- 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.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | +61 | 86 |
AC Milan | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | +25 | 69 |
Juventus | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | +21 | 64 |
Bologna | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | +22 | 62 |
AS Roma | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | +20 | 58 |
Atalanta | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | +22 | 54 |
Lazio | 33 | 16 | 4 | 13 | +7 | 52 |
Napoli | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | +9 | 49 |
Fiorentina | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 47 |
Torino | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | +2 | 46 |
Monza | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 43 |
Genoa | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 39 |
Lecce | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -18 | 35 |
Cagliari | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -20 | 32 |
Hellas Verona | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 31 |
Empoli | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 31 |
Udinese | 33 | 4 | 16 | 13 | -19 | 28 |
Frosinone | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -23 | 28 |
Sassuolo | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -26 | 26 |
Salernitana | 33 | 2 | 9 | 22 | -44 | 15 |