TURIN. The bad defeat in Rome is fresh and still stings, but Toro has the opportunity to immediately redeem itself and above all provide the answers that Paolo Vanoli awaits after shaking up the team in Philadelphia. The final test is at the Grande Torino stadium, where this afternoon (3pm) the highly successful Fiorentina will be on stage for a challenge that the Granata cannot fail. There is a crisis of results to be repelled and self-esteem to be rediscovered after the 4 defeats in the last 5 matches: for this reason the coach is ready to change formation and men to make a breakthrough, also taking the example of the same Viola who took off when Palladino decided to change their tactical ideas after a false start. So Fiorentina won 6 games in a row, including 4 consecutive in the league against Milan and Roma at the Franchi in addition to the away games with Lecce and Genoa, scoring bunches of goals and thanking De Gea for the saves that are making the noble areas of the table worth it. Milinkovic-Savic is also giving great performances in Toro, they are the two goalkeepers with the most saves in this Serie A, but the Serbian has often been betrayed by friendly fire with a sensational series of defensive errors. This is also why Vanoli is asking for more concentration and personality, while today the hypothesis is to adopt the four-man defense with the variable trident where Njie and Vlasic will support the lone striker Sanabria (he is ahead of Adams). There is also news in midfield, with the relaunch of Tameze from the first minute and the call-up of Ilic, while there could be Sosa in the role of left back.
Toro is also holding on to the date of November 3rd (it has never lost in its history: 6 wins and 9 draws) and will not have to waste mental energy thinking about Saturday’s derby, but it will also have to isolate itself from the climate of protest that is once again mounting among the fans. Today new protests are expected at the stadium against Urbano Cairo, who yesterday attended the team’s training together with his son Giuseppe as he had already done before the victory over Como. The president was also the object of a macabre and shameful intimidation the previous night, given that a cardboard cross and a black coffin were hung in the Philadelphia with his funeral poster where the words “Rest in pain” appeared. The Digos of Turin is investigating the episode, while security measures will be strengthened. In recent weeks, protest banners had been hung, as well as anti-Cairo stickers scattered around the city, but without ever descending into this incivility.
