Compared with the two directors of the club, Li Mudi, who returned to China later, finally failed to escape the interception of reporters, was besieged in the airport, and had to leave something in exchange for the freedom to leave, these uncrowned kings are really fierce.

In the face of the media who have no discipline to speak of, he naturally will not say anything to the outside world without heart and lungs, and he can't reveal the slightest tone about Qi Zu's recognition of Marseille as a gift package when he jokes, but praises this opponent well. Listening to the tone of the Torino coach, it seems that the opponent that the Red Bulls are about to face is a super strong team that is more difficult than Real Madrid Bayern, which caused the reporters to constantly roll their eyes, and secretly scolded this Celestial Empire in their hearts for not telling a word of truth, which is too TM hypocritical.

But fortunately, they still got enough content to edit, and they could still play freely without looking at it, so they let go of Li Mudi, who had been talking nonsense all the time, after fifteen minutes, so that the latter could finally take the car that Forsina drove to pick up the airport and rushed back to the club residence.

In the following week, because the two European competitions have entered the semi-final stage, they finally got a chance to rest and adjust, but the Italian Football Federation and the Serie A league jumped out to make trouble, which made people uncomfortable. When the schedule was drawn up before the start of the season, in order to give the national team more time to prepare for the World Cup, the 33rd round of the league was scheduled for the next Tuesday and Wednesday, forming a situation of two matches in a week. But no one expected that the Azzurri would be out of the play-offs directly, causing this arrangement to lose its greatest significance.

The occasional congested schedule doesn't feel too burdensome for the rest of the team, but for Roma and Torino, two Serie A teams who still have European mandates, the arrangement is too unkind. Counting the previous two quarterfinals and the upcoming semi-finals, they will have at least five consecutive weeks of double matches, the latter will have to complete the 27th round of rematch with Crotone, as well as the final of the domestic cup, which will increase the number of insufficient time to repair to seven consecutive weeks, and the players' physical fitness has been seriously tested, which will also have a negative impact on their strength.

Other leagues have suffered a similar situation, but they have been given special care by the Football Association, such as Real Madrid, which can save energy for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich, and Barcelona, who have been able to prepare better for the Copa del Rey final.

And when the two clubs of Roma and Torino wanted to follow the example of the La Liga giants to postpone this weekend's league game, they were immediately dismissed by the Football Association and Serie A on the grounds that there was no precedent in their own countries, resulting in them dragging their already exhausted bodies to continue to fight with their domestic league opponents.

However, compared to the Red Bulls, who are in third place in the league standings, the Red Wolves still have to continue to work hard for the last Champions League qualification, and they are bound to be unable to focus on the European competition, and the pressure on Di Francisco is obviously greater.

In the final four stages of the Champions League and Europa League, Serie A has been determined to be in the top four at the end of this season in the European standings in the past five seasons, so the number of teams they can participate in the Champions League next season will automatically become four, and all of them will directly advance to the Champions League group stage, and there is no need to qualify for the main round through the play-offs. (In reality, it was determined more than a year ago, and the author decided that it was not reasonable enough, so he made a slight change to add the points of this season to reach a conclusion,)

This means that, after a five-year hiatus, Italy is finally able to send four teams to the world's top club competition, which is indeed worth celebrating.

Roma are currently fifth in the league with 58 points, one point behind Inter Milan and two points ahead of arch-rivals Lazio, while seventh-placed AC Milan have 52 points after a strong run of performances, and this last Champions League spot looks like a battle to go. However, the Red Wolves are not without their advantage, and their remaining league opponents are generally not very strong, with the exception of this weekend's Rome derby and the penultimate round at home to Juventus, the rest of the teams are at the bottom of the table, which makes Di Francisco's side the favourite.

On the contrary, the Torino team, who have a large lead, cannot relax too much, and then they will face four strong opponents in a row: AC Milan, Atalanta, Lazio and Napoli, and one careless team could lead to tragedy.

However, Li Mudi, who has already focused on the Europa League, is not worried about the collapse of his team, since he landed in Italian football, although the Red Bulls have generally performed more average against strong teams, getting the most draws, losing slightly fewer games than wins, and not being able to call it stronger than strong. However, in terms of "abuse", the Torino team has basically achieved the extreme, and according to statistics, there are three teams that have scored the most points in the bottom ten of the standings in the past two seasons, Juventus, Napoli and Torino, which surprised many people. The rare occurrence of a gutter capsizing is also the most crucial factor for the Torino team to finish in the top four for the second year in a row.

After the remaining eight league opponents of the season, in addition to the four strong teams mentioned above, there are slightly less strong teams such as Crotone, Chievo, SPAL and Genoa, and the twelve points should be safe for use barring major surprises. So as long as there is no extreme result of four defeats in the dialogue with AC Milan and other strong teams, the Torino team will end up with at least 80 points, which is enough to rank in the top four of Serie A according to common sense, so he will be so confident to sit firmly in the Diaoyutai and dare to put most of his energy into seeking the first European trophy in the team's history.

Due to the tight schedule, the players who had just experienced a thrilling game in Austria did not get much time to rest and rushed back to the club's premises on Friday evening for a tactical video analysis meeting in preparation for the trip to Verona two days later.

The Flying Donkeys have struggled this season and are currently just two points clear of the relegation zone and could be in danger of falling back at any moment. However, in recent times, their form has improved compared to before, except for the loss to the city rivals Verona in the 28th round, the last four games have won 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, and the two defeats were away to AC Milan and Napoli, which is quite surprising overall.

