In the following days, Li Mudi has been studying how to allocate the rotation of players in the next three league games, the first opponent Palermo is the weakest, and theoretically sending pure substitutes will not necessarily lose, but the strength of so many people in Torino's current squad is still a little worse, and it is really hard to say what kind of level they can play after playing. The next two games are against Lazio and Inter Milan respectively, not only are they very good, but they also have a "new hatred" with the Torino coach, so in order to be able to play their best in those two games, it is necessary to take into account the physical condition of the main players, and they must not risk possible injuries to keep them fighting. So after struggling for a few days, Li Mudi still decided to make a large-scale rotation in this round of the league.

Napoli and Roma, who will start their European journey in midweek, started the strong matchup in this round of Serie A on Saturday afternoon, although Roma who were eliminated by Porto in the final round of qualification for the Champions League and can only play in the Europa League is an away game, but in this game they played the defensive counter-attack tactics to the highest level, losing 15 percentage points in possession, with Dzeko's two goals and Salah's icing on the cake at the last moment, won this crucial victory 3-1, avenged the revenge of being squeezed to the third place by the opponent last season and directly entering the group stage of the Champions League. But they also paid a big price, with Brazilian defender Juan and midfielder Nainggolan both injured and the details of the situation will not be known until a few days later.

The next day, Serie A was in full swing, and with the exception of Old Lady, who was still solid and reversed Udinese with a rotating lineup at home, none of the other traditional powerhouses had a win. Fiorentina were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Atalanta, who have been on a rapid resurgence of form recently; Lazio also failed to win at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, drawing 1-1 with Bologna; Inter Milan is even worse, if the defeat to the strong Roma in the last round is forgivable, this round was 1-2 at home to Cagliari, the last three rounds of 1 draw and 2 defeats, Frank de Boer looks to have a foot hanging on the cliff. Fortunately, AC Milan, who kicked off at the end, did not drop the chain again, and easily won Chievo 3-1 away, which also made the situation of the whole league more and more delicate.

With the exception of Torino and Palermo, all teams have completed eight league games, and Juventus are 7-1 in the standings, while the Rossoneri and Red Wolves are both in second and third place with 16 points. The Red Bulls, who have a game in hand, are fourth by virtue of goal difference, beating Sassuolo and Genoa, who are also on 15 points. Followed by Napoli, Lazio, Cagliari and Chievo, except for the top and bottom of the standings did not surprise everyone, the clubs in the middle of the bracket have completely subverted people's previous perceptions, and Inter Milan and Purple Lily, who were favored by the outside world before the start of the league to have a chance to challenge European qualification, have fallen far behind. So many newspapers published on Monday morning couldn't wait to shout the slogan "New Italian Order", as if the situation of the grassroots beating the traditional strong teams has become a reality, in fact, this is all an illusion, and they will know after the league at the end of May next year: the star is still the star, your uncle is still your uncle.

At 20:45 local time on October 17, Italy is located in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, the southernmost part of the Apennine Peninsula in the shape of a boot, and is also the tip and upper part of the boot, the venue is the Stadio Renzo Barbera, which was completed in 1932 and was used as the venue for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Speaking of the home team, Zamparini, nicknamed the "Boss Maniac", bought Palermo in 2002 and gradually developed the club into a force to be reckoned with in Italian football. Up to now, he has made nearly 40 adjustments to the position of the coach in 15 years, and has fired nearly 30 managers, including Zaccheroni, Guidolin, Spalletti, Novelino, Del Neri, Zenga and a series of prominent names, and completed eight changes of coach in the last season alone. However, Zamparini's ability to sit firmly in the chairmanship of the club for more than a decade shows that this man has an unusual ability in other areas, and his eye for spotting young talent is absolutely world-class, and he has brought huge financial benefits to the club by signing Cavani, Pastore and Dybala. Unfortunately, after selling those core teams, the strength of the team has also been greatly weakened, and Palermo's results have plummeted in recent years, and they have been in the relegation zone for a long time. If it weren't for luck, they would have been relegated back to the second division long ago.

It was mentioned earlier that former Udinese manager Bepe Yacini was the second manager to be sacked in Serie A this season, so who is the first? Those familiar with Italian football can of course easily guess that it is Palermo's former coach Davide Ballardini, the unlucky man who led the Serie A coach at 1.4 before the start of the new season. Baladini took over the team for the Nth time in mid-April this year, and he led the team to 3 wins and 2 draws in the last five league games to grab 11 points, miraculously relegated and was able to stay in charge of the team for the new season. Unfortunately, he was dismissed after just two rounds of the new season, and this is the fifth time he has been fired in Palermo, and it is estimated that he can be selected in the Guinness Book of World Records. The new head coach is former Serie C side Foggia coach De Zerbi, but almost everyone thinks he won't make it to the winter break.

Palermo have made no additions to their squad this summer, first poaching midfielder Ghazi from Torino for 700,000 euros, then spending another 500,000 euros to bring in last season's Croatian League Golden Boot and Macedonian international Ilja Nestorovski from friendly club Inter Zapresic, and the rest are just some quality signings that don't have much to watch. However, it is very active in selling players, first selling goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano (Emiliano Viviano), who has the strength to be selected for the Italian national team, to Sampdoria, and then letting last season's top scorer Gilardino and old goalkeeper Sorrentino leave for free, and finally once again continued the law that the number one star must be sold, and gave Franco Vazquez (Franco Vazquez) to Sevilla in La Liga for 15 million euros, which can be said to be a big injury.

