A brace from Serbian Darko Lazovic served Hellas Verona to hand the Serie A red lantern to a Cremonense who paid tribute to their former player, Gianluca Vialli, who died recently, wearing a special shirt in his honor to him before the game.
The Cremonese could not dedicate their first victory of the season to Vialli, who died on Thursday due to pancreatic cancer he suffered since 2017 and in which a minute of silence was observed before the start, shared with the Italian Ernesto Cantano , ex-Juventus. player and Eurocup champion with Italy in 1968 who died on January 5 at the age of 83.
In a clash between the last two classifieds and between two of the defenses that provide the most goals in Serie A, Hellas Verona triumphed with authority and solvency and finished third from last, in the relegation places, six points from safety marking Spezia.
Lazovic, Gio Simeone’s heir
Verona sealed their second victory in a disastrous campaign in which they show a version that has nothing to do with the one that was fulfilled in the past, when they finished in ninth position and dared to dream of European positions until the last day. .
Now without the Argentine Giovanni Simeone in his ranks, Lazovic inherited the role of Veronese reference and re-established himself as the best of his team in the clash against a Cremonese who showed his usual defensive concessions that cost him, again, of goals. embedded.
The goals, in the first part
The first of them in the ninth minute, when the Serbian midfielder opened the scoring from a small area, was unmarked and had enough time to receive from behind, control and turn to score.
Verona started the better and extended their dominance into the first half-hour, when Scottish left-back Josh Doig showed his physical prowess with a run from his own half that ended with an assist on the sideline. of the place Lazovic did not. Miss.
Controversy at 2-0
Before the break came the controversy of the match, when the Cremonese players protested a penalty on the Nigerian Cyriel Dessers, in a clear contact that neither the field referee nor the VAR considered sufficient to indicate the maximum penalty .
Verona needed nothing more in the second half and took the three points at the expense of a Cremonese who still won on his return to Serie A after 26 years.
Source: La Verdad
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