5 – 0
“Gabriele Zappa opens the scoring for Verona early in the second half, capitalizing on the numerical advantage.”
Pivotal“Samuele Mulattieri doubles Verona's lead, assisted by Domagoj Bradaric, after Arezzo failed to clear their lines.”
“Salvatore Cerbone completes his brace, scoring his second in three minutes to put Verona 4-0 up.”
Pivotal“Edoardo Iannoni caps off the rout with a fifth goal, assisted by Tomas Suslov, in the closing minutes.”
Hellas Verona
Arezzo
Outstanding performance
Hellas Verona•DefenderHellas Verona's dominance was total, controlling 68% of possession and firing 16 shots to Arezzo's 4, but the game turned decisively when Julián Illanes was sent off just before halftime for a professional foul as last man. From that point Verona picked apart an overmatched Arezzo side, with Gabriele Zappa breaking the deadlock five minutes after the restart and Samuele Mulattieri doubling the lead shortly after. Substitute Salvatore Cerbone then took over, scoring twice in the space of three minutes to put the game beyond doubt, before Edoardo Iannoni added a fifth in stoppage time. The result underlines Verona's superiority in every metric - 10 shots on target to 1, five big chances created to none - while Arezzo will need to regroup quickly after such a one-sided defeat against a side that never let up.
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Yellow card for Shaka Mawuli Eklu.
Corner awarded.
Offside.
Shaka Mawuli Eklu replaces Mattia Sala.
Edoardo IannoniEdoardo Iannoni scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Tomas Suslov
Goal! Edoardo Iannoni scores with an assist from Tomas Suslov. The score is now 5-0.
Nunzio Lella replaces Andrea Le Borgne.
Salvatore CerboneShot by Salvatore Cerbone with his right foot results in a goal.
assist: Samuele Mulattieri
Goal! Salvatore Cerbone scores to make it 4-0, assisted by Samuele Mulattieri.
Salvatore CerboneSalvatore Cerbone scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Edoardo Iannoni
Goal! Salvatore Cerbone scores to make it 3-0, assisted by Edoardo Iannoni.
Salvatore Cerbone is on, and Amin Sarr is off.
Grigoris Kastanos comes on for Antoine Bernede.
Alberto Cerri's header is saved.
Edoardo Iannoni attempts a header but misses the shot.
Domagoj Bradaric takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Alberto Cerri attempts a header but misses the shot.
On comes Mattia Viviani, off goes Gennaro Iaccarino.
Edoardo Iannoni is on, and Dailon Rocha Livramento is off.
Samuele MulattieriShot on goal! Samuele Mulattieri heads the ball into the net.
Tomas Suslov takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
assist: Domagoj Bradarić
Goal! Samuele Mulattieri scores to make it 2-0, assisted by Domagoj Bradaric.
Dailon Rocha Livramento takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Offside.
Corner awarded.
Gabriele ZappaShot by Gabriele Zappa with another body part results in a goal.
assist: Domagoj Bradarić
Goal! Gabriele Zappa scores to make it 1-0.
Amin Sarr takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Tomas Suslov comes on for Abdou Harroui.
Substitution: Andrea Cagnano comes on for Camillo Tavernelli.
Alberto Cerri is on, and Pietro Cianci is off.
The first half ends with a score of 0-0.
Camillo Tavernelli takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Dailon Rocha Livramento takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Abdou Harroui takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Mauro Coppolaro is on, and Alessandro Arena is off.
Julián IllanesRed CardRed card shown to Julian Illanes Minucci.
Dailon LivramentoYellow CardYellow card for Dailon Rocha Livramento.
Offside.
Abdou Harroui takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Abdou Harroui takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Antoine Bernede takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Mattia Sala takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Goal! The score is now 1-0.
Abdou Harroui takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Shot by Samuele Mulattieri with another body part, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Abdou HarrouiYellow CardAbdou Harroui receives a yellow card.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Luca Zufferli.
Hellas Verona host Arezzo at the Bentegodi looking to bounce back after a rocky start to their Serie B campaign, while the visitors arrive full of confidence off the back of a win and a draw. Both sides are still searching for early-season identity, making this an intriguing test of who adapts faster.
