Davide Nicola hopes the comeback from 2-0 down to beat Sassuolo 3-2 can give Torino confidence. ‘This team has to believe in itself more.’
The Granata were trailing 2-0 at home until the 76th minute with a Domenico Berardi brace in this rescheduled Week 24 fixture.
They clawed their way back through a Simone Zaza double and Rolando Mandragora strike.
Davide Nicola hopes the comeback from 2-0 down to beat Sassuolo 3-2 can give Torino confidence. ‘This team has to believe in itself more.’
The Granata were trailing 2-0 at home until the 76th minute with a Domenico Berardi brace in this rescheduled Week 24 fixture.
They clawed their way back through a Simone Zaza double and Rolando Mandragora strike.
“The truth is that we were naïve to concede those goals, but we hadn’t been playing badly,” Nicola told Sky Sport Italia.
“We managed to stop Sassuolo dominating possession and created eight scoring opportunities. This team has to believe in itself more and throw itself into the game without holding back.
“If you don’t take calculated risks, you won’t win matches. I am happy for the lads. We have the quality, we shouldn’t always have to wait until we’re trailing to show it.
“I might stay here for a day or a year, but I want to make this team understand they mustn’t be slaves to everything that goes on around the club.”
This was the first game with Andrea Belotti and Antonio Sanabria together, but it was substitute Zaza who turned the game around.
“Zaza is important for Torino, he was when he started six games in a row and he is when he comes off the bench, not just when he scores two goals.
“He knows what I think and my faith in him. I am consistent. I also want to congratulate Belotti, because he put in a generous performance after recovering from COVID.”