Donyell Malen made the perfect Roma debut with a purpose, whereas Paulo Dybala supplied an help and ended a three-month drought to beat Torino 2-0 and go clear in fourth place.
Curiously, these groups met simply 5 days in the past within the Coppa Italia, to achieve the quarter-final. Giovanni Simeone was solely match for the bench, with Ivan Ilic, Ali Dembele, Zanos Savva and Perr Schuurs injured, plus Adam Masina at AFCON and Duvan Zapata absent over a household matter. The Giallorossi threw new purchase Malen straight , as Artem Dovbyk, Evan Ferguson, Tommaso Baldanzi, Leon Bailey and Stephan El Shaarawy have been out of motion, with Lorenzo Pellegrini making his comeback after a month. Evan Ndicka returned from worldwide responsibility, however Neil El Aynaoui was nonetheless out. Zeki Celik pulled out within the warm-up, changed by Devyne Rensch.
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TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Che Adams of Torino FC in motion in opposition to Wesley Franca of AS Roma in the course of the Serie A match between Torino FC and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Pellegrini scuffed a end large on the Gianluca Mancini pull-back, then Malen’s angled drive was parried by Alberto Paleari’s outstretched boot on the close to publish.
Paulo Dybala mixed with Malen to drill simply large, however Mario Hermoso limped off with a hip concern, changed by Daniele Ghilardi.
Roma had the ball within the internet moments later when Malen ran onto the Dybala move and lower inside Saul Coco, toe-poking the right-foot end into the far backside nook from 11 yards. Nonetheless, VAR confirmed the debutant was marginally offside.
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It was solely a warning, as quickly after the previous Aston Villa striker did get on the scoresheet when he gathered one other Dybala help, took a contact and swept in right-footed from seven yards.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Donyell Malen of AS Roma celebrates a purpose in the course of the Serie A match between Torino FC and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Issues went from unhealthy to worse for Toro, who misplaced Zakaria Aboukhlal to a left thigh harm, whereas Cyril Ngonge threatened with a few efforts from distance.
Casadei additionally got here on for the restart, and so they instantly had an opportunity when Valentin Lazaro prodded into Mile Svilar’s arms from a promising place, then Ndicka sprinted again for a decisive sliding sort out as Ngonge was going clear.
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Simply as Toro have been pushing, Roma doubled their lead. Dybala’s daisy-cutter from the sting of the realm pressured a one-handed Paleari save, however Gianluca Mancini laid off the rebound for Rensch, who pulled again for the Dybala dinked end off the surface of the boot from six yards. It was his first Serie A purpose in nearly three months.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Paulo Dybala of AS Roma celebrates a purpose with group mate Gianluca Mancini in the course of the Serie A match between Torino FC and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Malen almost obtained a 3rd moments later, hitting the side-netting after a Wesley run, and Robinio Vaz got here on for his debut as properly.
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Che Adams threatened to get one again, his angled drive grazing a coat of paint off the far publish from the Nikola Vlasic by means of ball, and Saul Coco additionally fired large.
Robinio Vaz almost scored on his Roma debut too, however Paleari parried the strike along with his legs.
Torino 0-2 Roma
Malen 26 (R), Dybala 72 (R)