Solo due i giocatori granata in campo nella giornata di venerdì: vittoria per la Guinea Equatoriale, sconfitta invece per la Lituania
A weekend without Toro. The break for national teams interrupted Torino’s excellent league run, made up of 3 wins in the last 4 games, to make way for Nations League matches and more. So many competitions on the line, and at the same time there are many Granata players currently engaged with the jerseys of their countries. This on the one hand allows Vanoli to test new faces, including mostly youngsters from the Primavera team, but on the other hand obviously prevents him from trying new things given the absence of most of the starters. This includes Coco and Gineitis, who were the only two on the team committed on Friday.
Vince la Guinea Equatoriale
Opening the dances was Saul Coco, who despite the recent downturn remains the representative player of his national team, Equatorial Guinea. The central player, the undisputed starter of the defense, led his teammates to an important 2-0 victory over Sao Tome and Principe. This success allows the African nation to continue to hope for a place at the 2026 World Cup: when there are 5 games left, in fact, Equatorial Guinea is -7 from a first place that seems unreachable and -5 from the 2nd, which would allow with a good score to snatch the pass to the Americas. On Monday it will already be time for an inside or outside challenge against Namibia.
Parte male la Lituania
Instead, Lithuania’s adventure in the European World Cup qualifiers got off to a bad start. In fact, the yellow-greens, aiming to get a World Cup pass for the first time, were beaten 1-0 by Poland (missing Walukiewicz). 90 minutes on the field for Gvidas Gineitis, who is increasingly at the center of the project carried out by CT Jankauskas. Overall a good game for the Garnet midfielder, although he failed to excel.
Saul Coco
