Serie A | Roma 0-1 Torino: Simeone shocker for Gasperini

Mile Svilar struggled to fingertip a dangerous set Kristjan Asllani corner off the head of Guillermo Maripan, while Gianluca Mancini didn’t get enough power on his header to surprise Franco Israel.

A decisive Maripan sliding tackle prevented Dybala going clear on the intelligent Matias Soulé through ball and another Mario Hermoso header found Israel prepared.

Roma were struggling with this tactical experiment, so Gian Piero Gasperini transformed the strikers at half-time. Ferguson laid off a Soulé ball for Tommaso Baldanzi to scuff wide from the edge of the area, then the Irish striker did the same from a Wesley assist.

It was Torino who opened the scoring instead with the first goal conceded by the Giallorossi this season. Simeone created it, skinning Manu Koné at the touchline to go on the counter, then getting the return pass from Cyril Ngonge to curl right-footed into the far top corner from the edge of the area. It was Cholito’s first Serie A goal in over a year.

Soulé came close with a curler just wide from a similar position, but it should’ve been 2-0 when Nikola Vlasic pulled back from the by-line for Zakaria Aboukhlal’s first-time finish from eight yards, forcing a remarkable reaction save from Svilar.

The Roma goalkeeper kept his men in it with another excellent save, getting down quickly to palm the Vlasic daisy-cutter away from an Ivan Ilic pull-back.

Gianluca Mancini’s finish was deflected into the arms of Israel, while Niccolò Pisilli’s header at the back post from a Ferguson flicked corner was straight at the goalkeeper from close range.

Deep into stoppages, Soulé saw his half-volley skim the far stick from a Mancini knock-down, while Stephan El Shaarawy’s acrobatic volley was smothered by Israel.

Roma 0-1 Torino

Simeone 59 (T)

14-09-2025 11:30 MatchDay 3 Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Torino 0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

		32'		Kristjan Asllani
		35'		Ardian Ismajli

2nd half

Wesley		52'
		59'

Giovanni Simeone (Assist: Cyril Ngonge) Angeliño 77'         81'

Zakaria Aboukhlal Roma Torino

Starting lineups

99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 3

Angeliño Defender 79' 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 79' 43 Wesley Defender 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 65' 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 8 Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder 46' 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 46' 81 Franco Israel Goalkeeper 44

Ardian Ismajli Defender 34

Cristiano Biraghi Defender 13

Guillermo Maripán Defender 23 Saúl Coco Defender 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender 22

Cesare Casadei Midfielder 65' 32 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 80' 10

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 84' 26

Cyril Ngonge Attacker 64' 18

Giovanni Simeone Attacker

64'

Substitutes

7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper

Konstantinos Tsimikas Defender 9

Artem Dovbyk Attacker 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 32

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender Jan Ziolkowski Defender 35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 46' 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 46' 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 65' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 79' 19

Zeki Celik Defender 79' 91

Duván Zapata Attacker 1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 16

Marcus Pedersen Defender 6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder 21 Ali Dembélé Defender 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 71 Mihai Popa Goalkeeper Niels Nkounkou Defender 92

Alieu Njie Attacker 19

Ché Adams Attacker 64' 7

Zakaria Aboukhlal Midfielder 64' 8

Ivan Ilić Midfielder 65' 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 80' 14

Tino Anjorin Midfielder

84'