There is a bet on Jurić’s Turin. The specialized portals already have clear ideas about the possible future successes of the Bull
Unconventional, ambitious, bold. This is the playing mantra of Jurić’s teams, who made sporting aggression his perennial attitude in midfield, the natural habitat of the Croatian when he walked the green lawn with the shirts of Hajduk, Sevilla, Albacete, Crotone and Genoa. But all this is part of the past and for now Ivan’s future has only one color, the grenade.
What will really change in Juric’s Turin?
There is a bet on Jurić’s Turin. The specialized portals, all listed on Bonusfinder Italia, already have clear ideas about the possible future successes of the Bull. The best possible scenario? Belotti top scorer, Izzo on the shields, Toro in Conference. Worst scenario? Usual difficult area on the right of the standings with Jurić trying them all up to a stormy exemption, in perfect Jurić style. In short, in the best of cases, probable key successes are expected in decisive clashes, sporting rematches and more ambitious ranking positions in a championship, the one that has just begun, which already shows some substantial changes compared to the past.
Belotti, for example, could already be exempted from the complicated and double work of stitching and offensive filling which, despite everything, has netted thirteen goals in the difficult 2020-21 season. This is the first real change expected from the stands of the Olimpico Grande Torino: greater offensive freedom for Andrea. And again, enough of the “tremendous” grenade of mixed fortunes, with a line of play that is too compliant, defensive and passive, too often entrusted to the inspiration of individuals or to the dynamics of internal groups. With Jurić we start from the assumptions of aggression and tenacity that belong to all his usual past projects, with clear ambitions regarding the occupation of the field and the overall participation by all athletes on the move in every game situation. He gets to the heart of his football ideas with aggressive markings on the supports and defenders who systematically try to advance beyond the midfield, climbs forward, changes of position and roles, abundant filling of the area. In short, a compact Turin rather than a collection of disconnected departments.
What has already changed on the arrivals front concerns the block of athletes with Berisha, Pjaca, Ola Aina, Edera, Djidji and the return of the imperceptible Iago Falque who spent more time in the infirmary and bench in Benevento rather than on the green rectangle. Predictable. But Jurić aims to overturn. For example, subverting what was also the merciless statistic of the last championship according to which, among all the teams in Serie A, Torino completed on average fewer passes in the opponent’s area per game: 5.2. Jurić points to the collective action of the attack: an attack in which it will also be necessary to verify the possible coexistence in the ward of Zaza and Belotti. On the midfield front, the news could mainly concern the home front with the use of two midfielders rather than three, to give way to some more offensive players on the frontline including Pjaca and Verdi. On the pressing front, Jurić’s Bull is made up of stringent markings on the supports in the opponent’s midfield and references on cuts, even deep ones. Rather than an all-out man marking, Ivan aims to create a complex, dynamic and collaborative system of mutual empowerment and help. In defense, Jurić will be able to count on the ambassador Aina, and then Ansaldi, Singo, Vojvoda and the newfound Izzo who has always found an adequate and stimulating feeling with the Croatian coach.
Among the key players of Toro 2021/22, the new European champion Belotti remains at stake, the cornerstone of a team that we hope will be able to count on a dynamic team in tow. Because if it is true that Jurić’s Bull will have to change, it is equally true that the rooster will continue to wear a leading jersey.