Nice first half at the Castellani for the start of the 16th matchday of Serie A Empoli And Turin. Teams lined up with similar tactical attitudes, the result has not yet been broken after 45 minutes despite the fact that there has certainly been no shortage of opportunities on both sides, with the two teams ultimately dividing themselves in the inertia of the match and also scoring opportunities created.
The first part of the half was all about Empoli, with D’Aversa’s attackers lively and able to get two out of three Granata defenders booked in the first 10 minutes. Ismajli had a goal disallowed for charging the goalkeeper, Colombo and Anjorin tried without much luck. Then, from half time, Torino gets up and comes very close to scoring first with the introduction of Ricci and then with that of Sanabria, but goalkeeper Vasquez is very good in both situations.
The final call is still Empoli’s, with the free kick from the edge of the area won by Sebastiano Esposito: the former Inter player himself takes charge of the serve, but his ball does not create any particular problems for Milinkovic-Savic also thanks to the block. From there to the end of the first half nothing else happens, with Empoli and Torino returning to the locker rooms with the result 0-0.