However, before the weekend arrived, Torino President Urbano Cairo, who had just renewed the team's head coach, was again unabashed in an interview with the media, first telling the reporter of "Sky Sports" that if the contract is renewed now, Belotti's release fee should be increased to 150 million euros. The latter, who scored a hat-trick in eight minutes against Palermo in the previous round, became the current top scorer in Europe's top five leagues, giving the club president a chance to show off.

After Thursday's Mirror reported that Manchester City had joined the race for Torino striker Belotti, Cairo told Torino Sport that he was not sure whether the team's red babe would remain in the team, saying: "Belotti? He still has room to improve, will he stay in Turin? I don't know, it's too early to talk about this. This series of speeches has stirred up the transfer rumors that have just cooled down, and Li Mudi said that he has become numb and does not want to be involved in this bad thing.

According to information from the FM system, the Torino boss can detect that there are indeed many giants interested in Belotti at the moment, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City are all closely watching the 23-year-old, but it seems that no club has any plans to take action before the summer arrives. In the end, Chairman Torino's remarks were just for his own amusement, and Li Mudi's heart was eagerly looking forward to the end of this farce soon, so as not to interfere with the morale of the troops in the team.

The next day, Juventus general manager Marotta praised the Torino striker in public, believing that the latter would be a strong contender for Italy's top scorer for many years to come, but he said that the old lady already had a super attacking line and did not need to bring in the striker.

Although the current Red Bulls are far from threatening Juventus' position, the Bianconeri don't mind falling into trouble when the other side is in trouble. Marotta's words made Belotti once again appear on the cover or headlines of many print media in the past two days, and the number of reporters in the Torino team's training ground was increasing day by day, Li Mudi and his colleagues had to be protected by a large number of security personnel to get out of the door, and for a while, the atmosphere in the team was a little impetuous, and the coaching staff was a little worried about the state of the players in the next game.

Lazio boss Mihajlovic said on Saturday morning that Torino would feel the "warmest welcome", which temporarily brought the media attention back to the upcoming league game. Then it was revealed that the captain and midfielder of the Blue Eagles, who went off midway through the 2-0 win over Bologna in the previous round, was only bruised and will only miss a few training sessions to be available for next Monday's game against Torino. It was previously reported that Biglia was expected to be out for several weeks due to a muscle injury, and this return is definitely not good news for Torino.

The Blues are in a good position at the moment, taking advantage of a favourable schedule after the winter break and a couple of rivals making mistakes to move up to fourth place in the table. And the injury situation in the team has been very good in recent times, with the exception of the main goalkeeper Marchetti, who has been out for several weeks due to injury, the rest of the players are in good shape, so Lazio are definitely the strongest opponent Torino will face in the next month.

For Mihajlovic and his team, the Red Bulls, who are two points behind them in fifth place, are also the most important enemies at this stage, and if they can use the home advantage to get all three points, then they can occupy a very advantageous position in the competition for European qualification, so they naturally dare not be careless.

The highlight of the normal league round is scheduled for midday Italian time on Monday, the final kick-off Serie A game of the weekend, before which the remaining 18 teams will be the first to decide the winner, and the results will be entertaining to the fans.

Juventus' league fixture was scheduled for Friday evening due to the Champions League tie in midweek, where they host old rivals AC Milan. The clash between two of the most successful teams in the history of Italian football attracted more than 200 million viewers around the world, and while the course of the game was not too exciting, the final outcome was absolutely shocking enough that it was hard not to be impressed.

During the last five consecutive titles, the Old Lady has naturally had a very good record on the domestic stage, even against the Rossoneri, who have won 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in all official competitions, and maintained a strong posture of seven consecutive wins against AC Milan in the league before this season. However, the two meetings between the two sides that have ended this season have ended with Montella's side in the ninth round of the league and the Italian Super Cup in Doha at the end of last year. It can be said that although Juventus occupy a certain strength and home advantage, in the face of the Milanese who have the potential to become their nemesis, no one dares to pack a ticket for the home team to win, and the process of the game also verified the outside world's predictions before the game.

Both teams are currently in a bit of a disarray, with the home side's Cuadrado suspended, Giorgio Chiellini being replaced by Moroccan defender Benatia injured last weekend, and most outrageously, Mandzukic, who had already been in the starting line-up, had a sudden stomach ache during the pre-match warm-up, and Allegri had to add Croatian winger Marco Piacza, who usually struggles to get a chance to play, into the squad. On the visitors' side, former main winger Suso was dropped on the bench, while Bonaventura and Locatelli were sidelined through injury.

Juventus' advantage was evident in the game, with possession close to 70% at one point, creating more chances on goal than their opponents, and taking the lead thanks to centre-back Benatia's goal in the 30th minute. However, the tenacious AC Milan did not give up on their belief in the goal, and before half-time, they levelled the scores through a quick counter-attack after a defensive corner. Deulofeu, a loan from Everton, dribbled the ball all the way to the home side's heart and then sent a clever pass, Bacca stabbed the ball into the bottom right corner of the net from 9 yards, but the slow motion afterwards showed that his right foot was suspected to be in an offside position, but the difference was only a millimeter, and the linesman could not judge it accurately. Counting this assist, the Kaiser has contributed 1 goal and 3 assists since joining Milan during the winter break, and his form is amazingly good.

