It can be easily seen from the technical statistics after the game that the gap between the two sides today is still very large, especially in the second half, Roma completely controlled the situation on the field and seized two chances to confirm the victory. They ended up with 63 per cent possession, half as many attacks as the visitors, and a 6-of-15 shot deficit to 3-of-9 from the field, making it reasonable to win.

On the other hand, the second game of the Torino team in three days is indeed too difficult, even if Li Muddy has done his best to rotate the lineup so that his side's physical fitness will not suffer a lot, but the absence of many injuries in the team still makes him feel embarrassed and can only accept the end of the away loss.

However, Benasi's red card has brought some uncertainty to the league against Fiorentina next weekend, and Gourcuff's recovery is not as quick as the team doctor expected, and he still needs to recuperate for at least ten days, which also makes the midfield playmaker position a small crisis of personnel shortage, and the coaching staff needs to find a solution as soon as possible. Fortunately, the Europa League schedule is still fixed on Thursday, giving Torino five days to work on the plan, which is good news.

Saturday night was followed by a little-talked-about game, with Hellas Verona taking a big step closer to relegation with a narrow home win over Chievo.

However, the main attraction of the week was undoubtedly Sunday's midday clash with Fiorentina against Benevento at the Stadio Franqui. This is the first game since the death of the team's captain Astori, and naturally it has a special meaning for the Purple Lily Club and all the fans. Before the minute-long silence before the game, Fiorentina played a commemorative video of Astori, which brought tears to the eyes of many fans and those who were watching the live broadcast in front of the broadcast platform.

Purple Lily fans unfurled a huge banner in the stands to pay tribute to the tragic death of captain Astori, which read: "Some people never die, some stories will be passed down forever, have a good trip, captain." And a mass release of purple and white balloons into the sky to comfort Astori.

When the game reached the 13th minute when Astori's shirt number was represented, the players of both sides also tacitly called the game to a halt, and the crowd stood up and applauded Astori. The home fans played a giant TIFO in honour of their captain, with Astori's purple number 13 shirt depicted on it.

Fiorentina won 1-0 at home thanks to Brazilian defender Vetor Ugo's header in the 24th minute. After the goal, all the players of the home team hugged each other tightly, comforting and encouraging each other, and at the same time comforting the captain's spirit in heaven.

In other games later, Dybala's brace helped the Bianconeri to a 2-0 home win over Junior Udinese, and thanks to Inter Milan's strong conversation with Napoli to a 0-0 score, Juventus once again pulled the difference back to one point, and they have a game in hand, so the possibility of a counterattack is quite high. In addition, AC Milan beat Genoa in the last minute of injury time to complete a wave of four consecutive wins, and are already infinitely close to Lazio in sixth place in the table. The latter were held to a draw by Cagliari and are only two points ahead of the Rossoneri with a game in hand, with European qualification in jeopardy.

With the end of this weekend's league fixtures and the smoke of European competition back in flames, Torino will depart on Wednesday for the Russian capital, which is still out of winter, so the squad will not have plenty of training time before the game. In order to save more physical strength, the coaching staff simply reduced the amount of training, after all, the advantage of a four-goal victory in the first leg is still relatively reliable, if this can be overturned, the ability of Li Mudi and others is really too watery.

On Tuesday morning, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee, Marago, announced the official formation of the new Serie A Union Committee, with 20 clubs coming together to vote for the new president of Michick, a banker, at a meeting in Milan on the 19th of this month. At the same time, Marago also informed the Italian league of various reform measures to be carried out next season, including: the Coppa Italia seeds will no longer automatically get home advantage, the end of the summer and winter transfer period is likely to be brought forward, the start time of the Serie A and the arrangement of the winter break, etc., which have attracted widespread attention from various clubs.

In the evening, Roma, who were playing at home, defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 with Dzeko's goal in the 52nd minute, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League by virtue of the advantage of more away goals when the two sides were tied 2-2 on aggregate. It also ended their previous four-game losing streak against the Ukrainian powerhouse. The Red Wolves won this game very hard, and it was not easy to come back and win tenaciously in the unfavorable situation of only 37% possession.

