Feeling this thing cannot be seen or touched, but it is an indispensable tool for human beings to distinguish the attributes of objective things and their own state, as well as to recognize the world. For people who are engaged in ball games, the word ball sense is an important reference for evaluating a player's ability.

Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho...... These recognized champions or former world No. 1 players all have a ball sense that far exceeds the standard of the planet, which is naturally their own super talent, but the acquired training can also improve a certain degree of foot feeling. Just like current ability and potential ability, talent determines a person's upper limit, and daily effort can make the current level close to or even reach this limit. Therefore, Li Mudi arranged a lot of basic exercises in the next two days, including juggling the ball, carrying the ball with the outside of the instep and passing the ball with one foot, etc., with the aim of recovering the players from a long vacation state as soon as possible and recovering the sense of the ball in the normal state of movement.

And every afternoon (or in the evening, because the hateful manager has extended the training time) before the end of the training session, Li Mudi will also organize a shooting competition, in the form of a shooting drill that basically replicates the shooting practice of Pro Evolution Soccer. Divide the unguarded goal into multiple areas, and players have multiple fixed points to attack the goal, and the more difficult the angle, the higher the score. For example, a goal from the middle can only score one point, while a successful selection of two corners above the goal can be rewarded with up to five points, and the disputed goal area can be replayed using a video recorded by the camera.

It is worth mentioning that if you miss it, not only will you not add points, but you will have to deduct three points, and this setting is also to prevent those players who are not very good at footwork from betting. After all, the most important thing for the current Torino team is to let the kicked ball hit the goal frame, and the angle problem is still to be discussed on the basis of ensuring the success rate of the shot on target.

This activity is said to be a training event, but in fact it is more like a small game with a competitive effect, even the last person who is at the bottom of the points will not produce too much frustration, but will stimulate their motivation to practice harder and strive to win the next day. Especially when there is an occasional situation where the defender overpowers the attacking player in the frontcourt, everyone gloates and laughs, and the "embarrassed" one will also perform exceptionally well afterwards, and while the mentality of the whole team is adjusted to a perfect state, everyone's foot feeling is gradually recovered, and the team's coaching staff and their boss are very satisfied with this result.

Through the FM system in his head, Li Mudi can keep an eye on the players' situation at all times, and he found that after four days of training, the veteran players before Torino have reached the level of physical and mental level that they were in the previous five-game winning streak. Although Ranocchia has rarely played at Inter, he has been training with the team, plus he is the head coach of the team's backline, and everyone else has to follow his rhythm, so he adapts very quickly, and there is basically no problem starting in the league against AC Milan.

Only Cerci, who has not been able to train regularly in Spain for a long time due to injury, is still a long way from being able to play in official matches. However, the player's aggressiveness is still there, and it is believed that if he does not fall into injury again, he will regain his form sooner or later, and the Torino boss has made a plan with the help of the medical team to help Cherci return as soon as possible.

On the evening of Friday 13 January, the Torino club held a press conference in the press room of the Olympic Stadium to introduce the four new signings that had just been introduced, in the presence of President Urbano Cairo, Director Pantario Longo, Marketing Manager Valentino Cairo and Coach Li Mudi. Four new players stood in front of the display board and held crimson Torino jerseys for a myriad of flashes, including the number 22 left by Carlo and Cerci taking over the number 7 shirt of Bruno Perez, which he wore when he played for the Red Bulls. As for the two youngsters, Luca Pellegrini and Ricardo Marchiza, their primary goal is to play in the Turin Under-20 team, and unless the first team suffers extensive injuries or suspensions, they will not qualify for competitive matches in the first half of the year.

In the Q&A session later, because the Torino club moved a lot in the winter window, and the new signings were not favored by the outside world for their own reasons, Li Mudi, who advocated the introduction of them, was inevitably questioned by the media.

The first person to get the microphone was naturally the reporter of "Corriere della Sera": "May I ask Coach Li, the results of the Torino team before the winter break are still very good, far beyond the expectations of the outside world before the start of the season, and your ability has also been proven." However, according to common sense, such a team with strong fighting power should not make major adjustments in the middle of the process, otherwise it is very likely to affect the chemistry between the players and lead to a decline in results, and the 0-0 draw by Sassuolo last weekend seems to confirm this. So I would like to ask, what is the purpose of this adjustment? In the face of the situation that the performance does not rise but falls, what kind of measures will the club have? ”

'Before Christmas, we were sixth in the table, and if you take into account the fact that the Coppa Italia winner will qualify for the Europa League, we are just outside the European places. The words of the club's president, Mr. Cairo, in an interview with the reporter of the Torino sports newspaper on New Year's Day, should be clear to everyone, and this is the goal that all of us in Turin are chasing. ”

