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05 January 2020 The 14 points of difference have not been seen on the field. A Turin back from the knockout suffered at home by Spal before the break goes to win at the Olimpico, stopping the race of a Rome, relaunched by the successes with Spal and Fiorentina. The fourth advance (evening) of the eighteenth day of the championship, the first of 2020, ends 2-0 for the granata (in a white away outfit). The Giallorossi stop at 35 points, a leap forward for Toro, who temporarily grabs Napoli at altitude 24.

Fonseca ranks 4-2-3-1: Pau Lopez; Florenzi, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Diawara, Veretout; Zaniolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Perotti; Džeko. Mazzarri replies with the 3-4-2-1: Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Djidji; De Silvestri, Lukić, Rincon, Ola Aina; Berenguer, Verdi; Belotti. Arbitra Di Bello of Brindisi.

At 3 'immediately Zaniolo in evidence, his left deflected by a defender forces Sirigu to dive to put his hand open. At 8 'you can see Torino starting again: Verdi sends Belotti in depth whose crossed right is slightly touched by Lopez and breaks on the far post; as the action continues, always on the 'Gallo' tower, De Silvestri from two steps with his head concludes in the arms of the Giallorossi goalkeeper. At 16 'Kolarov on punishment commits Sirigu to fly in the corner. The pace decreases and the occasions are latent. At 32 'Belotti fishes Lukić in the Roman area, the header of the Serbian midfielder is high. At 39 'Pellegrini kicks the very angled limit, Sirigu gets there. At 47 'the lightning grenade: Belotti decentralized to the left defends the ball and releases the left-handed for a bomb that goes to bag on the first intersection of the poles.

In the second half, Roma opened hostilities with Pellegrini's right footed shot on 46 '. But it is the Bull who touches the doubling again with Belotti, who with an insidious right engages Lopez in a detour on the crossbar with the ball that then ends up in the corner. Roma reacts and in the 57th minute Perotti reaches the conclusion, with Sirigu's answer in the corner. at 63 'Mkhitaryan for Veretout among the Giallorossi. At 65 'Pellegrini tries from a few meters, but does not find the door. Very occasion for Roma at 68 ': Perotti breaks left, Pellegrini turns but Sirigu has a prodigious reflection, then Mancini wastes. First grenade change in the 69th minute: Meïté for Verdi. At 73 'Fonseca plays the Kalinić card in place of Perotti. At 75 'yellow and red protests for a touch of the hand of Izzo, already admonished, that Di Bello decides not to punish with another yellow card. At 77 'a header from Džeko ends not far from the intersection of the poles to the left of Sirigu. At 79 'still a chance for the hosts, but Mkhitaryan's plate is weak and easy prey for the grenade goalkeeper. At 80 'Kolarov on a free kick from distance looks for the door without finding it. At 81 'Berenguer unmarked by Belotti sends a right to turn from a good position. A minute passes and Džeko finds the lead time, but the ball ends up in Sirigu's hands. At 84 'Di Bello is recalled by the Var and goes to see a previous action in which Smalling touched his arm in his area opposing Belotti: the referee decides for the penalty and the' Gallo 'from the penalty spot displaces Lopez for his ninth personal success (86 '). At 89 'Laxalt for Ola Aina in Turin. Roma do not seem able to organize a reaction and even the long recovery (8 ') does not help to straighten the game: at 96' Kalinić lacks the winning deviation by two steps. Džeko is more effective a minute later, but Sirigu is a good guard. There is also time for the entry of the French class 2000 Adopo into the ranks of Turin.