Serie A | Torino 0-2 Inter: Zalewski genius keeps Scudetto race open

Matteo Darmian scuffed the angled drive sent through by Yann Bisseck and it was cleared in front of goal by Adam Masina, while Josep Martinez collided with Stefan de Vrij trying to deal with a Valentin Lazaro free kick.

Masina almost scored at the other end, volleying a corner off target from six yards, while nobody was ready to meet the Carlos Augusto pull-back under increasingly difficult conditions of rain and hail.

The referee eventually had to suspend the game for a few minutes, as the ball was not rolling or bouncing due to the large puddles.

Josep Martinez made an extraordinary one-handed reaction save on the Che Adams diving header from a Cristiano Biraghi cross.

There was another pitch inspection during the 30-minute half-time break before they decided play could continue.

Straight after the restart, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic made a save on the acrobatic Mehdi Taremi overhead kick, although it was offside anyway.

Moments later, Taremi ran onto the through ball and was brought down by Milinkovic-Savic. Kristjan Asllani sent the goalkeeper the wrong way, converting the penalty into the near bottom corner.

Federico Dimarco forced Milinkovic-Savic to use his legs to parry an angled drive after being sent through by Zalewski, while Alessandro Bastoni twice charged down Adams efforts in the area.

Milinkovic-Savic kept the scoreline down with a double save on Tucu Correa and Hakan Calhanoglu, set up by Denzel Dumfries off the bench.

Toro also went close, as the Nikola Vlasic strike was deflected to skim the upright, then Calhanoglu needed a desperate tackle from behind to stop Vlasic finishing off the Sergiu Perciun back-heel flick.

Taremi knocked down a cross for the Correa header, which Milinkovic-Savic palmed out from under the bar, while Dumfries charged down the powerful Biraghi left-foot volley.

Correa was again denied by the goalkeeper on a Dimarco pull-back from the left, then Calhanoglu drilled just wide on the rebound. In stoppages, Adams sliding in couldn’t steer his volley on target from a Biraghi cross.

Adam Masina did have the ball in the net at the 93rd minute with an acrobatic overhead kick, but only after shoving Asllani aside to create the space.

Torino 0-2 Inter

Zalewski 14 (I), Asllani pen 49 (I)

11-05-2025 17:00 MatchDay 36 Olympic Grande Torino Stadium

Torino

Inter 0 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

14'

Nicola Zalewski (Assist: Alessandro Bastoni)     25' Carlos Augusto     43' Yann Bisseck 2nd half

Vanja Milinković-Savić		47'
		49'

Kristjan Asllani     56'

Nicola Zalewski

Match statistic

42 Possession % 58 17 Total shots 12 3 Shots on target 7 6 Shots off target 5 8 Blocked shots 0 9 Corners 3 1 Offsides 2 14 Fouls 7 Torino Inter

Starting lineups

32

Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper 5

Adam Masina Defender 21 Ali Dembélé Defender 63' 34

Cristiano Biraghi Defender 13

Guillermo Maripán Defender 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender 80' 11

Eljif Elmas Midfielder 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 63' 10

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 28

Samuele Ricci Midfielder 80' 18

Ché Adams Attacker 13 Josep Martínez Goalkeeper 95

Alessandro Bastoni Defender 79' 36

Matteo Darmian Defender 6

Stefan de Vrij Defender 31 Yann Bisseck Defender 46' 30

Carlos Augusto Midfielder 46' 21 Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 59

Nicola Zalewski Midfielder 62' 7

Piotr Zielinski Midfielder

62' 11

Joaquín Correa Attacker 99

Mehdi Taremi Attacker

Substitutes

4

Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender 9

Antonio Sanabria Attacker 77

Karol Linetty Midfielder 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 17

Antonio Donnarumma Goalkeeper 23 Saúl Coco Defender 22

Cesare Casadei Midfielder 63' 83 Sergiu Perciun Midfielder 63' 8

Ivan Ilić Midfielder 80' 82 Alessio Cacciamani Attacker 80' 8

Marko Arnautovic Attacker 9

Marcus Thuram Attacker 1

Yann Sommer Goalkeeper 12 Raffaele Di Gennaro Goalkeeper 52 Thomas Berenbruch Midfielder 53 Luka Topalović Midfielder 56 Gabriele Re Cecconi Defender 56

Matteo Spinaccè Attacker 32

Federico Dimarco Defender 46' 2

Denzel Dumfries Midfielder 46' 20

Hakan Calhanoglu Midfielder 62' 23

Nicolò Barella Midfielder 62' 15

Francesco Acerbi Defender

79'