right arm holding up the phone is even more numb and a little disobedient.

During the training on Saturday, Li Mudi found the team's physiotherapist in his free time and asked the other party to help him do a massage. He usually doesn't exercise much, and his plan to exercise was abandoned after his girlfriend left, plus most of the other working hours are sitting, so the state of the cervical spine has not been good, and last night's phone call just exposed the long-accumulated dark injury a little. Fortunately, the situation is not too bad, after the massage of professionals, there has been a significant improvement, but this onset of illness has also reminded the Torino coach that he must pay more attention to this aspect of the problem on weekdays, so as not to make a big deal when the condition is too big to clean up.

That night, the 27th round of Serie A officially began, and the strong dialogue between the two top three teams Roma and Napoli, who need to play in Europe in the following midweek, became the first battle of the round. With Fiorentina in the Europa League round of 30 last midweek beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga with a two-goal lead at home and a four-goal defeat over two legs, the Red Wolves are the only remaining Serie A team in the competition, and they will travel to the newly built Parc Olimpico on Thursday night to challenge former Ligue 1 giants Lyon. Napoli, on the other hand, will return to home with a big score of 1-3 in the first leg and welcome the defending champion Real Madrid on Tuesday night local time, and the situation is also very worrying.

At this time, Li Mudi, who was watching the TV in the apartment and preparing to watch the key game, had two Champions League tickets in his hand, which were sent by his friend Zizou two days ago, when the Torino coach would be there to watch the game and cheer for his parent team.

Returning to this Serie A match broadcast around the world, neither side had any reservations today because they were going to play in Europe, and both sent their strongest lineups to start. In particular, the White Dolphins, who lost to Atalanta in the last round at home, did not dare to be careless in this game, and sent Senegal international Koulibaly, who had just returned from injury, to the game, and Sarri's victory ** has been exposed.

Rather than the final victory, Li Moody and the Torino club will be more concerned about whether Dzeko and Mertens, the two strikers who are second and fourth in the scorer list respectively, can score. The Bosnian centre-forward is currently chasing Belotti with 19 goals with 19 goals, while the Belgian, who has only switched to centre-forward in the last two months, is gradually closing the gap with the former with 17 goals.

The pace of the game, played by two teams known for their attacking prowess, and the opening kick-off was a desperate desire to take the ball into their own hands. In particular, the home team's defensive line, which is composed of four players who are central defenders, has become a passing maniac, constantly reversing the ball in their own backfield, helping the team get super high possession time. It was also a reluctant move, with both sides suffering defeats in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals in midweek, and their fitness and morale were not very good, and it was likely that there would be mistakes in rushing into action, thus giving the opponent a chance to take advantage of it.

However, Maurizio Sarri's tactics looked more straightforward, using the speed and agility of the front trident Callejon, Mertens and Insigne to counter-attack Roma's four defenders who were all over 185 centimeters tall. However, the home side in possession were given more chances to shoot, and in the 22nd minute, Perotti scored a brilliant volley goal, but unfortunately he was suspected of handball when he stopped the ball, and the referee whistled the goal for invalidation. However, the deadlock was broken four minutes later, when Hamsik slotted through the middle and Mertens scored a comfortable one-on-one effort against Szczesny to give Napoli a 1-0 lead. Interestingly, after the goal, the Belgian international actually climbed to the corner flag and made a celebration similar to a puppy peeing, which made the commentator laugh.

In the 38th minute, Napoli counter-attacked by Mertens, who again formed a one-on-one after receiving Callejon's through ball and bounced the ball into the far corner with the instep of his right foot. However, just as the visitors were about to celebrate, the whistle was heard, and the referee ruled that Mertens had fouled Fazio while running, and the goal was disallowed for the second time in the game. Truth be told, the whistle came a little too late, five or six seconds after the foul occurred, and one had to wonder what was going on in the referee's head.

Roma had a couple of more dangerous strikes before half-time, but today they had a big problem with their crosshairs, with only one shot on target from 10 attempts in the half, and that efficiency was a bit whimsical to get on target. Napoli's number of shots was not high, only a mere two, but the chances created by the people were particularly high-quality, in addition to the two one-on-one shots mentioned earlier, Mertens also missed a header that was close at hand and unmarked. So overall, although the home team has the upper hand in terms of possession, shots on goal and other statistics, they are fully restrained by the away team manager Maurizio Sarri in terms of tactics, and Spalletti is also temporarily behind in the comparison of today's first local manager.

Less than a minute into the second half, heavy rain began to fall in the sky, bringing some uncertainty to this key battle. In the 47th minute, Nainggolan took advantage of the mistake made by the opposing defender's pass after being interfered with by the rain in the front, and made a direct long-range shot after a steal, but unfortunately Koulibaly blocked the bottom line. However, it was not only the visitors who were disturbed by the heavy rain, and the subsequent mistakes of the home team eventually led to tragedy.

In the 50th minute, Roma's Argentine defender Fazio made a mistake in the back pass and was cut off, Hamsik distributed the ball to the left, and Insigne, who was inserted, sent a curling cross with his left foot after entering the penalty area, and Mertens at the back post followed up and easily pushed the ball into the net, and Napoli took a lightning lead of two goals. The same mistakes, but the results are far from the same, and the White Dolphin uses a team fight to teach the Red Wolves, who are always fighting alone.

