Coach Vanoli: “The 1-0 goal cut our legs, but I’m certainly not one to give up: I’m a warrior and I’m moving forward. Karamoh? Whoever deserves to play with me…”
Torino president Urbano Cairo leaves the stadium just after 5.40pm. “Good game, unfortunately we conceded that goal in the seventieth minute that you should never concede. Merry Christmas to everyone” was his comment, before leaving the Olimpico in the car. The Granata were defeated in the match against Bologna without replicating last week’s success in Empoli, where Che Adams had decided with a masterpiece from midfield.
Looking ahead
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This time, Toro was punished by a defensive inattention that led to Dallinga’s goal and then by Pobega’s late shot. A painful defeat, even if Paolo Vanoli tries to look forward. “I’m certainly not one to give up – the coach’s words -. I’m a warrior and I move forward. I try to give 110% and if that’s not enough I give 120%. I’ve never given up in anything I’ve done and I don’t I will certainly do it now.” Then the Granata coach moved on to analyze the match. “Ours was a good first half, but we weren’t clinical on occasions. The big regret is that we couldn’t concede a goal like that and I’m obviously talking about the 1-0. That episode cut our legs a bit From then on we tried to take it back, but our reaction was one of confusion, without giving continuity to what we had done at the beginning ‘we have also done stay in the match until the end: 1-0 can always be recovered. Instead, after conceding a goal, we stretched out, we threw long shots to look for an opening. We could certainly have thought better, then the second goal ended the match against a strong opponent. Bologna qualified for the Champions League last year and by playing that competition they grew.”
Insist
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Torino, who will return to the pitch on Sunday 29th in Udine, yesterday threw a lot of balls into the area, which however were not exploited by the attackers. Among them, Sanabria disappointed again, still without scoring (he hasn’t scored since October 20th, since the match against Cagliari) and appeared removed from the game. “Tonny is an important player for us – continues Vanoli -, without Zapata he has taken on responsibilities and now his personality must emerge. There are no problems, but more is expected from players like him. And he knows it too. It’s clear that when Duvan was there we had another way of playing, but that’s another matter.” Vanoli instead praised the performance of Karamoh, starting for the second match in a row after Empoli, Gineitis and Pedersen. “Whoever deserves to play with me, I proved it with Karamoh who played an excellent game. I also liked Gineitis and Pederson. All the boys are giving a lot. But it’s not enough: we need to give more.”
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