Since Spalletti took charge of Meazza in the summer, Inter Milan have suddenly found their way to success, with nine wins and two draws in their first 11 league games, the highest number of points in the club's history since the introduction of the three-point system, and they have won all at home. The Nerazzurri had won nine and drawn two of the first 11 rounds of the league on two previous occasions, winning the title (1952-53 and 1988-89), which was also considered a good sign by the local media in Milan.

With no European interference, the coach has adopted a constant attitude and used the same starting line-up for five consecutive games. Perisic, who picked up a thigh injury in last weekend's win over Verona, has also been diagnosed as non-critical and has qualified to feature in the home team's attacking line, alongside Mauro Icardi and Candreva. Up front is the Spanish veteran Valero, with Uruguayan Vicino and Gagliardini, who was bought out by Inter Milan for €18 million and on loan from Atalanta last winter. The 4-2-3-1 formation is what Si Shuai is best at, so naturally he will not change it easily.

As for the visitors, although Belotti has regained some form after more than a week of training and has been included in the 23-man squad for this game (Serie A can place up to 12 substitutes), he still failed to start the game. Li Mudi also sacrificed a set of 4-3-3 play, using last season's usual tactics to deal with this difficult matchup. Goalkeeper Cassie, four defenders Silvestri, Ranocchia, Diego Llorente and Barreca, Musis and Vukocevic form a double midfielder, the central midfielder is Barceli alone (Benassi has just recovered from injury and did not make the squad for this game), the two wingers are Falke and Boyer, and the sudden forward is naturally Immobile.

Judging from the staffing of this lineup, it is clear that the Torino team has adopted a tactic that focuses on solid defense and waits for opportunities to play a quick counterattack. However, Li Mudi made an additional arrangement to the players before the game, and he asked the Torino team to strengthen the passing control at the back in this game, in order to reduce the number of offensive rounds of the opponent. You must know that the Inter attacking line led by Icardi is in good shape, and the individual ability of several players is also very good, if they let go of the attack, there is really not a team in Serie A today that can be completely defended.

As for the three attackers in the front court, the Torino coach also made a special explanation, asking them to simplify the attacking situation, but not to be reckless, once they find that there is no opportunity, they will pass the ball back to their teammates in the back court to reorganize, which is also a way to reduce the number of possession of the opponent.

Before the game, a light rain began to fall in the sky, and with the whistle of referee Orsato, the focus of the game officially began, the two sides launched a fierce battle in the midfield, after each received two foul decisions, the fire moved to the two teams inside and outside the penalty area.

In the sixth minute, Perisic forced a low cross from the left, which was blocked by Diego Llorente but did not bounce wide, Icardi leaned on Ranocchia after winning the ball and then quickly turned to attack the goal, but the former Inter captain blocked the route with his long legs and failed to cause problems for Cassie. Three minutes later, the Torino team responded, Boyer's right-footed cross after cutting inside on the left was pushed out by Yuto Nagatomo at the back post, and after a scramble for the spot, the ball was picked up by Barceli on the line of the penalty area, and he rushed to block it with a volley before the opposing player came up to block, but unfortunately he couldn't master the footwork and went over the crossbar a lot.

After that, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and the visitors took advantage of the advantage of more personnel in the back to control a certain amount of the ball, but it was difficult to create opportunities through positional battles on the offensive end, and could only make a fuss in the counterattack. Fortunately, the players have always kept in mind Li Mudi's instructions, not to force the attack, and stop and pass back when there is no opportunity, so that the opponent can hardly form an offensive against the incomplete defense of the Torino team. Inter, which lacks a high striker, has not many ways to defend under the dense defense of the visiting team, and can only create two-way one-on-one opportunities through Valero's continuous passing and dispatching, but Silvestri and Bareka resolutely hold the inside line and do not let the two wingers of the home team cut inside, Candreva and Perisic can only cross again and again, and Icardi is simply helpless in front of Ranocchia and Diego Llorente.

