Torino 3 x 0 LECCE... Sad Day...
It was not a good come back to Serie A but new arrivals today gave us hope that better days will come.
I want to forget this particular moment...
Torino got off to a flying start with Rolando Bianchi scoring on his Granata debut, but Lecce gave away a ludicrous penalty.
The Salentini dived back into Serie A with a head-to-head relegation dogfight. Absent for two years from the top flight, Lecce earned promotion via the play-offs, but were knocked out of the Coppa Italia last week by Salernitana. Torino were a revamped side and unveiled the new strike partnership of Nicola Amoruso and Rolando Bianchi, who combined so brilliantly at Reggina two years ago.
Ignazio Abate and Cesare Natali were injured, while Andrea Ardito missed the Toro opener due to a ban.
After seven minutes Benussi flew to fingertip a Francesco Pratali header out from under the crossbar and, from ther resulting corner, blocked another Amoruso effort on the line.
Simone Tiribocchi's looping header forced Matteo Sereni into a tricky save, then Lecce went even closer as an Antunes set-piece clipped the upright on 20 minutes.
A moment of utter madness from Suleymane Diamoutene gave Torino a penalty after 29 minutes. Rolando Bianchi was behind him, but he raised his arm to punch the Aimo Diana cross away and could hardly complain about the yellow card and inevitable spot-kick, which Alessandro Rosina converted by sliding into the bottom corner just past Benussi's hand.
Munari wasted a great chance to equalise moments later, but hesitated when one-on-one with Sereni thanks to a defensive error.
Torino doubled their advantage, though, as Amoruso's shot from a Rosina cutback took a decisive deflection off teammate Paolo Zanetti to leave Benussi stranded.
Lecce were unfortunate, as they hit the woodwork for the second time before the break. A Caserta free kick took a massive deflection off the defensive wall to loop on to the crossbar.
Before the break Sereni parried a Tiribocchi snapshot into the path of Daniele Cacia, but the former Piacenza and Fiorentina youngster couldn't make the most of it.
Former Manchester City man Bianchi nodded an Eugenio Corini free kick inches over the bar in the second half.
Sereni flapped a powerful touched-on Tiribocchi free kick out from under the crossbar, but Torino secured the points with Rolando Bianchi's first goal in a Granata jersey. He had all the time in the world for a free header on Rosina's chipped cross from the left.
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0809/tor-lec.html
My Giallorossi Boys were completely lost after the silly Diamoutene penalty
Munari, your pain is mine!
Torino, why do you look so hot? I almost lose my focus.
Rolandinho, you scored against my team...
But when I see you like this I forget everything!
The new arrivals were presented today
Guglielmo Stendardo on loan from Lazio
Dusan Basta e Viktor Boudianski
Basta is a Serbian player and Viktor is from Russia
And the last one to arrive in Puglia is Antonio Bocchetti, ex-Parma
