The reversal to win the weak team away naturally did not make Li Mudi feel that there was anything to be happy about, but the news brought by the team medical team after the game made him a little headache. Veteran centre-back Moretti, who played the whole game against Verona and did not show any obvious discomfort in the process, returned to the dressing room to find that his right little finger metacarpal bone was swollen and felt severe pain at the slightest touch, and was later diagnosed with a fracture of the metacarpal bone, which was fortunately not too serious, but also required six to eight weeks of recuperation.

According to analysis, the first captain of the team is likely to accidentally injured himself when he fell to the ground in a duel in the middle of the second half, but because he was in a tense and intense game, he could not receive the signal from his body at the first time, so that he did not find out that he had a fracture until he walked off the field.

It's a spirit of selflessness that everyone can learn from, but the injury is not good news for him or for the Torino club. The team had to face the disadvantage of losing the spiritual leader during the most difficult schedule, and the 37-year-old Moretti has basically made up his mind to retire this summer when his contract expires, and this injury will greatly reduce the last time he can play in his playing career, and if the recovery does not meet expectations, he will say goodbye to the season early.

Before the team's feelings of pity for the veteran could be fully fermented, another injury was raised, with right wing-back Silvestri suffering a nose injury in training on Tuesday afternoon, and he will be diagnosed by a rhinologist in the coming days and will need to be proven to be completely fine before returning to the training ground, which also announced that he will miss the semi-final of the Coppa Italia against Atalanta on Wednesday night and the league against Crotone at the weekend.

Coupled with winger Falke, who was injured in the game against Juventus and was later diagnosed to need to rest for two to three weeks, Torino has three important members of the first team on the injury list, no wonder Li Moodi's face has always been as black as the bottom of a pot, and even his parents and girlfriend have not been able to make him smile too much.

The family of the Turin coach went to Switzerland for a vacation during the Chinese New Year, and after the hostility towards the kimchi country in the Celestial Empire gradually dissipated, they returned to Italy before the Lantern Festival, and the eldest sister and the second sister flew directly back to Asia, after all, they still need to go to work or school after the holiday. Because of the return of the three people at home, it finally seems that it is no longer so deserted, and Li Mudi can also throw away all the takeaways that he has eaten for many days in a row, and live a good life of stretching out his shirt to eat and opening his mouth, but due to the team's injuries, his mood is still difficult to rise.

At noon on the last day of February, Li Mudi welcomed several special guests from the motherland in the canteen of the Turin club's residence: the main members of the new Tianchao U19 national men's football team, the former international player Cheng Yaodong, who had just taken over the coaching whip from Jia Sleevequan, team leader Zhang Yi, and deputy team leader Lin Lefeng, the former boss of Shide, and a group of five.

The Celestial Empire U19 did not find the Torino coach this time because of any personal friendship, the newly formed youth army came to Europe for a month-long training in preparation for the U19 Asian Youth Championship to be held in October this year. In addition to competing against the echelons of European powerhouses such as France and Germany, with the help of Lippi's coordination, he qualified for this year's Viareggio Cup.

Because he studied under the old coach Xu Gengbao when he was a player, and nearly one-third of the current batch of players are from the Gengbao base in Shanghai, so the first contact with the coaches of this age group will inevitably maintain frequent and intensive exchanges with their former mentors, and the old coach mentioned in the conversation that Li Mudi has a lot to learn from in cultivating young players, and suggested that he should ask for advice from the only foothold in the international football of the Celestial Empire.

In this way, under the matchmaking of Xu Laoshuai, Li Mudi got in touch with Cheng Yaodong. Although he did not dare to give any advice, it was his duty to help the Chinese people to provide some convenience on the road to the development of youth football, so there was a scene of the U19 national youth team temporarily borrowing the Torino training venue before the start of training.

