Until now, Fernando Torres has played 10 games, including seven as a starter and 3 by successor; the total minutes played is 589. In calculating general, will be excluded is the debut against Juventus that the home game against Fiorentina, given that El Nino has played only the last 10 final minutes. Overall, the performance did not differ much. One single goal scored in the second of the 10 games played: Empoli, one of the best games played by Torres. In addition to scoring, the number 9 Rossoneri pulled 4 times, 2 door, carrying even 14 steps are lost, and 5. The latter statistic, namely that the passage level, is quite recurrent: Torres, on average, has never fallen below 10 and only during the game against Verona, his best performance in the Rossoneri, has collected more than 20 (27, to be precise).
14 successful passes against Empoli, 13 in Cesena, 11 against Chievo, Palermo with 17, 11 and 10 in Cagliari against Inter; these are not the numbers to dispute, as the worst figure concerns the actions carried out in opposing penalty area. Because in 5 of the 8 games played, again excluding Juventus and Fiorentina, Torres did not make passages through the middle. And the statistics on shots on goal are not more encouraging: the last conclusion made to the mirror opponent goes back to the game against Cagliari. This means that, in the last three games played against Palermo, Sampdoria and Inter, Torres has pulled into port. Indeed, to be honest, Torres pulled into port 2 times against Empoli, going to score, and once against Cesena, Cagliari and Verona: for a total of five shots on goal in 10 games.
Statistics merciless, for a player who, albeit on the wane and now on Sunset Boulevard, looked like it could be a good element for the attack, especially as a substitute for Balotelli. Filippo Inzaghi, in light of past performance, could revive Giampaolo Pazzini; waiting for Fernando Torres, maybe ambientandosi better and finding a better condition both physical and mental, can recover and improve those statistics that, at least until now, condemn him. |