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Great result for Torino.

Serie A Week 35 - 6/5/07 (14.00 UK)

Torino 1 - 0 Ascoli
Rosina 18 (T)
Stadio Olimpico

Alessandro Rosina's solo effort dooms Ascoli to relegation and gives a major boost to Torino's own hopes of safety.

Ascoli were virtually in Serie B even before kick-off, but the Granata faced a late battle against the drop. Both sides had lost four of their previous five games. Oscar Brevi was suspended for the home side. Ascoli's last top flight win in Turin was in 1986 and they were without the injured Gigi Di Biagio, Paolo Foglio and Sasa Bjelanovic.

Torino took the lead after 18 minutes on the counter-attack. Roberto Stellone and Alessandro Rosina risked getting in each others' way, but Rosinaldo won out and kept his cool to slide with the outside of his left foot into the far corner.

Rosina's free kick drifted over the bar, but in the first half Ascoli never looked remotely dangerous upfront.

After the break Stellone's header from a Fabio Gallo cross skimmed the upright and Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos had his work cut out to beat away fierce long-range strikes from Stellone and Rosina.

Christian Abbiati finally got some work to do on 68 minutes, as he had his palms stung by a fierce Andrea Soncin strike on the counter.

Rosina went on one of his slaloms, skipping past three defenders to place a delicate angled drive inches wide of the upright.

Torino: Abbiati; Comotto, Di Loreto, Franceschini, Balestri; Lazetic, Ardito, Gallo (Barone 74), Rosina; Muzzi (Abbruscato 63), Stellone (De Ascentis 73)

Ascoli: Eleftheropoulos; Vastola (Pesce 72), Corallo, Melara, Minieri; Giampa' (Soncin 63), Zanetti, Boudianski, Bonanni (Guberti 46); Perrulli, Paolucci

Ref: Farina

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