Although after scoring the third goal soon after the opening of the second half, the Torino team gradually switched back to the strategy of defensive counter-attacking after the opponent intensified their attack, but in the end they still managed 65% possession and a 90% pass success rate, but it was said that the game was in their own hands. The number of attacks from 96 to 46, the number of dangerous attacks from 60 to 23, and the ratio of shots from 6 to 4 with 1 from 14 all show that the Red Bulls' four-goal win is genuine, and they are indeed the stronger team in this round of matchups, and the suspense of promotion is minimal.

Three hours after the battle between the two fires, all eight of the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals were decided, almost exactly the same as the odds given by the bookmakers before the game, and the vast majority of the favourites managed to achieve a relatively ideal scoreline. RB Leipzig, Marseille, Sporting and Atletico Madrid all won at home, with the exception of Germany, who won just 2-1 against Zenit St. Petersburg, with all three teams holding a two-goal lead and setting the stage for the second leg on the road.

CSKA Moscow suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Lyon, and the situation was a little unfavorable, but it still managed to retain a glimmer of life. Dortmund, who eliminated Atalanta in the last round, were a big upset, losing 1-2 at home to Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, forcing themselves into a desperate situation.

As for the performance of the other Italian team, it was also a bit disappointing, Lazio also played a 1-2 at home to strong rivals Arsenal, and the professor's performance in the domestic league has always been criticized, but the results in European competitions have helped him stabilize the situation several times before it has been shaky. Last weekend, the Gunners lost to Brighton, who had never lost before, causing a wave of skepticism against Arsene Wenger across the British media and online, but tonight's victory helped him temporarily calm the crisis of his dismissal.

Arsenal are almost out of the table to break into the top four of the Premier League this season and earn a Champions League ticket, but a win in the Europa League could replicate the trajectory of Manchester United last year and become England's fifth Champions League team, so everyone is still waiting to see if the second-most successful Premier League manager in recent times can still sit in the dugout at the Emirates Stadium next season.

The next day's major sports media naturally focused on the eight Europa League matchups, with all sorts of analysis and predictions, but no one took it seriously, and people preferred to watch the inside information and tidbits outside of the broadcast screen. On this day, British newspapers such as "Daily Mirror" and "FourFourTo" and British media such as ESPN and BBC Sport broke the news one after another, and Tottenham Hotspur coach Pochettino talked about off-field factors affecting the team's Champions League match with Juventus in an interview.

The former Argentina international, who has made a name for himself in the last two years and has grown into a world-class manager, said: "We didn't create enough chances to score a second goal, which was the main reason why we were knocked out of the competition, but based on the data from the two legs, Tottenham were clearly the better side, but there were small details that determined the outcome. Juventus are used to winning, but they are also used to putting pressure on the referee. Agnelli (club president) stayed in the tunnel before the game and tried to influence the referee, and Marotta (general manager) was there after the game. At half-time, I saw them put pressure on referee Marciniac. ”

Then he also said with deep meaning: "This game has taught us a lesson, we should not only pay attention to the performance on the field, but also pay attention to the factors off the field, if you want to win, it is not enough to rely on the performance of the players on the field." ”

This is almost a copy of Mourinho's accusation against Barcelona back then, and it immediately attracted the attention of the entire European football circle. However, Pochettino began to say nothing about the matter under the subsequent questioning of reporters, Tottenham Hotspur did not file a complaint with UEFA, and Juventus did not make any official response, which made some reporters who thought they could dig up big news feel helpless. Fortunately, there are no follow-up clues about this game, and some British media have turned up the match between Juventus and Fiorentina in the 24th round of Serie A in February this year, trying to confirm that the old woman is indeed the world's No. 1 master in pressuring the referee.

At that time, the venue of the game was Frankie Stadium, and the Purple Lily, who were playing at home, started the game with great momentum and did not fall behind in the confrontation with the six-time league champion. In the eighteenth minute, Colombian midfielder Carlos Sanchez's cross from the right hit Chiellini's arm, and referee Guida immediately awarded a penalty, but it was severely protested by all Juventus players. The referee insisted on the penalty after contacting the VAR team on the sidelines, but when the home side's French midfielder Villetou was ready to take the penalty, the Juventus player refused to exit the box. Gueda blew the whistle twice to stop the game and went to communicate with the likes of Buffon and Chiellini, but could not stop their protests.

Despite the boos of the home fans, the game seemed to be in a stalemate, and the "tenacious" Juventus players finally waited for the moment of reversal. After seeing that the dissuasion was ineffective, the referee once again contacted the VAR team through a headset, and after a brief exchange of words, he actually canceled the penalty and awarded a free kick to the visiting team at the back. This twist is comparable to the brain hole of a Hollywood blockbuster screenwriter! In this way, the whole process took a total of three and a half minutes, the referee did not go to the sidelines to watch the video replay in person, did not give a single yellow card to the disrespectful visiting player, and most excessively, he did not give Fiorentina any explanation for the reversal of the decision.

The commentator of the live broadcast party can only guess that it may be because Carlos Sanchez, who passed the ball, was offside before, but the slow-motion replay showed that it should be the former accidentally passed by the away defender Sandro when he tackled, and there was no offside. After the game, the referee's technical committee gave the reason that Simeone Jr. had committed a foul on Sandro in a scramble, but the vast majority of people did not approve of the decision when they re-watched the footage. However, it was useless to say anything afterwards, because of this penalty, the morale of the Fiorentina players in the game was seriously damaged, and they were finally scored twice by Benardschi and Higuain in the second half, and lost 0-2 at home.

