TURIN. Davide Nicola is looking for the positive aspects of a challenge in which Toro has shown all its technical limits against a team that is fighting for a place in the Champions League. And so, if the comparison from the point of view of quality had no history – and even shots: 25 by Napoli -, his team tried to respond to the opponent with the weapons they know best, determination and character. . «It was not easy to play two goals down after a few minutes – again the grenade coach – and yet we tried until the end. Worried? I would have been if we had changed our attitude, but this is not the case. In fact, I’m satisfied because we never gave up. Toro gave everything, so congratulations to Gattuso’s team who won with merit. Of course, we always want more, but we have met a strong and capable group ».
Stronger than the grenades, who paid off once again the fact that they went down in the first half. «Napoli’s one-two could have killed anyone – Nicola’s analysis -, but we were good at trying to straighten out the game by proving that we were not slaves to events. In the second half we played better, the regret remains of not having found the goal: then I would have been curious to see how it would have turned out ».
At Toro an appointment within reach will already occur in the next round, when they host Parma. Yet another salvation crossroads that the grenades will have to face without two pawns like Mandragora and Verdi: they were warned and both will be disqualified after the penalties caught by Valeri, who even extracted the red from the director almost at the end of the race. «I’m sorry not to have them – reflects the coach -, but I have a group that I trust blindly: now what matters is to rest one day. And then we’ll think about the next match ». Virtually decisive.