Inter-Torino: the probable lineups

This week the Granata face the new Italian champions. A match between two teams now without objectives but which still does not lose its prestige.

Juric’s statements

Juric decides to open the pre-match press conference by analyzing the previous performance against Frosinone which ended 0-0: “Now we are all sad and disappointed with the performance against Frosinone, but after the derby we were enthusiastic about the performance and how the team attacked in the second half and how they played the previous matches against Monza and Udine and also with Empoli who I liked it a lot because the team had a very high level of play, of being on the pitch and of the intensity. We need to get back to doing that. We know that we will find Inter who are champions, Bologna who, for me, is the team that plays the best football in Italy, plays fantastically, and other strong teams but we have to get back to those levels and if we can do that we will be competitive. I hope to compete with all my next opponents.”

And on the possibility of Europe: “I’m definitely sorry about the points, but in reality there is still time to achieve this great goal by winning a few games. I think of the performance against Frosinone where we got a point like in the first leg and the draw might not be a tragedy. There were other matches which I said that I enjoyed even when we lost, like against Lazio, but where I saw beautiful things and, for me, the Torino fan should have been happy after Lazio. Even if we had won against Frosinone, if Zapata had scored, the performance would have been negative because after more than 20 games at a certain very high level we played a bad game, my big disappointment is this, it wasn’t my team nor in the possession phase nor in intensity, play and ideas and was passive. I didn’t like it, there was a general decline, my regret is for this. Then after that come the points and everything else.”