Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 19, 2020
Hellas Verona LWDWL 1
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Fiorentina WLDLD 1
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VER101
FIO101
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Match Report

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Controversial penalties dominate Verona, Fiorentina draw

Match officials took nearly six minutes to award Verona a penalty in a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
2
40.2
Possession
59.8
6
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
173
Accurate Passes
312
295
Passes
437
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
87
13
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
14
37
Effective Clearances
14
37
Clearances
14

Head to Head

VER leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FIO · 3-5-1-1

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 20Germán PezzellaCD
  3. 98Igor JulioCD-L
  4. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  5. 10Gaetano CastrovilliCM-L
  6. 5Giacomo BonaventuraCM-R
  7. 34Sofyan AmrabatAM
  8. 27Antonio BarrecaLM
  9. 23Lorenzo VenutiRM
  10. 9Dusan VlahovicF
  11. 7Franck RibéryRCF

VER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Marco SilvestriG
  2. 21Koray GünterCD
  3. 17Federico CeccheriniCD-L
  4. 27Pawel DawidowiczCD-R
  5. 4Miguel VelosoCM-L
  6. 61Adrien TamèzeCM-R
  7. 3Federico DimarcoLM
  8. 5Davide FaraoniRM
  9. 9Eddie SalcedoF
  10. 20Mattia ZaccagniCF-L
  11. 8Darko LazovicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' VAR Decision: Penalty Verona.
  2. 8' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Verona 1. Miguel Veloso (Verona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 13' Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Verona 1. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  5. 27' Federico Dimarco (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 34' Federico Ceccherini (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Verona. Ebrima Colley replaces Eddie Salcedo.
  8. 51' Substitution, Verona. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Koray Günter.
  9. 59' Substitution, Fiorentina. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Antonio Barreca.
  10. 59' Substitution, Fiorentina. Pol Lirola replaces Lorenzo Venuti.
  11. 60' Substitution, Fiorentina. José Callejón replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  12. 69' Igor Julio (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 70' Substitution, Verona. Ivan Ilic replaces Adrien Tameze.
  14. 71' Substitution, Verona. Kevin Rüegg replaces Darko Lazovic.
  15. 78' Substitution, Verona. Philip Yeboah Ankrah replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
  16. 84' Substitution, Fiorentina. Borja Valero replaces Franck Ribéry.
  17. 86' Substitution, Fiorentina. Patrick Cutrone replaces Gaetano Castrovilli.

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