Torino rebuilds Hellas Verona in the final and gets back in the race for Europe
Hellas Verona-Torino 1-2
Toro strike in Verona. Juric’s team beats Hellas Verona 2 to 1, in a comeback, boosting their hopes of re-entering the Europa zone in front of 24 thousand spectators. Conversely, the defeat greases those gialloblù of salvation with two matches to go. Standings: Torino 50, Verona 37. Next round (penultimate day): Torino-Milan (May 18, 8:45 p.m.), Salernitana-Verona (May 20, 6:30 p.m.).
First half. From the South Curve homage to the historic scudetto won by’Hellas Verona in the 1984-1985 season precisely on May 12, 1985 with the tie in Bergamo, exactly 39 years ago: “Campion l’è only one”. On the field, heat aside, a substantial balance is observed in which emotions are latent. 16’: free kick from the short side of the Granata area, bangs and rebounds, ball to Lazovic, conclusion deflected into the corner from which nothing springs.
On 26’: Noslin creates and header on Lazovic’s center but too weak the break to trouble Milinkovic Savic. As the minutes go by, Torino grows and often takes off with Bellanova, Zapata, Rodriguez. Zapata turns a header, correcting a corner, ball over the crossbar.
Start of resumption, same teams on the field. The usual Noslin (1’) gets rid of three opponents on the edge and kicks, Milinkovic stretches for a corner to no avail. Verona pushes but, Noslin aside, always misses in the conclusion. 6’: Bonazzoli centers for Lazovic, who fails to correct his header by a whisker to the granata extreme.
10’;: Juric inserts Pellegri, Linetty and Lazaro into Torino. 17’, Baroni’s countermoves: Swiderski, Suslov and Dani Silva. Suslov has the’1 to 0 on his foot, well served in the area by Noslin from the left: choked conclusion, ball wide. And again from the left, at 21’, here is the foray up to the back line by Serdar: low center for the newly entered Swiderski’s paw, 1 to 0 to the liberating scream of the Bentegodi.
Juric inserts Savva. On 28’ center from the right, Milinkovic Savic comes out empty, behind him Coppola’s breakaway ends up wide. Not two minutes pass that the Granata goalkeeper è miraculous on Suslov’s shot. Della Valle also enters the Torino side. At 32’ the newly entered 18-year-old Cypriot Savva corrects a center from the right, making it 1 to 1. Bentegodi fell silent.
Toro now è unleashed: Ricci forces Montipò to the deflection in the corner, then Pellegri’s breakaway ends over the crossbar. 36’: inside Vinagre in the’Hellas. 37’: Pellegri invents a pool shot, making it 2-1 for Torino. Bentegodi frozen. Baroni inserts Henry. Suslov forces Milinkovic Savic to deflect, Coppola rebounds wide.
.
Hellas corner at 44’: Henry jumps higher than anyone, makes it 2 to 2 but the referee cancels for a foul by the Frenchman. Five minutes of recovery. Hellas forward with the force of desperation.;, Toro resists. Triple whistle: Verona-Torino 1-2.
