Of course, Li Mudi does not mean to look down on Red Bull Salzburg, after all, he is also the hegemon of the Austrian Super League in the past fifteen years, and the team is also full of international players and has good strength. The team has also been very strong in the Europa League this season, beating Marseille in the group stage unbeaten to qualify for the top spot, and then beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund in the next two knockout rounds, and also continued their unbeaten run, which is the only one in the quarterfinals.

It's just that in terms of competition experience and the quality of the stars in the team, compared with old powerhouses like Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg still has a certain gap. Although the club director Antonio Comey, who attended the draw ceremony, still maintained a cautious and modest attitude in an interview with the media, the team has already been happy for a long time, so much so that some players and even coaches have begun to look forward to the final four matchup.

From the odds of winning the championship immediately offered by the bookmaker, everyone can easily see that this Olympic Super League champion is indeed one of the least favored in the quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid are the favourites to win the title at 2.37, with Arsenal close behind with 4.00, and the gap between the two teams is not huge. In third place is the Torino team that was offered 7.50 odds, followed by RB Leipzig 9.00, Marseille 11.00, Sporting 21.00, Salzburg RB 21.00 and CSKA Moscow 34.00.

The quarter-finals of the two European competitions will be announced at short notice, with the two legs taking place in the first and second weeks of April. Due to the reason of being drawn out, the Torino team has to face the schedule of home and away first, although it is a little disadvantageous, but considering the strength of the opponent who can be called the gift package in this round, Li Mudi feels that he can't be too greedy, and he will always be happy if he is content.

After returning to Italy on Friday afternoon, Li Mudi ordered a day off, and although he had to play against Fiorentina in two days, the fatigue accumulated by the players in the past two weeks was still quite high, and more protective measures should be taken to avoid new injuries. Boyer's minor ankle injury against Lokomotiv has taken the team's tally to a staggering nineteen injuries this season, but the good news is that Ranocchia and Farke have returned to training and will not be able to play this weekend, while Gourcuff and others are set to return in full force during the upcoming international break.

However, the good news is clearly not going to help Sunday's league this day, with only 22 regular-registered players left to play in the first team, and excluding a few starters who were too physically exhausted in midweek, the vacancy will have to be filled by the lads of the youth team. So in Saturday's training, Johannes Egerstein, Ricardo Marchiza and other youngsters began to participate in tactical drills wearing vests symbolizing substitute players, and the Torino U19 team, which is participating in this year's Viareggio Cup, also excluded these main players from the registration list for the next game, resulting in the original favorites of the outside world they lost to Inter Milan U19 on penalties in Monday's knockout round, regrettably bidding farewell to the competition.

The Vialeggio Cup, founded in 1949, is the oldest international tournament for youth teams in football, named after the town of Vialejo, Italy, where it was originally held. In addition to the youth teams of clubs with better results in Italy, Batistuta represented Boca Juniors in the Viareggio Cup, attracting the attention of Fiorentina with his outstanding performance and being able to start his European journey.

The U19 national football team participated in the world's top youth tournament for the first time in history due to the mediation of Mr. Lippi. They played a few friendly games in France under the leadership of manager Cheng Yaodong and performed well, but after returning to Italy, they lost by a goal in the opening group game against Torino Under-19s. Fortunately, the lads were not discouraged and adjusted their form in time, achieving a record of 1 win and 1 draw in the remaining two rounds, and finally ranked second in the group with 4 points. The U19 team failed to advance to the knockout round due to the higher points in the second place in other groups, but the performance of this group of young players on the field was widely recognized by the domestic and foreign media.

After playing the final group game on Friday, Cheng Gui, who confirmed that he would not qualify from the group, went to the Torino club's residence with the team leader to bid farewell to Li Mudi and other staff members who rushed from home. The U19 team of the national football team will immediately leave for Germany for the next stage of warm-up matches. The Torino coach sent his blessings and said that if there is a need or difficulty, he can contact him, and he will do his best to help solve it.

After bidding farewell to a group of young people who are still full of dreams about football, Li Mudi's mood still fluctuates somewhat. The Celestial Empire players are not much worse than European countries in their youth, and occasionally there is a group of lads who are eye-catching. But as they get older, the talent that once appeared in them gradually disappears and becomes a "waste wood" in the eyes of fans. The group of players under Cheng Gui does not seem to be able to escape this fate, at the age of seventeen or eighteen dare to express themselves on the field, the self-confidence of not being afraid of any opponent, after they became adults and entered the domestic professional circle, they all disappeared completely, and walked on the old path of their predecessors.

Li Mudi didn't know what to do to change the future fate of them and the football of the Celestial Empire, so he could only lament and put these troubles behind him for the time being, and don't worry about the powerless problem anymore, otherwise life will be very sad.

On Saturday night, Juventus, who overtook Napoli and climbed to the top of the table with a midweek stoppage victory, were the first to make their debut, and it was a surprise gutter capsizing. They were a guest at the Paolo Mazza Stadium, and when they played with the main force and dominated the whole game, they were forced to 0-0 by promoted Maspahr, who was on the verge of the relegation zone, which can be said to be a big upset. The draw also gave Napoli, who had just been ousted from the league throne, hope of equalising the points, and they also lived up to expectations with a narrow 1-0 home win over Genoa the next day, sharing 73 points with the Old Lady and relegating to second place only because of their direct head-to-head record, but at least a good chance to reach the top at any time.

In other fixtures on Sunday, apart from Lazio's 1-1 draw at home to Bologna, Milan won Chievo 3-2 at home, Roma beat Crotone by two goals away and Atalanta beat Verona by five goals, while Inter Milan regained their red-hot form at the start of the season with a 5-0 win at Sampdoria that had been in good form before. Icardi completed his quadruple as the top scorer ahead of Immobile in the scorers' charts.

