Torino and Lecce draw after 16-minute kick-off delay

Torino and Lecce draw after 16-minute kick-off delay

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2026-11-08 12:38:12
Torino and Lecce shared one point after a draw, with kick-off delayed by 16 minutes because the pitch lines had been drawn incorrectly.

Torino and Lecce shared one point after drawing their match.

Kick-off delay

Kick-off was delayed by 16 minutes after officials realised through goal-line technology that the lines had been drawn incorrectly and were not completely straight. Pitch staff adjusted them.

Goals and late chance

The deadlock was broken when Giovanni Simeone's angled drive took a huge deflection off Kialonda Gaspar and looped over Wladimiro Falcone into the net.

Lecce equalised when Konan N’Dri's effort from the edge of the area looped up off Daniel Braganca and entered the net.

In the 88th minute, an acrobatic Che Adams overhead kick bounced off the woodwork and Giovanni Simeone was denied by Wladimiro Falcone on the follow-up from close range.

Recent results

Torino had followed three straight victories with back-to-back defeats against Como and Frosinone. Lecce had lost five of its last six games, including a home defeat to Genoa.

Squad availability

Niccolò Fortini, Ricardo Rodriguez, Rolando Mandragora and Franco Israel were out injured for Torino, while Alessio Cacciamani returned.

Joel Monteiro joined Medon Berisha, Santiago Pierotti and Ivan Ilic on Lecce's treatment table, while Kialonda Gaspar's two-match ban expired and Lassana Coulibaly and Willem Geubbels were available on the bench.

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