The Torino Post
Squad15 Mar 2027
15 days out for Danilo Lebrino after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Torino will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match13 Mar 2027
Torino make home a hard place to visit
11 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Boardroom15 Mar 2027
Torino to lose Lorenzo Carvalho for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Lorenzo Carvalho has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Gvidas Gineitis wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Torino know it.
Market15 Mar 2027
Duván Zapata told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Duván Zapata has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Torino.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Perri
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match13 Mar 2027
Torino and Como take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Duván Zapata asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces15 Mar 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Lucas Perri
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
In brief
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Sebastiano Baraldi on the draw
- The dugout When it matters, Devyne Rensch plays
- Player ratings Half an hour was enough for Zannetos Savva