For Torino it is time to "reset after a horrible week", and the task is primarily Moreno Longo, a grenade heart that has long been popular with fans. He is the coach who brought back the grenade to win the Primavera championship in 23 years after the last title in 2015, having to restore the team and restore confidence among the fans, chopped by the debacle against Atalanta and the Lecce. "A horrible week, an inexplicable collapse, after the good start of 2020," emphasizes Urbano Cairo. This morning the long-awaited official announcements: the consensual agreement for the termination of the contract with Mazzarri, the agreement until June 30 with Longo, 'freed' in the meantime by Frosinone.
The president grenade does not delude himself that the dispute against him ends with the change of the coach, "respect dissent, must be a stimulus", but raises: "I go ahead, with the same determination. In Turin I put 60 million , but I also put my face into it, a lot of passion, a lot of commitment. And I remember that, since we returned to Serie A, we have almost always closed the season on the left side of the standings and participated twice in the Europa League ".
The 11 goals scored by Atalanta and Lecce stunned the environment, which is why - stresses Longo, who led the first training session at 'Filadelfia' in the late afternoon, especially a meeting with the team - the first aspect to take care of is not technical, but "mental. We must free ourselves from pessimism, from any form of negativity and think positively. This team has a duty to react, it has the qualities to do it. The season is still long and I hope that when there are 7-8 games left in the end we will be able to participate in the sprint (for Europe, ed.) I took this opportunity without hesitation - continues Longo - I come back with great enthusiasm, I wore the grenade shirt the first time in 1987, when I was 11 years old, the past gave me it gives a greater sense of belonging to achieve the goals with the company. The agreement is until 30 June, the idea is to deal with the possible renewal in June, but at the moment it is not my priority ". The new coach believes that the "suitable" formula for the squad of this Turin is the 3-way defense and plans to brush up on the attacking pair Belotti-Zaza. "They are both a resource for Torino, it all depends on their mutual availability".