Ancora una brutta prestazione del difensore equatoguineano, che continua a mostrare difficoltà e lacune quest’anno
A defeat that stings, perhaps even more than it would have with a very clear result. Torino was beaten 3-2 by Vincenzo Italiano’s Bologna, however, managing to put a team fighting for the Champions League in great difficulty. Despite this, it failed to bring home a single point, whether through team faults or individual mistakes: from Casadei’s caused penalty to Biraghi’s own goal, through Coco’s ineffective marking of Ndoye on the hosts’ first goal. The defender in jersey 23, in particular, continues to put together unsatisfactory performances: it is up to Vanoli to find him again.
Male Coco
Since the beginning of the season Coco has alternated moments of great matches with others in which he has shown difficulties, and the current one clearly reflects one of these. Since the away match in Bergamo, the former Las Palmas player seems to have entered a loop of negativity from which he cannot get out, and which also affects his performance. First the arm touch that could have cost Atalanta the penalty, then the lost duel with Pinamonti against Genoa, and finally also the somewhat “cheerful” marking on Ndoye, with other less impactful errors in between.
Il cambio di difesa
For a Maripan growing in technique and leadership, there is a Coco regressing and failing to impose himself in a Torino side that needs strong defenders. Initially the switch to a 4-man defense seemed to have benefited both, but while the Chilean has gradually improved his games Saul has taken steps backward, which have become more evident in recent weeks. It’s up to Vanoli now to find him again and help him perform at his best again, lest the defense go back to being punctured as it was at the beginning of the season.
Saul Coco
