Torino recovered from a two-goal deficit against Juventus in the closing stage of Serie A
The Turin derby at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino ended without a winner: Torino and Juventus played 2:2 in the match of the 38th round of Serie A Enilive, the final league appearance of both teams in the 2025/2026 season. According to the official chronology of the match published by Virgilio Sport, Juventus led 2:0 after two goals by Dušan Vlahović, but Torino responded in the second half through Cesare Casadei and Ché Adams. The result brought Juventus sixth place and qualification for the Europa League, while Torino concluded the season in 12th position with 45 points. The match also had broader competitive significance because it was played on the evening of the final decisions about European places and survival in the league.
The match was played on Sunday, May 24, 2026, and the match records and reports stated that the start had been delayed compared with the original schedule. Associated Press reported that the city derby was delayed by approximately one hour after clashes between rival fans outside the stadium, in which one Juventus fan ended up in hospital with serious injuries, although, according to the same source, they were not life-threatening. Such an introduction additionally burdened a match that, even without the security context, carried special weight because of the final stage of the championship and the traditional rivalry between the two clubs from Turin.
Vlahović scored twice for Juventus
Juventus entered the match needing a win and a favorable outcome on other pitches in order to keep their chances of qualifying for the Champions League. According to data from Virgilio Sport’s live report, Luciano Spalletti’s team took the lead in the 24th minute, when Dušan Vlahović scored for 0:1. It remained 0:1 until the break, which left the visitors with an open path toward the result they needed, although even a victory by itself was not enough without help from other results. Juventus controlled the most important part of the scoreline rhythm during that period, while Torino had to look for a way to change the balance of power in the continuation.
Vlahović’s second goal came in the 54th minute, with which Juventus increased their lead to 0:2 and created the impression that they would bring the derby to an end without major problems. That moment was also important for the personal performance of the Serbian forward, who marked the end of the season with two goals in a match of great symbolic intensity. Still, a two-goal advantage did not bring Juventus peace. Torino reacted very quickly with changes and stronger pressure, and the home team managed to reverse the emotional tone of the match before the encounter entered the final half hour.
Casadei and Adams brought Torino back into the match
According to the chronology of the match, Torino coach Roberto D’Aversa already at the start of the second half reached for a substitution by bringing Cesare Casadei on instead of Gvidas Gineitis. It was Casadei who reduced the score to 1:2 in the 60th minute and brought the home team back into the match. Just a few minutes earlier, in the 56th minute, Ché Adams came on instead of Duván Zapata, and that substitution proved equally important for the closing stage. After the first goal, Torino gained energy, while Juventus, despite still having a positive result, found it increasingly difficult to keep control of the match.
The equalizer arrived in the 84th minute, when Ché Adams scored for the final 2:2. According to reports from the match, the home team thereby capitalized on a better period in the second half and punished Juventus for their drop in intensity after Vlahović’s second goal. For Torino, that goal had both competitive and symbolic value: a point was won in the city derby after a comeback from a two-goal deficit, and the season was concluded in front of their own fans without defeat against their fiercest rival. Juventus, on the other hand, were left without the victory they needed to put pressure on their competitors in the fight for the highest European tier.
- Venue: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy
- Competition: Serie A Enilive, 38th round of the 2025/2026 season
- Result: Torino - Juventus 2:2
- Scorers: Vlahović 24th and 54th minute for Juventus; Casadei 60th and Adams 84th minute for Torino
- Referee: Luca Zufferli, according to Virgilio Sport’s report
Derby marked by delay and security problems
Security events before the match were one of the most important circumstances of the evening. Associated Press reported that the match began approximately one hour later after clashes between fans outside the stadium, during which a Juventus fan was injured. The same source stated that Juventus supporter groups demanded the postponement of the match as a sign of support for the injured fan and threatened to enter the pitch if the match was played anyway. In the end, according to AP, they left the stadium before the start of the match, which made it possible for the derby to be played after all.
