Before the start of the game, there was also a small tidbit in the stadium, as former Juventus centre-back Leonardo Bonucci, who joined AC Milan last summer, brought his son Lorenzo to the scene to cheer. As we all know, Lorenzo was a big fan of Belotti, so Bonucci, who had just finished playing the league with the team the night before, hurried back to his home in Turin and rushed to the Stadio Olimpico with his children.

Lorenzo wore a crimson Torino sports jacket today and spoke in the centre of the pitch to give his home team a winning blessing and predict that his idol would score. Red Beibei presented an autographed No. 9 jersey to this special fan, and hugged Lorenzo to accept the film baptism of the reporters on the spot, who also made a unique "big rooster" celebration after the idol's goal, which turned everyone on the scene, and this warm scene also somewhat resolved some of the tension before the big game.

The opponent of the Torino team today is indeed not a strong opponent in terms of strength, but their recent performance has to make Li Mudi and others pay attention to it to another level. At the end of November last year, the old coach Delneri stepped down, and after Otto, who did not have an outstanding coaching resume, took over the coaching whip of Udinese, he led the team to rise strongly amid doubts. Let the little zebra, who only scored 12 points in the first thirteen rounds, climb up the standings almost one step a week.

After losing to mighty Napoli on their debut, Udinese embarked on an astonishing nine-game unbeaten run, including a high-stakes five-game winning streak. And it's like eating a pleasure. Fen. The hot form continues, and last week they held AC Milan to a draw against a team that is gradually returning to a strong team, a performance that no team dares to underestimate, so the Torino coaching staff have been preparing for this league game at full strength. Relatively speaking, the first leg of the Europa League one-sixteenth knockout round three days later was not too much of a concern.

With that level of attention, the Red Bulls fielded an all-out lineup at home today, vowing to keep the three points on their doorstep. In the 3-4-1-2 formation, Cassie, Ranocchia, Baseli, Benasi, Immobile and Belotti were all indispensable elements, while the rest of the players included Canneman, Diego Llorente, Silvestri, Bareka and Vukocevic.

On the away team's side, Odo is mainly stable, offering a 3-5-2 with three back positions, and even the team's midfield core Czech Yankto was also put in the backfield, obviously giving up the counterattack routine of short pass penetration, and choosing a fast and direct long pass to directly impact the home team's backline.

Sure enough, after the opening, Udinese had no intention of entangling with the opponent in the midfield, and the possession area was basically located in their own half, attracting Torino players to rush forward and quickly pass the ball through the midfield line. With the help of wing-back Swiss Widmer on the wings and homegrown player Zampano, who has just arrived on loan from Pescara in the winter window, as well as mid-to-long passes from the back, the ball was constantly fed to the heads of two strikers, Maxi López and Lasania.

Because the home team is a back three, and López's impact and small movements are also among the best in world football, although the back line led by Ranocchia did not make a single mistake after the opening ten minutes, it still showed a little embarrassment. In addition, there were some problems in the attack of the Torino team, in front of the bus composed of three central defenders, three midfielders, and two wingbacks who were ready to retreat at any time, Benassi who served as a forward midfielder completely extinguished the fire, and several individual dribbles ended in conceding the ball, and the pass in front was frequently intercepted, and the pass success rate will reach 60%.

Seeing that the situation on the field was a little bad, Samfield, who had a plan in his heart, did not panic, but waved his hand to signal his players to no longer attack, but to learn the tactics used by the opponent, and to control the ball more in his own half, while reducing the number of goals conceded, hoping to lure the away team to press up, so that the strikers of this side can get enough space to move.

The change had some effect, as Udinese, who had not touched the ball for three minutes, had to move three lines forward a few distances to avoid becoming spectators in the stadium, but they remained vigilant enough, with Swiss international Behrami and Czech midfielder Ballack keeping a close eye on Benassi or the reversed Barceli to prevent the home team's playmakers from finding easy passes into the danger zone.

