Marco Giampaolo said Torino ‘would lose against Crotone two weeks ago’ and insisted his players were ‘smart.’

“It was a tough game, I knew we would play this match after five games in 14 days,” Gianpaolo told Sky Sport.

“We knew the physical condition of our players, we changed our strategy so we could not concede too much to our opponents.

"We played a smart game, it was a very tactical clash but we didn’t do bad.

Marco Giampaolo said Torino ‘would lose against Crotone two weeks ago’ and insisted his players were ‘smart.’

“It was a tough game, I knew we would play this match after five games in 14 days,” Gianpaolo told Sky Sport.

“We knew the physical condition of our players, we changed our strategy so we could not concede too much to our opponents.

"We played a smart game, it was a very tactical clash but we didn’t do bad.

“Two weeks ago we would have lost this game, we remained focused and we were compact, we didn’t waste energies.

“A few players were not brilliant, our players were smart.”

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