The Granata president promotes his team: “In the end we could have achieved even more. Ricci was very good, Maripan is doing well, Karamoh is truly generous”
A Taurus like this also made him proud. “It was a derby like Toro, it was a good derby: I’m really happy”, reflects the president of Torino, Urbano Cairo, before leaving the Olimpico Grande Torino stadium on a night in which the granata could also have placed the shot from three points against the Old Lady. “It was a derby with a lot of right spirit, with pride and the desire to do well. So I would say good: I’m satisfied – continues the Granata number one -. Clearly, we wanted to do more but I’m satisfied: it went well” .
the analysis
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On derby night, President Cairo addresses many topics. We start with the analysis of the race. “At the beginning, the match went badly because of that goal conceded immediately. Among other things, it is a goal that should never be conceded – continues Cairo -. Fortunately, Vlasic scored a good goal afterwards. I It seems like it was a good match played with a lot of desire. Maybe in the end, in the very last minute, we could have even achieved more…” The derby ended with many positive things for Toro and the eve began on Friday with Ciccio Graziani’s visit to Philadelphia (invited by Cairo) which made the fans’ hearts beat. “We also had Ciccio Graziani come – says Urbano Cairo -: he called me, I told him ‘come and give a message to the players’. The coach was very happy that he was coming, so he came and did something short but very effective “.
the individuals
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President Cairo has compliments and praise for many. And it starts with Samuele Ricci, one of the best together with Vlasic among the Granata players. “Ricci was very good, very good! I’m very happy with his match.” Maripan emerges from this derby with his head held high: “Maripan has been doing well for a few weeks: he has found his form, as was also seen against Parma. He has a great personality”. Nice words for Karamoh: “He has great generosity, and it showed with that ball given to Vlasic.” And lots of praise for Vlasic, the hero of the derby. “I’m very happy that Vlasic has unblocked himself. He is truly the litmus test of Toro’s performances. I remember that when we beat Napoli and Atalanta 3-0, he had always played great games. When Vlasic is on the ball, like in this derby, he makes the difference for us. He is a very important player and now he is starting to do well.”
NEGOTIATIONS
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January is the month of the repair market and Toro is very active, with its technical director Davide Vagnati, looking for the right additions. “I’ve always had the desire to strengthen Toro, I’ve never lost it and I still have it – confirms Cairo -. It’s not that it’s gone away from me, far from it… I’m focused. Clearly, we are in January which is a difficult month for negotiations, because you want to sign players and maybe some teams don’t give them to you, maybe because they decide to make other operations. Without naming names, but things can be read: a club sells a player. and then the other one doesn’t sell. And you always have to stay be careful to carry out operations that are not out of logic”. Taurus is carefully exploring the opportunities offered by such a complicated repair market. With the desire to offer Vanoli the appropriate reinforcements. “We have many conversations underway, we are thinking about many different things – concludes Urbano Cairo -. We hope to be able to do something that we like, and also to do it quickly. The objective is to do something that also has a future perspective. But January is a very complicated month: we did a big operation with Ricci in 2022, then we also did Ilic the following year. We are still at January 12th so there is time: we are working to do something well.”
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