Since Jinyuan Capital became popular in football, the composition of the top class of the five major leagues has been relatively fixed.

The Bundesliga is Bayern's dominance, although it will occasionally encounter provocations from teams such as Dortmund, but it will soon be able to suppress the opponent; Ligue 1 is who has the money and who is in charge, before Lyon relied on the operation of the famous European black shop to accumulate strong strength, a wave of seven consecutive championships shocked the past and the present, and later was taken over by the Qatari royal family Paris Saint-Germain dominated the rivers and lakes, even if there was a sudden rise of Monaco last season, but this season's Ligue 1 champion was booked by Paris early, and Monaco is also a Russian billionaire standing behind him.

The duo in La Liga are tied for all to see, and the idea of teams such as Atletico Madrid and Valencia trying to challenge Real Madrid and Barça for supremacy is good, but the chances of success are not much higher than if they won the European title.

Serie A has been dominated by Juventus since the phonegate, and the down-and-out Roma team has failed to overthrow the old woman's dynasty for many years, and now Napoli has taken over. AC Milan, one of the two former Apennine powerhouses, has long been unfavored because of financial problems, although last summer's new owner "Brother Li" spent more than 200 million yuan to update the lineup, so that the outside world has expectations for them, but the actual results are very unsatisfactory, coupled with the recent news that "Brother Li" borrowed and repaid loans everywhere, the revival of the Rossoneri looks like it will take some time to wait.

Since the restructuring of the 1992-93 season, except for the early Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City last season, only four teams have won more than two league titles, Manchester United 13 times, Chelsea 5 times, Arsenal 3 times, Manchester City 2 times, which is the BIG4 after the establishment of the Premier League. These four clubs also happen to be among the top four local tycoons in English football in terms of total assets for more than two decades, and it was not until the rise of Tottenham and Liverpool in the past two years that there was a glimmer of possibility to break the old pattern.

Although there are only a few old powerhouses, every year there are dark horses that come out of nowhere and get results that far exceed outside estimates, but they often return to dullness in the second season, and Atalanta is one of the representatives of this kind. Last season, the best ranking in the predictions of many media was only 11th Poseidon's Son, under the leadership of new coach Gasperini, from the sixth round with a wave of 8 wins and 1 draw to reach the top five of the standings, and maintained this result until the end of the season, surprisingly getting a ticket to the Europa League. However, due to the impact of the club's poor financial strength, Atalanta not only failed to strengthen the strength of most of its other competitors, but also lost the main players in the team such as Conte Jr. and Kessie, and the overall strength has declined a lot.

Even if he is one of the top five managers in Italian football today, he will not be able to make a difference in this situation, and the team has been in a slump at the beginning of the season.

Although they are still in the background, constantly adjusting themselves over the course of the season, with performances such as home draws against Juventus and away wins over AC Milan and Roma, it is difficult to satisfy their supporters overall. But in all fairness, judging from the overall strength of this team, the current 10 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses in the ninth place in the standings are still in line with the objective law. And they also beat strong opponents in the group stage in the Europa League and qualified in first place, but they were unlucky to draw Dortmund, which was defeated 3-4 on aggregate, and they also eliminated Sassuolo and Napoli in the domestic cup and reached the semi-finals, and the performance is still worthy of recognition.

The Son of the Poseidon can rarely be suppressed too ugly against strong teams, relying on players in each position to do their own job and have no obvious weaknesses, but Li Mudi has a strong confidence in eliminating this opponent, because the opponent does not have a superstar who can change the situation on the field.

Juventus' young centre-back Caldara, who has a lot of potential on loan, is still a defensive player and needs a lot of experience to play a crucial role in the game. According to the news released by the media, many buyers, including Juventus, Inter Milan, Roma and other teams, are interested in taking it into account, and Li Muddy found through the FM system that Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and other foreign powerhouses are also paying attention to the young player who is about to celebrate his 23rd birthday.

But for Cristante, who is just popular, the Torino boss has a different opinion. There is no doubt that this is a talented player, otherwise AC Milan would not have allowed the 16-year-old to make a Premier League appearance for the first team, breaking the club's record. Before entering the senior team, he won several national championships for AC Milan's youth teams at all levels, and also won the Golden Boy Award at the 65th Viareggio Cup, which can be said to be quite famous, but all this is based on the condition that he is the heart of the team on the field.

In his youth, the Rossoneri's coaching staff developed Cristante as the next Andrea Pirlo, and when he arrived at Atalanta, manager Gasperini also entrusted him with the responsibility of playmaking in midfield, which made the player stand out. But once he joins the giants, it is difficult to have a monopoly position in the team, because he is not Pirlo after all, and from the current development prospects, he should grow into a second Montolivo, and this template is precisely one of the outstanding representatives who perform well in the core of the second-rate team and can't play in the top team. And the current Cristante is also far from Montolivo at its peak, more than stable, but the aura is still a little insufficient.

Therefore, Atalanta's most relied on player in attack is still Argentine winger Alejandro Gomez, this player has excellent dribbling skills and speed, has good individual combat ability, and the most important thing is that he also has a good overall view, and it is not uncommon to assist teammates. Li Muddy admired the low-key striker who was only selected for the national team at the age of 29, and once asked the other club for the price, but was rejected, coupled with the current transfer strategy of the Torino team to cultivate young players, the Red Bulls finally failed to get the "weakened version of Messi" who is only 1.65 meters tall.

