Another defeat, again by 3 to 2: a film already seen for Torino that developed today in Cagliari, after the defeats suffered by the same score against Inter and before that Lazio. Torino had not lost three games in a row in Serie A since October 2022. In particular, the Opta data highlight how the Granata have collected three top-flight matches with at least three goals conceded for the first time since November 2020 (four in that case ).
At the end of today’s match, Vanoli said on the defensive phase to Sky Sport: “We have to be more careful. We were good at equalizing and recovering, then after the lead we immediately suffered Cagliari’s skill on dead balls. I had asked my team they played a man’s game. However, we have to be better, smarter and more focused. The team’s performance was excellent, which hasn’t happened in a while rewarded a lot sometimes and now less.”
Then again, on the improvement of the defensive phase: “You improve by working, also given the many changes we have made in the squad compared to last year. Adams and Sanabria did really well up front tonight. We have to improve in the defensive phase, because we lose the man or we are not very attentive. We have lacked that something extra that we all have to give, even more so in this period of absences and difficulties”.