Although Li Mudi has always been unoptimistic about whether the national football team can break through successfully, this does not affect him waiting in front of the screen at this time, hoping that these players who have been scolded by the Chinese people on weekdays can be real men under the leadership of the silver fox.

As can be seen from the starting list given before the game, although he has only been in charge for two weeks, Lippi's decision to take all three points is really not ordinarily strong. If the change from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 can be explained by the need to strengthen the attack, then nine of the starting eleven in the last game have changed, which is the rhythm of completely negating the tactical thinking of the predecessor.

Due to Zeng Cheng's injury, Lippi had to worry about the stability of the defense, but he did not consider the relatively experienced Yang Zhi and Wang Dalei, and chose the younger Yan Junling to start, which really surprised the outside world. But even if he lacks the main goalkeeper, there are still as many as five Evergrande players in his lineup, which shows his preference for his former disciples. It is worth mentioning that the forward line of the national football team in this game is a trident composed of Zhang Yuning, Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei, and the previous starters Gao Lin and Yu Dabao are on the bench.

Since the moment the referee blew the whistle, everyone has seen that the national football team has obviously shown a different fighting spirit and bloodiness in this game, as the team's center forward Zhang Yuning actively participated in the interception, and collided with the opponent's non-player in less than a minute, and he still ran back and forth after the opposing player fell to the ground, interfering with the opponent's backfield. This is just a microcosm of the whole team, all the players in the team have shown extremely strong self-confidence, this should be the biggest change that Lippi has brought to the national team since he took office, and some people seem to see the magic coach in 2000 when he picked up the whip of the national football team......

In the playing field, from the first minute, the national football team has continuously adopted a forward pressure formation, and the defensive area has expanded very forward, which has a tendency to oppressive defense throughout the field, and this is what Coach Lippi is good at when he coaches Evergrande. In the face of the national football team's desperate mental outlook and oppressive defense, the Qatar team once played very unadaptable, and it was difficult to form an effective pass in the midfield. According to the real-time data given by the FM system, the away team's pass success rate was suppressed to less than 60% at the lowest time, so in the case of difficulty in the ball, they had to shrink their formation and gradually cede the midfield area to the home team, which also made the initiative of the game completely fall into the hands of the national football players.

In the twelfth minute, the home team ushered in the first chance to break the deadlock for the first time in the game, Wu Lei won a free kick about 35 meters away from the goal on the right side of the team, and Jiang Zhipeng, a left-back from Yangcheng R&F, chose to attack the goal directly. He kicked the ball straight into the near corner of the goal, the ball flew very low, and there was a noticeable drop, and there was a bounce in front of Qatari goalkeeper Saeed al-Sib, so that he could only use his hands to lift the ball off the line in a panic. Subsequently, Jiang Zhipeng responded to the corner kick from his teammates and kicked a strong shot, but unfortunately the anti-aircraft gun was released. Although it didn't score a goal, the attack was met with warm applause from the fans, and even the staff who were watching the game next to the Torino coach at this time praised them for the first time.

Ten minutes later, the national football team once again set off a warm atmosphere in the stadium, Wu Lei's light smash on the left side of the penalty area got rid of the defense, and then kicked out a ball that seemed to be a pass and shot, Zhang Yuning outflanked a shot in time at the back point, but the ball hit the right post and bounced out, just when everyone was feeling a pity for this goal, the referee's whistle sounded, and the linesman had raised the flag to signal that Zhang Yuning was offside.

Subsequently, Jiang Zhipeng and Wu Lei each had another sliding shot, and the goal of the Qatar team, which had been suppressed to the point that it basically couldn't pass half time, looked like it was shaky. At this time, the three midfield positions set up by Lippi began to exert great power, Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi and Huang Bowen formed a triangle of positions covering a very wide area, their positions and passes formed an organic whole, effectively expanding the offensive space of the national football team, so that the two wings continuously obtained a very large offensive space. In the 33rd minute, the national football team played a delicate match, Zhang Lin passed to Wu Lei in the front field, and the latter made it to Zhang Xizhe in the middle, the latter lightly went to the left side, Jiang Zhipeng quickly inserted and shot directly with his feet, but unfortunately he was not lucky today, and the ball flew high over the goal crossbar again.

In the 42nd minute, Huang Bowen quickly sent a free kick to the penalty area, and the Qatari defenders appeared to the top, but Zhang Yuning, who picked up the opportunity, still failed to find the crosshairs, and his header was slightly higher than the goal, causing everyone to sigh again. With the second minute of stoppage time, the first half of the game was over after the visiting full-back's counter-attacking shot from Mussa was easily confiscated by Yan Junling, and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline. To be fair, against a secondary school opponent like Bhutan, this should be the best first half of the national football team in recent years, and thanks to the huge advantage of the midfield, the players can play the prepared tactics more easily in attack. However, their skills are still too rough, there have been many passing and receiving mistakes, and they are even weaker in the shooting link, if this stubborn problem cannot be solved, even if Lippi's ability is great, he can't go on the field to score goals himself, right!

In the 48th minute, Jiang Zhipeng broke through the bottom line on the left side and crossed the middle, Zhang Yuning was too slow to grab the point in front of the goal, and was destroyed by the opponent's defender first. Seven minutes later, the home team once again missed a good opportunity to rewrite the score, Huang Bowen on the right side of the very imaginative corner kick to the edge of the penalty line, the unmarked Wu Xi next to him made a header that was called a stretch, but unfortunately this powerful attack was slightly touched by the Qatari goalkeeper after changing a little direction, hit the crossbar fiercely, and was directly cleared by Moussa in front of the goal. There is another wail inside and outside the screen, and this luck is too bad!

