Football. ua presents the announcement of the match of the second round of the championship of Italy between Inter and Torino.

After the first round, Inter and Torino are neighbors in the standings, but are not at all on the positions they would like to see fans.

Inter - Torino Sunday, August 26, 21:30. Milan, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Arbiter - Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni. Live broadcast on the channel Football 2 Before the start of the championship Inter was considered almost the main threat to the hegemony of Juventus in Serie A, but unlike a confident start a year ago, the Nerazzurri started the season with a defeat. However, in this, rather, the guilt of the compilers of the calendar: they managed to define them in rivals to Inter on the first round of Sassuolo - the evil genius of the "kites" of recent years. The tradition was not broken, and the Milan team is approaching the second round with a "steering wheel".

Similarly, the "bulls" who conceded to Rome. However, the wards of Walter Mazzaris did not look as hopeless as the team of Luciano Spalletti. Torino opened the scoring, but the referee canceled the goal because of a dubious offside. And the decisive ball turintsy missed only on the penultimate minute of the regular time of the match.

Defeats in the first round should be such an "alarm clock" for both teams, especially for Inter, if he wants to confirm his status as an applicant for Scudetto. A positive moment for Spalletti is the fact that the Croatian trio of vice-champions of the world finally got in shape - Vrsalko, Shkriniar and Perisic. True, still not ready to play Nainggolan.

There are losses and Torino. De Silvestri and Baselli joined the Lianco hospital for a long time in the infirmary, whose participation in the match is not ruled out, but is under big question.

It is worth noting and one stimulating factor personally for the coach Torino. In his time, Mazzari spent 15 months on Inter coach's bridge, and at the end of his stay there, the hatred of typhosi to the coach reached such a level that the stadium announcer, reading the line-up of the teams that were to enter the field of Giuseppe Meazza, did not utter the name Mazzarri for fear of unrest on the stands ... Surely the coach remembers all this, so a victory over Inter in his "lair" would be an excellent balm for his wounded pride.

By the way, from the Inter who had said goodbye to Mazzarri in November 2014, four players remain in the current team: Khandanovich, Ikardi, Ranokkia and D'Ambrosio ... Interesting facts - Torino does not lose to Inter in the last three Serie A games (a victory and two draws).

- Last season Inter-Torino finished 1: 1.

- Inter and Torino twice met in the second round of the championship: both times the host of the field were "snakes", who never lost (victory and draw).

Approximate compositions Will not play: Nainggolan - Lianko.

In doubt: De Silvestri, Baselli (both Torino).

Words by Luciano Spalletti, Inter coach:.

"There are things that we can do best, but if we analyze the fight against Sassuolo, then we can conclude: we did nothing at our usual level. The team was not a team, the players did not have self-confidence. However, I know my guys very well and I am sure that soon everything will turn out well.. It is too early to say that we are ready to challenge Juventus. Let's not run ahead and first challenge Roma and Napoli - the teams that finished last season above us.

The duel against Torino will not be easy. This team is always configured to take away points from an opponent on the road. Therefore, in order to win the victory, we will have to play at the limit of our strength, and perhaps even surpass it ".

Walter Mazzari, coach of Torino:.

"I told the guys after the match with Roma that the only thing that was bad in him was the lack of concentration.

I think that the fight against Inter will require from us even more perfect organization and concentration. For a regular fan, the Inter-Torino match is primarily a confrontation between two great goalies - Icardi and Belotti. But this is just a beautiful "label". In fact, this match promises to be much more interesting in all respects ".

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