It was Mertens' 19th goal in Serie A this season, temporarily levelling Dzeko and Tintint Gunner for second place in the scorers' charts. And he has scored a total of 16 goals in the last 15 official games, of which 11 have been scored away from home, both of which are the highest records in the entire European continent during the same period, and this ability to burst out is indeed very extraordinary. The value of the Belgian given on "Transfer Market" has soared from 16 million last summer to 25 million, and there is still a lot of room for appreciation, which is definitely more than enough for Napoli, which spent less than 10 million to bring him in 2013.

Spalletti began to make changes when he saw things getting worse, bringing on Mohamed Salah and Perez three minutes after conceding the goal, replacing El Shaarawy and Fazio, and changing the team's formation from a 4-2-3-1 opening game to a more attacking 3-4-2-1.

Then the number of attacks on goal between the two sides began to gradually increase, especially the Roma team with two goals behind kept coming out with different people trying to rewrite the score, but unfortunately whether it was the volley in the penalty area of the wingers such as Perotti and Salah, or the diagonal shot in the counterattack of the Indian center Dzeko, neither could cause substantial problems for the visiting goalkeeper Reina. Either blocked by the defender, or directly kicked off, so that by the 65th minute of the game, the home team's shooting statistics had accumulated an astonishing 1 of 16! It looked like their desire to score a goal today was going to be quite difficult to realise.

Just when everyone thought that Napoli's victory was decided, there was a sudden accident on and off the field. In the 69th minute, the home team formed a siege momentum, Salah's cross caused chaos in the visiting team's box, De Rossi went down in the small box and tripped Reina, making the Napoli goal instantly unguarded. But even so, Perez's shot failed to help his team pull one back, and the ball went off the post.

While the Roma players and fans were holding their heads in their hands and sighing loudly about their bad luck, the broadcaster's camera was switched to the sidelines, and Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri was furious at the fourth official. Although no voice was recorded, it is not difficult to guess that he should be dissatisfied with the referee for letting go of De Rossi's foul on the goalkeeper, you must know that the Roma vice-captain has already had a yellow card before, if the opponent can be sent off, this game will be completely no suspense. However, today's referee on duty Croto did not think that he had a problem, and ran to the sidelines to warn Sarri after being reminded by his colleagues, and sent the opponent to the stands after seeing that it did not have an effect, but at least the away coach's request for a penalty was fulfilled.

Three minutes later, the White Dolphins' top scorer Mertens had to be replaced by Zielinski after a back-to-back break that was blocked by a defender on the touchline, while he himself lay on the turf in pain with his thighs clutched. So far, Napoli, which lacks a manager and the main striker, is also unable to resist the attack of the home team, and is firmly suppressed by the opponent in their own half, and can only defend the goal.

In the 85th minute, Reina's mistake in the kick-off gave the Red Wolves a big gift, Nainggolan broke the ball and went through, and Salah's burst into the box hit the post, and the home team missed a good chance to score. Thankfully, their persistent attempts paid off a minute before the end of regulation time, when Perotti went down the left and crossed back in a triangle, and Stroman followed up in the middle and fired a low left-footed shot into the far corner from 12 yards to make it 2-1.

However, in the next six minutes, including stoppage time, Perotti missed the goal twice, notably in the 93rd minute with a low shot from the left, which changed line after hitting a defender, only to be lifted onto the crossbar by Reina as he lost his centre of gravity. Napoli managed to keep the score until the end, and with a very tortuous victory, they also closed the gap to Roma to two points, and the race for second place in the league became more and more fierce.

The Red Wolves' defeat also seemed to give the fourth- to eighth-placed teams behind them hope of Champions League qualification, and in the subsequent kick-off game, AC Milan comfortably won 3-1 at home to Chievo to continue their good run at the top of the table.

Sunday's midday hours are still the norm for Turin, which is a necessary means of ensuring that Celestial fans can watch the game live in prime time in the evening. In order to stay in stock of the next two fierce rivals, Lazio and Inter Milan, Li Mudi made a very bold rotation when his side faced the underdogs Palermo at home, with the likes of Fabas, Vallejo and Rajjdzic all getting starting places, and German midfielder Maximilian Eggstein, who had just joined the team in the winter window, also came on as a substitute in the second half to complete his debut for the Torino team.

In the end, with Belotti's hat-trick in the second half of the eight minutes, the Red Bulls won a bloodless 3-0 victory at the Turin Olympic Stadium. Moreover, the back line led by Ranocchia only allowed the opponent to get five chances on goal in the whole game, and it can be said that the home team dominated the entire stadium at both ends of the pitch, and was commented by many media after the game as "Torino played a perfect game".

In the subsequent kick-off game, in addition to Atalanta being forced to 0-0 at home by Fiorentina, Inter Milan and the Blue Eagles also won one after another, making the battle for Europa League qualification still show a stalemate, everyone is trying their best, and the results are also in a situation where they go hand in hand.