At that time, there was a heated discussion about the controversial decision of referee Guida after the game, but as mentioned before, the Italian media did not report too much on the various related incidents between Juventus and the referee, and the fans also used it as an after-dinner conversation and exchanged casually and no longer took it seriously. This time, the British wanted to put this incident together with the accusation of the Tottenham manager, and they didn't think about what they had to do with the old woman, they just disgusted and disgusted each other and vented their grievances. An accusation without evidence will not harm the interests of Juventus in the slightest, but will put Tottenham, who are just showing signs of rising, into the spotlight and not conducive to their future development.

As a result, the "Juventus refereegate" incident appeared very abruptly and disappeared even more quickly, and the place in the newspapers and the Internet was replaced a day or two later by the news of the league that was rekindled in the war between the countries.

With Roma set to face Shakhtar Donetsk in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie next Tuesday night, they had hoped to bring forward this weekend's league fixture in order to allow plenty of time to recover. However, Torino had just finished their game against Lokomotiv on Thursday night and were unwilling to accept the ridiculous schedule of a second game a day apart, so AS Roma asked Serie A to postpone this round of the league.

For Li Mudi and his team, although the direct confrontation with the Red Wolves will have a big impact on the situation of fighting for the third place in the league, and the current strength is greatly reduced due to the full number of injured soldiers, it stands to reason that they should agree to this request. But in reality, they did not take a position, but were ready to accept any arrangement of the alliance.

The reason for this is simple: first, to take advantage of the opportunity that Roma will have to give their all in European competition on Tuesday (they lost 2-1 away in the first leg) to force the opposition to hold back in this league game; The second is that the third-tier Red Bulls have a very difficult schedule ahead, and unless the Europa League is eliminated immediately, there will be at least two more midweeks of double fixtures, just in the first two weeks of April.

Given the international break in late March, there is little room for a date to be chosen for this postponed league fixture, which can only be played in the middle of the week when there are no European fixtures. However, according to the league's plan, the 27th round of the league that was not played due to Astori's death will also be played in the middle of April, and if the Roma vs. Torino game is postponed until around that time, the Red Bulls will be faced with eight games in four consecutive weeks, and the pressure is too great.

After this consideration, the Torino club made a decision that was not in line with Roma's proposal, but if it could be postponed, at least it would allow the players to get enough rest now and avoid new surprises, so they did not say anything against it. However, Serie A replied to the capital's request almost immediately, rejecting the proposal to postpone, but brought forward the match originally scheduled for late Saturday night to the afternoon, which was considered to give them about eight hours of rest.

The Torino team, who had no power to oppose the decision, quickly changed their plans and left for the airport after a recovery session on Friday afternoon, where they immediately went into a state of rest as soon as they arrived in Rome in the evening. The next morning, after a brief warm-up, the focus of preparation was put on the tactical meeting. Because the strongest squad the team currently has in the match against Lokomotiv Moscow two days ago, so that most of the main players are in a state of around 80% physical fitness, even if the training volume is reduced to the maximum, it has not allowed them to recover to the point where they can last the whole game, Li Mudi has to make a lot of changes to the starting lineup.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Torino team submitted the starting list for today's game, in the infrequent 4-3-1-2 formation, goalkeeper Casillas, four defenders are Flanagant, Diego Llorente, Canneman and Barreka, three midfielders Tulalang, Baseli and Vukocevic, Benassi is the front, and the two forwards are the national team pair of Immobile and Belottti.

Among them, Belotti played the whole game two days ago and was the least in fitness, but Li Mudi needed his appearance to contain Roma's backline, but Red Babe could hold on for 60 to 70 minutes at most, and then he could only "walk" if he remained on the field. Baseli was substituted early in the last game, but as a midfielder he ran more distance and his fitness was not much better, but today he had two defensive-minded players on his side to assist, and he just needed to put his energy into attack. However, the Torino coach is ready to replace him early, as the opponents are really strong, which will put more pressure on the Red Bulls' players, and the physical consumption will be greater than against weaker teams.

Although the main center Dzeko and the core of the defense Fazio were suspended due to the accumulation of yellow cards, the Czech rising star Schick and Brazilian international Juan Jr., who started in place of the two, are not soft persimmons, plus the main force in the other nine positions, the overall strength is still not to be underestimated. There has been speculation before that the Roma team may not give their best today, after all, it seems that the possibility of them wanting to counterattack to the third place in the league is still relatively small, it is better to focus on the ongoing Champions League, although theoretically there is no hope of winning the championship, but each round of promotion will receive a huge bonus return, for the Red Wolves, the economic situation has always been not good, it should be a better choice.

However, it is clear that Roma are still very confident that they can reverse Shakhtar Donetsk, and although they lost the first leg away, the difference of one goal and an away goal still gave them the confidence to turn the tables around. The suspensions of Dzeko and Fazio are just the right time to give the two men extra rest, and the rest of the squad can do their best to recover over the next three days, and they still have a good chance of knocking out the Ukrainian giants to reach the quarter-finals. It was in this context that the Red Wolves coaching staff did not choose to stay on today, but instead played all the aces at their disposal, hoping to continue the high morale of the team after last weekend's away win over leaders Napoli with a victory.

And if they can take advantage of the current injury situation of the Torino team to win, they can narrow the difference between the two sides to five points, and there is still a certain chance of a successful counterattack with ten rounds left in the league, so the home team did not hesitate to send this strongest lineup to try to get the most ideal ending.