In the statistics of the whole game, except for the excellent scoring chance, the rest of the statistics are dominated by the away team, but there is a big difference from the final result. The possession rate was 60.6% and the team had 39.4%, the number of shots on goal was 23 to 17, the number of shots on target was 9 to 8, the number of fouls was 12 to 12, the number of yellow cards was 3 to 5, and the success rate of passes and crosses was also the upper hand of AC Milan, but they failed to take advantage of these advantages and suffered a defeat on the road.

The club's new owner, Li Yonghong, who watched the game from the stands, had a serious face, and he knew that if he could not invest a huge amount of money in a major change and promotion of the current team, it would be difficult for the Rossoneri to take back the crown and glory from the hands of the league hegemon, which also laid the groundwork for AC Milan's aggressive recruitment in the summer of 2017.

At the press conference after the game, Li Mudi spoke highly of the opponent in this game: "AC Milan is the symbol of Italian football, and it is one of the clubs with the largest number of fans, the largest popularity and the best competitive performance in the world. We played the perfect first 30 minutes and it seemed like no team could get away from our eyes. However, for me personally, I still appreciate the performance of this opponent when they are three goals down, they did not give up the belief of equalizing or even overtaking, but actively adjusted their form and fought us hand-to-hand with tenacious will. The end result has been seen as well, they almost accomplished another miracle, so allow me to pay tribute to Coach Montella and his players for showing me the qualities that a strong team should have, urging the Red Bulls to work harder on the road to revival. ”

He then commented on Belotti, who topped the scorer chart with 19 goals: "There is no doubt that Andrea is the best centre-forward in Italian football today, and he is in the top three or even the first place in the whole continent, at least in my eyes. Messi and Ronaldo? They weren't serious centre-forwards, and although they scored a lot of goals, they couldn't always be at the front of the pack to help their teammates take the pressure off their defence. What are other teams concerned about? It's normal, there is no shortage of suitors for good players, and it's hard to say what will happen in the future, but I can tell you that in this period, at least ten top clubs want to bring him in, including Real Madrid and Barcelona. Arsenal? Yes, they quoted the price the other day, I remember the staff informed me, 65 million euros, but it was rejected at that time. I'm glad that Andrea signed a new contract with the club not long ago with a release clause of 100 million euros, so Chairman Cairo should not sell him for less than that, but if any team is really willing to pay the release fee, then we have no choice. ”

Another issue that has attracted widespread attention is the contract between Li Mudi and Torino, the team's results far exceed the outside world's predictions before the season, the coaching ability of the Celestial Empire has been recognized by the vast majority of football people in Europe, and there are only five and a half months left before the contract expires, and there have been some news of the team's interest in it in recent times.

Li Mudi, who had been avoiding such questions before, did not want to bring unstable effects to the teams that were concentrating on competing for the top five in the league, so he responded with a serious face: "I don't know where to start, you media are really flattering that you media are concerned about my work next season." However, I have left all the contract-related matters to my agent Gines, who has not recently notified me of the contract extension or other team matters, so your previous reports are all false. I love Torino and I think I can lead this team to progress, so I really want to stay, but it's still uncertain, and I'm not hiding it once it's decided, I'll let you know as soon as it's decided. ”

In fact, the Torino club has been discussing a new contract with Ginés, but their bid still does not meet the psychological bottom line of the Spanish predators, so the two sides have not been able to make any progress. However, the Spaniard is not afraid that his partner of the Celestial Empire will not be able to find the next job, because Li Mudi's popularity continues to rise in the Celestial Empire, Gines's office there has gradually opened up the situation, and has obtained a number of sports cooperation projects between the Celestial Empire and the West, and has even recently participated in the affairs of serving as the overseas broker of the Celestial Empire players. As the Tianchao League has entered the preparation stage for the new season, he has also received invitations from many domestic clubs to hire Li Mudi as coach, and the price is very expensive.

The Torino coach is still a little resistant to returning to China to coach, after all, the environment is really bad, football matches will be subject to all kinds of external interference many times, and it is very likely that he will be scrapped when he goes back, and he will never be able to return to the mainstream European football circle. But when I heard from my agent that a super team had offered Mihajlovic a contract three times higher than his annual salary two days ago, he was still shocked and couldn't close his mouth, and at the same time sighed in his heart: It's too TM and a tyrant, maybe one day every team can really get a world-class coach and brush up the B grid.

After returning to the apartment, Li Mudi also had to log in to the online platform to do a live broadcast, thinking that netizens would discuss the gains and losses of the game with him as before, and then chat about the development of football. Who knew that a large number of fans in the entertainment industry were crowded into the live broadcast room, except for a small number of people who were insulting him for "toad wants to eat swan meat" or telling him to "get out of the way and stay away from their goddess", the vast majority of people have been asking about various details of "Lin Li Lian", turning this sports live broadcast into a gossip show, which made the Turin coach really cry and laugh.

After picking out some questions that are not too sensitive and answering, Li Mudi specially interacted with two real fans, and hurriedly ended today's live webcast. After washing up, lying on the bed and swiping SNS to prepare for rest, he couldn't help but think carefully about the relationship between him and Lin Yun'er now. Although it is not 100% certain, Li Mudi still feels that the other party has indeed become an indispensable spiritual partner in his heart, and in this period of contact, he also faintly feels that he will be a very special existence on the other side, so does the two have a chance to bring the relationship one step closer? Before falling asleep, his mind had been analyzing the possible outcome, but unfortunately, if he didn't try this kind of thing in reality, even Sherlock Holmes couldn't find the answer.

