Torino beat Fiorentina 2-1 in a comeback to win their first points in Serie A

Torino came from behind to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at the Franchi stadium and find their first points in Serie A on matchday three. Viola advantage with a shot from outside by Pellegrino in the 2nd minute which Perri is far from perfect, then Torino goes back up: first a Eurogoal from afar by the former Mandragora surprises De Gea in the 29th minute, then Che Adams completes the job in the 37th minute. The hosts, still last at 0, leave amidst boos from the crowd.

The match

by Brunella Ciullini

Fiorentina is already in free fall: against Torino they suffer their third defeat in as many championship matches - it hasn't happened in the club's centenary history since '35-36 - and sadly remain last in the standings, with zero points, booed by their fans, a sign of a protest now underway. The Granata and their coach managed to get away with it by winning 2-1 in a comeback, in front of the president Urbano Cairo, a match that was already decisive: Pellegrino's first goal for Viola, at the beginning of the second half, had deceived Fiorentina, the former Mandragora (highly applauded by the Viola people and never so regretted) equalized shortly thereafter with a great shot and 8' from the end Adams, taking advantage of a defensive mix-up by the opponents, gave his own team a crisis-busting success, which shakes up the standings and wards off the ghosts around Abate's bench. Fabio Grosso inevitably already ends up under scrutiny: the chant 'Grosso skips the bench' launched from the purple corner at the end of the match is eloquent, along with the slogans against the players.

All in front of the president Commisso and the managers, including the sporting director Fabio Paratici, creator of a 120 million market that has not yet given birth to a team, a game, an identity. The current Fiorentina is far from all this and the enthusiasm of a few weeks ago is giving way among the fans to the fear of reliving another season as painful as the last one, with salvation arriving only two days from the end. Turin also started badly, with two knockouts and elimination from the Italian Cup, but in Florence they were able to show their heart, their character, and above all their desire to react after finding themselves at a disadvantage.

Abate cunningly deployed all the former Viola players, Comuzzo, Fortini and above all Mandragora who was sold too quickly by Fiorentina: the midfielder himself took charge of the team, challenged De Gea in the first half, fought until he scored the momentary 1-1 which out of respect he didn't celebrate. And in the end he ran under the purple curve to hug his former fans. Grosso has changed again but Fiorentina has confirmed itself as a fruitless fruit salad. And not even in the second half, when the Viola coach removed the disappointing Mastantuono (dangerous only in the first few minutes, with Perri blocking the former Madrid player's shot) to insert Gnonto on his Serie A debut, and then gradually with the latest signings Beto and Goncalves, things improved. Torino regained possession of the pitch and the ball, without overdoing it but with more physical and mental clarity, and in the end they collected and took the three points, the only thing that matters in this football that doesn't wait.