On the 14th, the second leg of the four World Cup European play-offs were all over, and among the seeded teams, Switzerland, Croatia and Denmark all three had a thrilling ticket to Russia next year, and only Italy was blocked in front of the final gate with an aggregate score of 0-1 in the two-legged meeting.

It was the first time in 60 years that the Azzurri had missed out on the World Cup stage, and the first time since Euro 1992 that they had missed a World Cup. The last time they failed to qualify for the main tournament was in the distant 1958 World Cup, where the hosts coincidentally were Sweden. Italy have only missed two of the 20 World Cups so far, in 1930 and 1958 when they were wiped out in the Supega air crash by the Torino gods.

Shortly after the game, almost all the local media commented on this historic disaster, and Li Mudi also briefly expressed his views in a joint interview with several media such as PBTV and Penguin Sports, and when he answered the reason why the former world champion would tragically fall in the qualifiers, he did not take Ventura too seriously for the current street rat, but still expressed his doubts about the team's use of tactics in the two games, he said:

"Whether it is from the individual strength of the players, or the overall strength of the mountain, there is no doubt that the Italian team has a big advantage, but throughout the qualifying stage, this group of players did not show the fact that they are a team, too much individual play, no clue on the offensive end. Not to mention the previous one, just looking at the two play-offs, when I was at Stockholm, I personally think that it should be a better choice to recycle a dozen counterattacks, the team has attackers with excellent speed and technology such as Immobile, El Shaarawy and Insigne, and with passers like Verratti and De Rossi, it should be able to gain something under the strategy of solid defense and leading snakes out of the hole. As for the second leg at home, I don't know what tactical thinking was based on so many wide crosses, Italy no longer have Vieri and Toney, and Belotti has just recovered from injury and has no height advantage in front of the Swedes, which is really ...... Inexplicable! ”

Although the Torino coach has been relatively restrained and has not made too difficult accusations against his predecessor at the club, the people who can't stand it all over Italy are scolding "That stupid. Pig" (quoted in the original text, not the author's attitude), even if a few sporadic celebrities stood up and tried to defend Ventura, but in an instant they were drowned in a "sea of scolding". That same night, some media broke the news that Ventura had submitted his resignation and that he would no longer be the Italian coach. But some Football Association officials immediately responded that this is not true, and they will hold talks with the head coach of the national team in the next two days to make a decision on whether to leave.

This echoed the Q&A at the press conference after the game, when Ventura was asked by reporters at the scene whether he would resign immediately, and he also said that he would make a decision after discussing it with the Football Association. This statement has also caused strong dissatisfaction among all fans, with an online survey showing that 97% of people believe that the worst Italian coach in history should leave the company as soon as the game is over, rather than shyly acting as if nothing happened. The remaining 3% chose the indifferent option because their hearts were completely dead and they no longer cared what would happen to the national team. Of course, everyone believes that the hearts of these people will soon recover, because this kind of thing has been experienced too much by the fans of the Celestial Empire......

After waking up early the next morning, Li Mudi turned on the computer to check the news and found that more than eighty percent of the news was related to the Italian team's failure to participate in the World Cup. One of the off-field news was to dominate the hot spots on many websites, with cameras recording an incident that happened on the bench in the second half of the game, when De Rossi was told by his coach to warm up, but he surprisingly refused the request, instead sitting there and arguing angrily. After the interpretation of the lip language expert, the Roman captain said at the time: "What are you doing with me at this time?" We don't need a draw, we want a win! He then pointed to Insigne to the side and said that the unstoppable super winger in Serie A should be played. And the final outcome of this incident is also known to everyone, the Napoli winger who played in the midfield for a quarter of an hour in the first leg was not replaced by Ventura, and De Rossi also sat on the bench for 90 minutes, and no one got the opportunity to play the role of savior.