The score remained 1-1 until stoppage time, when everyone thought there was no more change in the field. First of all, the visiting Argentine midfielder Jose Sousa was sent off after tackling Ghanaian Asamoah in defense in the third minute of stoppage time. Then, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Lichtsteiner's cross from the right side of the box hit De Sciglio's left elbow, and the referee on duty Massa decisively blew the penalty, even though the AC Milan players surrounded the referee and the referee to protest to them that it was the ball-hitter, but could not change the decision. When Dybala finally pushed the ball into the left post with his left foot, the game was in the 97th minute, and the game was over after the visitors' kick-off.

The game, which was changed by a huge controversy, was the subject of major media attention on the continent early the next morning, with many expressing their opinions on whether the penalty should have been whistled or not, but to no avail of the result.

The next few league games were also played out in one day on Sunday, with the likes of Roma, Napoli and Fiorentina all coming out victorious. The highlight of the day, Inter Milan's home game against Atalanta, was a surprise for most people, with the home team scoring five goals in succession in 16 minutes from the 17th minute of the first half, and finally won 7-1. Mauro Icardi and midfielder Banega each scored a hat-trick, with the former catching Dzeko and Mertens with those three goals to move into a tie for second place in the scorers' charts.

By the time Monday's midday game began, Inter Milan had reached 53 points, two points ahead of Torino and level with Lazio, and if Limdoudi's side could not pick up at least one point after two hours, they would be under pressure to widen the gap between their opponents.

At the pre-match press conference, the Torino coach had no intention of getting involved in a battle with Miha, so he was very restrained in answering questions, although it did not give people the impression of weakness, but it also left an impression of weakness in the hearts of opponents and the media. In terms of starting formation and technical and tactical play, Li Mudi's arrangement was even more conservative, he changed his previous 4-3-3 position, and let the two defensive midfielders Akwa and Las Diarra start at the same time, while Baseli and Benassi stand on the outside of their diagonal front, while taking care of the attack and defense of the central wing. The front line is a combination of Belotti and Jesus, the four people in the back line are Silvestri, Rostini, Ranocchia and Barreca, and the former main right wing-back Zampacosta was put on the bench because of his strong attack and weak defense.

As for the home side, Mihajlovic continued to confidently field their most comfortable 4-3-3 formation, with the absolute mainstays of Parolo, Biglia and Immobile all starting, while the goalkeeper was Albanian Thomas Strakosha, who is about to turn 22, and he was the last line of defence for the Blue Eagles in Marchetti's absence. Previously, only winger Keita was on the bench due to some discomfort in his foot, and Bosnia and Herzegovina international Lulic took his place.

After the opening, the home team launched a fierce attack, and the Serbian genius Milinkovic Savic, who was supposed to play in central midfield, began to rush behind Immobile to play the role of a midfielder, and his addition also made Lazio not suffer too much in the front of the field, bringing a lot of pressure to the Torino defence. In the seventh minute, Immobile received a long pass from the back of Biglia and cut through the ball, cleverly evaded Rossettini's block, and suddenly turned around and fired a low shot from about 25 meters from the visitors' goal, the ball went slightly wide of the right post. Four minutes later, Brazil's fringe international Anderson, who wore the number 10 shirt, suddenly cut inside 30 yards from goal and found the line to shoot from distance, this time wide of the left-hand post.

Although the opponent got two shots on goal, Li Mudi did not feel any dissatisfaction with his players, and they had already done what the visitors had planned before the game, that is, not allowing the home team to get a chance to shoot in the penalty area. Immobile has a good header and is far more agile than the average centre-forward, with a shot in goal being his forte, but his power is greatly reduced when he is away from the box. In the opening ten minutes, Torino's players did well, so that the Italian national team striker did not find an opportunity to show his characteristics.

Then, as the visiting midfielders intensified their scrambling, the Lazio players did not even have many opportunities to shoot from the periphery, but the situation on the field was shaken a lot. In the eighteenth minute, Russ used vicious moves to bring down Romanian left-back Radu and midfielder Biglia with fierce moves when defending at the back, which made the home team worry for a while. The captain of the Blue Eagles, who had just recovered from injury, was carried to the sidelines for treatment with a painful face, but after a brief treatment, he returned to the field, while Radu was not so lucky, he held on for about seven or eight minutes on the field and still felt that he could not hold on any longer, and was finally replaced by Belgian defender Jordan Lukaku, an unexpected situation that brought Lazio's already smooth momentum to a slight halt.

What made Lazio fans even more angry was that Las Diarra's two consecutive fouls did not even receive a yellow card, which made them feel 100,000 incredible, who is the home team Nima! However, Li Mudi provoked a thumbs up for the referee's decision, the French midfielder's actions were not dirty, and it was just a coincidence that the opponent was injured, although he felt very sorry for Radu's injury, but the sentencing position of not taking the result as the sentencing is still worthy of great praise.

However, after a few minutes of adjustment, the home team's offensive began to be fierce again, almost forming a half-time siege. Li Mudi immediately instructed the visiting players to continue their previous defensive thinking, not to let the opponent's attacker enter the penalty area, and to give them the opportunity to cross from the side, but to focus on the second landing point of the scramble. And the counterattack left only Jesse alone, and Belotti had to retreat more to participate in the interception, so the Torino team's style of play looked particularly ugly.