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Serie A | Torino 1-0 Empoli: Duvan Zapata rises above

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1 year ago

10:04 pm

Duvan Zapata’s header proved sufficient for Torino to get the higher of Empoli in a recreation the place three targets have been dominated offside.

The Granata have been pissed off by a goalless draw away to Frosinone that left them on the outskirts of the struggle for European locations and nonetheless missed Perr Schuurs after knee surgical procedure, however Karol Linetty returned from suspension. Empoli have been keen to interrupt out of the drop zone, however Tommaso Baldanzi, Ciccio Caputo, Bartosz Bereszynski, Viktor Kovalenko and Giuseppe Pezzella weren’t absolutely match.

Antonio Sanabria scored one of the vital stunning targets in his complete profession after 10 minutes with a shocking bicycle kick from 12 yards into the far high nook. Nevertheless, it didn’t rely as a result of Nikola Vlasic was offside within the build-up.

Toro did take the lead when Raoul Bellanova received down the best and floated a ball to the again submit for the towering Duvan Zapata header.

Defensive our bodies within the six-yard field prevented Ivan Ilic and Sanabria from tapping in, however Empoli equalised on an equally chaotic scenario.

A nook was not cleared, Sebastiano Luperto managed to flick it on and Tyronne Ebuehi on his birthday received his toes to the ball earlier than Vanja Milinkovic-Savic. Nevertheless, after a really lengthy VAR assessment, it was dominated offside by a matter of millimetres.

Liberato Cacace additionally had the ball behind the web with a free header simply earlier than half-time, however this time his offside was significantly extra apparent.

Linetty couldn’t preserve the volley down after a sensible Sanabria chip over the defence, however Vanja Milinkovic-Savic needed to time the interception completely completely when dashing off his line to fingertip the ball off to foot of Matteo Cancellieri clear on aim.

Torino 1-0 Empoli

Duvan Zapata 25 (T)