Turin-Verona, between Vlasic and Verdi the challenge of the imagination

TURIN — On one side Nikola Vlasicon the other Simone Verdi. It’s the two faces of the grenade – the bright one of today and the dull one of yesterday – who challenge each other on Wednesday afternoon at the Grande Torino in a time of yesteryear, 2.30pm. If the Croatian attacking midfielder is increasingly the grenade strength on which Ivan Yuric can rely with his eyes closed, Taurus will have to pay attention to Verdi’s hunger for redemption, the man called to relaunch the Verona after that in Turin he never managed to break through as demonstrated by his numbers definitely below expectations: 90 games, six goals. “Vlasic is fundamental for us because he has the right characteristics: he can do everything, from the winger to the midfielder” explains Juric. Have Verona lost in ten consecutive games? “Yes, but for three years he has closed in front of Toro – answers Juric -. The point is that if we remove seven, eight teams, all the others are more or less on the same level and the situations can change radically. A league there is a lot of balance and the potential difference is very minimal, the values ​​​​are more or less on par between us and them. That’s why we’ll have to be concentrated: the match will be played on pressure and second balls, trying to put quality to win the game.”

Juric on the renewal: “It would be nice to continue together”

Statistical data: in the last ten years, when the championship resumed after the Christmas break, Toro collected four victories, three draws and three defeats; but in the last three years Toro has always won against Roma, Parma and Fiorentina. “We are returning from a particular break in which we worked well – adds Juric who then sums up the injuries -. Linetty is recovered, Single hopefully he will return to the group after the game while instead it will take time to review Aina, Pellegri and Ilkhan“. Finally, the coach’s contract: “In these eighteen months we’ve done an amazing job, making up for the economic losses and building a young team that enjoys enough. The renewal? It’s talk, we haven’t talked about it. First let’s see the company’s steps, if they are in line with my ideas it would be great to move forward together”.