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Serie A | Verona 2-2 Lecce: Four goal thriller ends level

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2 years ago

12:51 am

Hellas Verona and Lecce needed to accept some extent after objectives from Remi Oudin, Cyril Ngonge, Joan Gonzalez and Milan Djuric sealed a 2-2 draw on the Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium.

Ngonge was introduced down by Dorgu 10 yards off the byline 5 minutes in. The Lecce wideman dusted himself off to take the free kick, earlier than firing a shot-cross over the bar.

Ngonge stung the palms of Wladimiro Falcone from distance moments later, however the Lecce ‘keeper was solely capable of parry again into the hazard zone. A backtracking Marin Pongracic was capable of hook the ball behind for a nook.

Michael Folorunsho linked sweetly with a ball that fell to him on the sting of the D after 17 minutes, however his venomous strike sailed extensive of Falcone’s posts.

Lecce’s first actual effort of the sport got here courtesy of Oudin with 25 minutes on the clock. His highly effective strike from 25 yards out earned the guests a nook, which resulted in Nicola Sansone firing one other effort over the bar from an identical place to the unique shot.

Lecce instantly started to develop in confidence after Oudin’s effort, as Banda drove forwards on the left earlier than bending an honest effort simply extensive of the Verona purpose.

With precisely half an hour gone, Lecce made the breakthrough. A hospital move out of the world from Isak Hien was collected gratefully by Oudin, who bent a curling shot in off the publish from the sting of the world.

The guests continued to assault with critical intent within the moments after, though they have been in the end unable to double their lead.

One other sloppy move out from the again led to Verona’s equaliser, as Dorgu performed the ball instantly into Milan Djuric 30 yards away from his personal purpose.

The Bosnian discovered Ngonge, Verona’s most threatening participant of the primary half, who burst into the world earlier than squeezing a right-footed effort from a good angle in previous the close to publish.

Into the second interval, Verona got here shut with an Ngonge free-kick, which required a powerful wrist from Falcone to tip the ball over the crossbar.

Ondrej Duda launched a fierce drive in direction of Falcone’s web after an hour, which once more required a powerful intervention from the Lecce ‘keeper.

There have been purses following a coming collectively between Tomas Suslov and Alexis Blin after 65 minutes, though a dialog between the referee and the 2 captains was sufficient to diffuse the state of affairs.

Shortly afterwards, Gonzalez drove into area and was not stopped earlier than getting into the Verona penalty space. His shot from a large angle took a depraved deflection to sail previous Lorenzo Montipo’s far publish to reinstate Lecce’s lead.

The scores have been stage once more with 13 minutes of normal time left to play as Djuric linked with a deep free-kick into the world to go house previous Falcone, additionally with the assistance of a deflection en route.

For a short second, Lecce thought they’d received it when Krstovic put the ball behind the online after 88 minutes, though Banda had been clearly offside within the build-up.

In what had been an end-to-end affair for giant sections of the 90 minutes, some extent apiece appeared the honest end result.

Verona 2-2 Lecce

Oudin 30′ (L), Ngonge 41′ (V), Gonzalez 69′ (L), Djuric 78′ (V)