Before the arrival of this weekend's game, Li Mudi's mood was actually a little bad, originally this Spring Festival was accompanied by many family members, and it can be said that it was very comfortable, and everything was going well on the team's side, except for preparing for the derby, there was nothing else to worry about. But when the Tianchao short track speed skating team encountered various black whistles at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the past two days, a wave of boycotts of kimchi countries was set off on the domestic Internet, which received a lot of attention and support. Because of his girlfriend, the Turin coach was also put on the stage and became the target of many netizens' attacks.

Lin Yun'er, who originally planned to return to China to watch the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, immediately changed her itinerary after learning of this situation, so as not to touch the nerves of the people of the Celestial Empire at this sensitive moment, and she didn't want to add more trouble to herself and her boyfriend. But because she was innocently involved in this matter that had nothing to do with her, Lin Yun'er, who has always regarded herself as the quasi-daughter-in-law of the Celestial Empire, still suffered a big blow. Although she inevitably suffered all kinds of criticism and criticism when she was active in the entertainment industry as an idol before, the feeling of being rejected by her "mother-in-law's family" still made her feel embarrassed and depressed, even if she tried to pretend that she didn't care about anything in front of her boyfriend's family, the smile on her face faded significantly.

In order to help her daughter-in-law regain her good mood, the old man decided to take the whole family to travel to Switzerland, except for the Turin coach, of course. Although Li Mudi was very reluctant to leave him alone with his family who had finally met, for the sake of his girlfriend, he could only pretend to be generous and persuade Lin Yun'er, who was not willing to bother everyone, to finally "happily" send everyone on the flight to neighboring countries on the second day of the Lunar New Year, leaving him alone to return to his empty home, which was really deserted!

The Torino boss was also disappointed by the news from Germany, as Belgian centre-forward Michy Batshuayi, who had been very optimistic about him, was reborn almost immediately after being loaned to Borussia Dortmund. After only playing in domestic cup competitions at Chelsea in the first half of the season, he made his debut with the Hornets as a god-like substitute, scoring two shots and one pass to help his new club narrow 3-2 away to Cologne, becoming the highlight of European football that week. After returning to home, he scored his maiden goal at the West** Stadium to help Dortmund, who have won two consecutive games, to reach the top three of the Bundesliga table.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Michy Batshuayi scored a second brace in the first leg of the Europa League 16 knockout round against Atalanta and was the biggest contributor to the team's home victory. With five goals and an assist in three games, the performance immediately swelled the face of the unfavourable Blues boss Antonio Conte, and made the Torino boss feel very sorry for missing out on the centre-forward. If the Belgian can be loaned out with similar technical characteristics to Belotti, the Red Bulls' forward thickness can fully cope with the all-round attack on three fronts, but unfortunately, there is no if in the real world.

The last thing that affected Li Mudi's mood was the list of referees who will be officiating in the Torino derby announced by the Football Association in midweek, and the referee's name was Daniel Orsato. The 42-year-old black-clad judge is arguably one of the Red Bulls' sufferers, having played 16 games against Torino since his first division debut in 2006, with two wins, five draws and nine defeats. He was in charge of Inter's 1-1 draw at home to the Red Bulls in the twelfth round of the season, when Orsato showed six yellow cards to the visitors, causing big problems for Li Muddy and his team. Before that, the Torino team had lost four games in a row in the games he blew off, and all of them were heavy defeats with large scores.

With such a referee with the aura of suppressing the red bull, the Torino team is obviously very dissatisfied, but they can't question the arrangement of the Football Association, so they can only swallow this cup of bitter wine in their stomachs. And Li Mudi, when he had dinner with Valentino Cairo in the evening, asked in vague words whether Juventus had influenced the referee committee of the Football Association again, which made the referee of the derby on the officiating weekend become Orsato. However, these are just private complaints, although the rumors that the old woman has the ability to appoint referees have always been one of the many unspoken rules of European football, but except for the telephone door, no one has been able to get the relevant evidence again, so it is better to say less of this, so as not to suffer a lawsuit of slander and rumors.

On Saturday night, the 25th round of Serie A first three games, the last round of the end of the winless cycle of Inter Milan in this round once again broke out a big upset, away by the fish belly team Genoa 2-0, away from the Champions League qualification is getting farther and farther away. Two hours later, Roma beat Udinese by two clean goals away to level the Nerazzurri with their former boss in points, and the Red Wolves hierarchy must have finally been able to laugh. Previously, due to Inter's excellent results, the Roma club has been criticized by the outside world and forced away the best coach in the country, and the pressure is quite great! In the final matchup, Chievo beat Cagliari 2-1 at home to take a solid step on the road to relegation.

The current fourth and fifth teams are Inter and Roma, who have 48 points, although the former has one less goal difference, but still dominates the opponent by virtue of the advantage of the direct record between the two sides. But with a seven-point gap between them and Torino, who have played a game in hand, it doesn't matter much who is in front of them as they can only play in the Europa League next season. For these two teams, who are aiming for the title at the start of the season, they must seize every opportunity to start stealing points, or they will really have to hope for the coming year.

