Torino Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic warns “Torino without Adem Ljajic and Andrea Belotti is a bit like Juventus without Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain”.
The Granata face Pescara tomorrow, and the Serb admits they’ll find it difficult with two key players out.
“I don’t like speaking about those who are absent,” Mihajlovic said in his pre-match Press conference.
Torino Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic warns “Torino without Adem Ljajic and Andrea Belotti is a bit like Juventus without Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain”.
The Granata face Pescara tomorrow, and the Serb admits they’ll find it difficult with two key players out.
“I don’t like speaking about those who are absent,” Mihajlovic said in his pre-match Press conference.
“But effectively Torino without Ljajic and Belotti is a bit like Juventus without Dybala and Higuain. It’s a problem for us to have to be without both.
“Right now we have to be strong, give our best and not lose confidence and patience. For the Empoli match we were also missing Maxi Lopez.
“Right now we don’t have any strikers. That doesn’t mean we’re giving up, just that we have to take the chances we get.
“The absence of Ljajic and Belotti has a ripple effect throughout the team, because the choices we made in midfield were with their characteristics in mind.
“It’s been a strange start to the season, in that we have four points but we could have had twice that. The positive thing is that no team has dominated us.
“That’s why we need to have confidence, and sit tight until we get all of our players back.
“Can Belotti play tomorrow? We’re still waiting for the results of some tests, but I think and hope that everything will be fine and he can be on the bench tomorrow.
“He returned to training yesterday, doing part of the session with the group, so we have to figure out if we can risk him tomorrow and that will also depend on this afternoon’s training.
“I still hope he can be on the bench, and on Sunday against Roma the hope is to have him as a starter again and Ljajic on the bench.”