Torino have the highest percentage of homegrown players in the top 10 of the Serie A table this season, with 16 'natives' in the standing 29-man squad, a ratio that is not uncommon for Italy, where few players can succeed abroad, but it is the only one of the top teams in the Serie A.

And in Li Mudi's lineup, local players can also occupy at least six or seven main positions, which even Juventus, who claim to be half of the Italian national team, can hardly do, so the red bulls have always been the object of praise from the local media close to them for developing their own players.

However, the defeat of the Azzurri in the World Cup play-offs has prevented a large number of local players in the Torino team from participating in this most important event in world football, which has become the biggest reason for this embarrassing incident.

Just last Tuesday, the Italian Football Federation made an official announcement that former Sampdoria star, former Inter Milan and Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini officially became the head coach of the national team, signing a two-year contract, the main job of which is to lead the team to Euro 2020. The previous acting coach Di Biagio was not corrected and returned to the youth team.

While it is customary for a new manager not to overhaul his predecessor's framework at the outset, Roberto Mancini's position in the game has given him enough authority to make a major change. Judging from his tactical philosophy and the current situation of the renewal of Italian domestic players, Belotti and Immobile will still be the best strikers in the country in the next two to three years, and there is no suspense about the status of international players. And considering that he has boldly promoted new players during his tenure at the club, then the two playmaking midfielders of the middle generation, Baseli and Benasi, also have a good chance of making their national team debuts. In addition, Ranocchia, Gordanica, Bareka and Manuel Pellegri are among the players who have performed well this season and are likely to be the lucky ones.

Unfortunately, the status of these international players will only be revealed when the European Championship qualifiers kick off in September, depriving Torino of the opportunity to contribute to the World Cup.

The Spanish gang, which has the second largest number of players in the team, is still added to the tragic footnote, and Jesse is in an unstable state and will hardly have the opportunity to wear the matador's shirt; Febas is even more because it can't stand out in the talent-rich midfield competition in the West, even if the potential and ability at the age of 22 are excellent, they can only become cannon fodder; As for the winger Falke, who has played efficiently for two consecutive seasons, but due to the inconsistency with the style of the entire national team, coupled with the fact that Li Mudi changed the formation this season, his playing time has plummeted, and it is naturally impossible to be included in the final 23-man list of the world's top team Spain.

If there is no big opportunity to arise, the above three people have basically determined that they will not be able to receive a call from the national team before retiring, and this is also the situation that most players will encounter, after all, born in a football powerhouse, the competition is too great. If they were from the Celestial Empire, it is estimated that they would have become the core of the national football team long ago without "dying" for various reasons.

Considering that Spain has not had a new generation of central defenders in recent years, and the team must prepare one or two substitutes for Ramos and Pique, who are both injury-prone central defenders, so in the previous outside predictions, it was basically determined that the 24-year-old defender would be selected for the final World Cup squad. Unfortunately, in the club's last game of the season, he was injured and needed at least six weeks to recover, so it was a shame to miss out on the biggest competition in football.

But if there is anyone who is the most disappointed in the Torino team, it has to be legendary goalkeeper Casillas. The Matadors' 23-man roster has three goalkeepers, David De Gea, Reina and Athletic Bilbao Copa, and if the first two are unquestionable, the latter, who almost joined Real Madrid during the winter transfer window, is not so well known.

The 23-year-old is a native of the Basque Country, who debuted in the Biba academy and is a representative of young fame, becoming the main goalkeeper of Spain's Under-21 national team at the age of 19, and is considered the most likely to replicate Gianluigi Buffon and Casillas, who became the starting miracle of the top team at the age of 20. After two years on loan in La Liga, Kopa returned to his parent club in 2016/17 and took over from the third round of the league to take over the role of veteran goalkeeper Ireços.

In just two seasons, he has conceded a total of 66 goals and kept just 15 clean sheets in 54 appearances in all competitions, which is not bad in the top flight, but it is far from excellent, at least compared to Casillas.

Last season, the former Real Madrid captain, who also played for Portuguese Super League giants Porto, handed over a supernatural record of conceding only 23 goals in 43 appearances, including 23 clean sheets, and although the level of competition in Portuguese football is far less fierce than that of the leaders of the five major leagues, such a performance is definitely not easy for anyone to achieve. For example, Brazilian Ederson, who has become Manchester City's first-choice goalkeeper this season, conceded 27 goals in 40 games and kept 24 clean sheets in his time with Benfica a year ago, which is almost as good as Cassie, who is 12 years his senior, which is enough to prove that the latter is still maintaining his own quality.

After joining the Torino team, the legendary Spanish goalkeeper handed over a record of 49 goals conceded and 18 clean sheets, which completely overwhelmed Kopa's performance. If you take into account the difference between the club's tactics and the ability of the backline, it can even be said that Cassie may be better than Napoli goalkeeper Reina, and is the second-best Spanish goalkeeper this season. If players are selected based on their current form, Casillas should be absolutely qualified as the number two goalkeeper in his fifth World Cup campaign.

Unfortunately, because considering the huge influence of the former national team captain and not wanting his selection to cause a more serious situation of gang formation in the team, Julen Lopetegui, the head coach of the Spanish national team who was born in the Real Madrid academy and used to play for Barcelona, resolutely excluded him from the World Cup squad despite the strong calls from the domestic media and fans to recruit Cassie, which attracted countless complaints.

