Toro, down with Verona: the real test to understand where Juric’s football is

The comparison with Verona is also the comparison with Ivan Juric’s best past, the way to understand how far Toro still has to go to get to that idea of ​​football that the Croatian coach continues to bring as an example. The moment, too, to go back a year when the Split technician decided to leave his happy island in these times to embark on a totally different but equally stimulating adventure. «It will be a great pleasure to find the players and the environment I have worked with, I have been very well, I have lived two intense and beautiful years – the caress of the coach of del Toro -. I will never have the relationship I built with the sporting director D’Amico, we see it the same way. But I don’t have any regrets, that’s how I felt at that moment. “
Tomorrow at the Bentegodi there is another small test for the grenades up for grabs, even if the classification no longer matters. The judge will be a coach Juric knows well, Tudor: they come from the same city (Split) and share the same philosophy of aggressive play and movement like Gasperini. «Tudor did a splendid job – he continues -, he continued in my groove and added other things. I still recognize the spirit I had created very well. I am happy with what has been created there, but I am also happy with the Taurus, even if I have found different situations. I have to adapt too, that’s life, but I’m satisfied with the choice I made ».
It is a Toro still under construction, unlike a Verona that has drawn precise guidelines and continues to grow on those. “At Toro we have made great steps forward, the foundations have been laid to improve everything”, the pride of the Croatian who in addition to being one of the most fashionable young coaches is a great music lover and in these days of Eurofestival Torino is even more his city. «I hear the music at Valentino – he says -, you can breathe the air. Let’s see if the Taurus will become an orchestra too, we are still not as fluid as I like it, but we have done something. I hope to play another music next year ».
In the last 180 ‘of the championship there will be an opportunity to see a slightly different but not experimental team. It is the situation linked to the conditions of the individuals to transform the squad available. Thus, Bremer will miss the last two games, such as Singo and Buongiorno. While Pellegri is in doubt for a physical problem. «I will do few tests – Juric again -, the goal is to continue improving because some concepts have not been completely assimilated. Bremer pulled a lot and it is normal that he felt a little tired. Ninth place? The important thing is never to be satisfied. Tomorrow we must be physically and mentally ready, I expect an important performance from everyone ».