Verona-Venice 2-1, Joronen’s own goal decides

After three defeats in a row, Hellas Verona returns to winning in the Veneto derby against Venezia, valid for the seventh matchday of Serie A. At the Bentegodi they end 2-1 thanks to Joronen’s clumsy own goal on a header from the Kastanos’ baseline, after the initial back and forth between Oristanio and Tengstedt.
Thanks to this heavy success, Zanetti’s team rises to 9 points in the standings, while Di Francesco’s men, suffering a comeback from their second consecutive defeat, remain stuck at 4 points, in penultimate place.

The match started brilliantly and after less than two minutes the guests broke the deadlock with Oristanio, who headed the ball in front of goal from the corner kicked by Nicolussi Caviglia. The home team’s response was immediate: after a missed header by Lazovic from a few steps away, in the 9th minute Tengstedt restored the balance with a nice right-footed volley after Mosquera’s touch. The waltz of emotions continues even later, when Haps and Doumbia each have a great chance for the lagoon’s new lead, but both waste them kicking very badly from a truly inviting location. In the second half the pace drops but in any case Venezia seems to start better, albeit without creating any particular opportunities, while on the other hand Verona, after remaining in a waiting phase for a few minutes, appears dangerously again in the 68th minute with Duda who kicks from the edge finding the good response in Joronen’s corner. The visiting goalkeeper will instead be the negative protagonist in the 81st minute, when on the header of the new substitute Kastanos after the corner kicked by Lazovic, he makes an awkward intervention, throwing the ball into his own goal and giving the decisive 2-1 to the Scaligeri.

Di Francesco, we hurt ourselves again

“I never like to talk about incidents, but seeing us score goals ourselves is annoying. It’s not the first time it’s happened, the fairest result today was a draw. We gave Verona too many corners, where we suffered a lot their physicality. We created a lot, but we weren’t good at exploiting our opportunities and they were impeccable in capitalizing on what they built.” Thus Eusebio Di Francesco, Venezia coach, spoke to Dazn, after the knockout in the derby against Verona.

The coach focuses on the critical issues of his team: “We lacked determination and temperament in the defensive phase, we lacked and we will have to work on this fundamental. We were not very clear in both phases and we lacked attention in defense We conceded 13 corners, that’s too many. I’ll have to talk about the team and work on these critical issues: we try to work hard on set pieces, I put an extra man inside the area and it didn’t help. Joronen scored an own goal , it’s not the first time we’ve gotten hurt and we need to be better.”
The closing is on Oristanio, better than Venezia tonight: “Gaetano is growing in both phases, he starts again vertically and attacks the depth. Today we lacked the defensive phase, because we had created a lot with him and wasted with Haps. We have to do I’m sorry for our carelessness, I demand greater determination in tackling. In this championship there is a lot of physicality and we often stand by and watch.”

The scoreboard

HELLAS VERONA (4-4-2): Montipo’ 6; Tchatchoua 6, Magnani 6.5, Ghilardi 6 (43′ st Coppola sv), Bradaric 6; Livramento 6 (33′ st Sarr sv), Belahyane 6.5, Duda 6.5 (33′ st Dani Silva sv), Lazovic 6.5; Mosquera 6 (20′ st Kastanos 6.5), Tengstedt 7 (43′ st Okou sv). On the bench: Berardi, Perilli, Daniliuc, Faraoni, Lambourde, Sishuba, Ajayi, Cisse’, Corradi. Coach: Zanetti 6.5.
VENEZIA (3-5-1-1): Joronen 5; Idzes 6, Svoboda 6, Sverko 5.5 (39′ st Raimondo sv); Candela 5.5, Doumbia 5.5 (16′ st Ellertsson 5.5), Nicolussi Caviglia 6.5, Busio 5.5, Haps 6 (16′ st Zampano 5.5); Oristanio 6.5 (27′ st Yeboah 5.5); Pohjanpalo 5.5 (27′ st Gytkjaer 5.5). On the bench: Bertinato, Grandi, Stankovic, Altare, Sagrado, Crnigoj, Schingtienne, Andersen, Carboni, El Haddad. Coach: Di Francesco 5.5.

REFEREE: Guide 6. GOALS: 3′ pt Oristanio, 9′ pt Tengstedt; 36’st Joronen own goal. NOTES: peaceful evening; playing field in good condition. Booked: Bradaric, Duda, Magnani. Corners: 13-6 for Verona. Recovery: 1′; 4′.