Italian Serie A

Verona vs Juventus 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 10': Giovanni Simeone
  • 14': Giovanni Simeone
FT
2 - 1
  • 80': Weston McKennie

Juventus misery continues as Simeone inspires Verona

Juventus' miserable start to the Serie A season continued as they lost 2-1 at Hellas Verona on Saturday, with an early double from Giovanni Simeone.

Match Commentary

  • 10': Goal! Verona 1, Juventus 0. Giovanni Simeone (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 14': Goal! Verona 2, Juventus 0. Giovanni Simeone (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
  • 26': Darko Lazovic (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Danilo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Second Half begins Verona 2, Juventus 0.
  • 57': Nicolò Casale (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  • 57': Substitution, Juventus. Weston McKennie replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  • 61': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Arthur (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Verona. Bosko Sutalo replaces Darko Lazovic.
  • 67': Substitution, Verona. Federico Ceccherini replaces Nicolò Casale.
  • 69': Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Arthur.
  • 69': Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  • 75': Substitution, Verona. Daniel Bessa replaces Adrien Tameze.
  • 76': Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Koray Günter (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Goal! Verona 2, Juventus 1. Weston McKennie (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo.
  • 82': Substitution, Juventus. Luca Pellegrini replaces Alex Sandro.
  • 83': Substitution, Verona. Nikola Kalinic replaces Giovanni Simeone.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 22,314

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+8 Napoli 9 21 2
+5 AS Roma 8 18 2
+7 AC Milan 9 18 1
+8 Internazionale 8 15 3
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 22
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 3
54.2 Possession 45.8
15 SHOTS 12
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
436 Accurate Passes 365
543 Passes 465
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 0
12 Crosses 9
0.3 Cross % 0.0
73 Long Balls 66
39 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
1 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.8
9 Interceptions 16
10 Effective Clearances 18
10 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
96 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21 Koray Günter Yellow Card
16 Nicolo Casale Yellow Card
27 Pawel Dawidowicz
4 Miguel Veloso
61 Adrien Tamèze
8 Darko Lazovic
5 Davide Faraoni Yellow Card
99 Giovanni Simeone
10 Gianluca Caprari
7 Antonín Barák

JUV Juventus (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
3 Giorgio Chiellini
19 Leonardo Bonucci
12 Alex Sandro
6 Danilo Yellow Card
5 Arthur Yellow Card
30 Rodrigo Bentancur
25 Adrien Rabiot
11 Juan Cuadrado
9 Álvaro Morata Yellow Card
10 Paulo Dybala

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