It wasn't until the 23rd minute of the first half that the home team had their first full shot on goal, Cassie made a mistake on a long set-piece at the back, which was intercepted by Vecino's header in midfield, Candreva received Gagliardini's pass and burst into the right side of the penalty area to cross to the goal, but Icardi, who was unmarked within three meters of him, failed to play the power and handed the ball back to the Spaniard like a back pass to his own goalkeeper.

Five minutes later, Vecino shook off the left side of the defender and suddenly sent a ball that looked like a pass and shot straight into the near corner of the goal, but Casillas did not dare to be careless, and quickly fell to the ground to save the ball from the bottom line, defusing the danger of the accident. Apart from those two chances, Inter were unable to create any threat in the first 45 minutes, with Musis and Vukocevic sweeping in front of the penalty area, making it difficult for the home side to play in the middle. However, the inside cut on the side was completely strangled again, and the cross could not pass the top of the opponent's central defender, forcing the two wingers to pass three or four quick ground crosses in a row, but they did not receive any effect, and Inter's attack was obviously a big problem.

In the 33rd minute, D'Ambrosio made a mistake with a through pass, Bareka stole and rushed to the front to send a cross, and Baseli's follow-up low shot was blocked by Handanovic. In the last minute of normal time, Boyer managed to beat D'Ambrosio down the left and his cross found Immobile in the back row. The latter's header from close range on the six-yard penalty line went past Handanovic's hands, but he couldn't get past the Meacha woodwork, and the ball hit the intersection of the post and crossbar and flew off the pitch, giving the Red Bulls a great chance to take the lead.

In the technical statistics of the half, both sides maintained a balance in terms of possession and passes, but the home team had more shots on goal, but most of them were barely waves, and the actual threat was not as big as the visitors. The rain on the site also tends to get heavier and heavier, and the level of moderate rain has been going on for some time, but fortunately, the Meazza Stadium has the best drainage system, so that no obvious water has formed in the stadium and caused additional problems for the players. Halfway through the fifteen-minute break, the host announced through the microphone that the number of spectators present today had reached 73,418, second only to the 78,328 in the eighth round of derby, setting the second-highest home attendance for Inter this season.

After the rematch, Li Mudi still maintained his previous tactics, and then counterattacked, because he knew that he could accept a draw, but Spalletti could not afford to lose points in the face of a tense title situation, so the Torino coach expected Inter to continue to press out in the second half, and their defense will sooner or later make a big mistake, and then it will be a good opportunity for their side to score.

At the beginning of the second half, the home team continued to attack, but Si Shuai changed his routine, he no longer let the two wingers send shells into the box, and let them also enter the box to scramble. First, left-back Yuto Nagatomo's 45-degree diagonal pass hoisted the ball into the box, and the sudden insertion of Vecino headed the goal under the cover of his teammates, forcing Cassie to make a wonderful flying save. The Japanese then did the same again, this time with Perisic on the spot, but he didn't have the strength to top up and was easily picked up by the Torino goalkeeper.

The visitors responded with a flank attack, with Silvestri threatening with his first assist of the game, and his cross from the right gave Immobile the chance to head in front of goal, but he couldn't get the angle out of the way in the high-speed run and was subconsciously blocked by Handanovic with his hands.

Despite the horror in front of goal, Spalletti still doesn't want to make a change, if they don't speed up the tempo and increase the attacking manpower, Torino will have more possession at the back, which will cost time and make it even less likely for Inter to win. Therefore, he must grit his teeth and persevere, only by suppressing the opponent can he reduce the threat of his counterattack, so he does not hesitate to direct the players to increase the scramble after losing the ball, so that the ball can not enter the front of his unprepared defense in a short time. As a result, in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, the home team's Vecino and central defender Skrinha received a yellow card one after another, and their total foul count gradually fell off the Torino team's big gap.

