 15-04-07, 10:22 PM | #108 (permalink) |
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Messina hit the bar in a match that ended in a rather boring 0:0 draw. Torino had most of the ball, but young squad failed to make them into chances.
Torino had many problems going into the match at San Filippo, though the league position wasn't one of them. With 2nd place secured manager Tanel Tursk continued to give youngsters some chances, but still he could not play Gianluca Comotto, Iacopo Balestri, Matteo Melara, Cristiano Lupatelli, Alessandro Rosina and Cedric Konan.
Messina got a brilliant chance in the ninth minute, but Christian Rigano' saw his free volley at the far post fly over the bar.
After some dull half hour where only event was Nikola Lazetic's yellow card and Stefano Fiore's free-kick that flew wide Diego De Ascentis showed some nice bit of skill.
The veteran defensive midfielder sailed through the Messina defence only to discover himself to lack a finishing gene as he bursted the ball over one on one with the goalkeeper.
Carmine Coppola got closest to the goal just before the break though, his long range shot caught Andre Zuba out of the goal and it hit the crossbar and bounced back in as Torino cleared the ball.
At half-time Luis Figo came on for Stefano Fiore, but it didn't make much difference.
Thiam's soft shot for Messina went meters wide and Simone Barone shot over with a powerful curler.
Nikola Lazetic and Claudio Cornacchi, who both had been given yellow cards were replaced by Simone Camolese and Renato. The later getting his debut for Torino after being signed in January.
Renato enjoyed a good half-hour with highlight of his game being a goal-line clearance as Floccari had Zuba already beatten.
Diego De Ascentis shot over from a situatiun where Claudio De Sousa had the ball kicked away right from his feet as he prepared to shoot.
A Obinze Ogbonna tried a last minute shot after a corner, but a soft and central shot didn't bother Marco Storari.
The game ended with a 0-0 draw which means nothing to both sides who have pretty much secured their positions for this season.
Torino: 1-Andre Zuba; 16-Giuseppe Pancaro, 44-Claudio Cornacchia (63' 30-Renato), 2-Raffaele Schiavi, 18-A Obinze Ogbonna; 15-Diego De Ascentis; 7-Stefano Fiore (45' 5-Luis Figo), 8-Simone Barone, 17-Nikola Lazetic (63' 21-Simone Camolese); 19-Elvis Abbruscato, 44-Claudio De Sousa
Cautioned  : 19' Nikola Lazetic, 58' Diego De Ascentis, 62' Claudio Cornacchia
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