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TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 01: Duvan Zapata of Torino FC scores a second goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and SS Lazio at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on March 01, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)
Roberto D’Aversa made the ideal debut on the Torino bench, securing a 2-0 victory over troubled Lazio with Giovanni Simeone and Duvan Zapata goals.
The Granata sacked ex-Lazio boss Marco Baroni this week after scraping one win and one draw in eight Serie A rounds. Emirhan Ilkhan was suspended after his red card against Genoa, with Che Adams not fully fit and Zanos Savva injured. The Aquile had one win in six rounds, but were preparing for Wednesday’s Coppa Italia semi-final against Atalanta. Daniel Maldini, Pedro, Elseid Hysaj, Toma Basic, Nicolò Rovella, Samuel Gigot and Mario Gila missed the trip.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Despite the dismissal of Baroni, Toro fans continued their protest against President Urbano Cairo, so there were very few people in the stands.
The Granata opened the scoring when Duvan Zapata’s shot took a deflection off Alessio Romagnoli to loop up, turning into an accidental assist for Giovanni Simeone to pounce at the back post, flicking it past the on-rushing Ivan Provedel. Oliver Provstgaard tried a desperate goal-line clearance, but couldn’t do it in time. Cholito really does have a remarkable record against Lazio, as this was his 10th goal past them.
Simeone nearly got a second moments later, Provedel getting down quickly to palm the daisy-cutter round the post.
The Biancocelesti replied when Mattia Zaccagni pulled back from the by-line for Reda Belahyane, whose finish from 14 yards surprised Alberto Paleari, but was cleared practically off the line by Saul Coco.
Lazio made two changes for the restart, but it was Torino who doubled their lead when Rafa Obrador stood up a cross from the left for Duvan Zapata to overpower Provstgaard with a header from six yards.
Tijjani Noslin tested Alberto Paleari from distance with a curler, while Valentino Lazaro’s volley was charged down by Pellegrini, and Torino failed to score from a corner when three players all had free headers from six yards, colliding with each other.
Nuno Tavares sprinted down the left and pulled back from the by-line for a Noslin tap-in, but Enzo Ebosse made a decisive block at the near post.
Paleari was called into a big save at the 87th minute, flying to palm an Alessio Romagnoli header out from the bar from point-blank range on the corner.
Torino 2-0 Lazio
Simeone 21 (T), Zapata 53 (T)
01-03-2026 17:00
MatchDay 27
Olympic Grande Torino StadiumTORLAZ
Live2 – 0
Player statistic
| Giovanni Simeone | 21' |
| Gvidas Gineitis | 45+1' |
| Duván Zapata(Assist: Rafa Obrador) | 53' |
| Nikola Vlasic | 79' |
TOR
LAZ
Starting lineups
1
Alberto Paleari
Goalkeeper
44
Ardian Ismajli
Defender
77
Enzo Ebosse
Defender
33
Rafa Obrador
Defender
72′
23
Saúl Coco
Defender
20
Valentino Lazaro
Defender
66
Gvidas Gineitis
Midfielder
68′
98
Matteo Prati
Midfielder
85′
10
Nikola Vlasic
Midfielder
91
Duván Zapata
Attacker
73′
18
Giovanni Simeone
Attacker
84′
94
Ivan Provedel
Goalkeeper
77
Adam Marusic
Defender
13
Alessio Romagnoli
Defender
3
Luca Pellegrini
Defender
65′
25
Oliver Provstgaard
Defender
32
Danilo Cataldi
Midfielder
24
Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder
21
Reda Belahyane
Midfielder
46′
22
Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker
65′
10
Mattia Zaccagni
Attacker
81′
20
Petar Ratkov
Attacker
46′
Substitutes
34
Cristiano Biraghi
Defender
81
Franco Israel
Goalkeeper
13
Guillermo Maripán
Defender
14
Tino Anjorin
Midfielder
19
Ché Adams
Attacker
16
Marcus Pedersen
Defender
35
Luca Marianucci
Defender
92
Alieu Njie
Attacker
99
Lapo Siviero
Goalkeeper
8
Ivan Ilić
Midfielder
68′
25
Niels Nkounkou
Defender
72′
22
Cesare Casadei
Midfielder
73′
17
Sandro Kulenovic
Attacker
84′
61
Adrien Tameze
Midfielder
85′
4
Patric
Defender
29
Manuel Lazzari
Defender
55
Alessio Furlanetto
Goalkeeper
Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper
71
Valerio Farcomeni
Midfielder
99
Adrian Przyborek
Attacker
14
Tijjani Noslin
Attacker
46′
7
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder
46′
17
Nuno Tavares
Defender
65′
18
Gustav Isaksen
Attacker
65′
19
Boulaye Dia
Attacker
81′
