Az Alkmaar-Torino 2-1, goal from Pjaca

Toro returns from Holland with the second defeat in a friendly: after that of Rennes, he stumbles against Az Alkmaar two to one. In both cases the grenades play more than enough football, at rhythms that are certainly not yet consolidated – on the other hand it is still August football – but they end up being punished by a few carelessness, without having the strength to sting effectively in front. The grenade pre-season is now on file: the next match will be on the night of August 15th, at 9 pm, with the debut in the 32nd of the Italian Cup at the Grande Torino Olympic stadium against Cremonese.

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Pjaca illusion

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This afternoon, in the Netherlands, it is Taurus who immediately put a wheel in front. It happens after fifty-five seconds when from a triangulation between Zaza and Pjaca, the Croatian attacking midfielder – he is the latest arrival – finds the inspiration that gives the first goal of the grenade this summer in the friendlies against professional teams. The next twenty minutes, however, are mainly Dutch, and AZ draws even with a shot from the edge of Karlsson deflected by Djidji. Two minutes later Gudmundsson stops at the post. From the twentieth of the first half to the last ten minutes of the game, Toro also manages to take control of the game, but without ever finding an effective starting point in the last twenty-five minutes. At game time, Andrea Belotti replaces Verdi: first time on the pitch for the captain in this pre-season. In the final, five minutes from the conclusion, Toro suffers the final two to one from the newly entered Pavlidis on the counterattack.