At 15 o'clock local time on September 11, the third round of the 2016-17 Serie A season Atalanta hosted Torino began on time, and the live broadcast was broadcast by local TV stations, Tianchao Sports Channel and Laughing Sports Network. Since it was the prime time of the Celestial Empire at 21 o'clock on Sunday night, it attracted a large number of fans to watch the game, and according to later statistics, the number of spectators of the Celestial Empire who watched the game was as high as 80 million, shocking the whole of Europe. You must know that this is not a global live broadcast or even a national live broadcast, relying only on the two broadcast agencies of the Celestial Empire to almost complete hundreds of millions of viewers, which is really exaggerated! Last season's second leg of the Milan derby, which was broadcast on more than 200 television stations around the world, but the total audience was just over 230 million, which highlights the unlimited potential of Celestial fans. As a result, this week, the major European sports media focused on how to develop the Far East market, and did not pay so much attention to the game itself.

The home team, who have lost two in a row, naturally took this game very seriously, and even Gasperini, who has always liked to play a back three, took a rare step forward and put on a 4-3-3 formation, with almost all the main players on the field, except to surprise the visiting coaching staff by putting the long-established striker Paloski on the bench. However, the frontcourt combination led by Argentine winger Alejandro Darío Gómez was a powerful combination that made it difficult for opponents to guard against.

Li Mudi also lined up a 4-3-3 formation according to the state of the players and the technical and tactical characteristics of both sides, goalkeeper: Joe Hart, right-back Bruno Perez, central defenders Kastan and Rosettini, left-back Avilar, midfielder Akwa, central midfielders Benassi and Baseli, right winger Jesus, left winger Iago Farke, and center forward Belotti. Except for the combination of central defenders and the main selection of the two wingers to be examined, the rest are all the strongest players in each position. The England international made his first competitive appearance for his new club and became the first English goalkeeper to play in Serie A since the inception of the Serie A league in 1929 for 87 years.

After kick-off, both teams want to keep possession so that they can better mobilize the opposition defence. However, thanks to the home team's Ivory Coast international and strong defender Franck Kessié and the visitors' Akwa excellent in tackling and defending area, it was difficult for players on both sides to hold the ball for long periods of time, and the tempo of the game gradually picked up. Atalanta put the main offensive focus on Alejandro Gomez, the Argentine who is only 165 cm tall looks like Maradona who has lost N laps at first glance, and his dribbling ability of up to 19 makes him look so comfortable in the defensive formation of Turin, plus the willpower, imagination, flexibility and explosiveness to reach 17; 16 skill and receiving the ball16, as well as 15 off-ball running and speed, is definitely a big killer in world football in the left winger position. Li Mudi has never been able to figure it out before, how can such an excellent player with many and outstanding advantages not be looked up to by giants? The 28-year-old Argentine winger will have a career that will be a shame if he can't join a strong team again, and he will grow old with a record card with no accolades until he is completely forgotten by the world.

On the Torino side, Jesse and Falke are also good at dribbling the ball, but it is difficult to do the same as the Argentine wingers who need multiple people to be contained, and if it is in a positional battle, they are indeed not as lethal as the latter. Bruno Perez and Avilar's crosses from the flanks were also repeatedly unsuccessful due to the home goalkeeper's excellent ability to intercept crosses (17 on the FM system). After several of the visitors' main attacking tactics were effectively contained, Atalanta began to form a number of successful combinations at the end of the pitch and completed the goal.

In the 16th minute, Gomez played a one-on-two on the left flank, used a series of feints to shake off the center of gravity of Perez and Akwa, and then sent a close cross. The Chilean international and center forward Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla, who was outflanked in the middle, rushed in front of Rosettini and fired a tackle from 10 meters in front of the goal, but unfortunately he couldn't kick the right part in a hurry and put the anti-aircraft gun. Five minutes later, he latched on to a high cross from right winger Marco D'Alessandro and fired a beautiful volley from Kastan that was just as far off target.

Seeing that there were many problems in the defense of his two wings, Li Mudi hurriedly came to the sidelines and instructed the two central midfielders to pay attention to protecting the two ribs and try to prevent the opponent's crosses. Neither Castan nor Rossettini are good centre-backs for headers, while the opposing centre-forward Pinyra is 187 cm tall and has 15 abilities in shooting, heading and bouncing.

But who knew that the old and spicy Gasperini instantly saw through the defensive deployment of the visiting team, and then the Atalanta players completed many long-range shots in the middle many times. In the 24th minute, Gomez attracted the attention of many players on the side and then pushed the ball into the air four meters in front of the arc of the penalty area. At the same time, Mr. Zhan Jun's famous saying, "If the sky is loved, the sky is also old, see Hartmund kick!" All of a sudden, it popped into the Turin manager's mind.

Although the England international also made a timely save, the fingertips could not touch the ball, but fortunately, the shot also failed to hit the frame of the goal, grazing the outside of the post on this side and hitting the billboard behind the goal, causing the more than 10,000 home fans in the stadium to let out a huge sigh. The visiting coach and players who escaped the disaster thanked Lady Luck for her patronage, and the defensive coach Baldi even kept saying "God forbid" and made a cross on his chest in the dugout.

Two minutes later, Gomes also used an inside cut inside on a counter-attack to finish a powerful shot from outside the box, this time blocked by Joe Hart from too far angle, and the Torino guard sounded again in front of the goal. Li Mudi once again gave the players a new tactical demand, the midfield tackle is more ferocious, from the opponent's back line to hinder their attacking organization. This reduces the chances of the Argentine winger to get the ball and makes it more difficult for the home team to pass the ball, but this comes at the cost of too much energy and fouls. Although Torino did not allow a single shot on target before half-time and had a slight advantage in possession, the players were generally in poor fitness and committed 12-7 fouls, with both Kastan and Akwa receiving yellow cards.