The other match was a big upset, with Manchester United, who drew 0-0 away in the first leg, lost 2-1 to Sevilla FC after returning to Old Trafford. Substitute French diminutive striker Ben Yedder gave La Liga sides the lead after just two minutes on the pitch, and after four minutes, he scored with a header to extinguish the Reds' hopes of a comeback. Sevilla, nicknamed the number one king of the Europa League, reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the second time in their history this year, having last been in the distant 1957-58 season when they were beaten 10-2 by Real Madrid over two legs.

On Wednesday night, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, two traditional powerhouses, were not careless, beating Besiktas and Chelsea to become the last two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals. So far, the quarterfinals of the Champions League have all been decided, and the places are currently in the top four leagues of UEFA, La Liga three, Premier League two, Serie A and Bundesliga one, which just meet the corresponding league qualification.

On this day, Juventus also took the opportunity to complete the 26th round of the rematch with Atalanta that was postponed by Blizzard, and as a result, the old lady continued her strong form since the Turin derby, beating the son of Poseidon by two goals. They also returned to the top of the Serie A standings after 23 rounds with the three points they had just received.

The Old Lady finally showed their fangs as the season was about to enter the sprint stage, and Napoli's frequent drops at crucial moments were a disappointment to all those who didn't want Juventus to win seven in a row. However, Maurizio Sarri and his side still have a chance, and there is still a head-to-head meeting between the two sides in the round of 34, and a win away from home could reverse the current two-point gap between the two teams, but it will require them not to drop points easily until then.

On Thursday, the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals also began to be played in batches as planned. With the current maximum temperature in Moscow only minus 3 degrees Celsius, Lokomotiv's home match against Torino is scheduled to kick off at 4pm, the first of the eight matches.

Because of the advantage of a large lead, Li Mudi did not play as much as he did a week ago in this game. In a 4-3-3 formation, Parijini, Belotti and Boyer played the front three, with Muthis, Febas and Benasi unavailable at the weekend in midfield, and Flanagant, Goldaniga, Bonifazi and Dimarco in front of Casillas.

Lokomotiv Moscow also changed the 3-5-2 position used in the first leg this year, and after welcoming back the Peruvian striker Farfan who returned from injury, the team changed to the usual single-striker tactics before, and the other positions in the 4-2-3-1 formation are also full of main players, and it seems that the Russian league leaders still have a glimmer of hope for a big comeback. Coach Yuri Shomin also arranged more possession, strengthened the attack, and scored as soon as possible in the early stages of the game, and the home team, which was more adapted to the climate, did control the situation on the field in the first 15 minutes, and completed the attack three times, but none of them posed much threat.

However, just as they were ready to keep the visitors at bay, Torino scored a goal from a chance that was not a chance, and Lokomotiv were almost cornered. In the 17th minute, Musis broke the ball at the back and made a long pass directly to the front, and after getting the ball, Parrigini completed a collision with Belotti and then slashed diagonally into the home team's penalty area. The left-back Resov, who was originally standing on the line of the big penalty area, hurriedly stepped out to intercept, but he didn't know what was going on, and as soon as he slipped his foot, he fell directly to the ground, giving the Torino winger a great opportunity to break through easily.

In the face of this sudden surprise, the home team's defenders were quite flustered, and Kverkviglia, who had been keeping an eye on Belotti in the middle, went straight to the right side to try to block Parrigini's next move, despite the current top scorer who is currently leading the Europa League. If the youngster had been calmer and played the ball down the middle, Belotti would have had a good chance to open the scoring, but the 22nd Paligini, who had not yet turned 22, was clearly no longer able to watch his teammates at the time, and he took a step and fired a right-footed volley into the far corner of the goal.