Although the president, Urbano Cairo, went to France for personal matters, he immediately instructed Castella, the director in charge of public relations and reception, to accompany him on the whole journey, and to take care of the guests from Asia. After a harmonious luncheon with the guests of honor, Li Mudi rushed back to the training ground of the first team to make final preparations for the showdown in a few hours after inviting several compatriots to watch the game in the evening.

According to the original plan, the U19 national team will play two practice matches against the Torino U19 team on these two days, and then depart for France next Tuesday to play against the corresponding echelons such as Nice, Monaco and Cannes, and then return to Italy next Saturday to start the journey of the Viareggio Cup. However, due to the results of the group draw just announced by the organizers of this cup competition, the national youth team happened to be drawn with the Torino team, which made both sides have certain scruples, so the opponent of this afternoon's practice match was temporarily replaced by the Torino U17 team, and the result was that the team led by Cheng Cheng to get off to a good start in European training with 4-2.

At 6:30 p.m., the 30s of the national youth team appeared in the stands of the Turin Olympic Stadium, but most of them had to sit in temporary seats, because tonight's tickets were sold out last week, and fans wanted to see the Red Bulls return to the historic moment of the Coppa Italia final after 25 years.

Atalanta really did not give up the hope of qualifying, they have an absolute advantage in physical fitness, and in the case of being eliminated from the European League and poor league results, this is the only event worth fighting for, so coach Gasperini has come up with the strongest team in his hand and vowed to turn things around away from home. And Li Mudi did not dare to hold on to the advantage of a one-goal away victory, and sent all the core players, because the Coppa Italia is almost the only event that the team has the potential to fight for championship glory this season, and the pressure brought by the club's management and fans is really a bit great.

Torino used a 3-5-2 formation today, with eleven players including Cassie, Diego Llorente, Ranocchia, Goldaniga, Diekman, Barreka, Vukovic, Baseli, Gourcuff, Belotti and Pieto Pellegri in the starting line-up. The visitors were in the same position, with the coach, who is accustomed to using a single striker tactic, to strengthen the attack today, pushing Argentina's short player Alejandro Gomez to the front, partnering Slovenian international Ilicic in the front line.

After kick-off, Atalanta, who were behind on aggregate, took the lead in attacking, and they did not hold back because they were playing away from home, and pressed forward directly. In the second minute, Atalanta formed a siege, Cristante made a return from the edge of the box, and Gomez fired a direct shot into the far corner from 20 yards out, but it went just over the crossbar. Three minutes later, the visitors suddenly used a high press up front and managed to cut off a pass from a misguided Gordaniga, Ilicic burst into the right side of the penalty area, but Ranocchia, who was rushed in time for a series of adjustments, cleared the ball out of the danger zone.

In the 10th minute, Atalanta, who had always taken the initiative on the field, continued to maintain a high-intensity pressing strategy, and once again successfully broke the ball in the home team's half and advanced directly to the top of the arc, and the Swiss midfielder Freuler could not pass the two defenders with the ball. However, Vukocevic's clearance could not be kicked far and was picked up by Cristante, who followed up with a powerful volley, but was blocked by Ranocchia and still shocked the home team's supporters in a cold sweat.

Two minutes later, Gomez picked up a cross in the box, his team-mate knocked back, Ilicic crossed diagonally in front of goal, Gomez flanked and cut in front of the goal to tackle from close range. Unfortunately, the speed of the cross was too fast to fully kick the target, so the angle of the shot was too square, and it was confiscated by Cassie, who had been paying high attention.

Seeing that his side was suppressed by the opponent a little miserably after the opening, Li Mudi came to the sidelines to arrange the latest tactics, and he asked the players of the Torino team to be tougher and not fall behind in momentum. So Diego Llorente quickly brought down the away team's central defender Caldara who had pressed through the half with a flying tackle, although he was shown a yellow card by referee Fabry, but he also showed his fighting spirit and interrupted the opponent's arrogance, and the team's passive mood that had been pressed and beaten before was relieved, and even the offensive side began to find a feeling.