The Serie A weekend's finale came from Torino's home clash with Fiorentina, and a small commemorative event was held at the Turin Olympic Stadium to pay tribute to visiting captain Astori, who died half a month ago. However, after the opening whistle sounded, the players on both sides instantly skimmed off the good mood of the two brothers a few minutes ago, and used all their energy on the field like fighting bayonets, trying to knock each other to the ground.

Purple Lily currently only has league tasks, and there are no important players in the team who have been affected by injuries, so they can send all the main players to play. This, combined with the additional morale boost and motivation given by the captain's departure, has put the whole team in an unprecedented state of unity and excitement, and can play at 100 per cent, which has put a lot of pressure on the home team with many core absentees.

With Benathi's suspension, Gourcuff's injury and Febas' poor fitness to play the full game in midweek, Lee had no choice but to send Basseri to the core of the team. In the 3-5-2 position, Immobile partnered young German teenager Johannes Egerstein up front, Tulalang and Vukocevic stood behind Baseli to protect him, with Silvestri and Boyer starting in the wing-backs, Diego Llorente, Goldaniga and Canneman in the back three, and Casillas in goal.

Except for Egerstein's current ability, the other positions of this squad are all good players who can be ranked in Serie A, but the overall strength is still very strong. But in the first ten minutes of the opening game, the home team was forced by the opponent to be extremely embarrassed and make frequent mistakes, if it wasn't for the help of luck, maybe the score has been rewritten.

In the seventh minute of the game, Canneman was too weak when he passed a low ball to Tulalang at the back, and was stopped by a sudden tackle by Simeone Jr. on the way, and Croatian striker Badergui, who followed on the right side, immediately drove straight to the penalty area with the ball, and after attracting the attention of all the home team's defenders, including Cassie, he crossed diagonally to the left side. In this game, Fiorentina coach Pioli arranged for Saponara to be dragged back to the forward position at high speed, and fell to the ground at the empty post only about four meters from the goal, but unfortunately he failed to master the movement relationship with the ball, and the height of his left foot was slightly off, and he actually kicked this inevitable goal. When the ball bounced and flew out of the bottom line, all the Purple Lily players, coaches and even the fans who came to the scene with the team to cheer on the scene were holding their heads with their heads in disbelief.

The visitors who missed this great opportunity did not give up on themselves, but still did not hesitate to start a frantic high press in the front court, and dared to invest in the attacking end. In the 4-3-1-2 formation, in addition to the two strikers and the forward midfielder, the three central midfielders always rotate forward pressing, and the full-backs on both sides are frequently assisted, making the battle in the home team's half more and more intense. Moreover, Fiorentina is also a soldier in defense, forming the first line of defense from the beginning of the front line, constantly putting pressure on the passing control of Torino players, which also leads to a sharp decrease in the pass success rate of the home team, and it is difficult to play an effective offensive coordination.

In the thirteenth minute, the visiting left-back Biraghi came up with an assist, and after winning the ball on the left side of the penalty area, he suddenly chose to volley hard into the near corner of the goal, hoping to catch Boxy off guard. Silvestri rushed over to block, but accidentally let the ball hit his right hand and bounce off the bottom line. Although the ball was suspected of being a hitter, because the arm was not attached to the torso of the Torino right-back, the referee Javiluci, who was not far away, immediately whistled for a handball foul and decisively awarded a penalty, and also showed Silvestri a yellow card. However, the French midfielder Villetu's shot into the bottom right corner of the goal was a little weak, and the home team escaped with a well-judged save from Cassie who fell sideways to the ground.

After seeing Cassie's life-saving save, the home fans erupted in huge cheers, and the former Spanish international has completely won the hearts of everyone when saving the team from danger many times this season, and the fans have voluntarily launched a petition online in the hope that Matador coach Julen Lopetegui can get him back into the national team, but unfortunately there has been no response so far.

In the 28th minute, the home team opened a tactical goal kick from the back to try to advance from the back to organize the attack, but the central defender Gordanica made a big mistake in the position behind the midfield circle. After receiving Canneman's cross, he actually played a trick, trying to use a dashing Cruyff to turn and shake over the rushing Villetu, but he played it himself and was cut off by the opponent directly from his feet. The Frenchman won the ball and drove all the way into the box, shaking off the home defenders at least three metres away.

Helpless, Cassie had no choice but to abandon the door, but on the way, the opponent seized the opportunity to gain a stable foothold and pierced through the ten fingers with a beautiful curling ball, and had to accept the fate of conceding five goals in the last six games.

The Torino team, which was behind at home, was naturally unwilling to lose the three points in the plan, and Li Mudi immediately instructed the players to press boldly, and at the same time foul when the opponent created a threat, hoping to regain the momentum in the duel and take the initiative into their own hands.

The players did their best as they were told, but the defence was fine, and the implementation of the measures to increase the scramble and counter violence with violence immediately slowed down Fiorentina's activity, although Vukocevic also received a yellow card in the 35th minute, but at least the visitors did not get a good chance to score before half-time. However, the offensive performance was less than satisfactory, with Barcelona being completely frozen, and 19-year-old Johannes Egerstein completely caught up in the Purple Lily's defensive predicament, with Torino having to rely on Immobile's interspersed runs and crosses from both flanks to find holes.

Most of the players on the Red Bulls are in a slump, although they have tried hard to adjust themselves, but they still can't achieve the desired effect, and they can't find a chance to threaten the opponent's goal until the whistle blows at halftime, and today's game is really a bit difficult.