Sassuolo-Turin 0-1: Pjaca, a scream in the Emilian night

It is a bull of applause that gives continuity to the success against Salernitana and snatches three very heavy points at Mapei Stadium against Sassuolo, winning in Emilia for the first time since 2014. A deserved victory for the Juric gang: Sassuolo dominated at home with an excellent performance by the grenade, which touched the goal several times and unlocked it in the final with a right-footed shot from Pjaca. An authoritative and capital proof that can only increase the team’s confidence in view of the rest of the championship.

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THE CHRONICLE – Juric sides with the usual 3-4-2-1 but changes a lot compared to the formation that took the field against Salernitana. Milinkovic-Savic confirmed among the posts, while in defense the novelty is the return of Djidji instead of Zima to complete the trio with Bremer (today also captain) and Rodriguez. A change also on the outside, with the more physical Aina in place of Ansaldi on the left and Singo once again on the right. In the middle of the field, however, the exclusion of Mandragora in favor of the new couple Lukic-Pobega stands out. Behind Sanabria, the only striker available, Juric chooses instead to launch Praet and Brekalo from 1 ‘. The grenades start well immediately and at 6 ‘Pobega touches the post with a left from outside. On the opposite tip it is instead the wood that stops Frattesi at the end of a counterattack by the hosts. So Bremer is immediately forced to spend a card to stop Raspadori. This is in fact the only opportunity for Sassuolo in the first half. At 16 ‘another goal ball for Toro, but Sanabria kicks badly with the left-handed from the edge of the area. So it is still the grenades who are one step away from the advantage: Brekalo’s excellent pocket for Sanabria who overcomes Consiglio with a dig but the neroverde defense saves on the line. A minute passes and Brekalo sets up on his own, tries his right to turn but hits the inside post; on the rebound the hosts save themselves in the corner. At 30 ‘it is Sassuolo who find the goal with Djuricic, but the linesman signals the Serbian attacking midfielder’s offside (slightly, but there is the offside). The grenades are again close to 0-1 with Bremer, who enters the area but finds Consigli ready who deflects for a corner. On the developments he detaches Sanabria and Maxime Lopez saves on the line. At 43 ‘it is again the post that denies Praet the goal on a jab with his left slightly deflected by Consiglio. A first half that therefore sees the grenades impress favorably: one figure is eloquent, it was since April 2017 that Torino had not hit two woods in the first half of Serie A (against Udinese in that case). We therefore go to rest on the draw: the Toro only missed the goal.

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ACCORDING TO WEATHER – The first chance of recovery is once again grenade: Praet finds Brekalo who kicks high from a good position. At 51 ‘Juric the Ansaldi card is immediately played, on the field for the yellow card Aina. Then the yellow is also triggered for Rodriguez, forced to foul to stop Berardi’s restart. At 59 ‘Pobega loses a bad ball, which knocks out Berardi giving Sassuolo a dangerous free-kick from the edge. The black-green exterior appears on the ball and hits the barrier in full. At 63 ‘comes a bad tile for Toro, forced to replace Praet for a muscle problem: in his place on the field Linetty. So Dionisi took advantage of it for a triple substitution: in Scamacca, Traoré and Kyriakopoulos for Raspadori, Rogerio and Boga. At 71 ‘Lukic devours the goal of the advantage on another hole from Brekalo: the Serbian midfielder jumps Tips but slips too much and kicks on the outside of the net. Dionisi therefore opts to send Harroui to Frattesi. Juric plays the last changes in the 76th minute: in Pjaca for Brekalo, Mandragora for Pobega and Vojvoda for Singo. The goal of the well-deserved advantage comes in the 83rd minute with Pjaca, who on an assist from Mandragora penetrates the area and beats Consiglio with a perfect right-footed turn that slips into the low corner. A goal packaged by the new entrants that sent the guest sector of the Mapei Stadium into raptures. The move of Dionisi’s desperation is Defrel, on the pitch for Djuricic. At 90 ‘Sassuolo tries on a corner kick, but Milinkovic is very reactive in rejecting Ferrari, saving the advantage. At the second of five minutes of recovery Mandragora tries from outside: high ball. Then Djidji also gets a warning, who clings to Scamacca to stop a restart. And with a left from Mandragora near the intersection comes the triple whistle. It therefore ends with a more than deserved victory for the grenades, who unleashed an excellent performance and beat Mapei Stadium with a result that is absolutely tight. The prospects for this team now look absolutely promising.

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