The president of Turin, Urban Cairoanalyzed the home success against Como (1-0) to the media immediately after the match. These are his statements collected by TMW: “It was a crazy match. I generally bring luck and I’m optimistic. I believe in Njie since his time with the Primavera, he’s a very good player who now has to keep his feet on the ground. He’s 19 years old, he has qualities and he really wanted to that goal. It wasn’t easy to score like that, not everyone has that desire. But now we’re down to earth.”
On the 4 consecutive defeats: “We stupidly got ourselves into trouble, I’m talking about psychological trouble because we lost 4 games in a row. Yet against Cagliari we were in control and could have won. Today we scored and defended the lead, we were good. The spirit for the next matches must be tonight’s match, a match in which everyone helped to avoid conceding goals.”
On what he said to the players: “You can’t say, I said yes to something.”
On the complaint against him: “Today I heard a first half without chants, then oh well… The Maratona was fantastic, it gave incredible support to the team and this made me really happy. Can it be mended? Of course it can. I accept everything, I’m a liberal. I think it’s not right, but football is also made up of these things. Sometimes certain presidents are challenged after winning a championship. On my part there is goodwill towards everyone, towards the curve and towards everyone.”
On the purchase of a new striker in January: “Njie is a striker that we bought today and it’s not bad, come on. We’ll make the transfer in due time.”
On Schuurs: “He is now in London to undergo rehabilitation with the surgeon who operated on him, the Premier’s number one. If we have a bit of luck he will be able to return. We won’t say when yet.”
On the renewal of Vagnati: “When we do things, I tell you.”
On Milinkovic-Savic once again decisive: “I have always believed in Vanja, I bought him many years ago and I have always supported him.”
On what it will be like to see Mister Juric again in the match against Roma: “I have a good relationship with Juric. It was a bit unusual, but in the end we understood each other. When he left he said goodbye and thanked me.”
On Belotti, Toro’s opponent on this occasion: “I met him, we greeted each other both upon arrival and after the match, but now we’re talking about history. I found him well, motivated, even if he didn’t do much on the pitch.”