Coppa Italia, it’s Ivan Juric’s Torino’s turn to bring the curtain down on the four-day domestic cup: news and predictions.
It will be the challenge between Torino and Feralpisalò to close the four-day Coppa Italia. The match scheduled at the Olimpico-Grande Torino brings the curtain down on the 32nds of the 2023-24 edition of the national cup, defining the framework of the round of 16. The granata take the opportunity to rehearse ahead of the league opener against Cagliari.
First official engagement for Ivan Juric’s men, fresh from two international friendlies against Lens and Reims. Torino drew 0-0 with the team that finished second in the last Ligue 1, but later surrendered 2-1 to Will Still’s red-and-whites. In the July tests, however, Rodriguez and his teammates had gotten the better of Modena (2-1) and the very same Feralpisalò (2-0), whom they will face for the second time within a month. The Croatian coach is dissatisfied with the club’s market-not a novelty-and in one of the latest interviews he said that the squad is not at the level of last year’s. For now, Tameze and Bellanova have arrived from Inter and Verona respectively, and in the next few hours Urbano Cairo’s club is expected to close for former Atalanta man Malinovskyi. The first round of the cup, in any case, appears to be a formality: victory against Feralpisalò, newly promoted to Serie B, seems highly likely. And as in the July friendly, Torino should keep the goal unbeaten, a circumstance that often occurs in home matches.
Coppa Italia, Pirlo’s Sampdoria also debuts
Cremonese’s adventure in the top flight lasted only one year. The grigiorossi hope to return there immediately: they have confirmed Davide Ballardini and are making an ambitious market. An interesting player like Collocolo has arrived in Lombardy and a certainty like the Italo-Argentine Vazquez, who was released for free from Parma.
Pirlo
Cremonese, which in the last edition of the Coppa Italia came to play a historic semifinal – eliminated in the double-header by Fiorentina – is expected to have an affordable first round: it will face Crotone, one of the very few Serie C teams to play in the 32nd round. The Calabrians, however, should assert themselves despite the value gap, as should Pierpaolo Bisoli’s Sudtirol, last year’s terrible freshman in B. The Altoatesini, after narrowly missing out on incredible promotion, will pay a visit to Andrea Pirlo’s Sampdoria. Ended with a happy ending the judicial vicissitudes and averted a painful bankruptcy, the blucerchiati are one of the main candidates for the first two places in the cadetteria that is about to open: against Sudtirol the goals should not lack. At least one goal per side, finally, between Spezia and Venezia, two other teams aiming for a top championship: Alvini’s bianconeri start slightly favored.
Possible winners
- Cremonese (in Cremonese-Crotone, 5:45 p.m.)
- Sampdoria (in Sampdoria-Sudtirol, 6 p.m.)
- Torino (in Torino-Feralpisalò, 9:15 p.m.)
Coppa Italia, the match with at least one goal on each side
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Spezia-Venezia, 9 p.m.
