If you compare the real difference in strength between the two sides, Lokomotiv Moscow is also the leader of the Russian Superleague this season, and if they can play at their full level, they will indeed not be suppressed so badly. But before the game, they held the mentality that it is acceptable to keep a draw away or even lose a small goal, and arranged a set of tactics of nine-point defense and one-point attack, and they were directly stunned in the crazy offensive of the Torino team, and they were unable to keep the goal from losing their hands with all their might, and they will definitely be affected emotionally.

Competitive competition is not only about professional skills, but also about willpower, mentality, and luck. The Lokomotiv players, who did not have any confidence in today's victory over their opponents, were constantly attacked by the home team's tidal wave and let the opponent score a world wave, and it can be seen from their faces and expressions that their morale and physical condition began to decline, which also caused the away team to lose the goal again after a short time.

In the 31st minute, Febas's diagonal pass allowed Boyer to take advantage of the early start and cut in the back row, and the Argentine winger shook off the marker and cut two steps into the middle to deliver a quick cross. Belotti, who flanked in the middle in time, showed his bounce ability, although he is just over 1.80 meters tall, but as the ace bomber with the most headers in the top five leagues last season, Red Babe does have the ability to compete for high balls. His anticipation and strength in his lower back and lower limbs allowed him to get in front of Giorluka with ease, and he leaped high to meet the Croatian centre-back's body behind him, heading the ball forward.

It wasn't a direct attack, but a header, and Pellegri, who had improved rapidly for most of the season, had already rushed to the landing point without realizing it, and made what he thought was the best decision in a flash. When the ball comes into his control, it is a half-high ball, and the normal way to deal with it is to jam the defender and stop the ball with his abdomen before making a shot. You can also take the risk of taking a right-footed volley directly, but the difficulty is not ordinary, because the ball speed is a bit fast, and if you can't accurately weigh the body, it's basically a kick and fly rhythm.

The young man, who will celebrate his 17th birthday in nine days, resolutely chose to lean over and head the goal, knowing that the other central defender of the visiting team, Kwillkvilla, was ready to make a move to raise his foot to clear the ball, and a careless kick on his head could very likely cause a serious injury.

However, the tragic scene did not happen, Pellegri hit the oncoming ball with his head first, and also used his strength to push it with great force, and went straight to the right side of the goal ten meters away. At this time, the right foot of Kverkviglia who wanted to clear the siege had just arrived, and although the Georgian international was close to two meters tall, he reacted quite quickly, and immediately forced his strength to rein in the situation after noticing that the situation was not good, but he still kicked the left shoulder of the Torino striker, but the force was not too great.

Pellegrí's body that completed the dive header changed significantly in the air, and the visual impact was full of joy, which made the hearts of all who saw this scene tremble. Everyone subconsciously ignored Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guilherme to seal the ball out of the door with a world-class flying side-by-side pounce, and all focused on the home youngster who fell to the ground and held his left shoulder with his right hand.

The referee's whistle sounded quickly, he first ran to Pellegri to inquire about the injury, then drove away the other Torino players who were surrounding him and the visiting central defender and team-mate who tried to defend himself, pointed to the penalty penalty, then took out the yellow card in his jacket pocket to warn Cwillkviglia who had performed a dangerous maneuver, and finally signaled to the sidelines for the team doctor to enter the field.

Boos and cheers erupted throughout the Olympic Stadium, and the home fans were 10,000 in favour of the penalty, but they clearly thought a red card would be the more appropriate punishment. The Russian fans who traveled to Italy with the team did not agree with the referee's decision at all, although they were not many in number, but the energy that erupted was really not small, and the police who were scared of the security and support at the scene hurriedly entered the highest level of defense, for fear of a fierce conflict.

Fortunately, the frustration did not escalate further after it was vented, otherwise the consequences of a violent clash between Italy's most passionate Turin fans and Russian fans, who are almost on a par with English football hooligans in world football, would have been unimaginable.

