JAKARTA - AS Roma's hopes of completing this season's extraordinary comeback story will be determined in the final week of Serie A, Sunday, May 25, when they travel to Torino's headquarters. In a potentially perfect fairy tale ending, veteran coach Claudio Ranieri is ready to carve out a brilliant career ending by bringing his boyhood club back to the Champions League. However, Roma's fate is not entirely in their own hands the result of Juventus and Lazio matches will also be decisive.
The 2024-2025 season was really a rollercoaster for Roma. After starting the season badly, sacking club legend Daniele De Rossi and failing completely with Ivan Juric, Roma finally rose under Ranieri's tutelage.
A 3-1 win over AC Milan last week extended their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League until the final second of the season. Juventus, who are one point ahead and will face bottom team Venezia, are in fourth place temporarily. But if they slip, Roma and city rivals Lazio are ready to take over.
The calculation of the standings will be very tight. If there is a team that finishes with the same points, head-to-head rules, goal difference, and the number of goals will be decisive. Currently Juventus have a goal difference of +22, narrowly ahead of Roma which records +19. Even if all statistics are balanced, the determination could fall into a coin draw a dramatic scenario that no one wants.
Despite losing to Atalanta and breaking a record 19 games without losing, Roma still performed solid throughout 2025. They only conceded 11 goals and recorded 10 clean sheets since the turn of the year. Whatever the results in Turin later, Ranieri will end her Serie A career in the 501st match, an extraordinary record that began nearly 35 years ago.
For Torino, this match did not mean much in the standings. They were no longer able to penetrate the top 10 and only won once from the last eight matches. In addition, the history of the meeting of the two teams also sided with Roma, who won five of the last seven away matches at the Grenade headquarters.
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Torino is also struggling to score goals, only breaking into the opponent's goal once in the last four matches. A narrow defeat to Lecce last week shows how weak Paolo Vanoli's attack line was. Even so, they still want to close the season in front of the public themselves with positive results, even though there is a possibility they slip into 12th place if they lose.
In terms of the composition of the players, Roma could not field Paulo Dybala and the injured captain Lorenzo Pellegrini. Artem Dovbyk's main striker is likely to only sit on the bench if he recovers from an addict injury. Eldor Shomurudov is likely to be a starter on the front lines again, supported by Matias Soule, who has been the main creator since February.
Meanwhile, Torino was also hit by a storm of injuries. Apart from Duvan Zapata and Perr Schuurs who were absent for the long term, they may not be able to field Borna Sosa and Alieu Njie. However, Saul Coco and Eljif Elmas were able to return to the squad even though they were not 100 percent fit. Torino's hopes in the front line were based on Che Adams, who could score double digits for the first time in Europe's top league if they managed to break into Roma's goal.
This match promises a big drama, not only because of the prestige and history of both teams, but because of a big bet: Champions League tickets and a perfect ending for one of the most respected coaches in Italian football. Will Ranieri be able to close her story with a happy ending, or will Torino be the last barrier on Roma's magic journey?
Forecast Formation Of Players
Torino : Milinkovic-Savic; Dembele, Maripan, Masina, Biraghi; Ricci, Gineitis; Lazaro, Vlasic, Gineitis; Adams
AS Roma : Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka; Saelemaekers, Cristante, Kone, Angelino; PIsilli, Soule; Shomurudov
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