Turin 1-2 Venice: goals from Brekalo, Haps and Crnigoj

by our correspondent Mario Pagliara

February 12
– TURIN

Venezia gives themselves a magical night and wins 2-1 in a comeback at the home of a Toro in the second consecutive defeat. Haps responds to the advantage of Brekalo, then Crnigoj signs the overtaking at the start of the second half. The mistake of the referee team is very heavy and in the 90th minute, resorting to the Var, takes away the 2-2 to Belotti, who returned to the field after the injury on November 28th. After a long check and also reviewing the action on the monitor, the referee Giua judges Pobega’s position in an offside position, which was however completely irrelevant because Belotti will score the goal. Serious mistake that condemns the Bull. Okereke sent off in injury time. In any case, regardless of the refereeing error, a bad night for Juric’s team, never so dull in a home game in this league.

FROM BREKALO TO HAPS

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He wanted a fierce start, Ivan Juric, and he finds it from the very first minutes. Sealed by Josip Brekalo’s shot. Certainly he did not expect a last quarter of an hour of the first half so sleepy, which gives the possibility to Venice to rise from high tide and to place the same with Haps. Furious and aggressive bull in the first twenty minutes. The Croatian pair of attacking midfielders Brekalo-Pjaca seems inspired and benefits from the fluidity of the grenade maneuver. Aggression is the trademark of the Juric project and it shows from the beginning. After three minutes a foray by Linetty (finished just wide) provides the first thrill of the evening. Just two minutes pass and Toro immediately puts a wheel forward: Ampadu and Haps are imperfect in defending, Singo is instead precise in serving the assist, even more so is Brekalo’s full right neck, impregnable for Lezzerini (for the Croatian sixth league goal). At the top of the half hour the race decreases in intensity, the Bull tries to control and perhaps here he makes the biggest mistake of naivety. Because the Venice on the first useful counterattack signs the same: it is 39 ‘, Crnigoj’s cross passes under the nose of Milinkovic (who does not come out) and Haps in the race, lost by Djidji, brings Turin and Venice on one by one all ‘interval.

OVERTAKING

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When the recovery begins, a flash of Venice means overtaking. Twenty-nine seconds pass, Aramu bowl a strong ground ball in the center of the area on which Crnigoj slingshots: his racing car ends up at the intersection. It is the 1-2 of Zanetti’s team. The competitive fury of Toro at the start of the game is hard to find, a conclusion from outside the area by Rodriguez (15 ‘, on the scoreboards) tries to shake the grenade. At 26 ‘Belotti returns to the field, replacing Sanabria, missing since November 28th. And when everything seems over, in the ninetieth, from a free kick by Ansaldi stands out in the Venezia Belotti area that scores the 2-2 goal. The joy lasts very little because the Var, after a very long check, cancels Pobega’s offside position.