That incident did not affect only the schedule of the match in Turin. According to the same report, four other matches that were being played on the same evening began around ten minutes later because organizers were waiting for developments in Turin. In a sporting sense, this further intensified the tension of the final round because places for the Champions League, the Europa League and survival in Serie A were being decided at the same time. Under such circumstances, the match between Torino and Juventus was not only a local derby but also one of the events that influenced the rhythm of the entire final evening of the Italian championship.
Juventus remained sixth, Champions League slipped away in the final round
RaiPlay stated in its match summary that Juventus finished the championship with a draw in the derby, in sixth place, and that this secured qualification for the next edition of the Europa League. Sky Sport published in its overview of the final table that Inter, Napoli, Roma and Como qualified for the Champions League, while Milan and Juventus finished in the places leading to the Europa League. Juventus concluded the season with 69 points, 38 matches played, 61 goals scored and 34 conceded, according to the data published in the final table. This means that the draw in Turin was enough for European qualification, but not for the competition the club wanted.
For Juventus, the final ranking is particularly sensitive because before the last round the club also depended on the results of direct competitors. Sky Sport reported that Roma, with a win in Verona, and Como, with a win in Cremona, secured the Champions League, while Milan remained ahead of Juventus with a draw against Cagliari. In such a scenario, even a possible victory in the derby would not necessarily have guaranteed a move into the top four teams, but the draw completely removed every calculation. Juventus’s season therefore ended with European consolation, but also with a clear impression of a missed opportunity in the final part of the championship.
Torino finished the season in 12th place
With the point they won, Torino finished the season in 12th place, with 45 points, 44 goals scored and 63 conceded, according to the final table published by results portals and Sky Sport. That performance shows a mid-table season, without a fight for European places, but also without direct danger in the final stage of the championship. The home team nevertheless received an important symbolic ending in the derby because they made up a two-goal deficit against their city rival and prevented Juventus from ending the championship with a victory. For the club and the fans, such an outcome carries a weight that goes beyond just one point.
According to the preview and statistical context published before the match, Juventus had had an extremely favorable record in derbies against Torino in recent decades. Virgilio Sport stated that Juventus had been unbeaten in 38 of the previous 39 derbies in Serie A, with the only defeat in that run on April 26, 2015, at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. Therefore Torino’s comeback from 0:2 to 2:2 did not change the overall historical balance of the rivalry, but it gave the home team a result that will be remembered in the context of the season finale. It is especially important that the derby was played for the first time in the last round of a Serie A season, according to the statistical overview published ahead of the match.
An outcome that confirmed the new map of European places
The final round of Serie A 2025/2026 confirmed the final distribution of European positions. Sky Sport reported that Inter finished as Italian champions with 87 points, Napoli as second with 76 points, Roma as third with 73 points, and Como as fourth with 71 points. Milan remained fifth with 70 points, Juventus sixth with 69, and Atalanta seventh with 59 points and a place leading to the Conference League. In the lower part of the table, Sky Sport stated that Cremonese became the third traveler to Serie B, alongside the previously confirmed Verona and Pisa, while Lecce remained in the league.
In that broader context, the draw in Turin was one of the results that closed the season with clear messages. Juventus remained in European competitions, but outside the Champions League, which carries sporting and financial consequences for planning the next season. Torino finished without a European reward, but with a derby in which they showed reaction and character after a difficult scoreline deficit. The final 2:2 was therefore not only the result of one match, but a summary of the different seasonal stories of the two clubs: Juventus’s struggle with expectations and Torino’s need to conclude the season with a firm, competitively convincing performance.
Sources:
- Virgilio Sport – chronology of the Torino - Juventus 2:2 match, scorers, referee, schedule and context of the final round (link)
- RaiPlay – video summary of the match and confirmation that Juventus finished the season in sixth place with qualification for the Europa League (link)
- Associated Press – report on the delayed start of the match and clashes between fans outside the stadium (link)
- Sky Sport Italia – final Serie A 2025/2026 table and outcome of qualification for European competitions and relegation from the league (link)
- Goal.com – overview of the final Serie A 2025/2026 table with points, performance and goal difference of clubs (link)