Andrea Belotti returned from injury to score the winner as Torino fought back to beat Freiburg 2-1 in a friendly.
It wasn’t that ‘friendly’ an encounter, because Afriyiah Acquah managed to get himself booked within two minutes for a crunching tackle.
An Alex Berenguer error sparked a counter-attack, but Emiliano Moretti sprinted back to clear Tim Kleindiest’s chip off the line.
The Germans took the lead just before half-time thanks to a rocket from Julian Schuster, though Salvatore Sirigu was a little late getting to it.
Andrea Belotti returned from injury to score the winner as Torino fought back to beat Freiburg 2-1 in a friendly.
It wasn’t that ‘friendly’ an encounter, because Afriyiah Acquah managed to get himself booked within two minutes for a crunching tackle.
An Alex Berenguer error sparked a counter-attack, but Emiliano Moretti sprinted back to clear Tim Kleindiest’s chip off the line.
The Germans took the lead just before half-time thanks to a rocket from Julian Schuster, though Salvatore Sirigu was a little late getting to it.
Straight after the restart, Daniele Baselli pressured the defence into a mistake, Adem Ljajic’s shot was parried and Iago Falque quickest to react on the rebound.
Belotti scored moments later to turn it around and, after VAR was consulted, the goal was allowed to stand. Marco Benassi was in an offside position, but it was not interfering with play.
Freiburg 1-2 Torino
Schuster 40 (F), Iago Falque 47 (T), Belotti 50 (T)
Freiburg: Gikiewicz (Klandt 81); Igniovski (Gunter 72), Stanko (Lienhardt 71), Kempf (Soyuncu 81), Kubler; Kleindienst (Hofler 81), Sierro (Frantz 81), Schuster (Petersen 81), Kath (Drager 66); Haberer (Abrashi 81), Kapustka (Stenzel 81)
Torino: Sirigu; Zappacosta (De Silvestri 75), Bonifazi (Rossettini 75), Moretti (Avelar 75), Barreca (Molinaro 75); Acquah (Obi 68), Baselli (Lukic 75); Iago Falque (Edera 75), Ljajic (Gustafson 86), Berenguer (Benassi 46); Belotti (De Luca 86)