The team still did not get a vacation the next day, because they were going to Milan to play a cup match on the evening of the 19th, so there were only two days left for Torino to adjust their condition and practice tactics. After a meeting with the members of the coaching staff, the head coach decided to focus on the league, due to the Coppa Italia seeding system, so that a team like Torino that was outside the top eight last season after entering the main competition, each round of the opponent is very strong, plus the luck of the red bull is also bad enough, two consecutive rounds of the two biggest giants, the promotion situation is too difficult. With this kind of hellish schedule, there are not many strong teams in the whole of Europe who dare to say how sure they can get through, let alone Turin, which has just improved, so the cup was abandoned.

As mentioned earlier, there are two main ways to qualify for next season's European competition in some of Europe's major leagues, one is to finish in the top few places in the league standings (the specific ranking requirements are determined by the number of European places allocated to the league by UEFA), and the other is to win the domestic cup, which will directly qualify for the group stage of the Europa League. Li Mudi wanted to do both things before, he wanted to grasp both hands, and once there was an accident on one road, there was a way out. However, the reality has ruthlessly told him that with the current squad of the Torino team, it is really impossible to do both, and if the main team is sent to fight the Rossoneri again on Wednesday night, the league game away to Bologna next weekend will definitely be greatly affected.

The Padrees, nicknamed the Padrees, are currently in 15th place at the table with just 23 points, but apart from the 19th round of the league with AC Milan, which was postponed due to the latter's trip to Doha for the Italian Super Cup, they have won two and lost one of their last three league games, and their form has improved significantly. Defensively, in particular, three of the last four games have kept a clean sheet, and if Belotti and other frontcourt cores are not in good form or even unable to play, then Torino are likely to come back with a feather. The Red Bulls will next face Gasperini's Atalanta, which is also an important matchup that Li Muddy has been obsessed with revenge after the defeat in the first round, and it is also a direct dialogue between two rivals who have the strength to compete for Champions League tickets, and there can be no difference in any case.

Therefore, under the pressure of all kinds of difficulties, the Torino coach still reluctantly chose to give up the cup and concentrate all his energy on Serie A. And if it really makes it to the European competition next season, it may be more of a headache for the Red Bulls, whose lineup is still too thin, and the pace of strengthening will be faster, and there will be another big change. However, it will have a great impact on the previous run-in of the players, and it is really difficult to do anything, and clubs that are not traditional giants or local tyrants will encounter such problems, once they do not grasp this balance, they will repeat the mistakes of those teams who have entered the European competition and have fallen sharply in the ranking of their home leagues or even relegated.

In fact, the situation of the Red Bulls is still very delicate, the difficulty in the cup has just been said, and although it has temporarily surpassed AC Milan in the league to return to the fifth place, Montella's team is one less round, and their opponent in the supplementary match is Bologna, and the probability of winning is still very large, which means that the current position of the Torino team is not stable. Li Mudi's decision to abandon the cup and protect the league is a bit risky, but the strength of the team is there, and if he is forced to fight on two fronts, the consequences are very likely to be empty, so it is very wise to decisively choose a strong man to break his wrist.

Out of the desire to entice Montella to send all of his squad in midweek and cause some physical problems for AC Milan's post-AC league games, Li Muddy did not expose the idea of sending substitutes to anyone but the coaching staff, and still set up the program in the daily training routine, but just practiced a penalty. And after this link was detected by some well-intentioned people, it was inevitable that rumors would be spread in some media and networks that the Celestial Empire people planned to defend to the end and then win the chance to advance by competing for luck, which also played a role in interfering with the opponent's tactical arrangement.

On the evening of January 18, the Torino coach led the 23-man squad to Milan by bus, and they booked a hotel near the Su Ning Sports Training Center, where the team will borrow Inter Milan's training ground for the final warm-up and pre-match sports during the day. And Li Mudi and Inter's current coach Stefano Pioli also had lunch together in their canteen, and the other party has been surprisingly good after taking over the coaching whip left by Frank de Boer, with 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in 10 league games, especially the last five games, which is one of the best teams in recent times.

The Nerazzurri sat at home last night and welcomed Bologna, who have been highly featured in the quarter-finals in Italy, only to be held to a 2-2 draw by their opponents after 120 minutes of rest, but luckily won the favor of Lady Luck in the penalty shoot-out and successfully advanced to the next round 5-3. The two of them had an hour-long exchange on the current league situation and the same opponent AC Milan between the two sides, and the atmosphere in the dining room was still very harmonious, and the rumors that Li Mudi was favored by the new owner of Inter Milan Chairman Zhang to coach the team were also completely calm at this time.

In his pre-match press conference, the Torino boss did not admit that the two sides would form a new rival, and that he and Montella had a very friendly relationship, with several national team teammates in both teams, and Pinsuri had a good relationship, so the rivalry did not go beyond the usual boundaries. As for the other party's desire to poach Belotti, Li Mudi directly said that the clause of 100 million liquidated damages is only applicable to foreign clubs, and if the Italian team wants to buy red Beibei, I am afraid that Chairman Cairo will shout out a high price that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

The atmosphere of the whole press conference was relatively harmonious, and even the "Milan Sports Newspaper", which has always been willing to disagree with the people of the Heavenly Dynasty, did not ask any excessive questions, but when the starting lists of both sides were announced, they may regret not embarrassing that guy just now.