Fabian O'Neill fully justified Serge Cosmi's faith in him when he opened the scoring with a majestic free-kick in the 26th minute of this game, his first full game back at this former club.

The game had been held in a tactical stalemate until that moment and although he may have lacked a little in his work rate his touch was a reminder of why Juventus had taken him from Perugia in the first place, it was simply magnificent.

Torino had emerged bloodied and battered from last week's Turin derby and it was surprinsing that they could summon up a team of eleven first teamers for this match after last week's heroic efforts.

With a completely enforced restructiring of their entire midfield and most of their defence and without captain Asta, and prolific striker Lucarelli, the best Torino could possibly have hoped for was a single point, indeed Camolese chose to play an ultra defensive 3-5-1-1 formation with Marco Ferrante as a lone striker. And alone he was, for the full 90-minutes.

Youngster Quagliarella, called up from the Primavera squad, worked hard and tried his best after coming on as a second-half substitute for Benoit Cauet, but his youthful endevours couldn't break down a stubborn Perugia side and when twin strikers Bazzani and Vryzas combined in the 72nd minute Perugia presed up their advantage with Vryzas scoring their second.

From that moment it would have needed more than just a slice of luck for Torino to get back into the game, and their hopes of a European place for next season took a knock with this 2-0 defeat.