In the afternoon, Torino posted another news on its official website: the team has loaned Uruguayan left wing-back Gaston Silva to La Liga side Granada for a year, and he is the eleventh player to leave the team in the new season.

The next day, July 20, Red Red Bull sent two more reinforcement messages: Luca Rossettini, a 31-year-old Italian central defender who just joined Bologna last season, will join the team for a transfer fee of 1.98 million euros, which is only a slight decrease of 70,000 compared to last year; In addition, the 29-year-old Brazilian centre-back Leandro Castán, who has been with Roma for four years, arrived at Torino City on loan, beating Sampdoria, who are also interested in signing him, for a loan fee of 500,000 euros for one year, with no buyout fee.

The addition of these two new signings has once again caused a lot of buzz among Torino fans, counting the two of them, the team has now six central defenders in the current squad after selling Glick, Pontus Janssen and Bovo in the new season. Leaving aside the Serbian who is destined to leave, although the remaining five have their own characteristics, some are good at interception, some are good at heading, and some are good at attacking directly from the back, none of them can have an advantage in terms of comprehensive ability, which is very sad. Especially with Moretti now over 35 years old and Kastan having only made six appearances for Roma last season after surgery for a cavernous hemangioma in his brain, it's hard not to worry about the backline.

But that's one of the dilemmas facing Torino at the moment: they can't buy good players. Li Mudi's originally optimistic Argentine Federico Fazio (Federico Fazio), who was not interested in Torino's loan offer at all, was later loaned to Roma by Tottenham Hotspur; There is also Barcelona's Belgian central defender Vermaelen who rejected Torino, just such a sick man who has been injured for several months can't look down on them, how sad you say, the other party was happily loaned to Roma at the beginning of August, yes, it was Roma again; In addition, former Italy international Davide Astori, who previously played for Cagliari, is also one of Li Mudi's alternative targets, but Fiorentina, who loaned him last season, triggered the buyout clause at the first time and signed the central defender, who is much stronger than famous; The target of the same fate is also the new German international Antonio Rüdiger (Antonio Rüdiger), who was also bought out after being loaned to Roma last season (this name has become a nightmare for Xiao Li's classmates), the Red Wolves only paid 400 + 900 = 13 million euros, while Torino prepared a transfer fund of up to 18 million euros, which can only be said to be fateful.

The position of central defender can indeed be called a disadvantage for recruitment, but at least a few people can be bought, and the goalkeeper's new reinforcements have not been able to arrive for a long time, which is even more troublesome. The team now has only one reliable goalkeeper, Padelli, whose ability to play as a starter can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, and the rest are a group of young men under 20 except for Uruguayan Salvador Ichazo, who has not been approved by the team's coaching staff and has been on loan for many years. The golden age of the goalkeeper position is much older than other positions, generally around the age of 28 to reach the peak of form, 20-year-old hairy young man is difficult to have the quality to get the opportunity to play in the top five European leagues, Buffon, Casey and Donnarumma are very rare phenomena after all.

Li Mudi's shortlist for reinforcements is naturally indispensable for goalkeeper players, but it is not very smooth. Although Xiao Tang's previous offer was a strategy, if AC Milan showed a negotiable tone at that time, Li Mudi would dare to let the club go to the bank to apply for a loan, and take this young genius within 50 million, but it's a pity...... In addition, Sampdoria's Viviano, the second candidate, was not a good choice because of the rivalry between the two teams, but the Torino coach had the audacity to send a letter of inquiry, only to say "impossible" and completely declare the deal bankrupt. Then there is the long-established Genoa 23-year-old young goalkeeper Perrin, who did not refuse the inquiry here, but the price of the reply surprised Valentino Cairo and Li Mudi. 30 million euros, plus 20% of the next transfer fee and a number of additional terms, directly made Torino completely strangle the idea of bringing in the goalkeeper, and at the same time complained in his heart: "Good guy, what a big appetite, and I'm not afraid of breaking my stomach." ”

After seeing that their goalkeeper no longer had any good targets, the Red Bulls turned their attention overseas. The first to come into the eye was Chelsea's back-up goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, but the Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper, who had just joined the Blues for a year, did not want to leave at this time, and he also wanted to compete with Courtois for a place in the main team, and move to Torino? This is by no means acceptable to him in his golden age, so this goal can only be declared a failure. Immediately afterwards, Li Muddy fell in love with the Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina (David Ospina), who was reduced to a substitute because of the addition of Cech, but the Colombian international also did not look down on a team like Torino that was not competitive, and after the professor had agreed in principle to the offer of 12 million pounds here, he immediately rejected the transfer intention through his agent, and the word failure appeared on Turin's reinforcement list again.

At this point, Li Mudi's defense upgrade plan was completely declared bankrupt, and the next job was handed over to Valentino Cairo, hoping that the other party could get a few qualified players before the transfer window closed, so as not to let the team be beaten into a sieve by opponents in the new season. And the head coach had to sigh on the way back to the training ground after leaving the office building, and it seemed that Joe Hart's arrival seemed inevitable.

In a blink of an eye, the 22nd, a total of 73,000 euros, a ten-day pre-season training camp was officially announced, most of the players in the current team have regained the feeling of official games and nearly seventy percent of their physical fitness, and the rest is to strengthen tactical drills and teamwork and other convenient training. In the evening, assistant coach Kevin Samfield handed the team boss a detailed analysis report, which showed that the atmosphere of the Torino team is not very harmonious at the moment, due to the large range of squad updates, the communication between the players is still in a very early stage, and it will take a lot of time and effort to form a tacit understanding on the pitch. In this regard, Li Mudi, who was anxious to produce results at the beginning stage, naturally had a headache, and had to hope that he could get unexpected surprises in future training.

