Torino 0-2 Roma: Ranieri bows out with Europa League spot

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26-05-2025

Claudio Ranieri ends his career steering Roma to the Europa League spot, as they had been fourth for much of the evening until a Juventus turnaround.
The Giallorossi knew they had to win and hope that Juventus slipped up in Venice to snatch fourth place and Champions League qualification, but also that Lazio were right behind eager to steal fifth and the Europa League spot.
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Artem Dovbyk returned from injury, but was only fit for the bench, with Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini out for several months. Toro's lengthy absentee list included Duvan Zapata, Yann Karamoh, Borna Sosa, Saul Coco and Alieu Njie.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Eldor Shomurodov came so close to giving Roma the lead after 120 seconds, but his angled drive thumped the upright.
Leandro Paredes also blasted over, while the Argentine lost possession for Che Adams to drill wide from a promising position.
epa12135321 Roma's Leandro Paredes scores a goal during the Italian soccer Serie A match between Torino FC vs AS Roma at the Olimpico Grande Torino Stadium in Turin, Italy, 25 May 2025. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
Ali Dembele made a very clumsy intervention on Alexis Saelemaekers and brought him down for a Roma penalty, which Paredes converted hard into the side-netting, despite Vanja Milinkovic-Savic guessing the right way.
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With Juventus losing to Venezia, at this moment Roma were in fourth place for the Champions League.
Manu Kone's scorcher was deflected inches over, while Matias Soulé couldn't keep his finish down from the edge of the area.
Nikola Vlasic tested Mile Svilar, but above all news came through before half-time that Juventus had turned it around to lead 2-1.
TURIN, ITALY – MAY 25: Eldor Shomurodov of AS Roma runs with the ball whilst under pressure from Adam Masina of Torino during the Serie A match between Torino and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on May 25, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by)
Roma consolidated their own advantage on the night, as Soulé floated a ball to the back post, finding Saelemaekers for an extraordinarily free header.
Eljif Elmas had penalty appeals, but the contact with Shomurodov seemed to be outside the box, while Soulé saw his trademark curler smack the crossbar at the far top corner.
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Perciun stung Mile Svilar's gloves and Bryan Cristante had the ball in the net on 83 minutes with the inside of the boot from the edge of the area, but it was disallowed as Angelino's kneecap was offside before the assist.
Moments later, Che Adams saw his daisy-cutter smack the base of the upright from outside the box.
Torino 0-2 Roma
Paredes pen 18 (R), Saelemaekers 53 (R)
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