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12 January 2020Verona's championship of absolute tranquility continues, despite going at a disadvantage at home in the presence of Genoa. The comeback comes in the second half and closes the 2-1 Sunday game at 6 pm on the nineteenth day of Serie A, the last of the first leg. Jurić's team continues the victory at Spal's home, while the rossoblù (in white away shirt with San Giorgio cross on the chest) suffer the eleventh defeat, after the consoling home success on Sassuolo. Hellas (who has to catch up on Lazio's home game) rises to 25 points, pairing Milan. Very complicated situation for the Griffin, penultimate with Brescia at 14.Jurić ranks 3-4-2-1: Silvestri; Rrahmani, Kumbulla, Günter; Pharaohs, Amrabat, Miguel Veloso, Lazović; Pessina, Zaccagni; Verre. Nicola replies with the 3-5-2: Perin; Biraschi, Romero, Criscito; Ankersen, Cassata, Schöne, Sturaro, Barreca; Pandev, Sanabria. Mariani referee of Aprilia.
The game starts with a quarter of an hour late because the referee found that the penalty areas were not regulated. At 5 'Sanabria countered by Kumbulla ends weakly, easy for Silvestri. More demanding work for the colleague of the Griffin, Perin, on the 16 'on the right of Lazović. At 28 'the rossoblù goalkeeper exalts himself on Pessina's turn from the penalty spot: great hand parade. At 34 'Perin still blocks a header from Rrahmani in two stages. Before the interval the advantage of the guests: Sanabria puts the right outside on a low cross from the left of Barreca and guesses the winning paw: it is the 41 '.
In the second half, Hellas presses from the starting whistle. At 53 'Nicola alternates Schöne with Behrami. Verona's forcing yielded a penalty in the 54th minute, due to a contact by Romero on Zaccagni: from the penalty spot Verre scored with a right-footed central power (55 '). Nicola inserts Favilli for Pandev in the 59th minute. Pharaohs miss the chance of overtaking with an imprecise header from close range (61 '). It is then Perin who opposes a conclusion by Zaccagni (63 '). The Genoa goalkeeper, however, in the 65th minute did not hold back a Rrahmani conclusion and allowed Zaccagni to tap the winner. At 75 'Genoa exhausted the substitutions with Agudelo for Sanabria. The net chances, the fouls not: the ammonites will be nine at the end. The first substitution for Verona only came in the 88th minute, with the feverish Pazzini taking over Zaccagni. At 91 'it's Badu's turn for Amrabat. The result does not change even with the 5 'of recovery.