Faced with such a ragtag army that had no bright spots in attack or defense, and was improvised and put together, Li Mudi naturally felt that he could take all three points at the minimum cost, so he sent a very bold starting lineup: the goalkeeper was still Joe Hart, the back four from right to left were Silvestri, Vallejo, Moretti and Barreca, the three midfielders were Fabas, Benassi and Baseli, the right winger Rajadzic, the left winger Jesse, and the center forward was Lucas Boye. Of the starting eleven, with the exception of Joe Hart, Benasi, Baseli and Rajadzic, the remaining seven positions were rotated compared to the previous league game.

The home team is in a regular 3-4-2-1 formation, and apart from the aforementioned Nestorovski, only Italian midfielder Alessandro Diamanti, who used to play for Yangcheng Evergrande, can be familiar to outsiders.

After the opening, the away team Torino still dominated the defensive counter-attack, after all, their two wingers were very fast, and they could create a lot of threat with their individual breakthrough ability, and in the positional battle, due to the lack of red babebe, it will be a little weaker. Retreat first to lure the opponent out, and then try to plot a large open area behind the home team, this is the tactical thinking that Li Mudi laid out to everyone before the game.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, who knew that Palermo's attacking ability, which looked very unreliable, and only scored four goals in the first seven rounds, unexpectedly exploded at the beginning of the game. In the fifth minute, the home team invested heavily in the positional battle, and Norwegian full-back Haitam Aleesami, who had stepped in to assist, sent a precise cross from the right side of the side, and Bulgarian midfielder Ivaylo Chochev in front of the small box jumped high in the box where ten players from both teams were gathered, and smashed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with a Tarzan header, Joe Hart did not react at all. 1-0, Palermo blitzed to take a one-goal lead.

This goal suddenly made Li Mudi's previous arrangement invalid, and if he shrunk back to the backcourt, the opponent could calmly control the ball and consume the game time little by little, so he had to take the initiative to attack. The Torino coach took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to summon Baseli over and instructed him to tell his teammates to start pressing forward 10 metres in a piece, but not to rush forward, and to gradually exploit the attacking advantages of the two wings while keeping the defence solid. As a result of the eighth minute of the game, the visitors began to dominate possession, with three skilled centre-backs and Rajadzic gradually pinning down the opposition in the overall attack.

In the fifteenth minute, the home team came with bad news, the team's academy starting centre-forward, 20-year-old local youngster Bentivena had to be substituted early because he sprained his knee while grabbing the ball, and De Zerbi had one less substitution in his hand.

In the 17th minute, after receiving a long pass from Benasi, Jesus burst into the box after passing two defenders of the home team in succession, but the final shot was a little hasty, which was blocked by Costa Rican central defender Gonzalez in Palermo. Three minutes later, Lukas Boyer missed the chance when he headed Silvestri's cross from the right into the chest of Croatian goalkeeper Josip Posavec.

Not to be outdone, Palermo then wanted to use the counter-attack to sneak up on the visitors' back, but unfortunately the Torino players were always focused and resolute in their counter-attack, leaving no chance for the opponent.

In the 25th minute, Vallejo made a steal from behind the halfway circle and handed the ball to Barceli, who took two steps and found the forward Jesse with a through ball. The Spanish winger cleverly distributed the ball to the left after attracting three defenders, and Rajadzic adjusted his cross from the top of the box before curling a brilliant right-footed curling shot. The ball whizzed past Slovenian centre-back Sinisa Andelkovic and into the top left corner of the net, and the home goalkeeper Bosavić couldn't make a save. At 1-1, Torino finally equalized the score after trailing for twenty minutes. Slow-motion showed that the goal flew into the goal almost grazing the underside of the crossbar, and the distance from the post was only a few centimeters, which could be considered a theoretical dead end.

After that, the game temporarily fell into a stalemate, and the two sides attacked and defended each other but did not dare to use all their strength to attack, for fear of being successfully attacked by the other party. However, the Torino team, who are slightly stronger on paper, still found a hidden opportunity in a complicated situation.

In the 40th minute, Silvestri crossed to the left side of the penalty area from the right side, Rajjdzic stopped the ball on his chest and adjusted slightly, and suddenly flicked the ball to the right under the marking of Ali Sami, and then took advantage of the situation to shoot with his right foot into the upper right corner of the goal, the ball once again drew a beautiful arc into the net, and Bosavic's save was still useless. At 1-2, Torino took the lead before half-time thanks to a brace from the Serbs.

Before the home side could make any changes, they conceded again and in the only minute of first-half stoppage time, the visitors played a quick counter-attack, with Baseli breaking down the middle to attract everyone's attention and sending a beautiful diagonal cross to the right of the box, Benassi won the ball and fired a right-footed volley into the near corner, but the hapless Bosavich couldn't keep it out. At 1-3, Torino continued to extend their lead.

The two-goal deficit forced Palermo to attack aggressively in the rest of the game, so De Zell replaced compatriot Oscar Hiljemark, who had just come off the bench in the first half, with Swedish midfielder Robin Quaison before the start of the second half, and the latter was set to 30 minutes on the pitch.

Five minutes later, however, they suffered another blow when Jesse provided the assist and Baseli's close-range effort on the right touchline of the six-yard box was saved by Pobosavic on the line, but the referee then ruled that the goal was valid at the suggestion of the referee on the bottom line, and it was clear from the slow-motion replay that the ball had indeed crossed the goal line. Regarding what happened to the goalkeeper of the home team today, everyone is no longer able to complain, it is really possessed by the gods. At 1-4, Baseli completed a pass and a shot to give the team a three-goal lead. At this time, Li Mudi on the sidelines confirmed in his heart that the five consecutive wins were finally in hand!