Juventus miss out on top-four finish as Torino battle back to draw derby

[p]Following an hour-long delay to kick off, both sides took some time to get up to speed, and though the early exchanges were feisty, clear-cut chances were hard to come by.[/p][p]The first major opening fell to Juve as a deep corner came all the way through to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gatti-federico/SCvJDma8/"]Federico Gatti[/a], but with little time to react and a high bounce, he could only turn the ball over the bar from a yard out.[/p][p]Despite the miss, that moment seemed to spark some life into the visitors, and they went on to take the lead midway through the first half.[/p][p][b]The goal was created by a driving run from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thuram-kephren/bDU1sgDT/"]Khephren Thuram[/a], and as he reached the edge of the area, he picked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlahovic-dusan/Ct0rhfn7/"]Dusan Vlahovic[/a], who took a touch to steady himself before firing a deflected effort past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paleari-alberto/vR4315G2/"]Alberto Paleari[/a].[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/torino/MZFZnvX4/"]Torino[/a] failed to land an effort on target during the first half, but started brightly after the interval against a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] team who had learned during half-time that results elsewhere would keep them out of the top four regardless of the result here.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="a469171e-1c50-4f84-9566-070227989124" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="4496f8a2-f110-4c4b-83ad-72ba53957fb0" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b]They weren’t able to find the quick equaliser, however, and their deficit was doubled on 54 minutes. Vlahovic was clinical again, this time producing a pinpoint first-time finish across Paleari after being slipped in by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chico-conceicao/n53v4sSd/"]Francisco Conceicao[/a].[/b][/p][p]Fortunately for Torino, they hit back on the hour mark to keep the game alive.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/obrador-rafael/z3xcnF35/"]Rafa Obrador[/a]’s deep corner was met with a thumping header from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casadei-cesare/6BpuEEGC/"]Cesare Casadei[/a], which evaded the visiting defenders before finding the far corner of the net. [/b][/p][p]Slack defending from set-pieces troubled the Bianconeri throughout the game, and they were caught again with six minutes to go, [b]when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perin-mattia/A3ZJNQg1/"]Mattia Perin[/a] saved another Casadei header from a corner, but was powerless to stop [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adams-che/4C0YmOaJ/"]Che Adams[/a]’ volleyed rebound.[/b][/p][embed guid="5fc369a4-cc59-486c-9635-aeb17d6b7fda" url="https://x.com/juventusfcen/status/2058666758165201170" social-type="twitter" /][p]Torino piled on the pressure in the closing stages, but failed to find a winner and were almost undone when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holm-emil/ANr5qAci/"]Emil Holm[/a] let fly from range, forcing Paleari into an acrobatic save.[/p][p]The result marks a disappointing end to the season for Juventus, who must make do with fifth place and UEFA Europa League football. Torino leapfrog Parma into 12th, and end the season on a high note after a stirring comeback.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vlahovic-dusan/Ct0rhfn7/"]Dusan Vlahovic[/a] (Juventus)[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="eeb5df18-1534-4615-97e5-530962159df8" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="1d62024a-9b47-4537-80f6-354106e1931a" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/juventus-C06aJvIB/torino-MZFZnvX4/?mid=Yw2qYnof"]Click here for more on the match.[/a][/b][/p]