There are two former grenade players in the team coached by Ballardini: midfielders Benassi and Meite
After opening matchday 22 against Milan, the Turin is preparing to close the 23rd, at home against Cremonese on Monday 20 February at 20:45. The Cremona by Ballardini, who took over from Alvini in the middle of the season. The Grigiorossi are last in the standings at only 8 points and have not yet won in the league, while in the Italian Cup they beat Naples and Rome away, reaching the semifinals where they will face Fiorentina. Among the ranks of the Lombards there are two former grenade footballers: Marco Benassi And Soualiho Meite. Both returning from disappointing periods, they are looking for redemption and hope to achieve salvation, which would be a miracle.
Marco Benassi: a career in decline
Marco Benasshe promises very well at the time of Torino, so much so that under the guidance of Sinisa Mihajlovic he had become captain at the age of just 22. The class of 1994 in 2017 left Turin for 12 million euros to Fiorentina. However, he never played at the level he was before, ending up on the sidelines: hence the various disappointing loans to Hellas Verona and Empoli. Now he is trying to leave on loan at Cremonese, a team in which he is finding a lot of space.
Soualiho Meite: an explosion that never came
Soualiho Meite instead, in January 2021 he left Turin at the bottom of the table on loan to go to Milan which was instead first. However, he never did well in the Rossoneri and in the summer of the same year the Granata sold him to Benfica for 6 million euros. Not too lucky in Portugal and now he’s on loan to Cremonese, who have the blackmail right set at 5 million.
