Torino 0 - 0 Roma

The scoreline may suggest a bore draw, but in fact this game was anything but. There were chances at both ends, and cards aplenty, but Roma will certainly deem it a case of two points dropped.

Within ten minutes 'Toro' had picked up two bookings, and not long afterwards, the likes of Panucci and Giuly stung Sereni's gloves as Roma pressed forward early on.

For all the Roma pressure, though, Barrone arguably had the best chance of the first half when he inexplicably pulled the ball wide from six yards.

Di Michele, though, rivaled that miss with one of his own from an acute angle as the first period drew to a close with Torino somehow still goalless.

The second half followed the same pattern in the early stages. Torino were missing chances at one end, but the likes of Mancini were eager to test the 'keeper at the other.

Mancini was to have a luckless game overall, but so, too, were the likes of Vucinic for the visitors and Barrone for the hosts, both of whom spurned gilt-edged opportunities.

Frustration set in, and Walter Novellino was sent to the stands for protesting the referee's decisions in quite a forceful manner; he soon had company in the form of defender Comotto, whose sending-off signalled the end of an exciting encounter.

The result means that Roma could now be seven points adrift of Inter should the Nerazzurri win this evening.