While Pellegri was being carried to the sidelines for examination and treatment, Belotti's powerful blast sent the penalty into Lokomotiv's net, extending the Red Bulls' lead to two goals, to the cheers of the home fans. However, none of this has made Limmudi feel any better, and the FM system shows that the striker, who has been desperate to win a penalty for the team, has suffered a certain contusion in his left shoulder, but fortunately there is no ligament or bone damage, but he still has to recuperate for five to seven days, and he is sure to miss the weekend against Roma. The team doctor came to the same conclusion and decided that if he remained on the field, he would exacerbate the injury, which was not too serious.

The Torino coach had to immediately summon several attacking players on the bench to warm up, and the addition of another player to the team's injury list made him frown, and the joy of the current good situation on the field was completely dissipated, and the worry about the rest of the game occupied most of Li Mudi's mental space at the moment.

On the field, the home team with a two-goal lead is still in control of the situation, but the previous offensive momentum has slowed down, after all, people are not machines, continuous high-intensity investment will bring huge physical attrition, and it is necessary to always maintain the vigilance of the opponent to play a quick counterattack, and it is also very mentally tiring, it is time to let yourself take a breather by slowing down the pace of the game with the ball control tactics. Lokomotiv Moscow's uninterrupted alarm was finally lifted for the time being, and they then planned two or three attacks, but none of them had the opportunity to threaten Kassi, until half-time suddenly launched a wave of forward pressure with all the players, and once again burned the fire into the home team's penalty area.

In the 43rd minute, Alexei Miranchuk (Anton Miranchuk's twin brother) burst into the left side of the box with the ball and fell to the ground between Gordaniga and Silvestri, but the referee awarded him a fake fall and showed a yellow card to warn the new generation of Russian midfield leaders. In the 45th minute, Jesus, who replaced Pellegri, also burst into the penalty area with the ball and was brought down, but this time the referee signaled that there was no foul or a fake fall, and the game continued. It seems that after awarding a penalty to the home team, the referee should not easily make a decision that affects the balance of the game, which makes Torino feel a little dissatisfied.

However, the Red Bulls quickly proved that they could extend their lead without the "extra" care of the referees. After stressing the need to invest enough in the attack at the start of the second half, the home side knocked on the goal of Brazilian-born goalkeeper Guilherme for the third time after the rematch at half-time, after stressing the need to invest enough troops in the attack at the start of the second half.

Barceli, who switched to the left, crossed 45 degrees in front, and Boyer, who suddenly stepped up to the front, was saved by the visiting goalkeeper at the edge of the small penalty area, and Belotti at the back post easily scored an empty goal to make it 3-0. The goal, his ninth goal of the tournament, was ahead of all players in the tournament and topped the scorer charts, proving the quality of last season's top scorer in Serie A and pushing back against previous doubts that he had scored too few goals in this year's league.

Lokomotiv Moscow, who were three goals behind, could no longer hold back because they felt that if they continued to hold on like this, the return to home in seven days would be meaningless.

In the history of the Champions League and Europa League, the odds of a team losing the first leg by three or more goals are almost negligible. In addition to Barcelona's match against Paris last year, Valencia lost 3-0 to Basel of Switzerland in the first leg of the 2013-14 Europa League quarter-finals, and returned home to a 3-0 win in 90 minutes before winning 5-3 after extra time. And similar examples are indeed rare in the more than 120 editions and thousands of competitions in the two events combined, and it is extremely rare to see.

If they are to retain their chances of qualifying, the current leaders of the Russian Premier League will have to narrow the gap between the two sides to within two goals or even one goal in the first leg, otherwise they will be eliminated early, after all, Moscow in mid-March is a special threat to the Central European side, but this home advantage will not be enough to erase the three-goal gap. Away coach Yuri Shomin immediately made changes to his players on the pitch, replacing the underperforming Anton Miranchuk with 29-year-old Russian midfielder Kolomeitsev with a long-range shot and a stronger teamwork, while instructing the two wing-backs to put more energy into attack, and the formation completely changed to 3-5-2.