At this point, the last reason to support the world legend goalkeeper to continue to fight bravely on the field has disappeared in this most regrettable way, and when people are speculating whether Cassie will choose to retire or go to the United States to pan for gold, the Torino goalkeeper quickly issued a statement through his agent that he has reached an agreement with the Red Bulls club and will continue to stay in Serie A and the Champions League next season. The news caused no less sensation among Torino fans than an important signing, and related topics on the Internet also became the hot search of the day.

The statement said that although the Spanish veteran, who had just celebrated his 37th birthday, regretted that he did not participate in the last national team world series, this blow was not enough to extinguish his love for football and nostalgia for the professional arena. So after a short but deliberate moment, he decided to execute his second year contract with the Torino club and continue to fight for the century-old Serie A giant.

Last summer, the former Real Madrid captain agreed a two-year contract with the Red Bulls, in which the player had the option to terminate his contract early or stay with the club for half a month after the end of his first season.

In late March this year, Napoli's Spanish goalkeeper Reina announced that he would not renew his contract with the club and would return to free agency after the end of his current contract. Because the Torino coach had an in-depth communication with Cassie and his agency a long time ago, and was guaranteed to stay in the team, he did not put much effort into bringing in a new goalkeeper.

Bringing the conversation back to the World Cup, the absence of Gianluigi Buffon's Casey on the stage has always saddened those who like nostalgia, but any aspect of renewal is so cruel that only this way of natural selection can ensure that football can continue to progress after more than 100 years of development.

Speaking of defeat, although not many people think that this Matador army is the number one favorite in the Russian World Cup, but judging from the list of absent players, Li Mudi's second hometown does still have outstanding strength, Casillas, Marcos Alonso, Xavi Martinez, Herrera, Fabregas and Morata and other stars The unselected eleven team also has the ability to emerge from the group and even reach the quarterfinals in the eyes of the Torino coach.

A similar situation also appeared in several world-class teams such as France and Germany, Benzema, Martial, Lacazette, Sane, Gotze and other world stars can only be reduced to spectators, this luxury has to make the people of the Celestial Empire very red!

Just when the media and the Internet are analyzing, interpreting and even complaining about these lists, the Apennine Peninsula, which has nothing to do with this bustle, is particularly quiet. Every time the word World Cup comes up, it stimulates the Italians' already weak nerves, so it is as if they are closing themselves, and the country's media coverage has been focused on the recently concluded Serie A and Europa League finals.

Of course, various rumors in the transfer market have gradually become more and more intense, which is dizzying. However, most of them are false news, and even if they rely on a little bit of music, they are still in the negotiation stage, after all, the season is only a day or two over, and according to convention, there are still few deals that can be reached at this time, but the Torino coach's willingness to carry out the maverick to the end has begun to slowly reveal itself to the world.

Before the afternoon of May 23, just two days after the end of the 2017-18 Serie A season and many players have not officially started their holidays, Italian football transfer expert Di Marzio broke the news on his personal website that the Red Bulls spent 19.5 million euros to buy back the former captain, Poland international central defender Kamil Glick from the French runner-up Monaco.

Two hours later, the officials of the two clubs, Turin and Monaco, issued an announcement almost simultaneously confirming the news. Glick returned to his old club at the above price and signed a three-year contract with a base salary of €4 million per year, which is basically the same figure as when he played for Ligue 1 giants.

The price of nearly 20 million is 6.7 million more than when the Poles landed in France two years ago, and this is still a price reached under the player's own strong desire to return to his old club, otherwise according to the current normal market, this level of defensive tower will not be able to take it without more than 25 million. Considering that the player's age has risen from 28 to 30 years old, with little left in his prime, it has to be admitted that the Monaco club made a good deal.

However, in Li Mudi's mind, this world-class central defender can be regarded as a world-class defender except for a slight slowness, and can at least raise the relatively inexperienced Torino backline by a notch. This season, the Red Bulls have conceded 37 goals in the league, which should be considered a good result, but there is still a big gap between the top defenses in Serie A, such as Juventus (25 goals), Napoli, Roma and Inter Milan (29 goals for the latter three). The Torino boss wants to concede less than 30 goals next season in order to qualify for the title.

Although Serie A has followed the Premier League and passed the decision to close the summer and winter transfer window for next season early, the opening time is not premised on this. With the exception of Ligue 1, which will start in early June, the rest of Europe's major leagues will not be able to start trading players until midnight on July 1, so Glick will not be able to report from Turin for the time being. However, he will return to his old club for a full medical examination before taking a vacation, and if there are no major problems, the Polish defender can basically be said to be a Red Bull man.

In the evening of the same day, the Torino team issued an official announcement, announcing that Diego Llorente and Jon Flanagan two loan defenders have officially returned to their respective parent clubs Real Madrid and Liverpool, and the club staff expressed their deep gratitude to the two men for their outstanding contributions to the Red Bulls in the previous season or half, and wished them the best to continue to move forward bravely and achieve their dreams in their future careers.

With Zizou's optimism, Llorente's prospects after returning to the Bernabeu are still relatively optimistic, and perhaps he can really succeed Ramos in the future.

As for Flanagant, although it is almost certain that there will be no more places for him in the Reds' squad, who cares about that? His family is the largest listed company in Liverpool and Merseyside, with a near monopoly on the region's food, tourism and property sectors, with a market capitalisation of more than £7 billion. As the young owner of this family, not to mention that he can do whatever he wants in life, he can also live a wanton life, and he still needs others to worry about his way out? Don't be too funny, okay!