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TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 07: Cesare Casadei of Torino celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 07, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
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.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
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.
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.
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 StadiumTorinoVerona2 – 1
Player statistic
| Giovanni Simeone(Assist: Marcus Pedersen) | 6' |
| Ardian Ismajli | 25' |
| 26' | Andrias Edmundsson |
| 38' | Kieron Bowie(Assist: Lorenzo Montipò) |
| 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′