After seeing the opponent's change of tactics, Li Mudi immediately responded, and the Torino team began to play the best defensive counter-attacking tactics, and in the 65th minute, Kanneman replaced Diego Llorente, who had previously carried a yellow card, and adjusted the formation to 4-3-3. Jesus, Belotti and Boyer formed a front trident, Silvestri retreated to the defence as a right-back, and then replaced the central midfield of Baseli with Tulalang, and the French veteran and Musis formed two defensive gates in the midfield, leaving only Febas to organize the attack.

After some personnel adjustments between the two sides, the situation on the field began to develop in the direction of stalemate, and the attacks of both teams failed to form much threat, and the number of goals was pitiful. However, the Torino team is still slightly better in terms of strength, and has the advantage of being at home, so they still have some upper hand on the field.

In the 64th minute, Febas found an opportunity to send a through ball in the middle of the field, Jesse cut into the right side of the penalty area in the back row, and shot from a small angle under the interference of the opposing defender, although he played a certain amount of power, but could not cause Guilherme's mistake, and the ball was saved by the latter. Four minutes later, the home side's corner from the right was headed in by Giorluca, and Goldanica, who had the second chance on the left side of the box, volleyed in but struggled to make such a difficult move with his defender's footwork, and the ball went wide of the post.

In the 75th minute, Fabas suddenly fired a long-range shot from 35 meters away from the opponent's goal in the middle of the field, which was slightly over the crossbar, but it was also applauded by the fans. Later, Belotti also had a volley from the right side of the box, but unfortunately hit the side-netting, and failed to complete his second hat-trick of the season since facing Austrian Vienna in the first round of the group stage. In the 83rd minute, the visitors finally had their first shot on target of the day, and substitute 20-year-old Lisov's long-range shot from the left side of the field was easily enveloped by a well-prepared Kassi.

Just when everyone thought that there would be no more changes in this game, the home team locked the score at 4-0 through a wonderful team combination, and the stadium was thrown into a frenzied celebration. In the 89th minute, Silvestri chose to cut forward after breaking the ball at the back, and after hitting the wall with Tulalang and the retreating Jesse in turn, he broke all the way to the right side of the penalty area, and then sent an inverted triangle back. Febas cut in the middle and met the ball from a metre and a half to the right of the penalty spot and fired a volley that slid through the fingertips of Guilherme at breakneck speed and into the net on the left side of the net.

The goal essentially sealed Torino for a place in the quarter-finals, and unless Lokomotiv Moscow can be bent over by Barcelona a week later to turn their home stadium into the Camp Nou, the final result should be no more surprising. However, Li Mudi said that even if Barcelona really came, he was not Emery. Judging from the current strength of the Torino team, with the right tactical choice, there is a more than 98% chance that it will not be reversed, let alone a Russian team that is far from the La Liga giants. The ticket to the quarterfinals can be said to have been securely packed into the pocket of the red bull, and everything will be good when the final button is fastened.

In his post-match press conference, the visiting head coach Yuri Shawmin graciously expressed his admiration for his opponents, and although he was slightly skeptical about the first-half penalty, he also admitted that the two sides played at two levels today. However, the veteran coach, who has been coaching since 1982, has not given up hope of a comeback, and he believes that the Lokomotiv will still be competitive when returning to home, although it is extremely difficult, but the team will still face the second leg with an attitude of striving for it.

This statement is also a warning to the Torino team not to relax too much, although the lead is very large, but it is possible on the football field, if you don't want to be a stepping stone for the opponent to create history, you must pay enough attention, but this is really difficult for the red bulls who are fighting on the third line and are full of wounds at the moment. Li Mudi's face is still grim to prove that the difficulties faced by the team have just begun, and even he himself does not know how to cope with the test of the next consecutive week of double matches.