Josip Brekalo scored his first Serie A double on Monday as Torino strolled to a surprise 4-0 hammering of Fiorentina.Even though Viola is enjoying a fine season and boast one of the best young goalscorers in the world in Dusan Vlahovic, they had a thoroughly rotten day on Monday.Croatia winger Brekalo rounded off a fine team move in the 23rd minute to put the hosts two ahead following Wilfired Singo’s headed opener shortly before.Wednesday, 19.30: (1.35) Atalanta (5.30) Venezia (8.00)The 23-year-old made it three eight minutes later when he intercepted a dreadful pass from Jose Callejon before skipping past Pietro Terraccina and slotting home.Antonio Sanabria rounded off the scoring just before the hour mark to make it a resounding win for Torino, who move up to ninth in Italy’s top flight on 28 points.Josip Brekalo v Fiorentina:1 Key pass 1 Successful take on 2 Attempted take-ons2 Goals 3 Shots on target 4 Shots 33 Accurate passes 63 Touches 76.7% Pass accuracy Torino run riot. 🌪🐗 pic.twitter.com/XNX8hCO8kT— StatmanJames (@JamesStatman) January 10, 2022 Fiorentina are four points ahead in sixth, nine away from the Champions League positions but still well in the fight for a spot in Europe next year.The Viola have made an impression this season, with highly-rated Vlahovic starring up front, but were comprehensively beaten on an off-night for Vincenzo Italiano’s attack-minded side.Both sides have a game in hand after their matches on Thursday were not played due to a surge in coronavirus cases across the league.SERIE A – Round 21SundayVenezia – Milan 0-3 (0-1)/Ibrahimovic 2, Hernandez 48 pen, 59/Empoli – Sassuolo 1-5 (1-2)/Henderson 16 – Berardi 13, Raspadori 24, 71, Scamacca 67, 90+2/Napoli – Sampdoria 1-0 (1-0)/Petagna 43/Udinese – Atalanta 2-6 (0-3)/Djimsiti 59 og, Beto 88 – Pasalic 17, Muriel 22, 76, Malinovsky 43, Maehle 89, Pessina 90+2/Roma – Juventus 3-4 (1-1)/Abraham 11, Mkhitaryan 48, Pellegrini 53 – Dybala 18, Locatelli 70, Kulusevski 72, De Sciglio 77/Genoa – Spezia 0-1 (0-1)/Bastoni 14/Inter – Lazio 2-1 (1-1)/Bastoni 30, Skriniar 67 – Immobile 35/Verona – Salernitana 1-2 (0-1)/Lazovic 63 – Djuric 29, Kastanos 70/MondayTorino – Fiorentina 4-0 (3-0)/Singo 19, Brekalo 23, 31, Sanabria 58/Tuesday22.45: (2.85) Cagliari (3.25) Bologna (2.70)