Just when the away team gradually mastered the routine of the national football team and seemed to be ready to wait for an opportunity to counterattack, Lippi made a personnel adjustment in the 63rd minute, replacing Cao Ding, who was selected for the national team for the first time, and replaced Wu Lei. At this time, the position of the national football team changed, Zhang Xizhe's position moved to the right side, and the new international player from the magic capital Shenhua stood on the left side. Soon after Cao Ding came on the court, Jiu showed his individual technical characteristics, and he used stronger breakthrough techniques and impact to constantly cause problems for defenders on this side. In the 67th minute, he got rid of the two defenders on the left side of the penalty area, and then shot angrily with his right foot, but unfortunately the ball still grazed the right post and went out of the bottom line, and the national football team was still a fist-sized distance away from the goal.

After that, Lippi replaced Gao Lin and Yu Dabao on the field successively, trying to continue to strengthen the attack, but the dual constraints of physical fitness and technical ability still made the home team unable to knock on the opponent's goal. When Zheng Zhi volleyed the ball from the opponent's defender to the far post outside the penalty area in the 83rd minute, Li Mudi felt that this game might not be able to be won.

Sure enough, under the stubborn defense of the Qataris, the national football team, which bombarded 20 shots but only had two shots on target, failed to create any threatening offensive, and was finally forced to draw by the opponent while dominating the home field, and the road to qualification looked more and more difficult. Fortunately, in the other match that ended at the same time, South Korea reversed Uzbekistan, who finished third in the group, 2-1, and let the two teams on this side catch up with a point, which can be regarded as a small consolation.

Looking at the silver fox staring at the broadcast camera, Li Mudi thought to himself: It's really embarrassing for him, if you can give him a young Hao Dong, even if Da Yu or Yang Chen at the peak, will the ending of this game and even the future of the top 12 be different......

After saying goodbye to the staff, who may not be seen again, the Turin coach returned to Turin in the car driven by his bodyguard Forcina, and naturally there was no shortage of assistant Delpino. Lin Zixu had already returned to China halfway through the shooting of the last commercial two days ago, and he needed to review the first two films that had just finished post-production, and as for Genes, this guy had already run back to Spain. Real Madrid are interested in bringing Raul back to the club, and as a veteran of many years, he must be there to prevent any surprises, after all, the relationship between Galeries Lafayette and the former king of the Bernabeu is somewhat complicated, and it is necessary to have a weighty man like Ginés in the middle.

After welcoming back all the players who met the fitness index in the club's training ground the next day, Li Mudi separated several international players who participated in the national team competition, and asked the physical trainer Bowench to lead them to restorative activities to try to relieve the fatigue of the body as soon as possible, while the others began regular training. After handing over the side to Sumfield, the head coach went to the medical room in the office building and asked the head of the team's doctor, Greco, about several injuries. Veteran captain Vives' injury is the worst, with the medical team believing that he will need at least 20 to 25 days to start recovering training, and will certainly not be able to catch up with the Torino derby in the 16th round; Bruno Perez and Jesse will be able to play normally in two days, but to be on the safe side, they don't recommend having the two play in the league this weekend; Silvestri, who was in the best form, was officially allowed to take part in the team's training session yesterday and had no problem playing four days later.

Returning to the training ground with a detailed medical checklist, Li Mudi began to think about the line-up for the next few games, and the next four rounds of matches against Torino will face underdogs Crotone, mid-table Chievo, Sampdoria who have performed less than expected this season, and city rivals Juventus, which happen to be difficult from the entry level to the hell level. Judging from the current situation of each team, the first two opponents can't cause any trouble to the Red Bulls, but the latter two teams are a bit of a headache for Li Mudi.

Needless to say, the old woman is Turin's number one rival in terms of strength and relationship, and the other eighteen Serie A teams together cannot match; Sampdoria has also mentioned before that due to historical reasons, the two have become enemies, and they are the second opponents after their respective city rivals, and the overall strength of the old sailors is not as bad as the current rankings show, and there are very experienced players at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. In addition, the venue of the last two games is also very unfriendly to the Torino team, playing Samp away and playing against the old lady at home, the former gives the opponent an advantage, and the latter will put too much pressure on the players to win, which is really passive. And what makes Li Mudi feel most helpless is that there is also a Coppa Italia game between these two games, God is really afraid that the Turin coach is too comfortable, so he will make such a problem that is basically impossible to clear.

Although the opponent in this final round of qualifying, Pisa, is not strong, and it stands to reason that it can be done without all the main forces, but Li Mudi does not want to capsize in the gutter here. His goal for this season is to compete in European competition next season, so if the league can't guarantee a top-five finish, he can't afford to give up on the domestic cup title. At present, after 12 rounds of league games, Torino is in fourth place in the standings, behind Juventus, Roma and AC Milan, considering that Napoli behind him will definitely be able to return to the top three at the end of the season, coupled with Atalanta, who surprised Li Muddy before the crossing, he is really not sure that he will be able to lead the team to retain the top five positions, so the Coppa Italia game must also be fully prepared. In other words, the Red Bulls will have to defeat three big enemies in a row in seven days between December 4 and December 11, which is no less difficult than asking the Celestial Empire national football team to qualify from the top 12.

Thankfully, only one player in the squad will be unable to play due to injury, while Rosettini and Akwa's cumulative yellow card suspensions can be shuffled in the next round against Crotone, ensuring they can fight their two rivals without any scruples. Other positions can also be rationally arranged with more appropriate rotation timing, so that the main players can not only maintain their form, but also avoid fatigue and even injury. So before dinner time arrived, the starting line-up for the next two games of the Torino team was roughly decided, and as the 2016 season was about to enter the final sprint, Li Mudi and the team made adjustments and prepared to reload.