However, all this still did not prevent the score on the field from being rewritten, in the 61st minute, Nagatomo Yuto's breakthrough was directly blocked, and the visiting team immediately played a quick counterattack on the right side, Falke and Silvestri completed a wall cooperation, dribbled quickly forward and then cut inside to the edge of the penalty area. Surrounded by four Inter players, he suddenly took a volley with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the near corner. Handanovic had been guarding against the Torino winger's diagonal pass to Immobile on the other side, so he was positioned closer to the middle, but was not prepared for this very sudden shot, and although he quickly made a move to the ground to make a save, he could not prevent the ball from going into the net.

At 1-0, Falke gave the Red Bulls the lead on the road with a shot that didn't seem to make sense.

The hosts had no choice but to concede the goal, with Spalletti soon replacing Gagliardini with Eder and dropping Valero back into midfield, with the formation changing to a more attacking 4-2-2-2, with the exception of Icardi, the rest of the front three rushing up front to put pressure on the Torino defence. However, the effect was not obvious for a while, but allowed the visitors to find another chance to form a very threatening attack, but unfortunately this time Immobile's powerful shot on the line of the penalty area still lacked a trace of luck, and after hitting the right post, it flew into the control of the Inter goalkeeper, allowing the home team to enjoy the feeling of escape for the second time.

Li Mudi on the sidelines also felt sorry for missing this opportunity, because the Torino team was in a passive defensive situation in most cases, so the physical consumption was greater, especially the several players on the front line were constantly running, and they couldn't run anymore when the time came to the 70th minute, and it was difficult to have such a good chance to score again. If this goal is scored, then the game will be completely out of suspense, the Torino coach does not believe that in the case of his full swing of the bus, Inter can score two goals in a row to equalize the score, but unfortunately, still failed to win the favor of Lady Luck!

In order to maintain the threat up front and prevent the opponent from pressing out unscrupulously, Li Mudi also began to mobilize his troops, first replacing Immobile and Boyer with Belotti and Las Diarra, who had returned from injury, to change the formation to 4-4-2, and then sent on academy youngster Parrigini to replace the goal-scorer Falke four minutes later. When defending, only the red babe was left in the front, and after switching from defense to attack, only two full-backs, Barceli and two strikers were allowed to cross the half, and the rest of the players had to be nailed in their own half, always paying attention to the home team's counterattack.

As a result, the Inter players became more and more impatient, and by the 85th minute, not only had they only picked up poor 3-of-14 shots, but as many as five players had received yellow cards, and a defeat looked inevitable. But just when the home fans were already booing and showing despair every time the Torino players touched the ball, Vukocevic was hit on the head in a duel and could not hold on and was carried off the field, leaving the visitors with ten men for the remainder of the game, which was a fatal blow to the Red Bulls, who had been gritting their teeth and holding on to the limit.

Just two minutes after the Montenegrin midfielder went off, Inter finally found a hole in a siege, Candreva took the ball from the right to the back post, Perisic stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and faced Silvestri's marking, a disguised shake and then suddenly kickback, and then picked up his right foot in front of the goal. The ball flew just over the head of Ranocchia and was met by Icardi at the back post, and the Argentine striker did not stop or attack, but volleyed the ball back into the middle as Diego Llorente raised his leg to interfere. Eder, who cut in just in time, stopped the ball on the edge of the six-yard box without a single defender around him, so he was able to adjust a bit and then push the ball into the top left corner of the net. With the distance too close, Cassie's save was useless, and the ball crashed into the visitors' net without any suspense. 1-1, the home team equalized in the 89th minute of the game.

As soon as the goal was scored, the atmosphere of the whole stadium was ignited, and the momentum of the Inter players rose to the highest level, and Icardi, who completed the assist, did not celebrate with the players at all, grabbed the ball from the net and ran to the midfield circle, wanting to score another goal before the end of the game was obvious. However, after the restart, the time quickly ran out of the four minutes of injury time signaled by the fourth official, and finally Orsato blew the whistle, and the two teams once again drew the first game. Judging from the expressions of the coaches of both sides when they shook hands after the game, they were not very satisfied with this result, and this focus battle failed to distinguish the winner and loser, which may have a big impact on the situation in the standings.