Regarding this news, everyone commented: "In a critical moment, even the players know what to do, but the national team is stupid. The pigs didn't even understand that we couldn't qualify! After that, there were also a lot of radical fans, leaving slogans like "Ventura die" on the Internet, and the situation seemed to be a bit out of control. Fortunately, the content of last night's post-match player interview was released on the Internet, which attracted those who turned off the live broadcast signal as soon as the game ended, and the tears and sentimentality also dissipated the anger that was about to erupt.

Speaking to reporters, De Rossi, who said before the game that he would quit the national team if he couldn't show up, said: "Now the next generation of players is ready to fight, we have to start over from them, I've been wearing this shirt for the last ten years and it feels a little strange to take it off for the last time. But we will start anew, just as we have done after other difficult moments. These are dark times for Italian football, these two years will be very dark and time will assess all this. There was a funeral vibe in the dressing room, even though no one died, although it seemed a bit absurd to associate this with football. ”

Barzagli, who will also retire from the national team, said: "It's very disappointing and I hope the young people can take advantage of the situation and perform better than us, the era of a few veterans is coming to an end and the future belongs to the young." It was the most disappointing moment of my life, the national team gave me a lot of honour and I had a great friendship with the Italian fans, so it's a shame to end up like this. ”

The video with the highest number of views is undoubtedly the video of the national team captain Gianluigi Buffon in the first interview after the game, only to see the legendary goalkeeper, who will celebrate his 40th birthday in two and a half months, replied with red eyes: "I am disappointed with the result, it is not just about me, but about the whole of Italian football, we lost in this matter that concerns the whole country." I regret that my last official match for the national team ended in defeat and Italy did not qualify for the World Cup. But the years go by little by little, and we all have to accept that. During the process, he covered his face with his hands from time to time, trying not to let his sad expression be seen by everyone, but the tears flowing from his eyes slipped into the hearts of every fan, and at this moment, the hearts of people all over the world were broken.

On the topic of missing out on the World Cup and withdrawing from the national team, Buffon said: "There is no doubt that Italian football will rise in the future. We've had pride, competence and determination in the past, and we've always found a way to get back on track after a team fall. The Italian national team also has a number of young talents in the goalkeeper position, including Donnarumma and Parin. I want to give Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci and De Rossi a hug that I have been with for almost 10 years. I want to say thank you to all my team-mates and I hope that there is a legacy between us as veterans and young players, even though in my opinion it is not enough. ”

At the end of the interview, he also spoke about coach Ventura, with Buffon saying: "In football, we share the wins and losses as a team, and the coach is part of the whole team, whether it is praise or accusation, we all bear it together. "A role model for professional footballers!

At the end of the video, the author has edited a highlight of Buffon's performance 20 years ago when he kept Russia out of the World Cup in the snowfall in Moscow. Twenty years later, the young man who had just stepped onto the world stage has become a football legend, and the World Cup journey that began and ended in Russia is full of fatalism and makes people sigh.

Li Mudi, who was in a very low mood, found a tweet sent by Casillas after opening the social software on his phone, and the Spanish legend said: "I don't want to see you like this (crying), I want to see you like before, just like you have always presented to everyone: a legend." It's a great honor to meet you, and it's a great honor to face you on the field many times, and you deserve to bring us more joy on the court. The Torino coach looked at the circles in his eyes and turned red, and after liking them, he closed the apps, ready to adjust his mood, after all, the club's training will continue, and the weekend league will not be canceled because of the national team's disaster, everything will still move forward.

When the Turin coach walked into the club's residence at half past eight in the morning after eating breakfast prepared by his mother in the apartment, he found that the atmosphere here was also extraordinarily solemn, the staff were all very calm, and the morning meeting of the coaching staff was very quiet, and many Italians were reluctant to say a word. After entering the training ground, from the 36-year-old Moretti to the teenage boys of the youth team, they were also in a state of sadness, and the whole stadium was in a lifeless atmosphere.

Li Mudi did not forcibly cheer everyone up or instill any chicken soup for the soul, because he knew that what he said and did at this time would not have much effect, and a day or two later, when other things happened to them, it would naturally dilute the pain of missing the World Cup.