However, the ball could not get into his planned net, but Virquevilla, who was intercepted by a tackle on the way, blocked it with his right foot in the opposite direction, just past the home goalkeeper Guilherme, who had already made a save. And after the change of direction, the shot still maintained a fast flying speed, and even hit the near post and bounced into the middle near the goal line. Guilherme, who fell to the ground, made a quick second reaction, turned back and scooped the ball into his arms, but the referee had already blown the whistle for the goal under the prompting of the referee on the baseline, and the red bull took the lead with this lucky own goal.

The morale of the home team's players was severely hit by this flying disaster, and if they want to reverse the promotion, they will have to score six goals in the next 70 minutes or so, and they must ensure that the goal will not be breached again, which is almost the drama of Barcelona turning over Paris! Obviously, the strength of the locomotive is far from the point of creating that kind of miracle. They only made it 1-1 with a super kick from 30 yards out from 30 yards out just before the end of the pitch by right-back Ribus, but they were still four goals behind on aggregate and could not motivate the home players to keep fighting.

After the rematch, the Torino team quickly cut off the last illusions of the locomotive. Just 67 seconds into the kick-off, they unleashed a quick and sharp team play, with Fabas crossing diagonally to the left, and Dimarco, who was cut in the back row, used his speed to get past Ribus and cross the left touchline of the penalty area down the middle. Belotti, who was outflanked at the front of the post, couldn't hit the target because he was distracted by a down-and-down tackle from Joel Luca, but it also attracted the attention of other defenders, and Benassi found the right spot and fired a shot into the bottom right corner of the goal. The Red Bulls took the lead for the second time in this game and completely ended the suspense of promotion.

After seeing that there was no hope of a reversal, the mentality of the home team's players also relaxed, although they were still working hard to complete the game, and they would not deliberately be negative when it was time to attack, but they were no longer mentally focused. Torino found a chance in the 67th minute when Boyer burst into the box to create a penalty, but Belotti's shot was saved by Guilherme and missed a good chance to extend the score. What's even more tragic is that Boyer was also in unbearable pain because he was shoveled down his right ankle, and was replaced by Edra ahead of schedule, but fortunately, the injury was not serious and he could recover in five or six days.

In the 84th minute, Goldaniga sent Benasi's corner into the top corner of the home goal, giving Torino a 3-1 away victory, eliminating the Russian Premier League leaders with a huge 7-1 aggregate score and advancing to the quarterfinals.

Five and a half hours later, the remaining seven matches had their own results, with the first leg winners holding on for the most part. Arsenal beat Lazio 3-1 at home and beat the Blue Eagles in both legs; In addition, Atletico Madrid, Marseille, RB Leipzig and other five major league teams are also strongly promoted, only Dortmund failed to turn the tables away and was eliminated by the Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg. Sporting lost 2-0 away to Czech side Viktoria Plzen and went into extra time in a 2-2 draw, before the visitors scored the winning goal in the 105th minute. CSKA was the only team to complete the comeback on the day, beating Lyon 3-2 away to secure the last eight spots on away goals.

On Friday afternoon, UEFA held the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and Europa League at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, which became the biggest news of the day.

In the Champions League, Barcelona and Bayern Munich each received a big package, and they drew Roma and Sevilla, two of their perceived weakest opponents, and almost guaranteed a place in the last four. The Premier League derby between Liverpool and Manchester City is naturally in the spotlight, but the encounter between Real Madrid and Juventus, the two champions and runners-up last season, has been the focus of the sports world in various countries in the past two days. Rumours that UEFA does not want Real Madrid to win a third consecutive title have also become a hot topic, considering that Juventus have won all of their matches against Real Madrid in the two-legged knockout rounds of the Champions League, everyone thinks that the defending champions are really sad this time.

After the results of the Europa League draw were announced, the eight teams from different countries were bittersweet. The situation of one team in each of the five major leagues means that there will be at least one set of strong matches, and as a result, RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and Marseille in Ligue 1 have unfortunately been recruited, with Atletico Madrid facing the formidable Sporting de Portugal and Arsenal drawing CSKA Moscow to leave the weakest-looking Red Bull Salzburg to Torino.

After Li Mudi learned of this result, he couldn't help but smile, gave the other six teams a big thumbs up, and shouted in his heart: "Interesting!" ”