The president: “When our number 10 turns, the team is different.” And on the transfer market: “We’re working for a striker. We’ll do things right”
“How wonderful” one might whisper on a grenade night that is a spectacle. And which looks so much like a prize to hold tightly in your hands for a process of growth, change, even innovation, which has been running between Philadelphia and Grande Torino for almost two months. “How” wonderful, playing with that Guevarian scratch that the Scot’s mother wanted to stick on him from birth. So yes, because yesterday Torino showcased a dream couple on a very sweet night: the instinct for Che Adams’ amazing goal, the star that shines very brightly in Nikola Vlasic in the world championship. “Vlasic really had a great game – commented the president of Torino, Urbano Cairo -: when he turns, Toro is different. When I saw that he touched the first ball perfectly, I said ‘he will have a great game'” . If the Granatas offer gigantic offensive production in ninety minutes (18 total shots, 2 goals, 1 post, 1 crossbar), there is a lot of Adams and Vlasic. “Good game, one of the best Toro players of the season – underlines president Cairo -: he was a great Toro, we could have scored many goals. We are growing well”.
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It’s also the night of firsts. That of Adams’ first Italian double, his first goals of 2025. Adams is the first Toro player to score multiple goals in Serie A after Zapata (it happened in April, when the Colombian scored two against Empoli). Now the haul says 7 goals in the championship, in total there are 8 with the Granata (there is also one in the Italian Cup). Adams is Vanoli’s scorer of the season. “No really, I didn’t expect to be Toro’s top scorer already in January – says the Scotsman -. But I always believe in it. I work hard every day to be ready”. And then he broadens the horizon, because beyond the goals there is the convincing victory. “This is an important victory, I am very happy for the goals and this result.” And what if this first Italian season becomes his best in his entire career? “I hope so, in fact I really hope so – says Adams -. In the meantime, let’s try to collect as many victories as possible. Then if it becomes the best of my career, I will be very happy”.
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An Adams in bomber jacket format corresponds to a Vlasic in full version. He told it to the Gazzetta two days ago, “now the old Nikola is back”, he said, and last night he kept his word. In the end, while Grande Torino celebrated a well-deserved home victory, President Cairo also took to the pitch to embrace his Croatian star. And before leaving the stadium, the club’s number one also took stock of the transfer market: “I want to do things, but I have to do intelligent things: there are many negotiations underway, now we need to close some of them. The objective is to do a good thing that functions. In defense we are well registered, in midfield too, we need a striker, but we are working to do it.”
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