Two goals in the first 24 minutes

Torino took the lead in the fourth minute at the Tardini. Rafik Belghali crossed from the right and Giovanni Simeone volleyed the ball into the far corner, ending a run of six matches without a goal for the Argentine, according to ANSA. Abate set his Torino side up in a 3-5-2 that mirrored Parma's shape, with Vlasic starting, while Alberto Gilardino was in his first home game on the Parma bench. Che Adams doubled the advantage in the 24th minute, converting a Vlasic shot that a defender had deflected, and the goal stood after a VAR check for a possible offside in the build-up. Parma's best early chance came in the 33rd minute, when David Romero's low shot was saved by Lucas Perri. Torino led 2-0 at half-time and Parma left the pitch to whistles from their own supporters.

Gilardino's changes and the third goal

Gilardino made changes at half-time, taking off Diego Carlos and Fabbian and bringing on Drobnic and Lontani, and Parma switched to a 3-4-2-1. Parma pushed forward after the break, with El Bilal Touré heading narrowly wide in the 48th minute and Lontani firing high shortly afterwards. Simeone settled the match in the 69th minute with a long-range strike that found the top left corner, according to SAPO. Parma thought they had pulled a goal back in the 81st minute, when Matija Frigan finished after an assist from Djibril Diallo, but the VAR ruled the goal out for offside. The referee Giovanni Ayroldi confirmed the decision, and the score stayed 3-0.

Standings and reaction

The match was the late kickoff of the seventh round, according to AGI, and it was Torino's second straight league win. The result lifts Torino to 10 points, but sources differ on the exact place: AGI puts them tenth, level with Napoli, while La Stampa says ninth, also level with Napoli. Parma stay on 4 points in the penultimate place, and Blick notes it was their fifth defeat in seven Serie A matches. Blick also reports that Parma had lost 0-3 to Inter Milan a week earlier. Of four Swiss players who could have featured for Parma, only Sascha Britschgi played, booked and on the pitch until the 70th minute. Protests against the club began from the yellow-and-blue end as the match wound down.

Torino10

Parma4

Torino

10 points

Parma

4 points

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