The pasillo de honor tribute to Italian champions Inter and a good first half were not enough to save Sunday’s Turin. In fact, the Granatas gave way to the league leaders and greeted a celebrating San Siro with a 2-0 defeat, a result that was far too heavy compared to a performance that, at least until the start of the second half, was not at all displeased.
In ten it’s more complicated. What decided the match, beyond Calhanoglu’s brace, was the key episode that occurred at the beginning of the second half, when Adrien Tameze he knocks Mkhitaryan out when he throws it to the net. Inevitable – even if not everyone agrees – the yellow card waved by referee Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, as well as the 5 on the report card for the midfielder, who up until then had been one of the best on the pitch.
Juric doesn’t argue and looks to the future. Speaking at the press conference, the short coach spoke about the episode: “I think that Torino did well in the first half. The team was certainly there, then after the expulsion everything became more difficult – explained Juric – from Turin expects more and I think it’s right. I think it remains a difficult start, then very good for a few months with some games dominated and not won. It remains a positive feeling, we have developed many young players and it remains an interesting base to strengthen ‘It’s a base that we created with the various Ricci, Bellanova, Buongiorno, Ilic, various players who in the president’s mind have a great future for Torino.”