In the sixteenth minute, Gourcuff's free kick from the left side of the field was driven into the Atalanta penalty area, and Vukocevic, who was outflanked at the back point, inserted a cushion shot at high speed, but unfortunately failed to touch the ball due to the close interference of the opposing defenders, otherwise the attack less than half a meter from the goal line was likely to form a goal.

In the ensuing period, the situation on the field took a 180-degree turnaround, and the attacking quality of the Torino team was significantly improved, although they could not achieve a large lead in terms of possession, but the effect was too much, making the visitors in front of the goal a situation in front of the wind.

In the twentieth minute, the home team played a classic counterattack, Baseli made a long pass to the right side of the field, Belotti quickly advanced to the edge of the big penalty area and sent a low flat pass, and the teenager Pellegri followed up in the middle to outflank, but failed to find a good step, the ball crossed his toes, and unfortunately missed the opportunity to kick the goal.

Five minutes later, the Torino team made a comeback, right wingback Dickman assisted with the ball to the front, and the powerful long-range shot after cutting inside was blocked by the opponent, and Baseli, who grabbed the second landing point, made a direct pass, Pellegri went down and picked up a pass in front of the goal, Caldara pulled Berotti to clear the ball with a header, and resolved the crisis.

In the 27th minute, Bareka pushed forward quickly down the left, shook off his markers and crossed into the box, where Belotti failed to stop the ball under the interference of visiting centre-back Marcello, who intercepted the ball. The Torino No.9 then raised his right hand to signal to the referee for a handball foul, but the ball only hit his waist, so his appeal was ignored.

However, the absence of this penalty did not look too necessary, and Atalanta's attack had largely disappeared since the game entered the fifteenth minute, with only Freuler completing another blocked long-range shot before half-time, and the rest were cleared up early by the home team's backline, but Li Mudy's side were much closer to scoring a goal.

In the 35th minute, Torino made another classic long-form attack, and Gourcuff's diagonal long ball found an opportunity for Pellegri to show his all-round ability. He burst into the left side of the penalty area with the ball, and in the face of the siege of two defenders, he cleverly used a wonderful trick to turn back and smash the ball, and after flashing out of the gap, it was a push, but it was unfortunately saved by Berisha, who attacked in time, and once again missed the golden opportunity to score.

The home side's two wings were then alive with two wing-backs delivering quality crosses in an attempt to capitalise on Belotti's striking prowess. However, Albania international Berisha was in excellent form today, with a high jump in the head and a quick fall to the ground with multiple players disrupting the two dangerous attacks on his own. Later, Berisha blocked Gourcuff's cold shot at the near post to keep his side in the back of the net.

In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Gourcuff burst into the box and collided with 21-year-old Atalanta centre-back Gianluca Mancini, and the veteran Frenchman immediately fell to the ground. But the referee not only did not award a penalty, but instead showed a yellow card to the Torino midfielder, thinking that he had faked a fall, which caused strong dissatisfaction among Li Mudi and others. Slow-motion replays from the broadcasters showed that there was no clear evidence from the physical contact between the two men that Gourcuff was deliberately seeking to fall to the ground, and that he was in an unstable state where his center of gravity moved rapidly after striding the ball, so he could no longer control his balance under the influence of a slight external force, and there was no reason to assume that it was a fake fall if a foul was not awarded to a defender.

However, after the useless communication of the fourth official, the Torino coach, who had a previous criminal record, still had no choice but to accept the result of his own players being wronged, after all, he did not want to taste the taste of expulsion again.

The score remained 0-0 at half-time and the home side still held the aggregate advantage, but the visitors also retained their hopes of scoring a single goal to bring the two sides back to parity. Statistically, Torino lead the way in terms of possession, number of attacks, shots and even yellow cards, and they are undoubtedly the side with the better chance of reaching the final.