3-1 Win Over Torino, Roma Pepet Juventus In The Standings

AS Roma vs Torino (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - AS Roma won 3-1 over Torino in the 12th round match to stick to Juventus in the standings, local Thursday or Friday morning WIB.

The Giallorossi are now in fourth place with 24 points, the same collection of points as third-placed Juventus but have lost on goal difference. Meanwhile, Torino is still slumped in 19th position with six points, according to Antara's official Italian League page.

Bruno Peres should be able to lead Roma to the lead in the early stages of the match. But after a beautiful move involving moves that included Leonardo Spinazzola and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the Brazilian was only able to shoot over.

Torino's debacle began in the 14th minute when Wilfried Singo was shown a second yellow card for his late tackle on Spinazzola.

Roma finally maximized the number of players in the 27th minute. Goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic was able to ward off Gianluca Mancini's shot, but he failed to keep out Spinazzola's attempt to grab a bouncing ball.

Roma doubled the lead after being awarded a penalty in the 43rd minute, which the referee awarded for Lyanco's foul on Edin Dzeko. Jordan Veretout took the penalty successfully.

In the second half, Roma eased the pressure and rested a number of their players for the big match against Atalanta. This was used by Torino to create a number of opportunities through Andrea Belotti and Mergim Vojvoda.

Torino gave a threat through Edera's long-range shot which hit the crossbar. After that Roma stung and they got their third goal in the 68th minute. Pedro and Borja Mayoral sent the ball forward, and Lorenzo Pellegrini fired a hard shot into the top corner of the net.

Granata scored a consolation goal in the 73rd minute. Roma goalkeeper Pau Lopez was able to ward off Belotti's shot, but he and his teammates failed to clear before the ball was then struck by Belotti.

The composition of players according to the official Italian League page:

AS Roma (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez, Gianluca Mancini (Harash Kumbula 46 '), Chris Smalling, Roger Ibanez, Bruno Peres (Rick Karsdorp 46'), Gonzalo Villar (Pedro Rodriguez 59 '), Jordan Veretout , Leonardo Spinazzola (Riccardo Calafiori 71 '), Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Dzeko (Borja Mayoral 59')

Coach: Paulo Fonseca

Torino (3-5-2): Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Gleison Bremer, Lyanco, Alessandro Buongiorno (Federico Bonazzoli 77 '), Wilfried Singo, Soualiho Meite (Tomas Rincon 46'), Amer Gojak (Cristian Ansaldi 23 '(Simone Edera 45 ')), Karol Linetty, Mergim Vojvoda. Andrea Belotti, Sasa Lukic (Jacopo Segre 46 ')

Coach: Marco Giampaolo