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Torino nightmare, Marco Baroni doesn’t mince words

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Already coming off three previous league defeats, interspersed only by the Coppa Italia success over Roma, Torino experienced a nightmarish day at the Sinigaglia in Como, being outclassed from the opening whistle to the final one and closing with as many as six goals to their credit, without scoring any. Speaking at a press conference after the match, Torino coach Marco Baroni tried to interpret the reasons for a humiliating day, from a sporting point of view, for the Granata’environment.

“I take responsibility for this defeat – said Baroni, bluntly -I do not think about the absentees, we faced a stronger and brighter team than us, mentally and physically. After the penalty we practically walked off the field. I am not disappointed with the players, I take it on myself: I am the person who has to find solutions”. Baroni then confirmed that he had heard from the club and had no doubts about his future on the bench: “I have never felt so much confidence, they even reiterated it to me” he said.

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Como overwhelms Torino with a clear 6-0 in a dominant performance from'beginning to end.
An afternoon to forget for Marco Baroni's team, put in great difficulty by Cesc Fabregas'eleven.
The hosts set off in full with high and continuous pressing that produced chances from the first minutes.

At'8' the lead arrives: Douvikas signs the'1-0 with a low diagonal shot that deflected ends up in the net.
Torino struggles to set up, appears inaccurate and suffers the speed of the Larian game. Paleari asks for help but receives little of it.
At 16' Baturina finds the double and fuels the Sinigaglia'enthusiasm.
The'referee Feliciani after video check awards a penalty to Como in the second half.
Lucas Da Cunha kicks left under the'cross for 3-0, Paleari guesses but fails to intervene.
On Baturina’s assist, Douvikas easily finds the 4-0 further sinking a struggling Torino.
Nicolas Kühn, who just entered the field, from the edge of the area scored the fifth goal, beating Paleari with a precise left-footed shot and once again slotting into the Granata goal.
The match closes with the 6-0 signed by Caqueret who controls at the edge and kicks right.
Caqueret’s goal comes accomplice to a wrong postponement by Casadei that favors Como’s'action.
For Torino the triple whistle finally arrives, while Como celebrates a crushing victory.

The granata coach also explained what was said to the fans who arrived from Turin at the end of the game: “We apologized, simply. What else could we say? After a game like that you just have to apologize”. Baroni, therefore, did not look for alibis: “We could say we had several close games but we have resources and energy to deal with this kind of situation. The ranking? We realize the risks. We have to compact, for the years I have I know what it takes to come out of these situations”.

Torino, after 22 league games, has accumulated 23 points, scoring 21 goals and conceding 40, making it at the final whistle of the match against Como the worst defense in the entire Serie A. The calendar places in front of the granata on Sunday, Feb. 1, a real salvation challenge against Lecce, in the ‘lunch match’ of the 23rd day.

The granata have so far experienced an anonymous season in the league, but are still active on the Coppa Italia front, a trophy won five times, the last of which was in the 1992-1993 season. Toro, in the Cup, has beaten Modena, Pisa and Roma, and in the quarterfinals will face Atalanta, in the same part of the table that also features Bologna and Lazio.

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