Judging from the personal attributes provided by the FM system, Odo is obviously an ordinary manager without many highlights, but it has to be said that the defensive ability he has developed since his playing days has helped him find a way to limit the opponent's core players. The close pressing of the three midfielders in the middle and the wings are always ready to take in the pack, and once the ball is transferred to the wings in time, the centre-backs on either side will boldly fill in to help their teammates buy time to catch up. And their three midfielders are all tall and can drop back to replace the central defenders, so this kind of quick and effective rotation of Torino attacking players is like a rat pulling a turtle, and there is no way to start.

In order to open up the situation, the home team had to increase their attacking investment, and this also gave Udinese a good opportunity to launch a quick counter-attack. In the 23rd minute, Baseli and Benassi's collision with the wall in the front court was seen through by the opponent, and the ball was tackled by the Brazilian central defender Samir Caetano, who is 1.88 meters tall, and Yankto then transferred the ball to the right side of the front field with a big foot, and Widmer took advantage of Barreka's vacancy in front of him to dribble and rush forward.

The empty Torino team at the back instantly fell into passivity, and Canneman had to pull up the wing to make up the defense, which also caused a big hole in the middle of his back. Widmer forced a cross from about 10 meters from the baseline, and the ball ran towards the middle of the box with great speed and strong spin, Lasania beat Ranocchia and headed the ball into the back corner of the goal with a powerful lion swing, and Cassie couldn't intercept it with a desperate flying save.

But Lady Luck sided with the Red Bulls today, and just when everyone thought it was going to go in, the crossbar denied the header and the ball bounced back just outside the six-yard box line with a huge reaction force. However, the home team's danger was still not cleared, and although the second landing point was first grabbed by Diego Llorente, it could not reach far under the interference of Maxi López, and the ball was still located near the penalty spot. Ranocchia's tackle before Lasagna could get the ball in front of him gave him a bye, but it was also indirectly flicked into Ballack, who came in at high speed from just outside the box, and the 23-year-old Czech international's non-stop volley threatened the Torino goal again.

Casey, who had just risen from his last save, made a second side save in a row, but it still didn't pay off, allowing the ball to slip past his hand and into the bottom corner of the net.

While the home fans were bemoaning their goal and the visitors were ready to celebrate, referee Rosario Abiso gave a quick whistle that was completely different from the way he said the goal, and it turned out that he had some kind of unknown question about the goal. After the game was stopped, Abiso made brief conversations with the linesman and then the baseline referee, and then made a VAR rating, which also surprised Torino supporters.

Four minutes later, the referee who returned to the pitch signalled that the goal was nullified, and the entire Stadio Olimpico was transformed into a sea of joy, with the deafening cheers even drowning out the sound of the DJ on the spot.

However, the result was naturally unacceptable to the visitors, with Odor rushing to the sidelines with a shocked expression, yelling at Abiso for a reasonable explanation, and the Udinese assistant coach came to the fourth official for a heated question. Li Mudi, who was in the stands, had also been checking the dynamics of the referee team through the binoculars, and called up the FM system in his mind to check the specific reason why the goal was blown off. The latter's commentary only showed that the home team was offside before the goal, but no matter how much he rewatched the video replay at the time, he didn't find out who it was.

Compared with Li Mudi, who lacked enough information, the commentators and commentators on Italian TV at this time were also carefully discerning through multiple slow-motion replays that what had just happened would have made the referee blow off the goal that seemed to have no problems, but they didn't realize what was going on until the offside decision reported by the referee team passed. But the two men with professional football literacy quickly judged the truth that Abiso did make a fatal mistake.

When Widmer's cross was crossed, Maxi Lopes was indeed in an offside position, but he was not involved in the attack at all, nor did he foul the Torino defender, and Lasagna, who headed the goal, was not offside. And when the Argentine striker scrambled for the second spot, the former was already behind Ranocchia, and there was no offside either, and there was no unruly move against Llorente, so the referee's decision to cancel the goal was a complete miscalculation, and he ruined the good fortune of Udinese.