On Sunday, February 18, the third day of the Lunar New Year, the first Serie A match of the day was the much-anticipated Turin derby, as a global live broadcast, in order to take care of the viewing habits of Celestial Empire fans, the kick-off time was set at 12:30 p.m. local time. The home team will obviously be a little more comfortable playing in this period of time, as they have been through it many times before. Juventus, on the other hand, are more accustomed to playing late hours, which can be regarded as giving Torino a slight advantage, and the Italian Football Federation is clearly hoping that this game will not turn into a one-sided situation when the two sides met for the first time in the first half. The closer the strength of the two teams is, the more conducive it is to enhance the influence of Serie A in the world, and if the Red Bull can win, it can also be used as a Spring Festival gift to the people of the Celestial Empire.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the two sides handed in the starting list at the last specified moment. Although it was a home game, Li Mudi, who thought he was slightly inferior to the opponent, still sent a set of 4-1-4-1 formation that focused on solid defense, instead of showing the usual three-back style of play this season. The goalkeeper position is the least suspenseful, and Casillas, who has always been in good form, is the first choice; The back four were played by Silvestri, Ranocchia, Diego Llorente and Barreca, which was the strongest defensive combination that the Torino boss could come up with; The single midfielder is Argentine Muthis, who stands in front of Falke, Baseli, Benassi and Boyer; At the top of the list is the lone striker Immobile.

Belotti was not included in the starting line-up due to the full European game in midweek, and in the counter-attacking strategy, Immobile with more speed and technical advantages is more suitable. However, this is also a bit of a disappointment for fans who had expected Torino to field two strikers, after all, the Old Lady's game is always lifeless, and if the Red Bulls do not use more active tactics, the excitement of the game will be difficult to guarantee.

However, Allegri's submission of the list was even more chilling, as he put Gianluigi Buffon on the bench, ending what could well be the last time the two legendary goalkeepers met. Despite suffering a muscle injury late last year, the great goalkeeper who can finish in the top five or even the top three in football history has been in excellent form after his 40th birthday last month. In addition to scoring twice by Tottenham in midweek, Buffon has kept clean sheets in all three games he has played in 2018 and is arguably the best example of timelessness. But I don't know what the Juventus coach thinks, but he chose to rotate Poland's Szczesny today, which is really a big scene.

In addition, Juve's current squad is not very complete, although Dybala has returned from injury, and veterans such as Hevedes, Lichtsteiner and Barzagli have recovered to the point where they can be included in the squad for the game, but Mandzukic is unable to play due to fever, and winger Cuadrado and midfielder Matuidi are still out injured. Faced with a slight shortage of manpower, Allegri also had to use some strange tricks, sending Ghana midfielder Asamoah to a cameo role at left wing-back and then moving Brazilian Sandro to the left wing-back position. Douglas Costa, who was the main player on this side, appeared on the right side, but the pure right winger Bernardeschi was squeezed to the bench, which is really incomprehensible.

However, no matter whether the opponent is playing with the main force or making some rotations to the lineup, the Torino team, which is already weak, is not qualified to point fingers. With the pressure of a three-goal defeat on the road in their first meeting, the Red Bulls will have to put in 120 per cent energy to deal with their local rivals, while their head coach will also need to consider not adding to the burden of his compatriots who are celebrating the Lunar New Year.

Before the start of the game, there was a fierce confrontation between fans in the stands of the Olympic Stadium, and the home team released a kite with the words "Forza Toro" on it, which immediately attracted the attention of the broadcast cameras. The more emboldened visitors took out their most commonly used Tifo in derby games (a superstar puzzle or banner covering the heads of fans in the stadium, which was mostly used in games with very tense relations between the two sides, but can now be seen in almost every game), with a picture of a player in a zebra striped shirt, and the words below it: "The champion wins, the loser complains" in Italian, to satirize the disadvantage that has been in the hands of the two sides for the last two or three decades. But an opponent who is still hard-mouthed after losing.

Cassie, who wore the captain's armband, guessed the coin and chose the half where his team-mates were warming up, and the kick-off was won by Giorgio Chiellini, who replaced Gianluigi Buffon as captain of the game. Juventus' first attack after the referee's whistle almost created a threat, but Khedira, who played as a central midfielder, did not form a tacit understanding with Costa in front of him, who started a little earlier and fell into the home team's offside trap, so that the German international's brilliant through ball was wasted.

Then the home team wanted to take the lead in opening the breakthrough from the side, Falke succeeded in forcing Asamoah in the cooperation of his teammates, but Chiellini, who could not pass the defense, was intercepted on the left side of the Juventus penalty area by a man, and the away team that won the ball immediately completed a quick attack, and also entered the Torino team's penalty area, but the result had to make everyone sigh how fate tricked.

In the third minute, Higuain, who played as the starting center forward, came to the home team's penalty area after receiving a pass from Sturalo, and faced the bag of many players from many parties, the small smoking gun chose to knock the ball horizontally to the middle. With so many players pooled in the area, he temporarily redirected the ball to avoid being tackled, allowing Pjanic, who was high-speed in the middle, to run through. However, the ball hit the feet of Baseli who was quickly returning to the defense and flew into the home team's penalty area, which surprised everyone, so that Musis standing in the big penalty area line did not have time to think about it, but subconsciously blocked the trajectory of the ball with his right leg, as if he had completed a collision with the wall, but the person who passed it to was the opposing player.

Pjanic, who had just missed the spot of his teammate's pass, intercepted the ball at the top of the penalty area, and took advantage of the panic of the Torino defenders to send a scalpel-sharp pass, so that Higuain, who was on the right, was about to form a one-on-one momentum when he entered the penalty area.

Casillas found things were not going well and dropped the ball and was the first to save near the edge of the six-yard box, but he also knocked the rushing Juve striker to the ground. Because the baseline referee was four meters away, he could see very clearly, it was an excellent defense, so the game was not blown off, but Higuain, who fell out of the bottom line, looked very painful, lying on the turf with his hand on his left ankle and couldn't get up for a long time.

Seeing this, the Juventus coaching staff rushed to warm up Dybala and Bernardeschi on the bench, and after the dead ball, they carried the small smoking gun to the field for emergency treatment, and only returned to the field two minutes later, which was still a little limping after walking. However, judging from the performance in the following period, Higuain still failed to recover after all, and could only be replaced early, and the Bianconeri lost their number one attacker shortly after the start of the game, and their luck was really bad.