However, Gomez's overall strength is far from being a world-class star, even in Italian football, which is due to the fact that he is always in a small team, and his exposure is not high, so he is underestimated, but most of the reasons are because his weaknesses are as obvious as his strengths. First, his physical condition is far below the average of football players, his height mentioned above, and his weight is only about 60 kilograms. The second is that the state is unstable, Gomez's competitive state is still relatively fluctuating, at the peak can break the defense of the world's top teams, and at the trough can also be many consecutive games without achievements.

It is precisely because Atalanta does not have a star who can create miracles with one person that Li Mudi dares to use his own offensive to suppress, as long as Cristante is not given the opportunity to organize calmly, it is difficult to bring too much threat to the goal of the Torino team by relying on Gomez alone.

In the 50th minute, Barcelona returned the pass, Diego Llorente, who had passed the half, moved to the right, and Pellegri helped Belotti find an opportunity to kick the ball on the right side of the box near the bottom line, but the volley was blocked by Berisha who was in excellent position due to the tight angle. Two minutes later, Barceli found space on the right flank through the team's running position, and after adjusting his 45-degree cross into the box, the outflanked Belotti jumped high to head the ball overhead, but was less than three centimeters away from the landing point.

The visitors also wanted to play a quick counter-attack under pressure, but the Torino player strictly followed the assistant coach's request and stopped the opponent's intention with an early foul, and Vukocevic received a yellow card for it.

In the 58th minute, Belotti sent a through ball from the top of the penalty area, Bareka followed up with an inverted triangle cross to the penalty spot, but Pellegri was unable to get to the spot because he was surrounded by many defenders, and the ball was cleared off the touchline. Two minutes later, Atalanta made a mistake at the back and Barceli fired a shot into the top right corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball made a beautiful arc but crossed two centimeters above the crossbar, missing the chance to seal the promotion.

In the 63rd minute, Ranocchia and Ilicic both fell to the ground in a scramble, the former was carried off the field for treatment, and the latter was simply replaced by Danish high school striker Cornelius, who is 1.93 meters tall. It was with the home team temporarily missing one man that Atalanta launched a quick counter-attack and almost levelled the aggregate score.

In the 65th minute, Gomez received a through ball from his teammate De Jong at the back, shook off the entire Torino backline and headed straight for the goal. The long-range shot from more than 35 metres out went past the home goalkeeper's raised hands, but instead hit the right post and bounced to the touchline, sending the desperate Torino fans into a huge cheer.

Li Mudi, who escaped, was not overly happy because the team doctor decided that Ranocchia could no longer insist on playing, and the home team had to use an unplanned substitution to send Canneman on the pitch.

However, the injury disaster did not go away, in the 68th minute, Baseli's pass was interfered with by the opposing defender and almost went straight to the touchline, and the teenager Dickman hooked the ball back into the field with a sliding tackle despite his own danger, but he injured his right foot because he fell into the depression of the water scattering device, and was replaced by Flanagan because he could not continue the game.

His heroic save came close to getting the back of the net as Baseli won the ball and pushed beyond the line of the box before using a stop-and-go smash to get away from two defenders and volley with a left-footed slot. Atalanta goalkeeper Berisha was unable to react at all, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line, which was a response to Gomez's shot at the post.

Just when the home fans were still feeling sorry for missing the goal, another accident occurred on the pitch, Gourcuff was dropped from behind by visiting midfielder Freuler as he picked up the ball on the left side of the field, and the former clutched his heels and wailed loudly on the turf, his expression was very painful. The referee's yellow card to the Swiss international obviously did not alleviate the displeasure of the whole Torino group, with Belotti also being warned with a yellow jewel card for pushing the perpetrator, and Li Mudi used his last substitution to replace the veteran French with Benasi. Injured three generals in a game, this bad luck can be regarded as a historical level.

Fortunately, luck is also conserved, just when Atalanta wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of various injuries on the other side to turn the situation around, the goal was generated, or the kind that widened the total score difference between the two sides. In the 74th minute, Bareka picked up a cross from the left side of the penalty area, Pellegrini, who was grabbing a point in front of the goal, suddenly fell to the ground, referee Fabri whistled to stop the game, and then signaled that the young central defender Mancini had just made a foul from behind, and awarded a penalty to the home team.

This provoked unanimous dissatisfaction from the visitors team, not only did the players on the pitch surround the referee to try to persuade the latter to change the decision, but even Gasperini, who rarely had a big emotional swing, ran to the fourth official to ask for an explanation. It can be seen that they attach great importance to this game, but no matter how much they disagree with the appearance of this penalty, it cannot change the fate of accepting the result. Belotti's shot deceived Berisha and sent the ball comfortably into the middle of the net to give Torino a 1-0 lead at home and 2-0 on aggregate. As long as they can avoid scoring two goals in the remaining seventeen or eighteen minutes, the Red Bulls will be able to advance.

Atalanta, who were two goals down, immediately went on a desperate fight with midfielder Rizzo and Gambian striker Barrow, who were on loan from Bologna in the winter window, replacing midfielder Freuler and centre-back Roberto Mancini, in a late 2-4-1-3 formation. However, against a Torino side who had converted their tactics into defensive counter-attacks, Gasperini's side seemed to have lost enough composure to blindly pass the ball into the home penalty area on several occasions, but failed to create a threatening attack.

Eventually, after Alejandro Gomez's long-range shot in the 94th minute turned into an anti-aircraft gun, the whistle blew at the end of the match, and Torino eliminated Atalanta 1-0 over two legs, returning to the Coppa Italia final for the first time since winning the 1992-93 season. But the price they paid for it was really heavy.