The icing on the cake, the one Ivan Juric spoke about in the press conference, could be the Conference League. Torino does not relax, unlike Milan, and in the penultimate round of the championship they give the Rossoneri a hat trick thanks to goals from Zapata, Ilic and Rodriguez. The Granata thus climb to ninth place, overtaking Napoli, and now dream of Europe: if Fiorentina wins the Conference, ninth place will also be good. At the Olimpico Grande Torino it ends 3-1 (Milan’s goal from Bennacer, on a penalty) and with 90′ remaining in the championship Juric feels the possibility of returning to Europe.
The fans’ protest
Even before the kick-off, the fans’ protest against Torino, understood as a team (therefore footballers) and club, begins in the stands. “We want to conquer Europe. But Cairo and the pieces of s**t have to go!”. This is the text of the banner displayed in Curva Maratona. The reference, in addition to the one directed at the presidency, goes to the video circulated after the Superga anniversary in which derogatory comments were heard from some Torino players on the bus. When the referee Feliciani starts the match, the protest becomes even more heated, with a series of chants in the name of Cairo, who is asked to sell the club.
One-two, all in the head
On the pitch, meanwhile, the script is the same. That is, with a Toro who plays with great intensity, pressuring the carrier, trying to defend and restart. Milan plays the game, they make themselves dangerous with both Pulisic and Okafor, but nothing special. The Rossoneri were much worse in defense, especially with the central defenders, who forgot that they had the best header in the championship, Zapata, against them, leaving him all alone and the Colombian scored the 1-0 from a cross from Rodriguez. Then, in the 40th minute, it was 2-0, again with a gore: this time it was Ilic who was forgotten by Pioli’s rearguard and on Bellanova’s cross the former Verona player had plenty of time to direct the header into the corner . This is how Taurus sees Europe.
Milan, another cold shower
Not even time to start the first half before Torino’s third goal arrives. Tomori falls asleep and gets the ball blown away by Pellegri, then Rodriguez does everything, giving himself a great night as an ex: left-footed outside-neck at the top corner, uncatchable for Sportiello, for the hat-trick of grenades. Another cold shower for Milan, who then tried to react and a few minutes later hit the crossbar with Pulisic, his best.