On the evening of the 16th, the club held a press conference to introduce the new signing Gourcuff to the outside world, the French midfielder will wear the 7 good shirts left by Zampacosta, but he should not appear in the official game of the first team in a short time, he has not participated in official matches in Rennes for three months, the state is very poor, and he also needs to find a tacit understanding with his new teammates. However, this news will obviously not be paid much attention to, because later in the day, the Italian Football Federation officially announced that the national team coach Ventura was fired, for which they will pay the "sinner" who led the team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia up to 700,000 euros of release money.

Not to mention the scolding of countless fans against the old coach, the "Daily Mirror" reported that Conte is the favorite to be the next head coach of the Azzurri, while Ancelotti and Mancini are also on the shortlist, but the Football Association is obviously more inclined to choose the Chelsea manager, but the latter did not respond positively to the interview with reporters.

The weekend of the 18th and 19th is the 13th round of the league, the 21st to the 23rd is the fifth round of the Champions League and the Europa League group stage, the 25th and 26th is the 14th round of the league, the 28th to the 30th is the fourth round of the Coppa Italia qualifiers, and the list of the top 16 will be determined, and then it will be December. Fortunately, the Red Bulls were seeded in the domestic cup last season and can get a bye in this round without too much physical challenge.

However, considering that the Europa League is about to face the crucial battle of locking the first place in the group in advance, the two main strikers in the team have done their best in the national team, and they are not in a good state in terms of body and morale, Li Mudi still took a certain rotation. Torino used a 3-4-1-2 formation at home to Chievo, who finished 11th in the table, with Immobile and Manuel Pellegri starting in attack, with Belotti replacing his friend before the start of the second half, with the two World Cup qualifiers each playing 45 minutes and each performing well.

Rolando Marlan, who has been in charge of the team for three seasons, did not make major personnel changes this summer on top of the early relegation determination last season, so it was expected that this year would be difficult before the start of the season, but no one expected the performance of the Flying Donkey Army to be so impressive. Although they will lose badly against a top team like Juventus, Chievo can always get three points against teams that are inferior to them or even equal to them, and the results of 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the first 12 rounds are only three points less than AC Milan, which has to make people give a thumbs up to this civilian team.

In this visit to Torino, Malan used his usual 4-3-1-2 formation, while stabilizing the back, he used the experience of the frontcourt players and the tacit understanding formed over the years to focus on counterattacks, and this tactic paid off soon after the opening. In the fourteenth minute, right-back Cacciatore's cross was pushed back by Ranocchia, and Finnish midfielder Hertmaj forced teenager Dickman to leap high and use an unconventional header to rub back, catching Casillas off guard and watching the ball into the back corner. 0-1, the visitors scored on goal for the first time of the game.

However, the score did not make the home team players panic too much, and the strength of the strong team made them continue to take the initiative on the field, and firmly suppressed the opponent with one offensive after another. Li Mudi also made effective arrangements before the game, aiming at the weaknesses of Chievo's players who are generally older and slow, and the Torino team has been using a fast pace to attack the opponent's defense, and finally overtook the score before the end of the first half. In the 33rd minute, Fabas crossed a free kick, and Baseli stepped forward in front of the small penalty area, jumped high and shook his head to the goalkeeper to equalize. Six minutes later, Immobile received Pellegrí's inverted triangle pass and slotted home from near the penalty spot, allowing the home side to return to the dressing room with a more relaxed mood.

In the second half, Chievo tried to counterattack, but in the face of the absolute difference in strength, they did nothing, but the Torino team played a counterattack to seal the victory completely. In the 71st minute, 37-year-old centre-back Gobby fouled Pellegri in the penalty area, and Belotti extended the lead in one fell swoop. Before the end of the game, the Argentine midfielder was also injured after the visit Serbian defender Radovanovic was sent off for a violent tackle on Musis and was confirmed to rest for at least three weeks after the game. In the end, Torino won 3-1 at home, and the process was relatively easy, but another injured player was born, so everyone was still not happy.