Fiorentina: the Church invents, Castrovilli notes. A great Sirigu is not enough for Toro

From our correspondent Nicola Cecere

September 19th
– Florence

The start of the new championship turns purple. Thanks to a blink of the Church capitalized by the Castrovilli jewel, Iachini’s training places Turin in a clear deficit of athletic readiness: and no wonder. Giampaolo’s team, penalized during the preparation by the covid and other setbacks, holds on in the first part and then literally collapses in the second, where too many disappear from the field. In that first part played even, there is greater pressure from the Viola constantly neutralized, however, by Toro’s horizontal dribbling, which lacks the verticalizations to be able to do damage. When Linetty manages to invent a pass to the area for Berenguer, the Spaniard’s immediate shot would be lethal without the reactivity of Dragowski, who arches to repel the ball (22 ‘). This is not the first goal ball and there will not be the last of a first fraction in which the rhythms cannot take off due to the great heat and the very short supply of both teams: you play in forty meters and then you find the ideas in space it is practically impossible. The only exception is Biraghi.

The danger on the left

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The former Inter winger runs his left-handed lane with continuity and good results to the center. He puts several, insidious and precise and the attacker who manages to benefit from it is always the elusive Kouame, capable of taking the time of the grenade defenders but not inexorable in the subsequent aerial conclusion. In the first attempt he knocked out (18 ‘), but on the other two occasions he frames the goal and here it is Sirigu who jumps into the spotlight with two decisive saves.

Sirigu’s exploits

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At 43 ‘the goalkeeper rejects as best he can, sending the ball to Ansaldi and then frustrating the Argentine’s own goal, without realizing the goal; At 46 ‘Sirigu arrives with a push from the kidneys to prevent the ball from crossing the white line just in extremis: a true miracle. At the beginning of the second part, Biraghi settles alone and decides to go shooting at Castrovilli’s suggestion. The conclusion is unstoppable but the net is canceled by the control Var: the violator starts offside (2 ‘). Shortly after, it is Kouame who bleeds the punctual center of Biraghi from the left again. Wrong target and also the offside position.

Zaza, what a mistake!

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At 16 ‘it is the Bull who can hit hard. Ribéry hastily shoots a free kick in his own field and ends up serving Zaza who can advance towards the violet gate protected only by Ceccherini who also has to worry about Belotti, who was freed from the left. Zaza only needs an elementary step of ten meters to send the Rooster face to face with Dragowski (17 ‘) but the suggestion is blatantly wrong. The violet answer is in a lunge of the Chiesa-Bonaventura tandem closed by a wide left. At 26 ‘it is Chiesa who sheds light on Ribery’s cue but the diagonal is wide.

The starting point of the Church

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The recovery is more exciting because the teams have stretched. The athletic preparation is imperfect and conditions a constant withdrawal from Turin that is unable to keep opponents away from its area. Iachini’s men seize the opportunity to break through. Chiesa makes good use of his speed by easily burning Ansaldi and sending a low cross to the opposite post where Castrovilli arrives in time for the tap-in. Toro’s reaction is on Zaza’s right hand single from the edge of the box. Then in the 94th minute there is a winning spin from Belotti but in a clearly offside position. Toast to Fiorentina.