Roma fans banned from purchasing tickets for Torino away match

Roma supporters living in Rome province have been banned from purchasing tickets for the Serie A match at Torino on Monday 14 September at 18:30 at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. The restriction prevents many Giallorossi fans from attending the fourth league matchday fixture in person under head coach Gian Piero Gasperini. Roma fans from elsewhere in the Lazio region may purchase tickets, but only for the away section and exclusively with a valid AS Roma membership card. The ticket sales ban applied specifically to Rome province residents represents a significant constraint on the travelling support for this fixture.

Under Gasperini's management, Roma have abandoned their defensive-first identity and emerged as one of Serie A's most creative and dangerous attacking forces. In Saturday's fixture, the club fielded two less experienced defenders in place of established players Evan N'Dicka and Gianluca Mancini—yet Roma shifted up a gear from that point on. After a season defined by the defensive solidity inherited from José Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri, the first three matches of this campaign have revealed what it means to play Gasperini football: field domination, mental strength, and a relentless goal-scoring machine. Roma have climbed to the top of Serie A's offensive statistics alongside Inter and Como—the two clubs displaying the best football this season. Beyond goals and assists, Gasperini's side matches Inter in possession percentage (63.9%, compared to Inter's 66%), but this is far from sterile possession: Roma have shot on target 26 times, the most in the league (Como second with 21), and created 17 big chances—the highest total alongside Inter, who have 13. The transformation is staggering. Two seasons ago, Roma ranked fifth in Serie A for big chances and barely ninth for shots on target. In the first three matches, Roma have also ranked among the best for successful dribbles with 29—an extraordinary figure after finishing 19th of 20 teams last season. Gasperini arrived on 6 June 2025 with a clear project: a gradual revolution built around young players and buttressed by experienced personnel. Despite market limitations that prevented him from signing the attacking player he wanted—notably Mason Greenwood—Roma have become a team of modern ideas, character, and tactical openness, playing without fear against any opponent. The gap from the squad Ranieri left behind is measured in years, not months. Ahead lie significant tests: Fenerbahçe in Istanbul, then Torino before fixtures against Inter, Como, and Real Madrid. The final three, in particular, have long been circled in red.

Donyell Malen has become the focal point of Gian Piero Gasperini's Roma, transforming the club's attack after arriving in January and dragging them to Champions League qualification. Gasperini repositioned the Dutch forward to operate between the back three and the fullback line, unlocking a decisive edge that had been missing when Roma pursued an attacker capable of running in behind during the previous summer transfer window. Since his debut against Torino, Malen has contributed 14 goals and 2 assists in Serie A, plus one Europa League goal against Bologna—15 goals in 22 matches as Roma scored 40 total (36 in the league, 4 in Europe). He accounts for 40 per cent of the club's seasonal tally. Seven of his 15 goals proved decisive, most crucially a penalty against Parma at the 100th minute. Without Malen, Roma would have accumulated 12 fewer points. Before his arrival, Roma struggled badly. In their opening 27 matches under Gasperini, they netted only 36 goals—23 in Serie A, 11 in Europa League, 2 in Coppa Italia—averaging 1.33 per game. The first summer window had brought no genuinely incisive attacking reinforcement. Malen's January arrival transformed that dynamic nearly immediately. From his debut onwards, Roma's goal-per-match average nearly doubled to 2.11. This season, Malen has added 5 goals in 3 matches, accounting for 50 per cent of Roma's 10 goals so far. He has now scored 19 times in 21 appearances for the club. The article notes that after last season's performance, some observers worried he would not sustain such output; the early 2026-27 figures have silenced those doubts.