Oct 2, 2005 (4-0-1, 5th place) (My first game with ‘Pro’ difficulty, and 8 min halves)
Next on the agenda for Torino is hosting the bottom-dwelling Doria squad. At 1-0-4(4GF, 7GA), Doria is tied for the second-worst record in Serie A. Torino is currently ranked 5th with 12 points, 1 point behind Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Siena, who have all played 6 games, and 4 points behind Juventus(5-1-0). Doria is led by midfielder Sergio Volpi, with 3 goals in 5 games. 18 year-old Simone Campagnaro can be found in front of the net for Doria, and he’s likely to meet a one Mr. Heskey at least once today. Heskey has a record pace of 12 goals in just 5 games this season, certainly not one he can expect to keep up as the season progresses though.
Both teams struggled to get their attack working early on in the match, with Doria reaching the goalie on several occasions. Doria actually opened up scoring in the 29th minute off a Fabio Bazzani header to make it 1-0. With a bit of pressure on now, Torino stepped up their attack, and a familiar face registered another goal. Akeem Omolade sent a fantastic through-pass to Heskey as he cut toward the middle and put it away to put the game all square, 1-1 (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey32nd-divx.avi). It appeared the match would stay tied up going into halftime, but during what seemed like an abnormally long bit of extra time Bazzani was again able to find the back of the net. This time, he received a corner, chested it down, tapped it home to give his team the lead 2-1 halfway through(see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Bazzani45th-divx.avi). Torino wasn’t about to let that be the end of scoring on the day though, and they got back into it quickly. Emile Heskey was roughed up in the penalty area as he fought toward a shot, and was awarded a penalty shot in the 52nd minute. Heskey had little trouble guiding it by a wide-eyed Simone Campagnaro, and it was 2-2 just like that (see video!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey52nd-divx.avi). Not satisfied with a single point, Heskey took it upon himself to work some magic around three Doria defenders give Torino the lead, 3-2 (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey58th-divx.avi) in the 58th minute. From there, Torino laid back with a strong defensive style, which seemed relatively useful for quite some time. Doria came dangerously close to tying it on two occasions though! In the 82nd minute they were able to get a shot on Andreas Isaksson, and Andreas’ acrobatic stop on the rebound can only be seen to be believed (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Closeone80th-divx.avi). In the 90th minute, stoppage time, Bazzani had a free run to the goal before being tackled down from behind by Federico Balzaretti just outside the box (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-BalzarettiYC-divx.avi). With a booking recorded, Doria had one final chance with the free kick, but it sailed wide, and ended all hopes of salvaging a point in Delle Alpi.
Torino improved to 5-0-1, while Doria fell to 1-0-5.
Upcoming Matches for Torino: Chievo(3-1-2), Perugia(2-3-2), @Juventus(6-1-0), Coppa Nazionale-Parma(4-1-2)
Next on the agenda for Torino is hosting the bottom-dwelling Doria squad. At 1-0-4(4GF, 7GA), Doria is tied for the second-worst record in Serie A. Torino is currently ranked 5th with 12 points, 1 point behind Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Siena, who have all played 6 games, and 4 points behind Juventus(5-1-0). Doria is led by midfielder Sergio Volpi, with 3 goals in 5 games. 18 year-old Simone Campagnaro can be found in front of the net for Doria, and he’s likely to meet a one Mr. Heskey at least once today. Heskey has a record pace of 12 goals in just 5 games this season, certainly not one he can expect to keep up as the season progresses though.
Both teams struggled to get their attack working early on in the match, with Doria reaching the goalie on several occasions. Doria actually opened up scoring in the 29th minute off a Fabio Bazzani header to make it 1-0. With a bit of pressure on now, Torino stepped up their attack, and a familiar face registered another goal. Akeem Omolade sent a fantastic through-pass to Heskey as he cut toward the middle and put it away to put the game all square, 1-1 (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey32nd-divx.avi). It appeared the match would stay tied up going into halftime, but during what seemed like an abnormally long bit of extra time Bazzani was again able to find the back of the net. This time, he received a corner, chested it down, tapped it home to give his team the lead 2-1 halfway through(see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Bazzani45th-divx.avi). Torino wasn’t about to let that be the end of scoring on the day though, and they got back into it quickly. Emile Heskey was roughed up in the penalty area as he fought toward a shot, and was awarded a penalty shot in the 52nd minute. Heskey had little trouble guiding it by a wide-eyed Simone Campagnaro, and it was 2-2 just like that (see video!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey52nd-divx.avi). Not satisfied with a single point, Heskey took it upon himself to work some magic around three Doria defenders give Torino the lead, 3-2 (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Heskey58th-divx.avi) in the 58th minute. From there, Torino laid back with a strong defensive style, which seemed relatively useful for quite some time. Doria came dangerously close to tying it on two occasions though! In the 82nd minute they were able to get a shot on Andreas Isaksson, and Andreas’ acrobatic stop on the rebound can only be seen to be believed (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-Closeone80th-divx.avi). In the 90th minute, stoppage time, Bazzani had a free run to the goal before being tackled down from behind by Federico Balzaretti just outside the box (see video here!http://www.hhsl.org/tempfifa/TorinoCareer/Season2-Game6-BalzarettiYC-divx.avi). With a booking recorded, Doria had one final chance with the free kick, but it sailed wide, and ended all hopes of salvaging a point in Delle Alpi.
Torino improved to 5-0-1, while Doria fell to 1-0-5.
Upcoming Matches for Torino: Chievo(3-1-2), Perugia(2-3-2), @Juventus(6-1-0), Coppa Nazionale-Parma(4-1-2)
