Torino’s ‘penalty’ victory away from home, Sassuolo defeated 1-0

Great external shot byTorinowhich centers hissecond consecutive victory. Marco Baroni’s men conquer theMapei Stadiumextending the score 1-0Sassuoloin the match valid for the sixteenth day ofSerie A: decide un penaltytransformed byNikola Vlasic.

After just 7′ the hosts carved out a great chance with Cheddira who, from two steps, hit the crossbar: the action, however, was then canceled out foroffside. The pace of the race is not very high and the two teams prefer to maintain a rather cautious approach.

First half: penalty disallowed and opportunities missed

In the 22nd minute Calzavara scores apenalty ai grenadefor a foul by Doig on Adams. The match director, however, was called to VAR and after the review revoked the penalty for a previous foul by Tameze on Matic. Despite the canceled penalty, theTorinoThey also came close to taking the lead in the 30th minute with a conclusion from Zapata who, following Pedersen’s cross, fired high. At the end of the first half the game was fragmented due to several fouls, therefore the two teams went to rest on the partial0-0.

The restart and Vlasic’s decisive penalty

At the beginning of the second half theSassuolohe immediately builds a couple of good chances with two shots from Volpato, but the first ends just wide and the second is easily blocked by Paleari. In the 53rd minute Torino devoured a goal with Lazaro which, however, if it had been scored, would have been disallowed due to a previous foul by Adams. The boys ofMarco Baronithey continue to push with more conviction than their opponents and in the 66th minute they win a goalpenaltyfollowing a late intervention by Doig against Simeone: he appears on the spotNikola Vlasicwhich creates the network of1-0decisive

Sassuolo’s final attempts and impact on the standings

After the whirlwind of substitutions carried out byFabio Grossothe home team came close to making it 1-1 with a sure shot from Koné, which was blocked by Maripan. In the final, Muric made two great saves on the Chilean defender himself and on Ngonge, keeping his team in the game. The final effort of theneroverdihowever, is not enough to avoid thefourth home defeat of the season: i grenadethey go 1-0 at the Mapei Stadium and hit thesecond consecutive success. Following this result theTurin jumps to 20 pointsand moves away fromhot zone of the rankinggetting closer to Sassuolo who remains at 21.

Upcoming commitments and scoreboard

The Emilians will return to the pitch on Sunday 28 December at 6pm face Bologna at the Dall’Ara; the Piedmontese, however, will host theCagliariat the Olimpico Grande Torino on Saturday 27 December at 3pm.

SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Muric 6.5; Walkiewicz 6, Idses 6.5, Vranckx 6 (18’st Lipical 6), Matic 6.5, Conne 6; Volpato 5.5 (33’st Fadera sv), Wolf 5 (18’st Moro 5.5), Study 5 (34’st Pierini sv). In panchina: Satalino, and Zacchi, Odental, Ianno. Allenator: Gross 6.

TORINO (3-4-1-2): Paleari 6; Tameze 6 (43’st Casadei sv), Maripan 6.5, Ismajli 6; Pedersen 6.5, Asllani 6.5 (43’st Biraghi sv), Gineitis 6 (13’st Ilic 6), Lazaro 6; Vlasic 6.5; Zapata 5 (13’st Simeone 5.5), Adams 5.5 (40’st Ngonge sv). In panchina: Popa, Israel, Ilkhan, Aboukhlal, Anjorin, Sazonov, Dembele, Nkounkou, Njie. Allentore: Baroni 6.

REFEREE: Calzavara di Varese 5.5.RARELY: 21’st Vlasic (rig). NOTE: Cloudy day, pitch in good condition. Booked: Matic, Walukiewicz, Ilic, Idzes. Corners: 3-2 for Torino. Recovery time: 3′; 4′.