In the dressing room, Li Mudi made adjustments to the team's tactics, and it was difficult for Torino, who was in a lower physical state, to make continuous high tackles in the last 45 minutes, and if he wanted to suppress the opponent's individual dribbling and long-range shots in the middle, he had to use crowd tactics. The three midfielders were moved back five metres to move closer to the backline, forming small groups according to their zones to round up the home team's players who had entered their respective ranges. The three attacking players in the front court have changed greatly in their positions, and Belotti, who was originally rushing forward, stood behind the two wingers, acting as a tactical center after receiving a high-altitude ball or long pass from the backfield, holding the ball and hitting the opponent's back, allowing Hesse and Farke to use the advantage of speed to play Atalanta's counterattack. Yes, Li Mudi decided to focus on defensive counterattacks in the second half, and the home team that lost two in a row is definitely not willing to get no points at their home stadium, and even only a draw is difficult for Gasperini to accept, after all, in the previous warm-up game, they beat the Red Bulls by three goals in this field, and fans will not agree to only get one point in the official league.

The coach left Genoa to join the son of the Poseidon and is just a newcomer here, and the level of trust in him from the fans and the club's hierarchy needs to be cultivated, and he will definitely not give up this good opportunity to get his first win, otherwise the next round of Cagliari will not be an easy game, and if he can't win this home game, he will likely repeat the mistakes of the past at Inter. So Li Mudi calculated that the home team must attack, then the Torino team with the speed advantage in the front line has a chance, although the shooting skills of the two wingers are not reliable, but maybe today to wear shooting boots is not necessarily, he is absolutely confident in the second half of the game.

After the restart, the home side were more resolute than in the first half, with Slovenia international Jasmin Kurtic, who had played in central midfield, almost becoming a midfielder, repeatedly trying to use his good dribbling ability to create some threat in the middle of the visitors' midfield. However, Torino's defence has done an excellent job, focusing on the home team's players who prefer to dribble the ball individually, and can always eliminate danger before the opponent finds a good opportunity. Gomez and others gradually lost their former power in their individual assaults, which led to the home team's players being a little too impatient in mentality, forcing crosses on both flanks on many occasions, and although Pinilla's ability to scramble for the header was excellent, he was still trapped by the desperate entanglement of the two centre-backs and the unsatisfactory landing of the passes, and could only watch the visiting players clear up the attack again and again.

Gasperini, seeing that the high-altitude bombardment had no effect, was decisive in replacing the Chilean centre-forward with Paloski just six minutes into the second half, and Atalanta's forward strategy was fully shifted to ground attack. Palowski made a name for himself early on, scoring his first Serie A goal in his first league appearance for AC Milan in 2006/07 at the age of 17. It's a pity that as another example of injury Zhongyong, he has not been able to show the aura of his youth in the later career, and injuries and illnesses have finally exhausted all his talents. Although he has just turned 26 this year, he has only left a report card of 50 Serie A goals in nine years in Serie A, which is a bit too ugly. Palowski's FM stats are really not strong, shooting ability is only 13, skill is 12, dribbling is only 10, but his off-ball running is as high as 18, which is extremely difficult for the tall and clumsy central defender to mark.

The home team's players, who had turned their attacking style into short passes, began to increase their running dramatically, trying to use their delicate skills and agility to tear a hole in the Torino defence. However, Li Mudi is naturally not a vegetarian, and also made personnel adjustments four minutes after the opponent's substitution, Vallejo came off the bench to replace Kastan with a yellow card, and Rostini, who was not inferior in speed and ability, began to defend Paloski within 20 meters of the front of the penalty area, and directly snuffed out this offensive arrow, so that the last move of the coach fell into a dead end.

Atalanta could only afford to play more with long-range shots after losing the fulcrum in the box, with Gomez and D'Alessandro attempting two long-range shots in quick succession, both of which were far behind. Just as Gasperini kept shouting from the sidelines for his players to calm down and pass the ball more patiently, Torino completed a deadly counter-attack. Kurtic attempted to get past Barceli one-on-one down the middle, but Benasi, who was too sticky to the ball, made a sliding tackle to the former. After Baccelli slid the ball to the right front, he directly got up and made a long pass to Belotti in front, and Red Bebe accurately judged the landing, carrying the home team's central defender, Bosnia-Herzegovina international Ervin Zukanovic (Ervin Zukanovic) with the top of his head, Hesse instantly accelerated past the opponent's entire backline, and caught up with the football in the corner on the right side of the penalty area. He then tricked away from the French left-back Conco with a feint and played the ball down the middle, where Falke cut in at high speed to get ahead of Brazilian Toloi and keep the ball in the Sportiello goal. 0-1, in the 54th minute, the away team Torino took the lead in completing the goal.

This goal made Li Mudi jump up excitedly, they mainly defended and counterattacked, they were a little helpless at the defensive end, and once they took the lead in the score, then basically sealed the victory of the whole game. It was difficult for him to figure out how Atalanta would have equalised with their existing attacking tactics, and they could only increase their attacking strength, but that would have been even more vulnerable to Torino's quick counter-attack, and it was likely that the visitors would have scored a second goal before they could tie the score, thus completely killing the suspense of the game. Looking at Gasperini, who was also standing on the sidelines not far away, looking a little helpless, Xiao Li's eyes were full of sympathy, it seems that the other party's class crisis will come again, I hope he can have good luck this time.

But who knows, two minutes later, the situation of this game will change dramatically......