The Italian league continued today (Saturday) as well, with Inter (hosting Cremonese) and Atalanta (hosting Sampdoria) coming up to play later. In the early game of the day: Torino came back in 3 minutes from 2:0 to 2:2, on the way to an important point in Empoli.
Empoli – Torino 2:2
It looked like an easy victory for the hosts, who were leading 0:2 with less than ten minutes to go. Empoli took the lead as early as the 37th minute, when a dangerous corner kick from Ruben Marin was headed in by Sebastiano Loperto. About 25 minutes into the second half, the second came, when Marin added a goal to the scoring, with a tremendous kick to Torino’s connections.
Empoli already thought they were on their way to victory, but then came three minutes of madness from the visitors. In the 82nd minute, Samuela Ricci kicked in on the turn, after half a Torino situation, when three minutes later, Antonio Sanabria sent his own kick to the connections, on the way to 2:2 and an important point away.