Back on the field, before resuming play, Abiso ran to the sideline to warn Otto, who had been chattering. With such a vivid case of the opposing coach in front, the away coach did not dare to be too presumptuous, after all, the score was still 0-0, and it was not yet time to risk being expelled to speak out. Putting enough pressure on the referee to avoid making another decision in favour of the home team in the remaining time is even the most basic purpose.

However, the visitors never expected that only 120 seconds later, the Torino team knocked on the door guarded by Pizzari, and instantly made Udinese, who should have entered the gate of heaven, fall into hell.

In the 32nd minute, Benasir's cross to the wing, which had never been able to play, was pushed out of the bottom line by central defender Samir, and the former's subsequent corner kick accurately found Ranocchia who was ambushed in front of the post, and the former Inter captain, who had the highest altitude in the game, carried the impact of the opposing two defenders and pushed the ball into the far corner with an unconventional back-to-goal rub. In the whole process, the old Argentine goalkeeper Bisari, who was 40 years old and beat potential star Skufet to become the team's starter, did not react at all, but just watched his city collapse.

With this goal, the home side took the lead in a very close first half. Although Li Mudi in the stands is not very satisfied with the player's performance, but there is no way to do it, the opponent's pre-match deployment today is very good, if it is not for the referee's sudden brain short-circuit, maybe this game will really be included in the rhythm of the away team. Even if he was not suspended, there was no good way to solve the problem of offensive instability for a while, but fortunately, Ranocchia's goal helped the team stabilize the situation in time, and the game after taking the lead was easier to play.

During the break, Li Mudi could not return to the locker room to help everyone, and a number of staff sent by the Football Association kept him under close control, even if the Torino coach got up to go to the bathroom for convenience, at least two people followed, so as not to let him have a chance to take advantage of the loophole. As for some football texts that mention contact through mobile phones and other communication devices, it is obviously made up by imagination and is not reliable at all. Fortunately, my parents and girlfriend were by my side, and there was the warm greeting of the fans around the seats, which did not make this experience too embarrassing, after all, there were people staring at him when he released his hand, which was really uncomfortable.

After the rematch, the interim coach of the Torino team instructed the players to take the initiative to retreat according to the previously specified plan to attract the opponent to attack. It was a tactic they used in the first half and was the core tactic of Udinese before the scoreline changed, but it only really worked when the home side were leading by one goal. The away team, which will lose if they don't attack, will obviously not be able to play the same moves, and the worst result is to leave the three points to go home, and it will be too much if they don't fight. Less than five minutes after the kick-off, Udinese pressed out, the three central midfielders also became a single midfielder, and the veteran Behrami was dragged behind, and Jankto and Ballack could finally devote their main energy to attacking.

This was also anticipated in the previous coaching staff meeting in Torino, so Sumfield did not panic and remained calm, carrying out the "trick" given to him by the manager. But no one expected that the firepower of Yankto was so terrifying, this young Czech international born in 1996 is definitely one of the most underrated players in football today, his style of play is not flashy, but it is very practical, and the willpower and creativity are also good, like a copy of Nedved Jr. Under his leadership, Udinese, who no longer cares about the defense, actually pressed the red bulls, who are ranked third in the league, to a fat beat in the half, if it weren't for their foot wind today, which was too bad for today, and several consecutive attacks did not hit the target, maybe the score has been equalized or even overtaken.

In the face of such a passive situation, the assistant coach of Torino showed the shortcomings of not being able to adapt to the situation, he adhered to the death plan made before the game, did not make any changes to the tactics or players, and watched the opponent's momentum gradually rise to the peak but still stood still like a settled old monk. was so anxious that Li Mudi in the stands was sweating. I can't wait to break through the barriers of the inspectors and run to the sidelines to teach them face-to-face.

However, February 11, 2018 was clearly the day of the little Zebra's bad luck, after the referee inexplicably eliminated a goal in the first half, the main scorer Lasagna also sprained his ankle while facing Diego Llorente and had to be substituted. And just when Croatian striker Pelliza had just been on the pitch for less than five minutes and had not yet moved his body, Torino extended their lead, and the goal was a once-in-a-lifetime and almost impossible to replicate peerless goal, Otto and his team were really unlucky!