Urbano Cairo, who was attending a gathering of high-ranking figures in the sporting world at the time, said: "Coach Li Mudi did a great job in the first half of the season and once put us in second place in the standings, which ignited a fire in the hearts of all Granatas and made us feel the pride that has been lost for many years. But I'm not going to force him to qualify for the Champions League, it takes luck, and his top goal is to lead Torino to the Europa League in the summer, and if we hadn't missed those great chances, the team would still be in that area. Unfortunately now we are in seventh place and have been overtaken by a couple of teams, but I don't blame anyone because the effort has been there. The last time Torino qualified for the Europa League, we won seven of our last ten league games, so we still have hope, although we don't know if we will be able to do so in the end. I have invested 100 million euros in the club over the last four years and hopefully this year will be the time to pay off. ”

To be honest, his words did not play a positive role in the team's preparation, but would be interpreted as putting pressure on the team's manager to make a breakthrough in results. This man does have a self-righteous side, and the renewal of his contract with Li Mudi has always been in a very unsmooth state, which is why he made such an inopportune remark that could lead to conflicts within the club. However, Li Mudi's own goal is also to lead the team to win the European qualification, and he is very insensitive to those workplace battles between people, so he does not feel any unpleasant. In fact, if it weren't for Ginés flying over to give him an analysis, Valentino came to the door again to apologize for his father, and the Torino coach would have reacted that he had been shot again.

But even after learning that the chairman of the club should be putting pressure on himself, Li Mudi, who has been chatting with Lin Yuner through the Internet and transatlantic phone calls recently, did not feel particularly disgusted, probably in response to the sentence "People in love have negative IQs, and they are full of happiness around them". Although the relationship between the two has not yet been formally established, the Turin coach who is surrounded by this happiness is in a surprisingly good mood, and every day is in a stage of high morale and pleasing to the eye, which has to make people sigh that the power of love is really strong!

At this time, Li Mudi continued to reply to the first question with a relaxed face: "The team's goal is to participate in the European competition next season, so when facing many opponents with outstanding strength, we can't stand still and wait for the opponent to make mistakes, but we have to take the initiative to attack and rely on our own ability to get that ticket, so it is inevitable to adjust the lineup." As for the fact that we got a draw five days ago? It had nothing to do with these transfers, the new signings didn't play. On the one hand, the reason for not winning is that the opponents are also very good, and the most important reason is that the players did not return to work mode in time after the long break, and all teams will face this situation, but we don't have the good luck of other strong teams. ”

Although the attitude of the Torino coach is already obvious, that is, it is necessary to explain that the adjustment of the lineup is necessary, there are still reporters who do not buy it. A reporter from Roma Sport asked: "Although the original players were used against Sassuolo, without Bruno Pérez, it is still obvious that the attacking power of the Torino team is not as great as before." You sold this right-back, who can rank in the top three in Serie A, for a huge fee of more than 20 million, and only invested more than 5 million in recruitment, does this mean that the club is still more focused on economic interests? Last but not least, you should already know that Roma's winning own goal against Genoa was assisted by the Brazilian full-back, right? ”

"No one would question whether I know how good Perez is or not, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to great lengths to keep him in the summer. However, before the winter window opened, his agent came to the door and revealed to me and the club's management that he was determined to join Roma. Although it was 10,000 reluctance, considering the wishes and rights of the player himself, I still reluctantly agreed to this transfer deal despite the negative impact of increasing the strength of my competitors. What a hell! ”

This kind of lie is so justified, Li Mudi's acting skills have improved again, and after teasing him, he continued: "The 20 million euros you mentioned seems like a lot, but in today's transfer market, there is really no purchasing power, if I want to buy back Perez now, you go and ask the Roma club, 25 million will they sell?" So to say that Turin sold him for money is definitely slanderous, be careful that you will receive a letter from a lawyer! As for the use of this money, Mr. Chairman has been handed over to me and the marketing department to deal with it, but for a while, I really haven't been able to find a good player who fits the team's tactical system and is worth a lot of money and will not overspend, so please be patient for a while, maybe the next surprise will be in a few days. ”

"Coach Li, this is a reporter from the Republic, I would like to ask you for your evaluation of these four new signings. Because although the first two are well-known in the Italian football circle, they are not in the best condition now, and the two young players have only played for the Roma youth team and are not well known to the outside world, so why Coach Li introduced them has been paid attention to by many people. ”

"A few years ago, Ranocchia was hailed as Nesta's successor because of his defensive awareness and ability to command the defence, which will gradually improve as he gets older. The main reason why people question him is that he is always afraid to go toe-to-toe with opponents, which is also an instinct of the players themselves to avoid injuries. But here, we'll all be here to help him regain the energy of his youth, and his ability and experience will help us improve our backline so that we don't have the same strong forward line as we have been in some of the previous games. ”

'As for Cerci, his plight in Spain is really sympathetic, but it was clear that his form improved when he was loaned to Milan and Genoa. This shows that the atmosphere of Italian football is still the best for him, and Turin is where he became famous, there are many coaches and staff he knew when he played, and people always burst into their best potential when they return to the environment they know best, such as Fernando Torres, Quaresma and others. So we also have confidence in Cerci that he will put that red cape back on when the team needs him most. ”

"As for the potential of Luca and Ricciardo to be among the best in their age group, I am optimistic about their development, so in the Perez deal I agreed to use them to cover some of the costs, and I am looking forward to seeing what these two youngsters will do at the Stadio Olimpico in the future."