Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Hellas Verona DWDDW 1
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 22,255 att.

Match Report

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Roma salvage point at Hellas Verona thanks to Alessandro Florenzi goal

Alessandro Florenzi's long-range strike secured a 1-1 draw for Roma in their opening day clash at Verona.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
6
67.3
Possession
32.7
20
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
478
Accurate Passes
189
561
Passes
274
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
25
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
36
Long Balls
67
21
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
20
13
Tackles
22
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
3
Effective Clearances
20
7
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

VER · 4-3-3

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 18Vangelis MorasCD-L
  3. 4Rafael MárquezCD-R
  4. 69Samuel SouprayenLB
  5. 3Eros PisanoRB
  6. 19Leandro GrecoCM
  7. 10Emil HallfredssonLM
  8. 26Jacopo SalaRM
  9. 9Luca ToniF
  10. 21Juanito GómezLF
  11. 7Bosko JankovicRF

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Leandro CastánCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 35Vasilis TorosidisLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 11Mohamed SalahLF
  11. 27GervinhoRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Samuel Souprayen (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Juanito Gómez (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Goal! Verona 1, Roma 0. Bosko Jankovic (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emil Hallfredsson.
  4. 66' Substitution, Roma. Iago Falque replaces Mohamed Salah.
  5. 66' Substitution, Roma. Seydou Keita replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  6. 66' Goal! Verona 1, Roma 1. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  7. 74' Substitution, Verona. Luca Siligardi replaces Juanito Gómez.
  8. 79' Substitution, Verona. Rômulo replaces Samuel Souprayen because of an injury.
  9. 83' Substitution, Roma. Víctor Ibarbo replaces Gervinho.
  10. 84' Substitution, Verona. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Bosko Jankovic.
  11. 87' Leandro Castán (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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