As we all know, the toughest opponents at the end of the season are the teams that compete for the title or relegation, so even if the difference in quality between the two sides is still relatively obvious, in the eyes of Torino supporters, this game will not be as easy to win as on paper, and everyone is ready to encounter extreme difficulties.

However, the process of the game was not accurately estimated by most people, and with some reservations, Li Mudi's 3-5-2 formation showed a rare ability to control the ball. The duo of Benassi and Gourcuff, coupled with the assistance of teammates such as Musthis, Silvestri and Barreka, allowed the Red Bulls to finish the game with a season-high 67% possession, essentially taking control of the entire situation on the court.

With Kassi rested, Serbian young goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic Savic was a rare starter, but he was not able to gain as much experience as he would have liked in this game, as the three-centre-back defence of Kaolau Kaneman, Ranocchia and Academy youngster Rivoya completely limited the home side's two strikers. Combined with the help of other team-mates, Chievo only had four shots on goal throughout the game, and all of them missed or blocked, without allowing the Torino goalkeeper to make a single save, and the home fans were completely unexcited.

On the offensive end, although the Red Bulls enjoyed super high possession time, they were unable to create too many good chances for a while in the face of Rolando Marlan's iron bucket formation in this game. In the first half, except for a volley from Farke, which hit the post, there was no longer a threat to the opponent's 39-year-old goalkeeper Sorrentino, and the efficiency of the shot on 1-of-7 was obviously not satisfactory.

However, when the game went on for an hour, Chievo, who felt the huge pressure of relegation, just wanted to increase their attacking investment, but they were seized by the Torino team, who were always waiting for the opponent to show their flaws. Belotti latched onto Bareka's diagonal pass from the left and sent the ball into the bottom left corner of the home goal with a brilliant volley, and the Red Bulls finally got their precious goal.

Once the deadlock was broken, the game was much better. After losing a point that could have been obtained, the Flying Donkey Legion lost its meaning if it continued to defend it, and began to make an article on the offensive end. As a result, their backline has become less solid than it used to be, with the visitors' attacking efficiency improving significantly, and organising a number of dangerous attacks. However, veteran goalkeeper Sorrentino played very bravely today, keeping out Belotti's close-range header and Benasi's long-range shot in succession to keep his team's hopes of equalising.

In the 80th minute, Li Mudi used his last substitution to bring on Immobile and continued to threaten up front to ensure that the game would always be in his hands. It's just that the Italian international's first shot after coming out of the game also failed to score, he received Gourcuff's exquisite through plug and successfully countered offside, but he failed to keep enough calm when facing the attacking Sorrentino one-on-one, and kicked the inevitable goal off, which made Su Dong, a PBTV commentator who broadcast the game live on the side of the Celestial Empire, exclaim incredible.

Due to Icardi's continuous scoring in recent rounds of Serie A, the competition for the scorer list is actually quite fierce now. As of last weekend, Immobile led the list with 25 goals, followed by the Inter captain with one goal and Dybala in third with 21 goals, and the three of them would be the top scorers of the season.

Inter Milan drew a clean sheet away to Atalanta in a late game that ended last night, and it was a perfect opportunity for the Torino number 10 to extend the lead. However, in order to save strength for the strong dialogue against AC Milan in midweek, Li Mudi did not arrange for Immobile to start today, and only gave the latter more than ten minutes of playing time, but in the face of a hard-won goal, he even missed it bizarrely, no wonder he and his Torino supporters were disappointed.

It's just that today's Chievo turned into a beautiful angel, not only giving three points to the opponent, but also giving a golden chance to hit the ball in a hurry. In the 88th minute, central defender Mattia Barney suddenly had a short brain and kicked Falke into the air with a violent flying tackle in a situation that was not too threatening, causing the Spanish winger to leave the field early with an ankle injury, and he was sent off the pitch directly after receiving a red jewel card.

Since there were no substitutions for both sides at this time, they could only finish the game with a dozen of ten. But Torino without a winger clearly have a bigger advantage over Chievo, who was sent off at the heart of the defence, a situation somewhat similar to the 1990 World Cup clash between Worrall and Rijkaard.

The makeshift defence, which consisted of midfielder Ravanovic retreating, was naturally a problem of lack of coordination, and two minutes later, in the first minute of stoppage time, Belotti found an opportunity to dribble into the box. Serbian right-back Tomovic tugged at Red Bebe's shirt with his hand in a hurry, causing the latter to lose his balance and fail to kick the target when he made a leg swing to hit the goal, but the referee's whistle for the penalty was still not unexpected.

In order to help his friend extend his lead in the scorers' charts, Belotti voluntarily conceded the right to take the penalty, reflecting the friendly atmosphere that is currently united in the Torino team. Immobile did not waste everyone's kindness again, and hit the home team's goal with a powerful shot, which not only achieved the desire to score, but also completely killed the suspense of the game.

In the end, the Red Bulls secured three points from the Marco Antonio Bentegorti Stadium, maintaining an eight-point gap to fourth-place in the league and continuing to progress towards Champions League qualification next season.

It's just that the atmosphere on today's occasion is really not suitable for them to celebrate loudly, one is that the opponent's strength is a little weak, and the difficulty of winning is not very great. Another reason is that the audience is too small, and the maximum capacity of 42,160 people is only a little more than a fifth full, including more than 400 away fans who are playing with the team, which is really an extremely poor attendance. It's no wonder that today's broadcasters rarely switch the camera to the stands, otherwise the empty seats are so ugly that the TV station can't bear to let the Chievo Club be laughed at by the audience of the Celestial Empire.