Verona-Lecce: spectacular 2-2 at the Bentegodi
Verona-Lecce: spectacular 2-2 at the Bentegodi
Race of endless emotions at the Bentegodi between Hellas Verona and Lecce. 2-2 the final with Lecce rising to 15 points in the standings while Hellas Verona, penultimate, to 9 breaking the streak of 5 consecutive defeats. Next round: Lecce-Bologna (Sunday, Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m.), Udinese-Verona (Sunday, Dec. 3, 3 p.m.).
Sprint start of Verona: Ngonge from the limit (6’), Falcone shelters in the corner. Tight play in the Apulian half but when è Lecce steals the ball, it’s nightmares for the Verona rearguard. Samson, a valuable number on the left, finds the bottom as the ’outside of the net. Folorunsho responds but from the edge, undisturbed, he kicks incredibly wide. Falls in the area gialloblù, Krstovic, after a contrast, for the referee all regular. The Salentini grow: in two minutes, between 26’ and28’, they drop a trio of opportunitiesà. Oudin, shot from the limit, Montipò stamps the card, deflection with his feet in the corner.
From the crossbar another danger, è the usual Samson from the limit to try, ball just over the crossbar. Another throw-in, another stolen ball, Banda goes off on the left and lets off a soft parabola aimed towards the second post, ball out by a whisker. 31’: Oudin crystallizes the guest’s good moment, letting off a splendid as well as impassable conclusion: Verona-Lecce 0-1 driving the 1,800 Apulian fans who flocked to the Bentegodi crazy. The Gialloblù faithful public invites its players to pull out the attributes but è a Lecce hungry to repropose. Only Montipò manages to stop an unleashed Banda, repelling his relay. In the midst of the storm, the Pugliese committed the first defensive carelessness, letting Ngonge slip into the area from the right: the Belgian with a low shot pierced Falcone for the’1 to 1.
Start of the second half and è a’different Hellas on the field. Finds the bottom Tchatchoua, low center, nobody è ready for the winning deflection under the goal. 10’: Ngonge from outside on a free kick, Falcone with his booster hand touches over the crossbar. In Lecce at the beginning of the second half Gallo had entered, at 16’ Lazovic in Hellas: first changes from the respective benches. Verona grows, Duda’s shot from 25 yards, Falcone è immense, deflecting into the corner. Runs for cover, D’Aversa, inserting Strefezza and the’ex Piccoli.
The gialloblù try to tighten up but Lecce è deadly with Gonzalez who surprises the gialloblù undisturbed arrives up to the limit, off-center on the right, lets off a dagonal that ends up in the corner: 2 to 1 for Lecce. The Veronese reaction is not long in coming. Overhead kick, from the middle of the area, by Ngonge on Lazovic’s center: the beautiful technical gesture ends up on the side to the desperation of the Verona fans. Bonazzoli also entered in the’Hellas, which reached the equalizer thanks to a scramble by Djuric to correct a Terraciano free-kick from the right: 2 to 2 at 33’. In the next few minutes Ngonge and Lazovic very close to 3 to 2 but Falcone è insuperable. Four minutes of recovery and triple whistle: Verona-Lecce 2-2.