Early the next morning, the whole team gathered and flew to the city of Renate in Lombardy, where they will play a warm-up match against the local Renate football team at 17:00 in the evening. The Piedmont district, where the city of Turin is located, is located in the upper left part of Italy, bordering France on the left and Switzerland on the top. The Lombardy district, on the other hand, is located on the right side of the Piedmont district, which includes several large cities such as Milan, Brescia and Como, and is one of the strongest regions in Italian football.

Founded in 1947, Renate has never played in the senior league before, but the team's results have gradually improved since the turn of the century, with promotion to Serie D in 2006, Serie C 2 in 2011, Serie C in 2015, and currently playing in Serie A Group 1. The team formed a relationship with two Serie A teams, Torino and Atalanta, a few years ago, and every year warm-up matches are held between the three teams, and this year's schedule is: Reinate vs Torino on July 23, Atalanta vs Torino on July 27, and Reinate vs Atalanta on August 1, with the home team in front. The team's home stadium is the Città di Meda stadium on the outskirts of the city, which has a small capacity of 2,500 seats, but the quality of the turf is good.

Before the start of the game, the new head coaches of both teams came to the sidelines to shake hands with each other, after all, the relationship between the teams is very good, and the staff below must abide by tradition and love each other. The 49-year-old coach of the home team, Luciano Foschi, was a Lazio academy player, but only made one appearance for his parent club in the second division at the time, and was sold to Serie C, where he played for several teams until his retirement in 2001. After that, he joined seven or eight clubs as a head coach and assistant coach, and although his ability was average, he was better than experienced and well-informed.

The home side lined up in a defensively focused 4-4-2 formation, with two midfielders in the middle of the field standing very far back, more like a double midfielder, and two wing-backs ready to return at any time, with up to eight defenders being a huge headache for opponents. Adriano Marzeglia, the absolute core of the attack, has a height of 193cm and a weight of 93kg, combined with a whopping 18 bounces, 16 headers, dribbles, anticipation and decisions, and 15 runs off the ball, which will pose a very big threat to the visiting team's backline.

The starting lineup of the Torino side is the current all-main configuration, the main 3-4-2-1 list is: goalkeeper: Padelli, the three central defenders from right to left: Kastan, Moretti and Rossettini, the two wings are guarded by Bruno Perez and Avilar, the middle of the midfield is partnered by Ghana international Akwa and Italian midfielder Benassi, in the front three, Jesser's right winger and Rajjadzic's left winger are mainly inward-cut, and the center forward Red Bebe - Belotti is the team's number one weapon to destroy the city.

After the official start of the game, Torino did not take advantage of the overall coordination, as many as four players in their starting lineup were reported by the team in the last ten days, and they are not very familiar with their teammates. But fortunately, the two newly recruited wingers are still completely invincible in terms of personal skills, one-on-one is absolutely invincible, and one-on-two is not left behind, so in the first ten minutes of the game, the most active players on the field are these two.

In the fourth minute, Rajjdzic used a quick stop to accelerate away the home team's right-back, Amo on loan from Atalanta, and then immediately cut inside into the box, but unfortunately 22-year-old centre-back Di Gennaro could not find a good chance and could only barely get out of the way, but this time the attack was ridiculously wide and no threat at all.

In the sixth and a half minutes, Jesus also created a killing chance on the right side, his Marseille slalom stunned the home team's left-back Vannucci, and then after the defender Angeleri predicted that he was going to cut inside and get stuck in position, he made a surprise stride and burst to the top of the penalty area in two steps, fully demonstrating his strong speed advantage. Unfortunately, the final pass failed to develop a tacit understanding with Belotti, who had to temporarily adjust his position in order to receive the ball, resulting in a somewhat awkward action when completing the final attack and missing the target.

A minute later, the king of the ball made a comeback, this time using his speed to get past Vannucci, but then his low cross failed to kill him, and was replaced by another central defender, Tesso, who was preoccupied by the red babe.

In the ensuing period, Reynate gradually stepped up their grip on Torino's two wingers, and the visitors' attack lost its former intensity, but Jesse showed his quality to his new team-mates in the twentieth minute. He beat three Reynat players in succession, including the opposing goalkeeper, in the counterattack, and then scored a goal near the bottom line on the right side of the field, which also brought him a lot of confidence, and Li Mudi believes that this kid will get better and better in the future.

However, in addition to this one-on-one game, the Spanish winger has been facing the opponent's multi-player bag for the rest of the first half, and has never been able to show any outstanding performance, while Rajjdzic on the other side has long disappeared into the vast sea of people. Fortunately, in the 38th minute, Belotti brought Bruno Pérez on the edge of the field and headed it into the back of the net, giving Torino a two-goal lead before half-time.

Before the start of the second half, Li Mudi replaced all 11 starters, allowing new signings such as Ajeti, Vallejo and Fabas and the rest of the team's rotation Wives, Baseli and others to get at least 45 minutes of playing time. Unfortunately, the team's operation did not improve, and because the substitute striker Boyer was not strong enough to go head-to-head alone, he finally failed to find another chance to break through the opponent's goal. In the end, in the first warm-up game of the new season, Torino defeated Renate of Serie C with a score of 2-0 away from home, with only 50% possession and only 6 of 19 shots on target, completely failing to show the style of a Serie A team. Defensively, they didn't suffer much either, with the home side's 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target being of little value, and the only thing that satisfied everyone was that the visitors only committed 5 fouls in the whole game, at least in terms of discipline on the pitch.

After the game, some media began to sing about the results of the new season in Torino, saying that they may have to start a relegation battle in advance, to which Li Mudi said that it was too early.