Serie A | Torino 2-1 Verona: No hope for sorry Hellas

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Apr 11, 2026 11:03 AM ET

Torino found it tougher than expected, but Giovanni Simeone and Cesare Casadei sent plucky Verona to a fourth consecutive defeat.

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The Granata were still without Duvan Zapata, Zakaria Aboukhlal and Zanos Savva, with Niels Nkounkou also left out. Hellas were practically doomed by defeat to Fiorentina, with Tomas Suslov suspended, Sandi Lovric, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Suat Serdar injured.

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There was a minute’s silence before kick-off for Ismael Pistis, an eight-year-old member of the Torino youth academy who was killed in a car crash this week.

It took just six minutes to break the deadlock, as Marcus Pedersen sprung the offside trap to nod down a ball over the top for Giovanni Simeone, who sent Andrias Edmundsson to ground with his first touch, firing in from 12 yards with the right boot. Just like when he scored against his old club earlier this season, Cholito did not celebrate.

Verona were unlucky not to equalise on 11 minutes, as Alberto Paleari mistimed his intervention on a free kick, allowing Roberto Gagliardini to nod it onto the crossbar.

They did get the deserved equaliser when Kieron Bowie was stronger than Ardian Ismajli on a Lorenzo Montipò long ball, shrugging off his marker and turning to score one-on-one.

BERGAMO, ITALY – MARCH 22: Kieron Bowie of Hellas Verona is challenged by Sead Kolasinac of Atalanta during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and Hellas Verona FC at Gewiss Stadium on March 22, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Images)

Moments later, Verona threatened again with Antoine Bernede’s angled drive flashing just wide, while Che Adams fired off target for Torino.

The hosts were jeered off the field at half-time by their fans and came out with a different attitude for the restart, Simeone bending a finish inches wide.

They restored their lead when Rafa Obrador’s disguised shot from the edge of the area turned into an assist for Cesare Casadei to steer in first time from six yards.

TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 13: Giovanni Simeone of Torino FC celebrates goal with teammates after scoring Torino FC first goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and Parma Calcio 1913 at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on March 13, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Chris Ricco/Getty Images)

Che Adams soared above the crowd to nod in another Obrador assist, this time a floated cross from the left, but it was disallowed because Simeone was offside in the build-up.

Simeone tried to make up for it by smashing a long-range strike wide moments later, while Ismajli charged down the Gift Orban attempt.

Torino 2-1 Verona

Simeone 6 (T), Bowie 38 (V), Casadei 50 (T)

11-04-2026 14:00 MatchDay 32 Olympic Grande Torino Stadium

Torino

Verona 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Giovanni Simeone (Assist: Marcus Pedersen)	6'
Ardian Ismajli	25'
	26'	Andrias Edmundsson
	38'	Kieron Bowie (Assist: Lorenzo Montipò)

2nd half

		46'		Martin Frese
Cesare Casadei (Assist: Rafa Obrador)

50' 65' Daniel Oyegoke 90+5'

Nicolás Valentini

Match statistic

46 Possession % 54 11 Total shots 18 2 Shots on target 4 7 Shots off target 6 2 Blocked shots 8 3 Corners 6 2 Offsides 1 13 Fouls 17 Torino Verona

Starting lineups

1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper 44

Ardian Ismajli Defender 77

Enzo Ebosse Defender 84' 16

Marcus Pedersen Defender 33 Rafa Obrador Defender 84' 23

Saúl Coco Defender 67' 22

Cesare Casadei Midfielder 66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder 75' 10

Nikola Vlasic Midfielder 19

Ché Adams Attacker 75' 18

Giovanni Simeone Attacker 1

Lorenzo Montipò Goalkeeper 5 Andrias Edmundsson Defender 60' 2 Daniel Oyegoke Defender 3 Martin Frese Defender 81' 7 Rafik Belghali Defender 82' 15

Victor Nelsson Defender 21

Abdou Harroui Midfielder 60' 24

Antoine Bernede Midfielder

68' 11

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro Midfielder 63

Roberto Gagliardini Midfielder 18 Kieron Bowie Attacker

Substitutes

81 Franco Israel Goalkeeper 20

Valentino Lazaro Defender 61

Adrien Tameze Midfielder 8

Ivan Ilić Midfielder 14

Tino Anjorin Midfielder 6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder 92 Alieu Njie Attacker 99 Lapo Siviero Goalkeeper 35 Luca Marianucci Defender 67' 17 Sandro Kulenovic Attacker 75' 98 Matteo Prati Midfielder 75' 34

Cristiano Biraghi Defender 84' 13

Guillermo Maripán Defender 84' 34 Simone Perilli Goalkeeper 14

Pol Lirola Defender 36

Cheikh Niasse Attacker 94 Giacomo Toniolo Goalkeeper 72 Junior Ajayi Attacker 73 Moatasem Al-Musrati Midfielder 19 Tobias Slotsager Defender 70 Fallou Cham Defender 41 Isaac Attacker 16

Gift Orban Attacker 60' 6 Nicolás Valentini Defender 60' 12

Domagoj Bradaric Defender 68' 25 Daniel Mosquera Attacker 81' 9

Amin Sarr Attacker

82'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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