Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, June 11, 2023
Hellas Verona WLLDL 3
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Spezia LWDLL 1
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VER303
SPE101
Mapei Stadium · 10,000 att.

Match Report

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Verona beat Spezia in relegation playoff to stay in Serie A

Hellas Verona secured another season in Serie A on Sunday after defeating Spezia 3-1 in their relegation playoff, with Cyril Ngonge's two goals sending Spezia into the second tier.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
2
31.3
Possession
68.7
9
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
132
Accurate Passes
379
221
Passes
463
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
9
10
Crosses
39
0.1
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
59
31
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
6
24
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
5
35
Effective Clearances
19
35
Clearances
19

Head to Head

VER leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SPE · 3-5-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 4Ethan AmpaduCD
  3. 43Dimitris NikolaouCD-L
  4. 55Przemyslaw WisniewskiCD-R
  5. 6Mehdi BourabiaCM-L
  6. 77Szymon ZurkowskiCM-R
  7. 25Salvatore EspositoAM
  8. 13Arkadiusz RecaLM
  9. 21Salvador FerrerRM
  10. 18M'Bala NzolaCF-L
  11. 14Eldor ShomurodovCF-R

VER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 6Isak HienCD
  3. 27Pawel DawidowiczCD-L
  4. 23Giangiacomo MagnaniCD-R
  5. 77SulemanaCM-L
  6. 61Adrien TamèzeCM-R
  7. 29Fabio DepaoliLM
  8. 5Davide FaraoniRM
  9. 19Milan DjuricF
  10. 8Darko LazovicCF-L
  11. 26Cyril NgongeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Spezia 0, Verona 1. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
  2. 14' Isak Hien (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 15' Goal! Spezia 1, Verona 1. Ethan Ampadu (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov following a set piece situation.
  4. 26' Goal! Spezia 1, Verona 2. Cyril Ngonge (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milan Djuric.
  5. 28' Fabio Depaoli (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 31' Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 38' Goal! Spezia 1, Verona 3. Cyril Ngonge (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  8. 53' Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces Przemyslaw Wisniewski.
  9. 59' Substitution, Verona. Juan Cabal replaces Pawel Dawidowicz.
  10. 59' Substitution, Verona. Simone Verdi replaces Darko Lazovic.
  11. 65' Substitution, Spezia. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  12. 66' Lorenzo Montipò (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 68' Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the red card.
  14. 70' Penalty saved! MBala Nzola (Spezia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  15. 70' Cyril Ngonge (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 71' Arkadiusz Reca (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 75' Substitution, Verona. Filippo Terracciano replaces Cyril Ngonge.
  18. 76' Substitution, Verona. Adolfo Gaich replaces Milan Djuric.
  19. 77' Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 83' Substitution, Spezia. Tio Cipot replaces Salvatore Esposito.
  21. 83' Substitution, Spezia. Kevin Agudelo replaces Salvador Ferrer.
  22. 85' Substitution, Verona. Diego Coppola replaces Giangiacomo Magnani.

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