- Rômulo - 74'
- Luca Antei - 37'
Romulo fires Hellas Verona to first league win of the season
Romulo fired Hellas Verona to their first win of the Serie A season as 10-man Benevento went down 1-0 in an eighth straight defeat.
Verona dominated the first half with Alessio Cerci shooting over before Mattia Valoti clattered a post from close range.
Benevento went down to 10 men when Luca Antei fouled Valoti to see red but the southerners avoided further punishment when, just before half-time, Giampaolo Pazzini hit the crossbar from yards out.
Second-half substitute Moise Kean reinvigorated Verona's forward line and the Juventus loanee was soon testing Alberto Brignoli with a left-footed drive.
In the 74th minute Romulo made the breakthrough. Daniele Verde rapidly made up ground on the counter-attack before crossing for his Brazilian team-mate to finish on the volley.
With time running out Pietro Iemmello spurned an opportunity to grab a point for Benevento when he missed the mark from a promising one-on-one with Nicolas.
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Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoli | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | +21 | 50 |
| Internazionale | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | +33 | 47 |
| Atalanta | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | +22 | 43 |
| Lazio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | +9 | 39 |
| Juventus | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | +17 | 37 |
| Fiorentina | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | +12 | 33 |
| Bologna | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 33 |
| AC Milan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | +8 | 31 |
| AS Roma | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 27 |
| Udinese | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 26 |
| Torino | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 23 |
| Genoa | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 23 |
| Como | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 22 |
| Cagliari | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 21 |
| Empoli | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| Parma | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 20 |
| Lecce | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -21 | 20 |
| Hellas Verona | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -23 | 19 |
| Venezia | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 15 |
| Monza | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
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